[Doctor Who] Series 5 DVDs to exclude "Next Time" trailers
(from Radio Free Skaro)
What the... Not best pleased about this, I must say.
If you want to complain (as I have), send an email about it to DVDenquiryline@2entertain.co.uk. If you'd like a ready-written email, just click this link and add your name at the end. (FYI, this is the same as the letter I sent, which also mentions some sound effects that are missing during the title sequence.)
Complaining might seem pointless, but their responses so far indicate that any feedback is passed on to the relevant people -- if enough people voice their displeasure, things might change. Do remember to be polite though -- not only does it make them more likely to listen, it's also not the fault of the person who'll read & respond to your email.
Saturday, 19 June 2010
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
Absolutely no changes this week, which my bank balance will be happy about... although there is another big Complete Series set currently winging its way over from the States... Still, 'til that turns up (hopefully next week), there's always a new stat of the week.
Number of titles in collection: 1,183 [no change]
Of which DVDs: 1,094 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 89 [no change]
Number of discs in collection: 2,895 [no change]
Number of films in collection: 1,246 [no change]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 4,051 [no change]
Statistic of the week:
Number of Steelbooks:
23
(1.9% of the total)
Steelbooks: pretty packaging. I like pretty packaging. Ergo, I like Steelbooks.
See you next week, faithful reader.
Absolutely no changes this week, which my bank balance will be happy about... although there is another big Complete Series set currently winging its way over from the States... Still, 'til that turns up (hopefully next week), there's always a new stat of the week.
Number of titles in collection: 1,183 [no change]
Of which DVDs: 1,094 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 89 [no change]
Number of discs in collection: 2,895 [no change]
Number of films in collection: 1,246 [no change]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 4,051 [no change]
Statistic of the week:
Number of Steelbooks:
23
(1.9% of the total)
Steelbooks: pretty packaging. I like pretty packaging. Ergo, I like Steelbooks.
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 18 June 2010
TV
Damages
3x09 Drive It Through Hardcore
Friday Night With Jonathan Ross
18x20 (11/6/10 edition)
I say I watched this... I fastforwarded Katherine Heigl and stopped when Diddy came on. Which just leaves the opening monologue and Frankie Boyle, really. Life's too short for interviews with such uninteresting people.
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
How I Met Your Mother
5x04 The Sexless Innkeeper
Very clever 'single couple' montage. We likes this, yes.
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
Wallander [Swedish]
2x08 Skytten (aka The Sniper)
3x09 Drive It Through Hardcore
Friday Night With Jonathan Ross
18x20 (11/6/10 edition)
I say I watched this... I fastforwarded Katherine Heigl and stopped when Diddy came on. Which just leaves the opening monologue and Frankie Boyle, really. Life's too short for interviews with such uninteresting people.
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
How I Met Your Mother
5x04 The Sexless Innkeeper
Very clever 'single couple' montage. We likes this, yes.
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
Wallander [Swedish]
2x08 Skytten (aka The Sniper)
Articles
27 Star Wars references that are also sexual references
(from Sci Fi Wire)
Many immature "lolz" to be had.
The Critics Are Crazy About Jonah Hex! by S.T. Vanairsdale (from Movie|Line)
and
Capone's Jonah Hex review is nearly as incomprehensible as the film itself!!! by Capone (from Ain't It Cool News)
To say "it hasn't gone down well" would be an understatement...
(from Sci Fi Wire)
Many immature "lolz" to be had.
The Critics Are Crazy About Jonah Hex! by S.T. Vanairsdale (from Movie|Line)
and
Capone's Jonah Hex review is nearly as incomprehensible as the film itself!!! by Capone (from Ain't It Cool News)
To say "it hasn't gone down well" would be an understatement...
Thursday, 17 June 2010
TV
Damages
3x08 I Look Like Frankenstein
Well, he came back out of nowhere. Presumably there'll be some greater role to play... just not yet...
Dexter
3x10 Go Your Own Way
Great cliffhanger. This is definitely shaping up to be another fantastic season of Dexter -- only two episodes to go.
3x08 I Look Like Frankenstein
Well, he came back out of nowhere. Presumably there'll be some greater role to play... just not yet...
