Ringer Review

I wanted to give Ringer a few episodes before I made any comments and Tuesday night was episode 2 so here it goes. I was a little worried about the show because Sarah Michelle Gellar is kind of a one note actress and it seems nothing has changed. The first episode wasn't very good and I was kind of ready to change the channel 15 minutes in and when it came to the second episode I wanted to watch The Biggest Loser instead. I'm sad it's come to this. Buffy will always be an awesome show and Sarah Michelle Gellar will always be known for that, but I'm not sure she's able to go much further.

The story thus far is a bit confusing and I know a lot of that is done on purpose so you come back for more, but it's confusing to the point where you kind of stop paying attention. Sarah plays twin girls, Siobhan and Bridget. Bridget is a recovering alcoholic and drug addict and goes to see her sister after not seeing her for a long time because of her addictions. They hang out on a boat in the worst CG scene ever where Bridget falls asleep, which was horribly edited by the way. She wakes up to find that her sister is gone and because of what she sees around her she believes that her sister has committed suicide. She finds a medicine bottle rolling around on deck with her sisters wedding ring inside. So of course the only think Bridget can think to do is take on Siobhan's identity, which means she takes on all her life problems without knowing it. The part that hurts my brain is that the audience finds out that Siobhan isn't really dead. She's sitting somewhere staring at herself in a mirror. Promo picture! It's just weird. Then, the second episode was all about some body Bridget tries to hide in a trunk. The plot line went absolutely no where. Shows on The CW tend to be kind of lame so needless to say I'm disappointed. See why I wanted to stay watching The Biggest Loser instead. I feel like I would be betraying my teen years if I stopped watching the show so I'll give it a few more episodes before I stop, but I have a feeling it might come to that. Sad day. Sarah, I'll never forget you in I Know What You Did Last Summer and Buffy.

Anyone else watching?

Scream!

Remember in the late nineties when there was a teen horror movie craze? There was I Know What You Did Last Summer and I Still Know What You Did Last Summer and Scream 1 through 3. All the teen stars were in these cheesy horror movies and then there were like 5 spoof movies making fun of them. I will admit that I was hooked on those movies. Of course I Know What You Did Last Summer was my favorite because Jennifer Love Hewitt and Sarah Michelle Gellar were the stars. And then when Sarah Michelle Gellar had a scene in Scream it was even better. I was just hooked. Well, looks like Scream 4 is coming out April, 15 2011. I don’t know how I feel about this. Having 3 Scream movies from the beginning was enough for me and then to have the fourth movie released exactly 11 years later is odd. I remember seeing posters for the movie a while back and it was supposed to be released in 2008, but I guess they pushed it another 3 years and changed the cast around. The original cast had Patrick Dempsey in it. How weird would that have been? I don’t think these movies hold up very well now, but then again there are people like me who ate up the phenomenon in the 90's and would more than likely see this movie for nostalgia.

The story is a continuation of the first 3 movies. Sydney Prescott is still the main character in the same town of Woodsboro. Courtney Cox, David Arquette, and Neve Campbell are all coming back to shoot this movie too, which surprises me a little. Like I said, this movie seems like a small mistake and I’m surprised these actors would be ok with doing a 4th movie. Not to mention the fact that the movie is coming out mid April. At least release the movie in October or something. Who the hell wants to see a horror movie in mid April? I will still see the movie, but I hope they step it up. This would be competing with movies like Saw and Paranormal Activity, which are huge right now. Scream seems like such an old school movie in comparison. I guess we just have to wait and see.