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<img src="/wp-content/forum-smileys/icon_lol.gif" alt="lol" /> Yes, obviously I've stopped watching Internet porn. Some time ago, actually. Now I'm looking for "porn" in other media. But seriously, there's a trend with calling everything "porn." Such as <a title="Posts tagged spaceporn at Io9" href="http://io9.com/tag/spaceporn/" target="_blank">"spaceporn" over at Io9</a>. Before you start thinking of Buck Rogers naked, a quick check of their posts shows that they actually pertain to astronomy discoveries and new observations. Thus if something is too geeky or niche for the masses to enjoy, it's being labeled "___porn." Watched the pilot of <em>Haven</em> last night. This is supposed to be a show inspired by Stephen King's novel (more like a novella), <em>The Colorado Kid</em>. The female lead is a bland and monotone actress who says her lines all the same. The script doesn't help, since her FBI agent character is following a mystery where all the clues and suspects basically fall in her lap. At the end she decides to stay in Haven because she sees an old local newspaper photo depicting a woman who looks so like her (the actress in a wig) that it could be her unknown mother. She phones her boss at the FBI to let him know she's taking her vacation and staying in Haven. Only her boss isn't at the FBI, he's parked on a nearby cliff (within eyesight distance, so how could she miss him?) and he's been watching her the entire time. Afterward, her boss calls someone else and tells them that "she's decided to stay." While I wouldn't mind another <em>X-Files</em> type show, I find the whole storyline copycat and cliche. Why does she have to be an FBI agent? Would have been much more convincing to have her remain a freelance writer/reporter following up on a story, and she decides to stay. I'll give this one another 1-2 episodes to get better, but like I said the underlying story arc has been done before, and better. <img src="/wp-content/forum-smileys/icon_neutral.gif" alt="neutral" /> I've been watching <em>Eureka</em> ever since it came on TV, despite the fact that the show has tried to turn me off in every way possible. As I told Laura, I just didn't think I could stick with it for another season. However, this one has started off with some promise. While the town is getting ready to celebrate Founder's Day, the day Eureka was established, Carter is out for a jog when his cell goes off. While on the phone, he suddenly loses power and gets sent back to 1947. The rest of the mains also wind up in the past, because they were on their cellphones and also because Carter is too dumb to get back to the future on his own.<img src="/wp-content/forum-smileys/icon_razz.gif" alt="razz" /> After the cast figures out a way to get back to the present, they reunite and notice some small changes in the decor. They realize the future is not what they left it. Each of them goes home and gets a kind of shock, to find their personal lives are completely changed. And the reason is that the scientist who established Eureka followed them into the future. Hopefully this bodes for a good season!
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