Somebody Save Me!

Smallville



Otra de mis series favoritas, la vengo siguiendo desde que empezó, hace 6 temporadas...ahora en unos dias se viene la septima con novedades y personajes nuevos. Como todo gran fan de Superman, esperamos que esta sea la última. Nadie quiere que se mute mucho la verdadera historia, ni mucho menos que se queden sin ideas, y filmen Cualquier Verdura.

Smallville is an American television series set in the fictional town of Smallville, Kansas. It is produced in and around Vancouver, Canada. Created by writer/producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, the series was initially broadcast by The WB. After its fifth season, the WB and UPN merged to form The CW, which is the current broadcaster for the show in the United States.[1] Smallville premiered on October 16, 2001, and completed its sixth season on May 17, 2007.[2] A seventh season was officially announced by The CW on May 16, 2007,[3] and is scheduled to premiere on September 27, 2007.[4]

The plot follows the adventures of a young Clark Kent's life in Smallville, Kansas, during the years before he becomes Superman. The first four seasons focused on Clark and his friends' high school years. Since season five, the show has ventured into more adult settings, with some characters attending college. Recent seasons have seen an increase in the introductions of other DC comic book superheroes and villains.

Smallville inspired an Aquaman spin-off pilot, which was not picked up by The CW network, as well as promotional tie-ins with Verizon, Sprint, and Toyota. In other media, the show has spawned a series of young-adult novels, a DC Comics comic book and soundtrack releases. The show broke the record for highest rated debut for The WB, with 8.4 million viewers tuning in for its pilot episode.

Production:


-Development:

Originally, Tollin/Robbins Productions wanted to do a show about a young Bruce Wayne. The feature film division of Warner Bros. had decided to develop an origin movie for Batman, and, because they didn't want to compete with a television series, had the television series idea nixed. In 2000, Tollin/Robbins approached Peter Roth, the President of Warner Bros. Television, about developing a series based on a young Superman. That same year, Alfred Gough and Miles Millar developed a pilot based on the film Eraser. After watching the pilot, Roth approached the two men about developing a second pilot, based on the young Superman concept that was brought to him. After meeting with Roth, Gough and Millar decided that they didn't want to do a series where there was lots of flying, and a cape. It was here that they developed a "no tights, no flights" rule, vowing Clark would not, at any point, fly or don the suit during the run of the show.

Gough and Millar wanted to strip Superman down to his "bare essence", and see the reasons behind why Clark became Superman. Gough and Millar felt the fact that they were not comic book fans played into their favor. Not being familiar with the universe would allow them an unbiased approach to the series. This didn't keep them from learning about the characters; they both did research on the comics and picked and rearranged what they liked. They returned and pitched their idea to both the WB and FOX in the same day. A bidding war ensued between FOX and the WB, which the WB won with a commitment of 13 episodes to start.

Roth, Gough, and Millar knew the show was going to be action oriented, but they wanted to be able to reach that "middle America iconography" that 7th Heaven had reached. To help create this atmosphere, the team decided the meteor shower that brings Clark to Earth would be the foundation for the franchise of the show. Not only does it act as the primary source behind the creation of the super powered beings that Clark must fight, but it acts as a sense of irony in Clark's life. The meteor shower would give him a life on Earth, but it would also take away the parents of the girl he loves, and start Lex Luthor down a dark path, thanks to the loss of his hair during the shower. Roth loved the conflict that was created for Clark, in forcing him to deal with the fact that his arrival is what caused all of this pain.

Another problem the creators had to address was why Lex Luthor would be hanging out with a bunch of teenagers. They decided to create a sense of loneliness in the character of Lex Luthor, which they felt would require him to reach out to the teens. The loneliness was echoed in Clark and Lana as well. Gough and Millar wanted to provide a parallel to the Kents, so they created Lionel Luthor, Lex's father, which they saw as the "experiment in extreme parenting". Gough and Millar wanted a younger Kent couple, because they felt they needed to be able to be involved in Clark's life, and help him through his journey. Chloe Sullivan, another character created just for the show, was meant to be the "outsider" the show needed. Gough and Millar felt the character was necessary so someone would notice the weird happenings in Smallville. She was meant to act as a "precursor to Lois Lane".