Dexter
3x10 Go Your Own Way
Great cliffhanger. This is definitely shaping up to be another fantastic season of Dexter -- only two episodes to go.
Articles
500,000 download new Who game by Christopher Dring
(from MCV)
I might play it later.
Serafinowicz: Five Reasons I Love Apple and Five Reasons I Hate Apple by Peter Serafinowicz
(from Gizmodo)
I agree. Also, presented with funny piccies.
The use of digital media comes at a price by Dan Roberts
(from Executive Style at The Sydney Morning Herald)
Interesting article on the mental and physical impact of spending too much time on computers, the Internet, social networking, etc. The solid evidence is hardly extensive at this point, but it's nonetheless compelling.
(from MCV)
“The result is a lot more than I was expecting,” Simon Nelson, controller of portfolio and multiplatform at BBC Vision told MCV.It came out on Mac earlier this week, so I can finally play it. I forgot that until today, which shows what revelations about the kind of game it was did for my initially-high excitement levels.
“We had set ourselves some fairly stretched targets on this and we’ve blown them away... This has been part of the Who planning process rather than just a bolt on at the end, which too many interactive things have been. I’m hoping that we have demonstrated to the TV and the games side that there is a marriage worth pursuing here... I like to think we’ve broken ground for the TV industry, games industry, the public service sector and hopefully even the commercial sector”
...the BBC is not resting on its laurels and is focused on making sure the rest of The Adventure Games are a success before looking ahead to future projects.
I might play it later.
Serafinowicz: Five Reasons I Love Apple and Five Reasons I Hate Apple by Peter Serafinowicz
(from Gizmodo)
I agree. Also, presented with funny piccies.
The use of digital media comes at a price by Dan Roberts
(from Executive Style at The Sydney Morning Herald)
Interesting article on the mental and physical impact of spending too much time on computers, the Internet, social networking, etc. The solid evidence is hardly extensive at this point, but it's nonetheless compelling.
Wednesday, 16 June 2010
Films
The International (2009)
[#61 in 100 Films in a Year 2010]
Taking a little break from Battlestar Galactica to re-apply the time to film watching.
[#61 in 100 Films in a Year 2010]
Taking a little break from Battlestar Galactica to re-apply the time to film watching.
Tuesday, 15 June 2010
TV
Battlestar Galactica [2004]
1x10 The Hand of God
1x11 Colonial Day
1x12 Kobol's Last Gleaming Part 1
1x13 Kobol's Last Gleaming Part 2 [season finale]
Proof again of BSG's addictiveness -- I'd intended to watch my usual two episodes, but couldn't resist ploughing on through the finale. Which leaves me having got through the whole miniseries & first season in just one week. "Oops." A break before season two... maybe...
In these episodes we have examples of everything the series has been doing best: full-on action in Hand of God; full-on politics in Colonial Day; resolutions and more mysteries in both parts of Kobol's Last Gleaming; and throughout, issues of religion, torture, democracy, and more. And a great set of cliffhangers too, without losing sight of this being a serial: there are some answers and resolutions, but many plots are left mid-way. It's a confident series that doesn't opt for "wrap everything up + cliffhanger", or even "wrap everything up for now + cliffhanger", but pushes on as if this is just a midseason ep. Thank goodness their confidence was rewarded.
Damages
3x06 Don't Forget to Thank Mr. Zedeck
Dexter
3x08 The Damage a Man Can Do
Now there's a nifty cliffhanger! It doesn't feel like it -- probably because I've watched this season so broken up -- but I'm now heading into the final third of the season. Exciting times.
1x10 The Hand of God
1x11 Colonial Day
1x12 Kobol's Last Gleaming Part 1
1x13 Kobol's Last Gleaming Part 2 [season finale]
Proof again of BSG's addictiveness -- I'd intended to watch my usual two episodes, but couldn't resist ploughing on through the finale. Which leaves me having got through the whole miniseries & first season in just one week. "Oops." A break before season two... maybe...
