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I’m no big fan of end-time stories but I think I’ll check out Revelations premiering tonight on NBC. I’m currently listening to an interview with its producer, Gavin Polone (Panic Room, Curb Your Enthusiasm), on the Michael Medved Show. Polone admits he’s attempting to do a “stepped-up” version of the Left Behind movies, in terms of production, writing and acting, which should give the genre a shot in the arm.

Eschatological matters largely elude me. All I know is the Creator of the universe triumphs in the end. And we all better know on whose side we’ll be before then.

An e-mail touting a new TV channel/website called OFW-TV was sent to me this morning. I don’t qualify as an “Overseas Filipino Worker” but I find some of the site’s contents, which contain lots of video, interesting to watch.

(I should set-up a del.icio.us account for stuff like this, shouldn’t I? But then again, I probably shouldn’t yet, lest my main blog content would become totally sparse. Just been so busy.)

Ooh boy, I caught a glimpse of it and I can’t wait to see more. No, I’m not talking about the presidential debates, I’m talking about these debates.

Faith Under Fire is a talk/debate show premiering tonight at 10 p.m. on PAX TV. It is “a forum for all points of view — a provocative program that takes an unflinching look at the most controversial issues involving religion, spirituality and morality.” Be sure to watch the preview trailer (T1, 56k). Hope the show’s popular enough to move to a bigger network someday.

From the land that gave us Björk comes LazyTown, a new kids series dedicated to promoting physical fitness. It debuted this past Monday on Nick Jr., perhaps to coincide with the Olympics. The show is the brainchild of professional athlete and aerobic champion Magnus Scheving, who also stars as Sportacus, a jock superhero. His sidekick is Stephanie, a perky eight-year old, who I thought at first was a Japanese pop star with her crazy pink hair and pink outfit. Lazy Town is a mix of live action, CGI and puppetry and stylistically is reminiscent of Pee-Wee’s Playhouse. And with its techno-pop tunes, it appears like an over-extended Aqua Barbie Girl music video.

One other kiddie show that promotes physical activity is Boohbah on PBS. If you thought Teletubbies was weird, this one is just plain out of this world. From what I remember in one episode, it had non-speaking, phallic-like beings whirling in a dervish fashion. And soon after that, they take off into ethereal heights like out-of-body souls entering the astral plane. Let’s wait and see if Jerry Falwell has a cow over this.

You who are disappointed with the sorry excuse of a remake of Thunderbirds put out by Universal Studios, don’t despair. The creators of South Park took it upon themselves to make a rightful send-up of the classic 60s TV show. Behold, Team America, World Police.