The concept of Smallville has been described by Warner Brothers as being a reinterpretation of the Superman mythology from its roots. Recently, since the November 2004 reacquisition of Superboy by the Siegels, there has arisen contention regarding a possible copyright infringement. The dispute is over ownership of the fictional Smallville, title setting of the show, and a claimed similarity between Superboy's title character and Smallville's Clark Kent. The heirs of Jerry Siegel claim "Smallville is part of the Superboy copyright", of which the Siegels own the rights.

-Filming:

The show is produced at BB Studios in Burnaby. Initially, production was going to be in Australia, but Vancouver had more of a "Middle America landscape". The city provided a site for the Kent farm, as well as doubling for Metropolis. It also provided a cheaper shooting location, and was in the same time zone as Los Angeles. "Main street" Smallville is at a combination of two locations. Portions were shot in the town of Merritt, and the rest was shot in Cloverdale. Cloverdale is particularly proud of being a filming site for the show; at its entrance is a sign which reads "Home of Smallville".

Vancouver Technical School doubled as the exterior for Smallville High, as the film makers believed Van Tech had the "mid-American largess" they wanted. This kept in-line with Millar's idea that Smallville should be the epitome of "Smalltown, USA". The interiors of Templeton Secondary School were used for Smallville High's interior. The Kent farm is a real farm located in Aldergrove. Owned by The Andalinis, the production crew had to paint their home yellow for the show. Exterior shots of Luthor Mansion were filmed at a castle in Victoria. The interior shots were done at Shannon Mews, in Vancouver, which was also the set for the Dark Angel pilot and Along Came a Spider. Movie house Clova Cinema, in Cloverdale, is used for exterior shots of The Talon, the show's coffee house. For the first three seasons, the coffee house is co-owned by Lex Luthor and Lana Lang, who also manages it.

-Music:

Most episodes feature one or more songs by alternative rock acts. Two soundtrack albums were released, with the second following two years after the first. As yet, none of Mark Snow's Americana-flavored original scores (which at times incorporates John Williams' iconic themes from Richard Donner's 1978 film Superman) has been released. On February 25, 2003, Smallville: The Talon Mix was released. The Talon Mix featured a selected group of artists that supplied music for the show. Following that release, on November 8, 2005, Smallville: The Metropolis Mix was released. It followed the same format, featuring selected artists from the show's music.

10 Season's Friends.

Quien no vio aunque sea un capitulo de las 10 temporadas de esta serie que cautivo los corazones de millones de 
personas en todo el mundo?
Alguno de ustedes se imagina la cantidad asquerosa de plata que deben haber
facturado estos 6 amigos en todos esos años!?
FUAH!, solo por eso se merecen un post!

Friends is an American situation comedy about a group of six friends living in the New York City borough of Manhattan that was originally broadcast from 1994 to 2004. It was created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, and produced by Kevin S. Bright, Marta Kauffman and David Crane. One of the most popular television series of all time, the show has been broadcast in over one hundred countries and still continues to attract good ratings for its episodes in syndication. The final episode of the show remains one of the largest in terms of television audience numbers in the U.S.

Origins:

Friends was created in 1994 by David Crane, and Marta Kauffman, as a follow up to their cable series Dream On. Friends was aimed at young adults who, during the early 1990s, were identified by their café culture, dating scene and modern independence.

Originally to be named Across the Hall, Six of One, Insomnia Cafe, or Friends Like Us, Friends was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television, for NBC in the U.S., and was first broadcast on that network. 'Friends' debuted on September 22, 1994, and was considered a must-see comedy. The show was a huge success throughout its ten year run and was a staple of the NBC Thursday night line-up. The final episode aired on May 6, 2004. The finale was one of the most-watched series finales in television history, behind only M*A*S*H, Cheers, and Seinfeld.

The Friends' Fountain:

The fountain seen in the opening title sequence can be found at the Warner Bros. Ranch at 401 N. Hollywood Way, in Burbank, California, about a half mile west of the main studio lot. The fountain was also used prominently in the finale of the Charlton Heston classic, The Omega Man, and in the film version of the Broadway musical, 1776. The opening scene was shot at about 4am one morning while it was extremely cold. Reportedly, it took only a couple of takes.

