So the weekend was pretty typical. Work, sleep, work, etc.
Today wasn’t especially unusual, either.
I did sleep in kind of late, though that seems to be fairly typical lately, so even that wasn’t terribly unusual.
I had an unusual and rather distressing dream shortly before I woke up. The details are fuzzy, but it involved being back home in Michigan and getting arrested for drunk driving, as, apparently, I had gone home and begun drinking again.
In any case, while in jail I became involved in a jailbreak headed up by some sort of dangerous felon with the assistance of his girlfriend.
We obviously needed to get out of town in a hurry, but along the way we had stopped somewhere to pick up a few things for the road.
I went into the store with the girlfriend while the felon waited in the car.
The guy working the register was incredibly chatty, so it took forever for him to ring her up, though eventually she paid for her stuff and headed out to the car, leaving me to deal with the chatty guy while I tried to pay for the things that I needed (just things like chips and water and so forth).
While I was in the store, I considered picking up a pack of cigarettes, since, you know, why not? I mean, I had started drinking again, and I was a fugitive, so what difference could it possibly make? Even so, though, I ultimately chose to remain nicotine-free.
After an ungodly amount of time spent listening to the guy's interminable babbling I finally got out of the store only to find that my fellow escapee and his girlfriend had left without me.
I sat down on a curb and the full weight of my situation began to sink in.
I couldn’t really see myself living as a fugitive, so I considered just turning myself in, as my involvement with the escape, apparently, was largely involuntary, but then I realized that this would actually be my third drunk driving offense, which would be very bad indeed.
So it was very much a “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” circumstance, and as you can probably imagine I was greatly relieved when I woke up and eventually realized that it was just a dream.
That did take a little while, though. I ran several checks of my recent memories to verify that I had not been arrested before I finally relaxed.
Beyond that, not much of note occurred today. I got up, sat around, showered, walked over to Safeway to pick up a few things, came home, sat around, walked over to the Chinese restaurant across the street and bought some Sesame Chicken, came home, ate, and now here we are.
I finally decided that in response to their cancellation of “Dead Like Me” I would cancel Showtime.
So I called my cable company to do just that.
Because of the nature of the “package” system Adelphia uses I knew there was a possibility that canceling Showtime would actually raise my rates, but I was prepared to tough it out (assuming it didn’t raise them too much).
However, in addition to actually costing more, in order to cancel Showtime (along with The Movie Channel), I would have also had to give up another movie channel in order to switch to one of the other packages.
So ultimately it would have been too much of a hassle, and I opted not to cancel.
It annoys me, though, as I really wish that there was some way I could punish Showtime in a way that would not ultimately do more harm to me than it would to them.
I am really pissed about the whole thing, though. I mean, what do ratings matter to Showtime anyway? They don’t sell advertising. Their revenue is entirely based on subscriptions. Whether I watch any of their programming or not, they’re still getting my dime, so who cares how many people watch a show? Besides, as evidenced from sales of the Season One DVD and from the fact that over 11,000 people signed the “Save DLM” petition, the show has a following.
Further, Showtime has shown its commitment to its latest original series “Huff” by guaranteeing it a second season, despite its extremely low ratings, and the fact that, unlike DLM, it hasn't really even created a loyal following.
“Huff” is an okay show, but it’s no DLM, and for my part I’ve decided to stop watching it.
It’s a cop-out, I know, but it’s pretty much the only option I have, since I really don’t want to have to lose channels that I do still watch (and pay more money every month than I already do) to make a gesture that’s largely symbolic anyway, as the loss of one subscriber will have zero impact on Showtime’s bottom line.
As far as DLM itself goes, the WB is seriously considering picking up the series. I’m operating on the belief that something is better than nothing on that score, but I worry about the changes that would necessarily come about from making the move to a broadcast network from a premium cable channel.
At the very least, I hope that Ellen Muth, the unconventionally attractive young actress who starred in the lead role of Georgia “George” Lass on DLM, survives all of this and that we see a lot more of her in the future, whether on DLM (which would be the ideal) or not.
In another area of the entertainment industry, it was announced on Friday that Kevin Spacey will be filling the role of Lex Luthor in the upcoming Superman movie, and Kate Bosworth will be playing Lois Lane.
I like Spacey, so I think he’ll do okay. Kate Bosworth is very cute, but she gives off too much of a nice girl vibe to properly play Lois, I think. I could be wrong, I guess, but I don’t really have high hopes for the movie (despite the fact that it’s being directed by Brian Singer, who did more than okay with the “X-Men” movies), so her casting in it isn’t really that much of an issue.
Honestly, though, I would have like to have seen Erica Durance, who plays Lois on “Smallville,” step into the role on the big screen. As I’ve mentioned before, I’m absolutely floored by how well she fits the role. As Comic Book Guy might say, “Best Lois Ever.”
Oh yeah, and relative unknown Brandon Routh is playing the part of Superman himself. Having never seen his work, I can’t really comment on his fitness for the role, but, as mentioned, I don’t really have high hopes for the movie anyway.
In any case, I think that does it for today’s entry. There are a few other things I’ve been meaning to write about, but I guess I’ll save them for another day.
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