And AGAIN, Shows That Were NOT Nominated for an Emmy!

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Every year I say I am not going to get pissed about the shows I like that are not nominated for an Emmy while shows I hate, I think everyone on them should fall over and DIE!

But when not only shows I like are ignored, but the ones that millions of other people like as well, then I have to write something about it.

Those who should be nominated (as the Christians put it: "If there was a God." Or maybe that's the Agnostics who say that.) --
(Not an all inclusive list, many have been left off, but these are the ones I'm most pissed off about.)

Tatiana Maslany for "Orphan Black" - Best Actress

Juliana Margulies for "The Good Wife" - Best Actress

Archie Panjabi for "The Good Wife" - Best Actress

Of course, there are those in the past that deserved Emmys but never were even nominated - Lauren Graham, "Gilmore Girls", Kristen Bell, "Veronica Mars", "Buffy the Vampire Slayer".

And while I'm on this rant, I don't think ANY shows on channel you have to pay for (HBO, Showtime, Starz, etc.) should be nominated since not everyone can afford  to buy these channels.

That's All.
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Alexis Bledel in "Violet & Daisy"

        Bought the DVD and watched it. First impression that it was kind of Pulp Fiction-ish. Odd things happen, with flashbacks and a dream sequence.

Brief synopsis...

Violet (Alexis) and Daisy (Saoirse Ronan) are hit women. Violet and Daisy celebrate Daisy's 18th birthday. They both love singer and entertainer Barbie Sunday, who canceled a concert, but had a line of fashion coming out, including a signature dress they both want.

    So they take one last easy job - get in "The Guy's" apartment, wait for him to come home, and kill him. They sit on the sofa waiting and fall asleep. He comes in, covers them with a spread, and sits down in a chair to wait for them to wake up.

    They do, then go into a bedroom to discuss why he didn't take their guns. They decide to just run in and blast away, which they do, with eyes closed. But he was in the kitchen making cookies. He wants them to kill him because he robbed somebody also, and those guys coming for him will torture him first.

    Violet has to go out to buy more bullets.

    Daisy and The Guy start bonding. He discovers that Violet is more violent than Daisy, and she kind of wants to be like her, and kind of doesn't. Also he is dying of cancer and doesn't want to suffer and linger.

    The other guys come in, Violet comes in after them and kills all four of them. They put them in the bathtub.

    Violet again goes out for more bullets. Daisy finds out The Guy has a daughter who, for some reason, blames him for her mother's death even though it was an auto accident.

    Violet comes back, he is ready to die, but only one of them shoots and kills him. They get out by the fire escape as the cops come in the front door.

    They buy the dresses, then separate. Daisy goes to the school where April, The Guy's daughter, is attending, and gives her the Barbie Sunday dress, telling her it is from her father.

    End of movie. The only extra was the theater preview - which had the scenes all jumbled up, as usual.

   

    April was played by the awesome Tatiana Maslany, who is SO wonderful in Orphan Black.

    I can kind of understand why the movie went straight to DVD, not the blockbuster that studios and theater owners want to offer.

But out of 5 stars, I'd give it 4

For pics of Alexis -- Alexis Bledel

And --
Tatiana Maslany in "Orphan Black"

2013 Emmys - The Usual Crap Shows Nominated

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And once again it's here, and the reason I NEVER watch the Emmys -- shows I never watch are nominated, and the ones I do are ignored (DON'T EVEN get me started on "Gilmore Girls"!!)

My list of shows and people who deserve to be nominated:
 (Since I never watch comedies [because they are never funny, they are boring, they are stupid, and they are never funny] they are not included.)

Shows (in no particular order) --
Hell on Wheels
Orphan Black
Sons of Anarchy
Justified
Longmire
Defiance
Continuum
Chicago Fire
The Americans
Blue Bloods
NCIS
The Bridge
Blue Bloods
Falling Skies

Actors and Actresses  (in no particular order) --
Tatiana Maslany ... Orphan Black ... Lead
Robert Taylor ... Longmire ... Lead
Ksenia Solo ... Lost Girl ... Supporting
Julie Benz ... Defiance ... Lead
Rachel Nichols ... Continuum ... Lead
Keri Russell ... The Americans ... Lead
Diane Kruger ... The Bridge ... Lead
Stephanie Leonidas ... Defiance ... Supporting
Tom Selleck ... Blue Bloods ... Lead
Donnie Wahlberg ... Blue Bloods ... Supporting
Emily Rose ... Haven ... Lead

And I guess that is all. Too bad these people and shows never get the recognition they deserve.
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