Running gags:

Friends included many running gags throughout the span of the show, some of which are recognized in general culture in their own right, such as Chandler's "Could this be any more...", or Janice's "Oh my God". Each character has his or her own set of running gags: Joey being out of work, Gunther being in love with Rachel, Fat Monica, 'Clean Freak Monica', Gay Chandler, Chandler's third nipple (referred to by him as his "nubbin"), Phoebe's fictional character (Regina Phalange), as well as her ability to speak fluent French and Italian (the latter her not being aware of), Rachel's shopping, Ross's tendency to get divorced, Ross hitting the sides of his fists together (a substitute for flipping the bird), Monica and Ross' parents tendency to favour Ross, Joey's use of the phrase "How you doin'?", Rachel's nose job, Phoebe's "Smelly Cat" song, Monica's catch phrase "I know!", and Ross and Rachel being "on a break..." Also Rachel's semi catch phrase of "No!" When Phoebe goes to her twin sister Ursula's apartment and she asks who it is. Phoebe always replies Phoebe and Ursula is always surprised on who it is. It suggests either Ursula is as ditzy as Phoebe or has a friend named Phoebe. Ross' constant stuttering. The fact that Monica is "freakishly strong".

Cultural impact:

Friends has made a notable contribution to some areas of popular culture - in particular, language and fashion. The use of "so" to mean "very" or "really" was not invented by any Friends writer, but it is arguable that the extensive use of the phrase in the series encouraged its use in everyday life (others assert that the use of "so" on Friends as an "unconditional" in the sense of "absolutely" ["You are so moving"; "You are so dead"], supplanting it's 80s counterpart "totally," was much more influential than "so" in the sense of "very," which was firmly established in the vernacular long before Friends).

The series has also been noted for its impact on everyday fashion and hairstyles. Jennifer Aniston's hairstyle was nicknamed "The Rachel" and copied around the world.

Joey Tribbiani's catchphrase "How you doin'?" has become a popular part of American slang, often used as a pick-up line or when greeting friends. The show also popularized the idea of the laminated list of celebrities that a person's partner will permit them to sleep with if they were to ever meet them. Ross and Rachel discuss celebrities they have crushes on and Ross, taking the matter very seriously, laminates his list.

The phrase "Ross and Rachel" is used to describe an on/off relationship with a 'history', or in a situation like "Are you on a real break, or a Ross and Rachel break?" This is played as a joke in Scrubs: the janitor describes J.D.'s relationship with Elliot as "not exactly Ross and Rachel." After a pause, the "Ross and Rachel" in question is revealed to be two other employees in the hospital, "Dr. Ross, and Rachel from the book keeping department," and the offscreen shots. Friends has been referenced again in the Scrubs episode, "My Cold Shower"; Carla describes J.D and Elliot's relationship as being, "On and off more than Ross and Rachel, from Friends", J.D then explains how he is nothing like Ross and in Doctor Cox's tradition of calling J.D girl's names, he tells J.D he's more like Rachel.

Criticisms:

The shows has come under some criticisms, one of the most well-known being a lack of ethnic diversity despite the show's New York City setting. When asked in an interview, "Why has there never been someone with dark skin on Friends?" executive produce and writer Michael Curtis responded, "You mean, like, sunburned or something? Because there have been lots of black characters."

Bubble-gums & needles.

MacGyver



Otro must be seen de la pantalla chica, ya no puedo recordar la cantidad de mediodias que pase mirando como este genio resolvia situaciones limite con unas mierditas que encontraba por ahi, la verdad un idolo de cualquier niño que le gustara jugar a hacer robots con cajas de lavarropas y chapitas de Coca de a litro.
MacGyver sin duda se hubiese merecido una buena pelicula!

MacGyver is an American adventure television series, produced in Canada, about a laid-back, extremely resourceful secret agent, played by Richard Dean Anderson. The series was created by Lee David Zlotoff and executive produced by Henry Winkler and John Rich. It ran for seven seasons from September 29, 1985 to May 21, 1992 on the ABC network and filmed primarily in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Of the 139 one-hour episodes, three had two parts. Additionally, two made-for-TV movies were produced in 1994.

Angus MacGyver's main asset is his practical application of scientific knowledge and inventive use of common items—along with his ever-present Swiss Army knife and duct tape and the usual coincidence of being locked up in a room full of useful materials. The clever solutions MacGyver implemented to seemingly intractable problems—often in life-or-death situations requiring him to improvise complex devices in a matter of minutes—were a major attraction of the show, which was praised for generating interest in engineering[1] as well as providing entertaining storylines. All of MacGyver's exploits on the show were ostensibly vetted to be based on real scientific principles (even though, the creators acknowledged, in real life one would have to be extraordinarily lucky for most of MacGyver's ideas to succeed). In the few cases where MacGyver used household chemicals to create poisons, explosives or other things deemed too dangerous to be accurately described on television, details were intentionally altered or vague.