In these episodes we have examples of everything the series has been doing best: full-on action in Hand of God; full-on politics in Colonial Day; resolutions and more mysteries in both parts of Kobol's Last Gleaming; and throughout, issues of religion, torture, democracy, and more. And a great set of cliffhangers too, without losing sight of this being a serial: there are some answers and resolutions, but many plots are left mid-way. It's a confident series that doesn't opt for "wrap everything up + cliffhanger", or even "wrap everything up for now + cliffhanger", but pushes on as if this is just a midseason ep. Thank goodness their confidence was rewarded.
Damages
3x06 Don't Forget to Thank Mr. Zedeck
Dexter
3x08 The Damage a Man Can Do
Now there's a nifty cliffhanger! It doesn't feel like it -- probably because I've watched this season so broken up -- but I'm now heading into the final third of the season. Exciting times.
Articles
Christopher Eccleston talks about Doctor Who exit
(from BBC News)
On the one hand, it's nice someone's finally talking about it -- exactly why and under what circumstances Eccleston left the series has always been a bit of a mystery -- but, at the same time as adding a bit of clarity, it also muddies the waters. I mean, what exactly does
I suppose the wait for more revealing years-later interviews continues...
The Nintendo 3DS Is Real, and Doesn't Need Glasses
(from Gizmodo)
As you may well have heard. Highlights:
(from BBC News)
On the one hand, it's nice someone's finally talking about it -- exactly why and under what circumstances Eccleston left the series has always been a bit of a mystery -- but, at the same time as adding a bit of clarity, it also muddies the waters. I mean, what exactly does
I didn't enjoy the environment and the culture that we, the cast and crew, had to work in. I thought if I stay in this job, I'm going to have to blind myself to certain things that I thought were wrong.mean? It gives his reasons better than before, but is still quite unclear -- what environment? What culture? Who imposed it? The show's producers? The BBC?
I suppose the wait for more revealing years-later interviews continues...
The Nintendo 3DS Is Real, and Doesn't Need Glasses
(from Gizmodo)
As you may well have heard. Highlights:
There is a 3D depth slider to choose a degree of 3D, to maximize or even turn it off entirely. ... two cameras on the outside. So you can take 3D photos. ... The 3DS can also play back 3D hollywood moviesTalk of what it's like to actually use here.
Monday, 14 June 2010
TV
Battlestar Galactica [2004]
1x08 Flesh and Bone
1x09 Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down
Holy moly, a comedy episode! Well that's not something I'd expected to see in BSG.
Damages
3x05 It's Not My Birthday
There seem to be an increasing number of unheralded super-weird dream sequences on TV these days. Or maybe it's just my imagination.
Dexter
3x07 Easy as Pie
A rather excellent episode, revisiting notions of Dexter's code -- who is and isn't worthy of his 'talents'?
1x08 Flesh and Bone
1x09 Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down
Holy moly, a comedy episode! Well that's not something I'd expected to see in BSG.
Damages
3x05 It's Not My Birthday
There seem to be an increasing number of unheralded super-weird dream sequences on TV these days. Or maybe it's just my imagination.
Dexter
3x07 Easy as Pie
A rather excellent episode, revisiting notions of Dexter's code -- who is and isn't worthy of his 'talents'?
Articles
Damon Lindelof Writes the Sequel to Armageddon You'll Wish Was Real by Christopher Rosen
(from Movie|Line)
I'm no fan of Armageddon (though I do need to see all of it) or Lost (though I do intend to catch up now it's all finally done), but this is still quite funny. Especially as "it’s no less ridiculous than anything in the Michael Bay original Armageddon and actually seems almost believable as a movie project". And is called -- frankly, brilliantly -- Armageddoner!
(from Movie|Line)
I'm no fan of Armageddon (though I do need to see all of it) or Lost (though I do intend to catch up now it's all finally done), but this is still quite funny. Especially as "it’s no less ridiculous than anything in the Michael Bay original Armageddon and actually seems almost believable as a movie project". And is called -- frankly, brilliantly -- Armageddoner!
Sunday, 13 June 2010
TV
Battlestar Galactica [2004]
1x06 Litmus
1x07 Six Degrees of Separation
A pair of similarly-themed but notably different episodes that are the first concrete examples of the series tackling themes that have earnt it such plaudits; namely, notions of justice, particularly in wartime, and religion. Importantly, there are few easy answers, and, I expect, further ramifications to come.
