TV: How I Met Your Mother SE9 EP8

How I Met Your Mother 
Comedy, Drama, Romance

How awesome is that promo?! I lol'd!

I love this show and I'll be really sad when this season ends as I've heard it's the last season ever. With that being said, we finally get to meet the mother! I was actually thinking that they might pull a cheeky one over us and get Lyndsy Fonesca - you might have seen her in Nikita - because she also plays Ted's daughter and that clip has actually been recycled; she's all grown up now (see above promo)! But no, they didn't do that... and that's ok too!

So the mother is actually played by Cristin Milioti who you may have seen in The Sopranos, she hasn't done a lot of anything else that I recognize which makes me wonder how she was picked for the role... hrmm interesting. I do like her as the mother though, she is definitely Ted's (Josh Radnor) kinda weird.

The whole Robin (Cobie Smulders) and Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) wedding that's been going on for as long as we can remember, is actually quite amusing. I just had to point out that Barney's mum is played by Frances Conroy who has been absolutely amazing in American Horror Story with her stand out character for me being the horny maid, Moira in the first season. What brilliant versatility! Another guest star that I keep noticing is Curtis, the front desk clerk that keeps commiserating with Ted about his love life. He's played by Roger Bart who I've seen most recently in Revenge but he's been in heaps of other popular shows and movies as well. He's a very recognizable face.

Highlights of the season so far is Daphne played by Sherri Shepherd (30 Rock) and her and Marshall's (Jason Segel) fight over plane, hire car, everything! That road trip is amusing me to no end and Daphne is fantastic! Also, Lily (Alyson Hannigan, Buffy duh!) and Linus! I am finding myself watching out to see if Lily is ever on screen without a drink (I've spotted it once or twice, come on Linus! lol). A little bit of useless info, Linus is played by Robert Belushi and yes, he is Jim Balushi's son. Cool huh!?

I wonder what they are all going to do when this show finishes. We all know how amazingly talented Tony Award winner Neil Patrick Harris is. I have a feeling Cobie Smolders might move over to Agents of SHIELD. Alyson Hannigan made the move from Willow in Buffy to Lily in HIMYM, so we all know she can probably do that again. Jason Segel has his fingers in a lot of pies behind the scenes. What about poor Ted... I mean Josh Radnor?

4 out of 5 teddy bears...

Web Series: Dr Horrible's Sing Along Blog (2008)

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
Comedy, Musical, Sci-Fi

I run in the right circles on the interwebs to have heard about this before....many, many times and I know that the people who love this are nerdy fanatics...which I will admit I'm not far away from being...

This mini series is amazing! I love, love, love it and plan to make the hubby watch it. The full series is available to watch on Youtube (above) or buy from iTunes here. Honestly, I'd prefer the DVD available from Amazon here. It's really quite cheap so if you like it, support! There is also a range of merchandise available from the website here.

It's the story of the diabolical super villain Dr. Horrible - played by the legen... wait for it... dary Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother, Starship Troopers) - who's trying to desperately to gain renown so he can be inducted into the Evil League of Evil, while trying to win the heart of do-gooder Penny - played by my current obsession, Felicia Day (Buffy, The Guild). I loooooooove Felicia Day!! Of course, every super villain has to have an arch nemesis and Dr. Horrible is no different. Captain Hammer is played by the awesome Nathan Fillion (Serenity, Castle) with all the normal Fillion style humour and crack-up one liners.

How cool is that cast? It may be little but it's made up of lots of my favourite people as well as a few guest roles by writer and producer Joss Whedon (The Avengers, Buffy), his brother Jed Whedon (co-wrote this series and Dollhouse with Joss) and Simon Helberg (The Big Bang Theory).

This mini series released on the web in 2008 is freakin' hilarious! but beware, it actually is a sing-along... mostly suitable for kids but I'm pretty sure it was made with adults in mind... It's pretty B-Grade with the songs being recorded in Joss' converted basement but we've had confirmation from Felicia that it actually is them singing and not dubbed!

Give it a go!

4 out of 5 awesome sauce...

[Quote]

 Captain Hammer: "Penny's giving it up, she's giving it up hard 'cos she's with Capt'n Hammer and these *produces fists* are not the hammer." *walks away....comes back* "The hammer is my penis."

I got hired for #drhorrible 5 months later with one email from Joss: "can you sing? ~j"
— Felicia Day (@feliciaday) October 10, 2012

"The hammer is my penis." is a fantastic line. In context. Not yelled at me in the street or in polite company. #happensalot #DrHorrible
— Nathan Fillion (@NathanFillion) October 10, 2012

TV: How I Met Your Mother SE8 EP1

How I Met Your Mother
Comedy, Romance

This is one of those shows that I'm not going to post about a lot but you guys have to know that I'm watching it! Plus, after last seasons revealing cliffy I feel like I have to say something....

So it's been Robin (Corbie Smulders) all along who's marrying Barney (legend-wait for it-dary Neil Patrick Harris)!!!!! They've been showing us this wedding for years and we've all been wondering who Barney was finally going to tie the knot with. Then along came the stripper Quinn (Becki Newton) and for a while I thought it was her... Then I actually guessed Robin... Then Quinn again... Okay, so I really didn't have any clue!

Then even though they revealed Robin as the bride, they still haven't told us whether it all actually goes ahead or not. I mean, Robin said she can't go through with it right? So... do they?!? *rips out hair* Also, yet another tantalising glimpse of the mystery woman that is Ted's wife... Thanks guys! Such a tease! Are we ever going to see her face? I also loved Uta, Klaus' sister played by Colleen Smith. Her accent was great and the conversation with Barney over the phone made me giggle.

How Barney and Robin met in under a minute? Challenge accepted! I couldn't find a youtube clip of it to share with you but there is this one from my ever faithful IMDB. Only Neil Patrick Harris would be able to pull that off. Love it!

Marshall (Jason Segel) and Lily's (Alyson Hannigan) underwater vision was hilarious! I know that's how I feel when I'm overly tired, of course I've never had a baby so, thank goodness for that...

3 out of 5 runaway brides...