This week, pre-teens and wannabes across the nation went Coo Coo for Coco Puffs over the release of the first official trailer of "Breaking Dawn" part 1. Audiences witnessed as the preview showed snippets of the wedding between Edward and Bella, the crazy wild sex that they eventually have, and then Bella's pregnancy. Video editors really made the wedding look really dramatic with sharp cuts and tension-filled music playing in the background. The creative think tank of the Twilight Series decided that the one movie was not enough and decided to follow in the steps of Harry Potter and make the final book of the series a two-parter. This is ever so slightly problematic. See, the final book of the widely acclaimed Harry Potter series was some 850 page novel with beautifully woven story lines, deaths, births, battles, etc. It makes perfect sense why that novel should be divided up into two separate parts. However, "Breaking Dawn" is 400 page book of a terribly written series where ... get ready for it ... NOTHING HAPPENS. Prepare as I breakdown for y'all. If you actually like the Twilight Series and want to be surprised as to what happens then read no more.

As the trailer reveals Edward and Bella get married which results in a night of ridiculous crazy animal sex - leaving Bella bruised the next day. Bella is impregnated, although no one is really sure how, for they all thought it to be impossible. The baby grows at an exponential rate so that in the span of a few chapters in a book, Bella's baby goes through its entire gestation period. The baby claws its way through Bella, effectively killing her, and forcing Edward'shand to turn her into a vampire - god Kristen Stewart as an immortal ... eww. Everything is going great until the Volturi - the ancient and stuffy ruling class of vampires - decides the baby is an abomination and they must destroy it. The rest of the book involves both sides amassing their forces - even the werewolves and the vampires play nice for a while to take on thebigger threat - and preparing for the battle to end all battles. Then ... NOTHING HAPPENS. No battle, no fighting, no deaths ... NOT EVEN ONE DEATH!!! An entire football field filled to the brim with supernatural killing machines and NOBODY DIES ... nobody even gets a paper cut. It is the most anti-climatic storyline that I have ever had to suffer through.

So prepare audiences, as the entertainment industry once again attempts to squeeze every nickel and dime from you as they throw another trite movie-going experience our way. Now ... of course I will probably still eventually see these movies ... for closure if nothing else ... but I will most certainly wait until one of my girlfriends or gay guy friends decides to break down and buy it.    

The science fiction community is all atwitter over Syfy's new supernatural drama "Being Human". The show, which premieres Monday January 17th at 9/8c, premiered as a BBC original program that followed the lives of three 20-something supernatural beings - a werewolf, a vampire, and a ghost - as they attempt to navigate the complexities of life while dealing with their deep dark secret. At first, I must admit I was skeptical. Syfy is typically renown for terrible made-for-TV movies, an infinite number of "Stargate" reincarnations, and the odd WWE wrestling show. Syfy is not generally known for their quality programming. When I saw the previews, I assumed that Syfy- like so many parties at the moment - was attempting to cash in on "vampire" fever with this show.

However, after researching the show more and previewing some of the promos, I am actually extremely excited for this show. I am many things in life, but at my core I am a large nerd and it doesn't take much to entertain me. Start with some hot supernatural creatures in a remote Eastern United States coastal town, throw in some unrequited love affairs, and a flamboyant villain from time to time and I am happy. However it is a rarity for a sci-fi piece to engage me. Syfy is offering their own creative spin on some classic themes. 

The show is essentially a coming-of-age tale where supernatural beings are attempting to find balance in both of their worlds. Their trivial, mundane human problems allow us as audience members to relate to them as characters while simultaneously their other worldly experiences excite us with their foreignness.  Here are a few places though, in my opinion, that "Being Human" will break away from their contemporaries. In every piece of SCi-Fi that comes out at the moment werewolves and vampires are pitted against one another and established as mortal enemies often no rationale is given as to why this feud exists. In this show, the main vampire and main werewolf are not only roommates but co-workers as well and have a bit of a bromance relationship. I am excited to see this new development and intrigued to see where they go with the story line. Keeping in line with other TV/Movie vampires, Aiden - played by the hunky Sam Witwer - is tall dark and brooding, just the way I like my vampires. However Josh,  the werewolf in this show is not some butch, hairy, steroid-popping muscle man. Instead he is the adorable, slightly nerdy & awkward guy next door. Perhaps the biggest deviation from the norm is the incorporation of ghosts into the TV show. For all the supernatural shows/movies out there, ghosts often do not make the cut. Sally, the intrepid ghost of our show, demonstrates great promise. Due to the fact that ghosts are generally left alone, Syfy will have a lot of flexibility in how they develop the storyline of this character.