Damages
3x04 Don't Throw That at the Chicken
Much like Dexter a week (and a bit) ago, other series coming to an end means I can restart Damages, almost three months after I last watched it. Thank goodness for "previously on"s.
Dexter
3x06 SÃ Se Puede
It feels considerably more than 10 days since I restarted Dexter. Too used to marathoning through it, I suppose, especially when I've got through nine BSGs in five days.
1x06 Litmus
1x07 Six Degrees of Separation
A pair of similarly-themed but notably different episodes that are the first concrete examples of the series tackling themes that have earnt it such plaudits; namely, notions of justice, particularly in wartime, and religion. Importantly, there are few easy answers, and, I expect, further ramifications to come.
Damages
3x04 Don't Throw That at the Chicken
Much like Dexter a week (and a bit) ago, other series coming to an end means I can restart Damages, almost three months after I last watched it. Thank goodness for "previously on"s.
Dexter
3x06 SÃ Se Puede
It feels considerably more than 10 days since I restarted Dexter. Too used to marathoning through it, I suppose, especially when I've got through nine BSGs in five days.
Articles
Scribes thrive on serial series by Robert Koehler
(from Variety)
Interesting (if brief) article on how US TV has, in the past decade or so, definitively moved away from the syndication-friendly format (i.e. standalone episodes suitable to be seen at random in any order) to the DVD-friendly serial format (i.e. long story arcs running the course of a whole (if not several) seasons).
(Variety limits the number of articles you can read without registering, and then limits further without paying. On Safari (and I presume other browsers, but I don't know), however, if you stop the page loading once the text has appeared, you can usually catch it before the password barrier pops up. Nifty.)
(from Variety)
Interesting (if brief) article on how US TV has, in the past decade or so, definitively moved away from the syndication-friendly format (i.e. standalone episodes suitable to be seen at random in any order) to the DVD-friendly serial format (i.e. long story arcs running the course of a whole (if not several) seasons).
(Variety limits the number of articles you can read without registering, and then limits further without paying. On Safari (and I presume other browsers, but I don't know), however, if you stop the page loading once the text has appeared, you can usually catch it before the password barrier pops up. Nifty.)
this week on 100 Films
4 new reviews were posted to 100 Films in a Year this week, and they were...
Burn After Reading (2008)
Ghost Town (2008)
Ivanhoe (1952)
Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960)
More next Sunday.
Burn After Reading (2008)
as two minor characters observe at the end, we’ve learnt nothing. There’s been a sporadically complex set of coincidences and accidents, some good laughs and some surprises too, but the end result is… what? But maybe that’s the point.
Ghost Town (2008)
The high-concept at the film’s centre — that Ricky Gervais sees dead people and doesn’t want to — is neat enough. It largely sticks to its rules, it manages a few moments of humour, it doesn’t get too repetitive, it often plays the most obvious card
Ivanhoe (1952)
Most notable is an excellent siege sequence, a moderately epic extended battle that is certainly the film’s high point. The randomly hurled arrows and choreography-free sword fights may look a tad amateurish almost sixty years on, when we’re used to slickly staged and edited combat sequences, but the scale and rough excitement of the battle easily makes up for it.
Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960)
The cast are adequate, even if Richard Greene’s no Errol Flynn and Peter Cushing’s no Alan Rickman (here at least). Terence Fisher’s direction is rather flat a lot of the time, though a few scenery shots, riding sequences and fights bring out a bit more dynamism.
More next Sunday.
Saturday, 12 June 2010
TV
Battlestar Galactica [2004]
1x04 Act of Contrition
1x05 You Can't Go Home Again
Doctor Who
31x11 The Lodger
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Doctor Who Confidential
5x11 Extra Time
And that's all the football I intend to watch this year.
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
The Mentalist
2x17 The Red Box
[Watch it (again) on Demand Five.]
Wallander [Swedish]
2x07 Läckan (aka The Leak)
1x04 Act of Contrition
1x05 You Can't Go Home Again
Doctor Who
31x11 The Lodger
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Doctor Who Confidential
5x11 Extra Time
And that's all the football I intend to watch this year.
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
The Mentalist
2x17 The Red Box
[Watch it (again) on Demand Five.]
