Fox brought out a new show this past week called The Finder, from Hart Hanson who created Bones. Chris and I liked Bones from the beginning. And then we stopped watching it about 2 years ago, when they kept pushing the characters and stopped with the procedural/forensic aspect. Ugh.

The Finder stars Geoff Stults (of 7th Heaven, October Road and Happy Town – none of which I’ve ever watched), Michael Clark Duncan (The Green Mile) and Mercedes Masöhn (who?).

Stults plays Walter Sherman, a war vet with some form of trauma that makes him able to find anyone and anything. And he won’t stop. He’s good at what he does. At least in the third act, before that he makes several wrong turns. His sidekick Leo and a US Marshall round out the team. Oh, and the little girl the courts assigned to him. What?

Apparently almost nobody watched this show, and most of them didn’t like it. I’ll go out on a limb and say I find it quirky & interesting. Fox introduced this during Bones last year to try to draw the audience, which is why I watched it.

I hope it lasts. It has a Burn Notice type feel (filmed in Florida) visually (but softer) and a nice attempt at an ensemble.

Good luck!

Ok, so as you read this review you’re not allowed to ask ANY questions. None. Ok?

So, last night I watched Sharktopus.

Nope. No questions. That was the rule.

I think Eric Roberts just wanted a Mexican vacation. That’s the only reason he would have made this movie, right?

Let’s remember that this is a Roger Corman movie. Yes. Roger Freakin’ Corman. King of the horrible movie.

This thing was horrible from the start. Corman seems to think that it takes 5 minutes of postcard video to establish a location, which is bad enough.

His beaches are full of women. No men. Just women, as if he shot the whole thing on the Island of Lesbos.

The writing was terrible. Or perhaps that was the fault of the “actors” who spoke them. They were just as terrible. The whole thing reminds me of a student film with an FX budget.

The effects reminded me of SeaQuest DSV in the beginning. Which was forgivable in 1993, less so in 2010.

The story was weak, the editing and photography would make the Razzy Awards cringe & look away. The director’s credits for directing and writing read like a what’s what of bad movies for the SyFy channel.

Actually now that I’m 25 minutes in, the FX aren’t too bad at times. Sharktopus just jumped out of the ocean and ate a bungie jumper! Nicely done.

Seriously, do yourself a favor and RUN if anyone suggests this movie.

So, the fall TV Season is starting. And you know how we are about our TV shows.

Now that we’ve had the premiere’s, what’s the score on what we watched?

Now Showing:

Person of Interest (Jim Caviezel & Michael Emmerson) – Interesting premise, great characters, JJ Abrams involved, hard to go wrong.

Unforgettable (Poppy Montgomery & Dylan Walsh) – Interesting premise, hate Poppy’s accent. Overall, forgettable.

Glee (Ensemble) – I’ll keep watching, but they need to do something interesting & original.

Castle (Nathan Fillion & Stana Katic) – Continuously worth watching. Engaging characters etc. The tension helps diffuse the humor.

The Mentalist (Simon Baker & Robin Tunney) – They kinda blew up all the characters at the end of the season, and yet nothing stuck. Baker’s a delight to watch, but the Red John storyline needs to either end or get demoted.

Fringe (Joshua Jackson & Anna Torv) – This season will be subtitled “Where’s Peter?” and only astute viewers will spot him behind Walter at various moments. And what’s up with the Observers?

The Big Bang Theory (Jim Parsons & Johnny Galecki) – After sleeping with Penny, Raj comes out of the closet. Sheldon & Amy have a baby and Leonard moves to India. Bazinga. Just watch the show.

How I Met Your Mother (Ensemble) – the story drags on, and on, and on. But it’s funny enough to keep watching. Still no answer to the “Why does Ted grow up to be Bob Saget?” mystery.

Coming Soon:

Happy Endings (Ensemble) – Best new comedy of last season is back this week. Watch this show if you thought Friends was cool at one point, but sucked later. Or if you hated Friends (like me).

Terra Nova (Jason O’Mara) – Earth 2, with more dinos, less aliens, and no Clancy Brown. Sounds good.

House (Hugh Laurie & ?) – Cuddy’s gone, House is in jail. Now what?

Chris made a list of things we watch, but I can’t find it. For now this will do.

Overall, the 2012 season is starting with a lot of promise. Let’s hope it can sustain that.