Google Imaging Alexander Skarsgard and seeing this picture pop up makes me feel better. I have spent all day biking around the city of Reno looking fo gainful employment. With a few moments of peace before rehearsal tonight, I decided to read the latest installment in the Sookie Stackhouse Series - DEFINITELY DEAD - and started wondering: what is going on with the 3rd season of True Blood?

I have seen advertisements for the show more frequently thus informing me that the premiere is shortly upon us. The first episode of the season premieres June 13th, 9:00pm on HBO. A number of photos, miniepisodes, and trailers have been leaked over the past couple of weeks. The major introductions of this season are going to Werewolves - Alcide is a delicious burly football player of a man - and the King of Mississippi. In the book, the King of Mississippi is supposed to be this flaming queen of a King so I cannot wait to see what they do with his character. Here is a link to some spoilers for the first three episodes of the Season if you are interested.

So after a day of answering grueling questions, it was nice to come home and stare at Alexader Skarsgard and imagine all the beautiful above average strawberry blonde children we would have together. I am thinking of starting a new segment on my blog entitled "Ginger's Future Husbands". An exhaustive list, Alexander ... and of course Zac Efron ... would be at the top of the list.

I have really been struggling to find a new show to get addicted to. At the moment Dexter and True Blood are in their off seasons. Project Runway has started a brand new season which I of course am going to watch religiously and Grey's Anatomy is finishing up their season, but that is only two hours of week, not even enough to satisfy my TV junkiness.

So I decided to gamble a little bit and try a completely new show. I, like many of the preteens and gay men of America, am addicted to the whole vampire craze/sensation. Mine started when I was first introduced to Buffy the Vampire Slayer then worked its way to Interview with the Vampire, Angel, The Underworld Series, True Blood Series, and yes even Twilight. There is something about a dark and mysterious gentlemen caller totally obsessed and devoted to me with supernatural abilities that just sends me all atwitter. So I heard a little bit about Vampire Diaries and decided to see what it was all about. I knew that it was from the creators of Dawson's Creek - SWEET - so I knew there would be enough teen against to satisfy me. I also knew that Paul Wesley [Everwood, Army Wives] was in the show so if nothing else I would have something pretty to stare at for forty minutes. Little fun fact about this show; apparently the premiere episode of the show had 4.84 million viewers in the US making it the most watched series premiere show in CW history - damn.

Addicted may be too strong of a word to describe my feelings toward this show but I am definitely hooked and interested. Vampire Diaries follows the story of Elena - a high school student who recently lost her parents to a car accident a few months prior. At school she meets new student Stefan - hot, charming, brooding vampire - who has come back to hometown to try to integrate himself into human life. It can never be that easy, so Stefan's brother - Damian - drops in to make his brother's afterlife general unpleasant and unbearable. I am only two episodes in so I can't make a complete analysis of the show but I totally recommend it. The reason why I don't like Twilight - although I have the tastes of a gay preteen so I will read/watch it - is that I find all of the characters totally annoying and Edward Cullen is less dark and mysterious as he is slightly stalkerish. I actually enjoy most of the characters on the show and appreciate them as human beings. Now, Vampire Diaries is not the most engagingly complex series out there nor will you necessarily find the meaning of life hidden within the sub text of the show, but if you are looking for an entertaining show that you could kind of lose yourself in, I totally recommend Vampire Diaries. Check out the official trailer preview for the show below.