Wallander [Swedish]
2x07 Läckan (aka The Leak)
Articles
BBC to revamp The One Show by Paul Millar
(from Digital Spy)
Is there a legal requirement that press releases must always describe HD as "glorious high definition"? How about another adjective, at least.
(from Digital Spy)
Is there a legal requirement that press releases must always describe HD as "glorious high definition"? How about another adjective, at least.
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
Despite another 24 hour delay, it's back to the teeny-tiny increases this week: one new DVD, and one new BD-that-replaces-a-DVD half cancelling it back out.
Number of titles in collection: 1,183 [up 1]
Of which DVDs: 1,094 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 89 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 2,895 [up 3]
Number of films in collection: 1,246 [no change]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 4,051 [up 6]
Statistic of the week:
Number of titles unrated:
135
(11.4% of the total)
Having previously done titles rated U, 18, and 15 (i.e. the lowest, highest, and largest-in-my-collection of the UK ratings), the only one with any significance left is "unrated". These are titles that are either E (for Exempt) in the UK, or other discs that are somehow allowed out unclassified, or some of my US imports, where ratings on DVDs aren't compulsory.
See you next week, faithful reader.
Despite another 24 hour delay, it's back to the teeny-tiny increases this week: one new DVD, and one new BD-that-replaces-a-DVD half cancelling it back out.
Number of titles in collection: 1,183 [up 1]
Of which DVDs: 1,094 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 89 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 2,895 [up 3]
Number of films in collection: 1,246 [no change]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 4,051 [up 6]
Statistic of the week:
Number of titles unrated:
135
(11.4% of the total)
Having previously done titles rated U, 18, and 15 (i.e. the lowest, highest, and largest-in-my-collection of the UK ratings), the only one with any significance left is "unrated". These are titles that are either E (for Exempt) in the UK, or other discs that are somehow allowed out unclassified, or some of my US imports, where ratings on DVDs aren't compulsory.
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 11 June 2010
TV
Friday Night With Jonathan Ross
18x19 (4/6/10 edition)
I'm not sure why I keep linking to tv.com for Wossy episodes -- their editor for this section is clearly a bit of a dick.
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
How I Met Your Mother
5x03 Robin 101
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
18x19 (4/6/10 edition)
I'm not sure why I keep linking to tv.com for Wossy episodes -- their editor for this section is clearly a bit of a dick.
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
How I Met Your Mother
5x03 Robin 101
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
all 11 Doctors in a box
Ever since Character began doing classic series action figures, this is the one box set I've been dying to get my hands on.
Click to enlarge.
All 11 Doctors' action figures in one presentation box. Beautiful.
The fact I already own most of them is irrelevant; besides, at least they've gone to the effort of making some a variant -- celery-sticked 5th Doctor (at last!) is perhaps the most obvious example; the 7th is now hatless (and brown-coated, though he was in the TARDIS set too); the 3rd, 4th Doctors are also different (or "slightly different", depending which versions you already own); the 6th may also have a slightly different costume, while the 10th is specs-on version (which, when they released so damn many 10th-era box sets with him, is hardly uncommon). Plus the 8th Doctor is new, and, as far as I'm concerned, I only recently got the Unearthly Child 1st Doctor so this is a big variant; plus I never got the 2nd and have yet to get an 11th.
Ah, the life of a collector.
Click to enlarge.
The set's due out in August. RRP is £49.99 but obviously the Forbidden Planets have discounts. Cheaper of the two is .co.uk -- only 50p on the page, but standard p&p is a whole £3 less than .com, a good saving in my book.
Click to enlarge.
All 11 Doctors' action figures in one presentation box. Beautiful.
The fact I already own most of them is irrelevant; besides, at least they've gone to the effort of making some a variant -- celery-sticked 5th Doctor (at last!) is perhaps the most obvious example; the 7th is now hatless (and brown-coated, though he was in the TARDIS set too); the 3rd, 4th Doctors are also different (or "slightly different", depending which versions you already own); the 6th may also have a slightly different costume, while the 10th is specs-on version (which, when they released so damn many 10th-era box sets with him, is hardly uncommon). Plus the 8th Doctor is new, and, as far as I'm concerned, I only recently got the Unearthly Child 1st Doctor so this is a big variant; plus I never got the 2nd and have yet to get an 11th.