The use of ordinary household items to jury rig devices shows an influence from The A-Team (though MacGyver eschewed firearms). The idea has entered U.S. popular culture; such constructions are referred to as "MacGyverisms" (a term first used in episode 3 of season 2, "Twice Stung").

Characters:
Angus MacGyver is a highly intelligent, optimistic action hero who prefers non-violent conflict resolution wherever possible. He refuses to carry or use a gun due to a childhood accident with a revolver that resulted in the death of a friend.[2] The character is portrayed as an outspoken advocate of gun control, and is also politically liberal in other respects; environmental preservation, racial equality, assisting the poor. Even in cases where his improvised devices are used to attack hostile opponents, he is always doing so in self-defense and, if possible, subduing or disabling rather than killing. He is often suspicious of militaristic attitudes within the government; he sees his Phoenix Foundation employer as an alternative to the more conventional (and violent) means of law enforcement.

He was born and raised in Minnesota on either January 23, 1951 (per his passport in "Every Time She Smiles") or March 23, 1951 (working back from dates given in the episodes "Thin Ice", Passages, Friends, Runners, and "Phoenix Under Siege"). (Note: Given the fact that MacGyver was on a covert mission in the episode "Every Time She Smiles", it is possible that the birthdate on his passport was purposely incorrect.) His heritage explains why he speaks with a Minnesota accent. (Richard Dean Anderson himself was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on January 23, 1950.) MacGyver lived his childhood in Mission City. Like Anderson, MacGyver was an avid hockey player as a child, and competed in his local hockey league, continuing to play the game as an adult. He graduated from Alexander Ramsey High School in Roseville, Minnesota. His character earned a degree in physics from the fictitious Western Tech where in 1973 a mustachioed MacGyver had studied under Julian Ryman, a man who also had an ability to fix things with everyday objects and was probably influential on MacGyver. This was revealed in the episode "Hell Week" where MacGyver returns to his college and ends up helping Ryman's son, David. MacGyver's interests include mountain climbing, ice hockey and baccarat.

MacGyver's first name remained a mystery until the final season; whenever he's asked about it, he says he dislikes his first name and changes the subject. Consequently, most of his friends and colleagues call him by his last name or simply "Mac." The script for the series pilot gave MacGyver's first name as "Stace", but this information, while mentioned in promotional material, did not appear in the finished episode. His first name is finally officially revealed in "Good Knight, MacGyver", in which he learns of a 7th century Scottish ancestor, Angus M'Iver, and admits that they share their first name; and repeated in the series finale, which introduces MacGyver's son, whose middle name is Angus. It is also revealed on the boxes of the MacGyver seasons.

During seasons 4–7, the show revolved more around social issues such as guns and runaway teens than did the episodes in seasons 1–3, which were mostly about MacGyver's adventures working for the United States government, and then later the Phoenix Foundation.

The most appealing aspect is that MacGyver, when being challenged to protect himself or a person who needs protection (a persecuted man, woman, or child), is a man "who never gives up", and "when plan A doesn't succeed", then he will think about "plan B". There are only a few episodes in which he was forced to think about a "plan B".

Influence on culture:
MacGyverisms:

For a list of MacGyverisms, see List of problems solved by MacGyver

The spontaneous inventions have come to be nicknamed MacGyverisms and even led to the verb, 'to MacGyver' or 'to MacGyver-ize'. This word was used in Richard Dean Anderson's project Stargate SG-1, in a breaking of the 4th wall moment in the first episode, when the character Samantha Carter (portrayed by Amanda Tapping) comments on the time and effort that had been required "to MacGyver" a replacement for the Stargate's long-lost control system. Anderson's character, Colonel O'Neill, is seen to inwardly groan and raise his eyes, in the manner of one who is not being allowed to forget something. In an outtake from another SG-1 episode, Tapping becomes 'upset' with Anderson over their characters' current predicament (being trapped under Antarctica), saying "For God's sake, I'm stuck in here with MacGyver! Here, I have a straw and some bubble gum, now make me a nuclear reactor!" Her remarks prompted laughter on the part of the crew, and apparent shock and disbelief on the part of Anderson. However, "MacGyverism" was used long before that, in a MacGyver episode. It was used by Joanne Remmings (played by Pamela Bowen) in the second-season episode #3 "Twice Stung", in which MacGyver must con a con man. (The episode title is a reference to The Sting, with Paul Newman, Robert Redford, and Dana Elcar.)

