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Cha$e, one of two new Sci-fi channel reality shows, is kind of bizarrely amusing. The concept is to have a bunch of players, called Runners in the game, spend an hour sprinting around various filming locations ("game boards") while dodging professionally trained Hunters-- fantastic athletes specializing in everything from stealth and sprinting to Parkour and endurance running. It's like the most souped up game of Tag ever. You can solve puzzles throughout the game to win extra money and protective gadgets that can be used against Hunters. At the end of the hour, the exit opens up, and the first one through wins the cash.

It's *fascinating*. It has the player tension of other reality shows, which I don't really like, but it also has the pyschological stress of constantly, constantly trying to run, hide, and stratgise.

Others shows of particular awesome note this week: Chuck, with a Casey episode (Adam Baldwin less-than-three!), and last week's Pushing Daisies. On the movie front, I watched Saving Face, a cute romantic comedy about innapropriate pregnancies and lesbianism with a strict chinese-american community. It was, well, cute. I enjoyed it, but I wouldn't spend money on it.

I, bweh. I haven't anything else really to say. Just . . . talking about television. THIS IS WHAT I AM REDUCED TO WITHOUT MY SNARK SITES. :(:(:(