Category Archives: TV Shows

The Vampire Diaries – The Sun Also Rises

Those who know me are well aware that The Vampire Diaries is, currently, my favorite TV show – by far. It combines all the elements that I like in a TV show: suspense, twists, shockers and a fantasy storyline.

Say all you want about the whole vampire obsession which spread like wildfire with Twilight, but The Vampire Diaries is not Twilight. Let me put it this way, The Vampire Diaries is so much better than the Twilight books and movies that they are rendered more useless than they already are. They are rendered irrelevant.

I hadn’t blogged before about The Vampire Diaries because I didn’t know what I was supposed to write. After all, you can’t really write a synopsis of the show without giving too much away and you can’t review episodes because they would contain spoilers.

But don’t worry, this is pretty much spoiler free.

The latest episode, aired yesterday, of The Vampire Diaries (titled “The Sun Also Rises”) is one of the most epic TV episodes I have ever watched. It is an episode that doesn’t let down for 45 minutes, constantly escalating an already red-alert level storyline. You are basically taken to adrenaline stratosphere level – and no, I am not exaggerating.

This could have easily served as the season finale. It had everything you could ask for as a conclusion to a TV show season. But it’s such a big episode that the writers probably thought the viewers would be morally scarred if they left the season at that. After “The Sun Also Rises”, we need some form of resolution.

But “The Sun Also Rises” starts setting up the pace for season three. And by the looks of it, it will be even better.

Finally, have you ever watched something and it got so stuck in your head that as you walked around and remembered parts of it, you basically got goosebumps? That was me today as I headed towards an exam and the only thing I could think of was how epic the episode was. And yeah, I basically aced the exam also.

The Big Bang Theory

I’ve had many of my friends tell me about this comedy show and how it’s beyond funny. I never bothered with it until I found myself with a lot of free time so I decided to give it a go.

Five minutes into the pilot episode, I was laughing my head off. Yes, it was that funny. I was immediately hooked. Soon enough, I was racing through episodes with remarkable speed, finishing the first two seasons in about three days.

I can proudly say that I am, currently, officially in sync with the American broadcast of the show. I finished yesterday the latest episode in the fourth season and the show has yet to let me down!

Telling the story of a bunch of science geniuses and their not very robust social skills, the show is definitely a must see!

My favorite character is this:

Sheldon Cooper

– Probably the most awesome character on the show. You can’t but love him! He’s annoying but in a very good way and you will get to certain points where things he says on the show become part of your daily dialogue.

Awesome quotes by Dr. Cooper include:

– “I’ve spent the past three-and-a-half years staring at greaseboards full of equations; before that, I spent four years working on my thesis; before that, I was in college; and before that, I was in the fifth grade.”

– “Good morning everyone and welcome to “Science and Society”. I’m Dr. Sheldon Cooper, BS, MS, MA, PhD and ScD. OMG, right?”

– “Mom smokes in the car. Jesus is okay with it, but we can’t tell Dad.”

– “You know, it’s amazing how many supervillains have advanced degrees. Graduate schools should probably do a better job at screening those people out.”

– “But then some poor woman is going to pin her hopes on my sperm, what if she winds up with a toddler that doesn’t know if he should use an integral or a differential to solve for the area under a curve?”

– “One cries because one is sad. For example, I cry because others are stupid, and that makes me sad.”

– “I am aware of the way humans usually reproduce which is messy, unsanitary and based on living next to you for three years, involves loud and unnecessary appeals to a deity.”

– “No, the X-men were named for the X in Charles Xavier. Since I am Sheldon Cooper, you will be, my C-men.”

– “Ah, gravity – thou art a heartless bitch.”

– “I’m not insane — my mother had me tested.”

– “What exactly does that expression mean, ‘friends with benefits?’ Does he provide her with health insurance?”

– “I’m clearly too evolved for driving.”

This is only but a mere fraction of the awesomeness that Sheldon Cooper and The Big Bang Theory would provide you!