MacGyverism is a derivative of the "robinsonade" genre, named after Robinson Crusoe (1719). In this genre, the protagonist is suddenly isolated from the comforts of civilization and must improvise the means of his survival from the limited resources at hand. MacGyverism is also an example of bricolage, and MacGyver himself is the paradigm of a bricoleur ("a person who creates things from existing materials, is creative and resourceful").

In July 2005, the American International Press released a book of MacGyverisms from the television show, called 'The Unofficial MacGyver How-to Handbook' by Bret Terrill and Greg Dierkers.

A Swiss Army knife is commonly called "Macgybar Chakku" in Bangladesh, "Maekgaibeo Kal" in South Korea, and "Pisau MacGyver/Pisau Lipat MacGyver" in Indonesia and Malaysia. (Chakku, Kal and Pisau mean knife in Bengali, Korean and Malay, respectively.) In Malaysia, the term "MacGyver knife" (English) is also commonly used. In Norway and in certain areas of Finland, duct tape is commonly known, to some degree, as "MacGyver-tape", though it is more used in a joking manner. In Mozambique, fixing something by adapting locally-available parts is sometimes referred to as doing a "Macgyver". In Taiwan, a person who is knowledgable or skilled at a technical subject X is termed an "X magaixian" ("X MacGyver").

No Problem!

Alf [Tv series]



Recordando aquellas series de la infancia de uno, se me vino a la mente Alf, en el momento en el que gire mi cabeza y vi mis sabanas con su rostro.
Gran serie si las hay, hasta el dia de hoy me hace reir. Y hasta el dia de hoy sigo creyendo que comer gatos es la solución a todos los problemas.
Alf > all!

ALF is a sitcom that originally ran on NBC from 1986 to 1990.

The title character is Gordon Shumway, an alien nicknamed A.L.F. (Alien Life Form). He was born on October 28, 1756 on the Lower East side of the planet Melmac. The planet Melmac was located six parsecs past the Hydra-Centaurus Supercluster and had a green sky, blue grass and a purple sun. The commonly-used currency is "Foam".

ALF's body is covered with orange fur. He has a rippled snout, facial moles, eight stomachs, and he likes to eat cats (tabbies have been rumored as a favorite, but his preferred snack has not been definitively stated). He attended high school for 122 years and was captain of a Bouillabaisseball team (which is played on ice using shellfish as a ball).

In the pilot episode, ALF follows an amateur radio signal and crash-lands into the garage of the Tanners. The Tanners are a white suburban middle class family consisting of the social worker Willie (Max Wright), his wife Kate (Anne Schedeen), their children Lynn (Andrea Elson) and Brian (Benji Gregory Hertzberg), and the cat Lucky.

Unsure what to do, the Tanners take ALF into their home and hide him from the Alien Task Force (a part of the U.S. military) and their nosy neighbors (the Ochmoneks), until he can repair his spacecraft. He generally hid in the kitchen. It was eventually revealed that Melmac exploded as a result of a nuclear war, and that Shumway was not only homeless, but also, to the best of his knowledge, the last survivor of both his civilization and his species. He became a permanent member of the family, although his culture shock, survivor guilt, general boredom, despair, and loneliness frequently caused difficulty for the Tanners.

While most of the science fiction of ALF was played for comedic value, there were a few references to actual topics in space exploration. For example, ALF's using a radio signal as a beacon in the pilot episode. In the episode "Weird Science", ALF told Brian, who was building a model of the solar system for school, that there were two planets beyond Pluto called "Alvin" and "Dave". However, after a call was made to an astronomical organization, Willie explained that "Alvin" could have been the planetoid Chiron, or "Object Kowal", after its discoverer.

