Apr 18, 2007

Baby, you can drive my car...

I love me some Fox shows!

Prison Break and 24 are some of my favorite wastes of time (wastes of times?) out there. They are some of the most adrenaline-fueled, high-action pieces of brain candy that are currently on network television.

Problem is, Prison Break is done for the year. Fox has this fucked-up schedule. It started sometime last August and ended just a few weeks ago. What, oh what, is going to waste my 8-9 PM hours on Monday nights now?

Drive is the name of the show, my friends...and it's really, really good.

It's a ridiculous premise, of course. A bunch of drivers, some voluntary...some not, are on an underground, illegal cross-country auto race for a prize of $32 million. Most are in teams of two, even if they didn't start out that way. There are daily elimination points and penalties incurred for finishing last at other stops. It's sort of The Amazing Race Gone Wild!

What I really love about the show is the cast. It's sure to satisfy us fans of the Whedon-verse (Buffy, Angel, Serenity, etc...), at least until his next project comes along.

First off is Nathan Fillion (Buffy, Firefly, Serenity) as Alex Tully. A landscaper whose wife is kidnapped by some secret intruder. He is told to join the race, and win it, if he ever wants to see his wife alive again. He's no ordinary landscaper, though. He's got a past. A past that lends itself to succeeding in this particular endeavor.

Fillion shows his star chops once again in this role. As great as he was in Serenity and Firefly, he has the chance to soar here again. Plus, Gia thinks I might be a little gay for him. Just a little.

Oh, and his wife is played by Amy Acker, she of Angel fame.

Next we have his partner in crime, Corinna Wiles, played by Kristen Lehman. OK, she has never acted in any of Joss Whedon's projects, but she did play the Invisigoth on an episode of the X-Files. That should count for something with us sci-fi geeks, right? Plus, she's a hottie.

Rounding out the Whedon trio of players is Richard Brooks (Firefly), who plays the police officer looking for both Alex Tully and his wife. Not a big part, but worth mentioning.

Anyway, it's a lot of fun and a complete waste of time.

Exactly how I like my television programs. Much better than watching the latest coverage of the massacre at Virginia Tech.

Much better.

6 comments:

Slyde said...

ok, you have sold me...

i will NOT watch a new tv show added on to all the crap that i am currently watching, but this summer when i have nothing to watch, i will either get it on ITUNES of Tivo Unbox and catch up.

Knitty Yas said...

I'm sorry. I cant commit myself to anything that isn't HEROES.

and you call yourself a comic book nerd.... jeez.

*shakes her head*

Kat said...

I'm outa this loop. I don't watch any of those shows. I'm a LOST, Grey's and Sopranos kind a gal. I'm also a red wine kind a gal but for now I'm stuck with white. Shittay.

Verdant Earl said...

Slyde - I had you at whedon.

Yas - I like me some Heroes, but one show does not satisfy a true geek like moi.

Kat - Lost is da bomb! The rest of that crap is shite! (Or the rest of that poop is poop!)

Knitty Yas said...

very true muh friend very true. but tell me... how is it you watch these shows and heroes at the same time??????? huh huh!>!>!

Kat said...

Did you just say the sopranos is poop? We can no longer be friends ;op