Although Christian Bale is set to reboot the “Terminator” franchise in theaters any day now, Fox had decided to ax “The Sarah Connor Chronicles” the sort of midquel (okay that’s not a word) that follows John Conner in his teen years before he becomes the leader of the resistance —and sends one of his men back in time to warn Sarah. While the franchise is mildly interesting and Summer Glau, Shirley Manson and Lena Headley are some badass chicks, I really tuned in for one reason: Richard T. Jones.
Although he did a great job of play a supreme a@#hole in “Why Did I Get Married?” (which made me despise him for the length of the film) for the most part of will follow this brother wherever he goes. (Well, not literally—I’m not a stalker—but you know what I mean.) Anyway, I can’t even say that it was “The Wood” that peaked my interest—I probably didn’t see it until it came on cable. It was actually his six year stint as Bruce Van Exel on “Judging Amy” that was destination televison for me. I guess that black man being all about his daughter was quite sexy (until they toyed with pairing him with Amy Brenneman and it got all complicated).
After that show ended, I was delighted when he gave me a reason to tune into “Girlfriends”. I wasn’t happy when Jill Marie Jones departed and I wasn’t sure the show could regain its umph. Well it didn’t but Aaron was a great distraction and helped create a satisfying love story for Joan—until he left unexpectedly for “The Sarah Connor Chronicles” and the show struggled to recover. The CW pulled the plug before it could.
Now I have to think about who I can turn to for my weekly dose of chocolate eye candy. Richard T. doesn’t seem to have a new gig lined yet. Plus, y’all know brothers are few and far between on television. But perhaps I just need to order a box set of “The Wire” and be done. A dose of Stringer Bell will do a sister good.
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May 18th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
Its funny that you should mention two of my favorite series in your blog, and enjoy them for entirely different reasons. The Sarah Conner Chronicles was a favorite because of the whole man vs robot storyline plus Summer Glau did an excellent job as a Terminator trying to understand emotions while her programing was shoot first, save the feelings for the humans. To tell you the truth, I dont know if the movie, will live up to the series.
On The Wire, IMO, the greatest series of all times. You are welcome to borrow my complete series set at any time. You are my kind of women if you are considering The Wire a “chick flick” I’ll even bring the popcorn.
May 19th, 2009 at 5:24 am
Stringer Bell and the Wire men are ALl that is required!