The original series spans over four seasons and 102 episodes (each episode's name is also the name of a song relevant to the episode's plot), in which Alf learns about Earth culture and makes new friends both within the Tanner family and without, including Willie's brother Neal, Kate's mother Dorothy (with whom Alf has a love-hate relationship — he refers to her as the Wicked Witch of the West, a reference to the Wizard of Oz), her husband Whizzer, the Ochmoneks' nephew Jake, a psychiatrist named Larry, and a blind woman named Jody (who never quite figures out that Alf isn't human, though she is aware through touch that he is short and very hairy). Changes pass within the Tanner household over the course of the series, including the birth of a new child, Eric, Alf's move from his initial quarters in the laundry room to a converted attic "apartment", and the death of Lucky the cat; in the final instance, Alf finds that, despite his occasional attempts to catch Lucky with the intention of making the cat a meal, he has come to love and respect the family pet too much to do anything untoward with Lucky's remains. In the series finale, Alf is about to be rescued by other survivors of his home planet, but is instead captured by the American military, and the viewer is left to ponder Alf's ultimate fate. (This was not supposed to be the finale, as the original airing ended on a "To Be Continued" note. At the time, the show was in limbo as to whether it would get a fifth season. The producers supposedly had a verbal agreement with NBC to get at least one more episode to resolve the cliffhanger. NBC never made good on the deal, and no more episodes were created.)

Princess of the Universe

Highlander-The Series

 

Highlander es una serie de televisión que duró de 1992 a 1998, interpretada por Adrian Paul, quien personifica a Duncan MacLeod, un Inmortal que vive en tiempos modernos mezclándose entre la sociedad y enfrentando a otros inmortales.
Una de mis series favoritas, la mire casi toda mi infancia y mire todas las temporadas. Ahora me dio la loca y las estoy bajando de nuevo!!! *-*

Los Inmortales:
Los Inmortales son una raza especial de hombres y mujeres que sólo pueden morir al ser decapitados, produciéndose enfrentamientos y alianzas para seguir viviendo durante siglos. Después de decapitar a su oponente, el ganador dice “Sólo puede haber Uno”. Viven entre nosotros en silencio. Al igual que los Humanos, algunos son buenos y otros tienen los más bajos instintos, y harán lo que sea por perpetuar su vida. Ningún inmortal es hijo biológico de las personas que lo criaron. Tampoco pueden engendrar hijos con mortales u otros inmortales. La serie no explica el por qué. Los inmortales tienen la peculiaridad de que no envejecen, y apenas resultan heridos de cualquier forma se recuperan inmediatamente (salvo en los casos en que pierden la cabeza, que es la única forma en que mueren. Las reglas de los inmortales son algo míticas, luchan y cumplen con unos preceptos con la esperanza de que algún día el conflicto termine y quede uno solo que viva en paz por toda la eternidad; cosa que nunca ocurre, puesto que siempre, durante todos los siglos, surgen nuevos inmortales que se incorporan a la lucha contra los que ya tienen siglos existiendo. Si un inmortal pierde la cabeza por accidente, o en manos de un mortal, su quickening o poder pasa al del inmortal que este más cerca del suceso, así no haya tenido nada que ver en el acto.

Reglas de los inmortales:
Los Inmortales están sujetos a varias reglas sagradas durante sus duelos y a lo largo de sus vidas: 1. No pueden luchar en terreno sagrado (no importa la naturaleza del mismo mientras esté consagrado). 2. Los duelos deben ser uno a uno, sin interferencias externas de otros Inmortales. El vencedor asume los poderes del derrotado. 3. Deben mantenerse en el anonimato sin revelar su naturaleza al Mundo. Durante la serie, se pueden ver las consecuencias nefastas de la revelación: ser abandanados por su familia, perseguidos por sus tribus, ser torturados, quemados vivios y decapitados por mortales, perdiendose su esencia. El duelo final se desarrollaría en una lejana tierra entre los últimos Inmortales, que es precisamente el momento que narra la película, donde el marco es la ciudad de Nueva York.

