The Hills star makes the same mistake as John Lennon
It looks like Heidi Montag from The Hills has made the same mistake as legendary musician John Lennon: she compared herself to Jesus. Of course, that’s where the Beatles analogy stops. Unlike the cast of The Hills, Lennon actually had talent.
It began when she was accused of spreading rumors about an alleged sex tape of Lauren, another cast member. “I don’t even want to talk about that. There were rumors about a sex tape, but I had nothing to do with that. God knows the truth in all of this, and at the end of the day, that is the only thing that matters. Jesus was persecuted, and I’m going to get persecuted, ya know? But it doesn’t matter to me,” said Montag.
Whoa. Right up there with never getting involved in a land war in Asia is comparing yourself to Jesus in any capacity in an interview. Given the current social climate and her laughable role in it, Heidi Montag will probably not be persecuted for her statements. Which is quite different than the situation Jesus found himself in.
Oops! ABC posts wrong version on Men in Trees online
Apparently, ABC has posted the wrong season finale of Men in Trees on their site. The show had filmed two endings: one in case it was renewed and one in case it was canceled. On deciding which ending to use a few months back, executive producer Jenny Bicks said, “One is a little more of a cliffhanger. It may also depend on how we want to end the season regardless. They’re both very effective endings.”
Rob Owen of TV Q&A at the Post Gazette discovered that ABC had posted the “we’re not canceled” cliffhanger ending online by mistake earlier this week. One of his readers asked, “Much to my surprise the episode on the Internet had a different ending than what was shown on TV. It ended with Jack’s ex-girlfriend, Lynn, leaving their baby girl on the doorstep of Marin’s house and driving off.”
Owen confirmed that ABC had indeed posted the wrong ending online for a short time. He also expects that Warner Bros. will save both endings for a DVD release.
Fox sets House for post Super Bowl slot
With the last Super Bowl, CBS wavered back and forth for a long time over just which show to air in the coveted slot before finally settling on Criminal Minds. Fox is trying to avoid all the speculation and hand-wringing by announcing already that their hit medical drama will get the nod.
It’s a safe choice, but I’m not sure it’s the smartest one. Is there really anything to be gained by putting House there? It’s already the number one scripted show on television. That post Super Bowl boost might be put to better use giving it to a new show, or one that is still growing. My pick would be Bones. This season saw its ratings grow to the point that it is on the verge of being a top 20 show. The added exposure could push it over the top.
There is one caveat with that idea though. If the slot were to go to Bones, they would have to be sure to not make the same mistake that Criminal Minds did. Their post Super Bowl episode was far too dark and gorey. Bones certainly has the occasional cringe inducing moment, but they also have a good sense of fun when they go for the laugh. Given enough lead time, they could make the perfect showcase episode for the spot. Really though, as long as it isn’t Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader, I’m ok with it either way.
Jane Espenson on Battlestar Galactica’s mid-season finale
(Warning! If you haven’t watched the latest episode of BSG yet, thar be spoilers ahead!)
After last Friday’s episode, a lot of us had questions about what we saw. Was that Earth? Are humans and cylons really bonded together, after all this time? Who is the final cylon? I finally took the time to throw a slew of questions toward writer and co-executive producer Jane Espenson about this episode, and she had a few things to say (though nothing quite as revealing as I had hoped).
Rather than get into what I had to say, I’ll let her letter back to me speak on its own. As you’ll quickly see, she’s not a woman of few words when it comes to this show. I’m hoping she’ll have just as much to spill when I ask her questions for our Buffy Retro Squad week next week.
Holy cow, I love this episode beyond the saying of it, and ’thank you’ to the fans who have been going out of their way to tell all of us that, too. Adama’s reaction to the reveal was stunning — my gods — and Starbuck– her face said it all. A thunderclap. Simply beautiful. You wouldn’t want more and you can’t imagine less. I’m stating the obvious when I say that a more labored reaction would’ve attenuated the emotions, given the characters a chance to gather themselves before the big blow that was to come, which certainly would be a mistake. And there’s a difference, of course, between finding out that your XO is a Cylon if he’s handing you a giftbox filled with a fertile verdant Earth, and finding out that he’s holding a cinder-planet. I think the *real* reactions are yet to come, just like in life. The beauty of this episode is in its urgency, in the tumbling breathless slide that lands us on that grim gray unfamiliar beach… It’s so gray, in fact, that I think it earns the British spelling. It’s grey, which is even worse.
And — oh — that haunting devastated city there, with the massive ruined temple and our people trying to find their footing in a strange dead city I did not recognize… that image just kills me. Every time I watch this episode, I well up with hope, and it lasts right up through that handful of soil, and then the radiation counter breaks my heart all over again. I do not easily tear up, but the race to the planet — don’t the ships look like they’re *running*? I always think of running… Anyway, that race and then the reveal brings tears to my eyes in a way I’m not sure I’ve experienced before during a television show. Someday I’ll see those images without having to blink through them. Right?
David and Bradley (David Weddle and Bradley Thompson, our writers) did an excellent job throughout this rocketsled of an episode - the writing had to be so delicate, precise and emotional… and they also did such a good job doing little things like dealing with the fallout from my episode the previous week. Baltar saying he loves living is such a gem of a moment among a cascade of gems — thanks for that, David and Brad! And then, of course, the big stuff starts happening and never ever lets up.
When we screened this episode at Ron’s house, months ago, we all sat stunned, and then agreed it was perhaps the best the show had ever produced. And seeing it Wednesday and again Friday night with fans in attendance bore that out… every time the blue clouded planet was revealed, I could hear the inhales of hope, despite the lack of indication of any continents — and I knew we were about to break some hearts. But, I hope, they only broke like mine did.
I wish we could bring you the next episode right away. In my mind the two fit together so closely so as to almost be a two-parter, and I have that awful sense of having had a phone call cut off mid-sentence with so much left unsaid.
There’s so much left unsaid.
Thanks to the fans from me, but especially from David and Bradley — these two episodes are their babies, and they are so grateful for the appreciation they’ve been receiving. We all put our hearts and tears and then more hearts into these episodes, and they become parts of us like our flesh. So thank you. Very much. We have the best fans in television.
(And you cannot trick me into revealing the identity of the Fifth by pretending you don’t care! I won’t fall for that! Not again.)
Smiling,
Jane