Monday 1 February 2010

TV

How I Met Your Mother
4x06 Happily Ever After
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]

Mad Men
3x01 Out of Town
3x02 Love Among the Ruins
Great opening to the third season. Having a time-leap, but not one as thoroughly radical as season two's, works excellently (whereas season two's was a bit much), while the writing shows all its usual subtly and style -- not everything makes sense yet, but it surely will before the season's out.
[Watch Out of Town and Love Among the Ruins again in HD on iPlayer.]

Articles

Sky runs world-first live 3D TV sport by Andrew Laughlin
(from Digital Spy)
A report on how the above went; or, rather, initial impressions from the journalist, because no public survey data is back yet. Suffice to say, football doesn't look that different in 3D -- but "other stuff might, honest" seems to be Sky's line.

Transformers leads Razzies worst films contest
(from BBC News)
Pleasing to see lots of noms for Twirubbish: New Tosh (or, y'know, whatever it's called), though they seem to have forgotten Avatar in the screenplay category.