Cuenta la leyenda, que una maldición realizada por una bruja Celta, desengañada por el amor de uno de ellos, los obliga a pelearse unos a otros para auto eliminarse. En las peleas con sable, que son a muerte, cuando uno de ellos es decapitado, toda la energía acumulada a través de los siglos (Quickening) pasa al vencedor, y así hasta el fin de los tiempos. Cuando llegue El Encuentro (The Gathering), los pocos Inmortales en el mundo se batirán el la última Batalla, y al final solo quedará uno... ese será "El último Inmortal". Les esta prohibido pelear en los terrenos llamados por ellos “Suelo Sagrado” (Cementerios, iglesias, sinagogas, mezquitas, etc.), ya que estos terrenos poseen energía similar a la de ellos. Si un Inmortal mata a otro dentro de Suelo Sagrado, la tierra misma absorbe el Quickening del decapitado y a la vez la misma descarga de absorción puede despojar al otro hasta más de la mitad de su poder, lo que sería un debilitamiento considerable, por eso ni el más malvado de los Inmortales mata en Suelo Sagrado, ya que es lo peor que podría hacer y le costaría más de la mitad de su poder.

Durante largo tiempo se fueron separando por el mundo para no encontrarse y evitar lo inevitable, pero un Inmortal volvió a matar y desencadenó la más terrible batalla.

Junto con la leyenda de los inmortales, surgió una sociedad secreta llamada los Centinelas o Vigilantes(Watchers). Los Centinelas observan el desarrollo de los inmortales, documentan su vida y buscan quien será el último. Sus reglas más importantes son: no ser descubiertos en su labor y no intervenir en sus interminables luchas. Dentro de los Centinelas, nació una secta llamada "Los cazadores"(hunters), que desea exterminar a los inmortales por ser "una abobinación de Dios". Quieren evitar la llegada del último por creer que será una catastrofe (el anticristo?). En las últimas temporadas de la seríe, los Centinelas interactúan con los inmortales de buenas intenciones.

Cast de la serie:
-Adrian Paul .... Duncan 'Mac/Highlander' MacLeod
-Alexandra Vandernoot .... Tessa Noel
-Stan Kirsch .... Richard H. 'Richie' Ryan
-Amanda Wyss .... Randi MacFarland
-Jim Byrnes .... Joe Dawson
-Philip Akin .... Charlie DeSalvo
-Lisa Howard .... Dr. Anne Lindsey
-Elizabeth Gracen .... Amanda Darieux
-Peter Wingfield .... Adam Pierson / Methos
-Peter Hudson .... James Horton / Ahriman
-Roger Daltrey .... Hugh Fitzcairn
-Valentine Pelka .... Kronos/Ahriman
-Roland Gift .... Xavier St. Cloud
-David Robb .... Kalas
-Christopher Lambert .... Connor MacLeod
-Real Andrews .... Haresh Clay


In the end, there can be only one!

Discos obligatorios.-

Estos son un algunos discos, que coincidiendo con Pimba, deben ser recomendados y escuchados por todos.
Aqui les dejo las criticas extraidas de la revista Pimba:


BACK TO BLACK
Amy Winehouse
Universal-2006


La cosa fue así. O al menos así se cuenta. A fines de 2006, Amy Winehouse, otro prodigio reciente de la música popular británica, se habia convertido en un escándalo ambulante. La prensa amarillista de la isla se fascinó con imprimir todo el escabroso repertorio que ella regaló fuera de lo musical: anorexia, vómitos en público, depresión, alcoholismo, drogas, golpes a fans, mandar a callar a Bono en una conferencia de prensa [por esto debería recibir un premio]. Entonces, preocupada por la imagen, su compañia de management le sugirió que iniciara una rehabilitación. Pero Amy dijo no, no, no. Lo dijo tres veces y más, dejó su compañia, llamó a Mark Ronson -el DJ y productor caliente del momento- y al poco tiempo editó el single "Rehab", un poderoso y pegadizo rhythm and blues que suena entre las Ronettes y la Motown, y que Joss Stone no podría cantar ni aunque tomara una pelota de kerosén. La voz de Amy es maravillosamente negra, para una mujercita de 23 aaños de piel blanca y procedencia judía. Es la voz de Billie Holiday o de Ronnie Spector. Una voz de antes, interpretando R&B, soul y jazz de todos los tiempos, pero con canciones de ahora, compiestas por Winehouse mismo. Y así se llega a "Back to Black", su segundo álbum, un rotundo éxito comercial y un disco bien recomendable, algo poco comñun en estos tiempos. Y Amy sigue siendo un desastre, claro, una suerte de Pete Doherty femenina que anda por ahí cortandose ante los periodistas, diciendo que fuma heroína y pesando 42 kilos. Pero no le importa. Y canta: "They tried to make me o to rehab/I said no, no, no".   J.M.H