Ah, the life of a collector.
Click to enlarge.
The set's due out in August. RRP is £49.99 but obviously the Forbidden Planets have discounts. Cheaper of the two is .co.uk -- only 50p on the page, but standard p&p is a whole £3 less than .com, a good saving in my book.
Thursday, 10 June 2010
TV
Aida
So, my first proper experience with opera. I quite liked it; this version, staged in 2009 for the Bregenz Festival, was certainly a spectacular piece of theatre (you can see a couple of photos of the huge set at the link above). Seems to me that opera is rather like a classically-scored foreign-language musical... which I'm sure many opera fans would like to lynch me for saying.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Battlestar Galactica [2004]
1x01 33
1x02 Water
1x03 Bastille Day
I'd only intended to watch one episode, but got rather drawn in and... well, you can see. It's nice to have a bit of politics with your sci-fi -- it makes a change -- and a series that treats the viewer with a little bit of respect. For example, it's obvious what's going on in 33 -- the Cylons are attacking every 33 minutes -- but in the whole episode no one states it. Few genre shows would have the confidence not to have the very first line be, "so this will be the 237th time they've attacked after a 33 minute gap", or whatever.
The worst I would say about the series so far is that you can sometimes tell the writers' background is in genre/Star Trek TV, rather than 'proper drama'. Occasionally the story or way it's constructed reminds you that this is, really, a bunch of Star Trek writers putting all their efforts into making a 'proper drama' instead of just another space opera, rather than some 'proper drama' writers choosing to use sci-fi as a medium for social/political comment (like, for example, David Milch was aiming at with Deadwood, which was originally going to be set in the totally-different time period of Ancient Rome before Rome turned up). But it's loftier aims largely keep it above stuff we've all seen numerous times before... so far, at least.
So, my first proper experience with opera. I quite liked it; this version, staged in 2009 for the Bregenz Festival, was certainly a spectacular piece of theatre (you can see a couple of photos of the huge set at the link above). Seems to me that opera is rather like a classically-scored foreign-language musical... which I'm sure many opera fans would like to lynch me for saying.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Battlestar Galactica [2004]
1x01 33
1x02 Water
1x03 Bastille Day
I'd only intended to watch one episode, but got rather drawn in and... well, you can see. It's nice to have a bit of politics with your sci-fi -- it makes a change -- and a series that treats the viewer with a little bit of respect. For example, it's obvious what's going on in 33 -- the Cylons are attacking every 33 minutes -- but in the whole episode no one states it. Few genre shows would have the confidence not to have the very first line be, "so this will be the 237th time they've attacked after a 33 minute gap", or whatever.
The worst I would say about the series so far is that you can sometimes tell the writers' background is in genre/Star Trek TV, rather than 'proper drama'. Occasionally the story or way it's constructed reminds you that this is, really, a bunch of Star Trek writers putting all their efforts into making a 'proper drama' instead of just another space opera, rather than some 'proper drama' writers choosing to use sci-fi as a medium for social/political comment (like, for example, David Milch was aiming at with Deadwood, which was originally going to be set in the totally-different time period of Ancient Rome before Rome turned up). But it's loftier aims largely keep it above stuff we've all seen numerous times before... so far, at least.
Articles
Die Hard 24/7 Starring John McClane & Jack Bauer Is The Wrong Call, But The Right Direction by Josh Wigler
(from MTV Movies Blog)
Be warned, the full article (which doesn't contain any more details on the project than that, just some opinion) has massive spoilers for 24 season 8.
Even New Line Execs Can’t Figure Out Why the Fourth Final Destination Made Nearly $200 Million, But Here Comes No. Five by Claude Brodesser-Akner
(from )
It's quite incredibly how much of a turnaround the franchise has seen with its fourth entry --
(from MTV Movies Blog)
20th Century Fox once mulled over the idea of teaming the Die Hard and 24 heroes together in a movie called — wait for it — Die Hard 24/7. The source reports that "the project didn't pan out because Kiefer was more interested in launching his own 24 movie franchise ... than doing buddy shtick in Bruce's already established series."Well... hm...
