This Year's Model of Humanity

So, first - saw a great performance of Cymbeline tonight! Had not ever seen that play before. It was really enjoyable.

Anyway, I checked out just the performances from Idol tonight (this is how I've been watching it all season, because I hate the filler and think the judges are useless) when I got home.

( spoilers for American Idol tonight )

1. AVENGERS. I want to see this movie so much. This is the #1 piece of media that I'm excited for this year. AVENGERS!

2. After the casting news that came out a couple of days ago, I'm actually now interested in the American Sherlock Holmes series that's being planned (Elementary, I think it's being called). Is that a show being planned for fall 2012?

3. The Hobbit - I'm rewatching The Lord of the Rings movies right now. I don't have much free time in a row, so it's going slowly. I started two weeks ago and finally made it into The Two Towers this last weekend.

4. The Vampire Diaries - which is the only scripted show that I'm watching at this point. I've tried taking on various others but as my time slipped away, so did my ability to watch a lot of TV. So, TVD is it for me at the moment. I'm hooked on that one. Elena is my girl, even if some of her romantic inclinations baffle me - but, hey, never got why Joey remained so attached to Dawson either.

5. Is the Star Trek movie supposed to come out this year? I know it's being filmed right now, so maybe it's being planned for winter 2012? Anyway, excited for Star Trek 2. The first reboot movie was so much fun.

6. I did watch the performances from Idol last night. ( spoilers )

I'm going to watch this upcoming week's episodes of AI to see if I like anyone. Last year was my first year watching (based on liking some singers from S8) and I was really very disappointed in the show (my favorite singer was Didi, who left 10th, and I wasn't very fond of anyone else). But I've heard lots of good things about S10, so I'm going to try it out.

My mom watched a couple of the audition episodes and was pleasantly surprised to learn that one of the guys that she'd liked in that episode - Robbie, I think, was his name - had made it to the Top 24.