ONE MAN REVOLUTION
The Nightwatchman
Epic-2007


The Nightwatchman es el nombre que usa Tom Morello, guitarrista de Rage against the machine y de mejor olvidar Audioslave, para convertirse en un neo-cantante folk y continuar con la diatriba política, pero desde un lugar que precinde de vocales a pulmón partido, barrocos efectos de guitarra y penetrantes bases rítmicas; es decir, que precinde de la potencia de RATM, para que surja de forma interesante y hasta sorprendente, un neófito cantautor de voz gruesa y guitarra acustica. Eso es "One man revolution", el primer disco de Morello como solista. Es el intento de este avezado guitarrista de emular "Nebraska" [1982] de Bruce Springsteen, con más similitudes que divergencias. Los parecidos en lo musical son evidentes: ambos discos apelan a la sencillez en la composición, basada en tres instrumentos, vez, armónica [en algunos casos] y guitarra acústica.
El punto de inspiración que concibe las obras también coincide; mientras que "Nebraska" fua la reacción critica de Springsteen al Estados Unidos que comandaba Ronald Reagan a principios de los ochentas, "One man revolution" es la respuesta de Morello al que drige hoy George W. Bush. Como manda la tradción en el folk, allá y aquí lo que importa es la canción. Así, tanto Springsteen como Morello asaltan con pesimismo el medio que les toca describir, y para ello recurren a la imagen simbólica que emana del Estadis Unidos profundo: el marginado, el obrero, el humilde; por tanto, el más golpeado por las injusticias del capitalismo, la politica y la indiferencia. La divergencia estña en el tono. Sí Springsteen es un objetor oscuro y sutil, Morello, fiel a su marxismo combativo [se recibió en Hardvard pero prefiere la Cuba de Fidel], es agresivo y directo, suena desesperado, y mediante metáforas simples hace saber que su fe en la revolución todavía no claudicó; más bien esera agazaoadam eb kas carreteras, en los desiertos, en los recovecos de Los Ángeles o Nueva York. Y si a alguien poco le importa qué dice o piensa Morello, o si se contradice o es un falso profeta, aún así "One man revolution" es un disco muy bien logrado y agradable de escuchar. Aunque suene caprichoso y reiterativo, es el "Nebraska" de un rabioso músico izquierdista, que se probó hábil como cantautor.   J.M.H


HATS OFF THE BUSKERS
The View
Sony BMG-2007


"Hats off the buskers" es el debut discográfico de estos cuatro escoceses de Dundee. Aislado del entorno enormemente monótono, en un intento honesto de producir algo nuevo e interesante, el disco de The View es al menos agradable. Sin llegar a ser tan ruidosos y energéticos como los Artic Monkeys, y sin tener el descaro y la postura reventada de los Libertines, logran situarse en el munto medio entre la copia descarada y la inocencia de la influencia conciente. A pesar de las abundantes comparaciones con Oasis en sus primeros años, hay una gran diferencia con las bandas de ese entonces y The View. Esta diferencia radica en que, mientras aquellas de principies de los '90 aspiraban a la consagración más absoluta, esta última demuestra una clara cocación por el anonimato orgullosos, como respuesta a las incertidumbres modernas post-adolecentes. No vienen a mostrarnos nada que no hayamos escuchado antes, pero eso tampoco parece importarles demaciado.   F.Bardier

So Magic!

Magic The Gathering:

Jueguito que me costo un huevo y medio entender.
Yo veia a mis amigos jugando, mirando carpetas y cajas de cartas buscando para comprar y no entendia una mierda.
Hasta el dia en que se me cruzo por la cabeza preguntar como demonios se jugaba.

Ese dia me envenene, me encanto, el juego, la estrategia, todo.
Ahora juego todos los dias, bahh, casi todos.

Tenemos un lindo grupo de jugadores aca en Las Piedras, bastante variado;
Cotro, Gordo, Polo, Papablo, Vela, Nico, Rodó, Flare, yo y algun otro mas que se suma de vez en cuando.

Ahora estamos organizando torneos oficiales para empezar a rankear en DCI, vamos a ver que sale.

En fin a todo aquel que tenga la oportunidad de jugar, no la pierda, se va a divertir seguro.

Aqui, mi tesoro! *-* El que entiende sabrá. /babas