Be warned, the full article (which doesn't contain any more details on the project than that, just some opinion) has massive spoilers for 24 season 8.
Even New Line Execs Can’t Figure Out Why the Fourth Final Destination Made Nearly $200 Million, But Here Comes No. Five by Claude Brodesser-Akner
(from )
It's quite incredibly how much of a turnaround the franchise has seen with its fourth entry --
it’s made $115 million internationally, which is $55.5 million more than the next highest-grossing entry, the first one. Some areas seem particularly crazy about death: Colombia’s grosses quintupled from the third film in the franchise. Australian grosses are three and a half times greater. Dutch, Israeli, and German grosses tripled. And French and Brazilian grosses doubled.-- and no one, least of all the studio who released it, seems to know why.
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Wednesday, 9 June 2010
TV
Battlestar Galactica [2004]
Miniseries Part 1 (of 2)
Miniseries Part 2 (of 2)
Here I go, at last -- only 6½ years after it was first on and 9 months after buying the Blu-ray, I'm finally commencing perhaps the greatest TV series ever made. Does it top The Wire? And/or Everything Else Ever Made Ever? Based on the evidence of these opening three hours -- which play more like an epic movie (albeit with series-launching cliffhanger) than a two-part miniseries, if you ask me -- there's a good chance it might.
Luther
1x06 Episode 6 [season finale]
So, that's that then. Not sure if another series is a good idea; even less sure if it's going to happen. We'll see I suppose.
One thing I did rather like about Luther, by-the-by, is how they cut their "next time" trailer (and, in the finale, the episode's closing moments) in amongst the end credits, thereby circumventing the BBC guidelines that are designed to allow that irritating shrinking thing that means you can't see everyone's names. Well done, Luther production team, very clever. I bet the BBC modify their guidelines to stop anyone copying.
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Miniseries Part 1 (of 2)
Miniseries Part 2 (of 2)
Here I go, at last -- only 6½ years after it was first on and 9 months after buying the Blu-ray, I'm finally commencing perhaps the greatest TV series ever made. Does it top The Wire? And/or Everything Else Ever Made Ever? Based on the evidence of these opening three hours -- which play more like an epic movie (albeit with series-launching cliffhanger) than a two-part miniseries, if you ask me -- there's a good chance it might.
Luther
1x06 Episode 6 [season finale]
So, that's that then. Not sure if another series is a good idea; even less sure if it's going to happen. We'll see I suppose.
One thing I did rather like about Luther, by-the-by, is how they cut their "next time" trailer (and, in the finale, the episode's closing moments) in amongst the end credits, thereby circumventing the BBC guidelines that are designed to allow that irritating shrinking thing that means you can't see everyone's names. Well done, Luther production team, very clever. I bet the BBC modify their guidelines to stop anyone copying.
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Articles
Back to Future, Jurassic Park to become games by Derrik J. Lang
(from Google News)
You'd assume they'd be ultra-mainstream action-y titles, wouldn't you... but they're actually coming from Telltale, the company behind such point-and-click-esque adventure games as Sam and Max and Tales of Monkey Island. So will they be that style, or something new for the company? It would lend itself to Back to the Future, but what about Jurassic Park? How do you do the dino-fighting action? Or is that out the window in favour of Plot? Only time will tell.
Major Indy 5 News: Bermuda Triangle, the last of Harrison Ford
(from Sci Fi Wire)
I know I'm in the minority, but I thought Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was pretty entertaining. That said, this next adventure does sound more promising -- a more supernatural MacGuffin (though they could go sci-fi with it if they wanted, of course) and, perhaps, a degree of abandonment for CGI (which was overdone in Crystal Skull).
Russell T Davies Talks About Torchwood Series 4 and Doctor Who Series 31 (video)
(from Gallifreyan Embassy)
The post-announcement news-dribble continues with another RTD interview. More repetition and reassurances, as you'd expect. Also worth watching for the mildly amusing pronunciation of "John Barrowman".
(from Google News)
You'd assume they'd be ultra-mainstream action-y titles, wouldn't you... but they're actually coming from Telltale, the company behind such point-and-click-esque adventure games as Sam and Max and Tales of Monkey Island. So will they be that style, or something new for the company? It would lend itself to Back to the Future, but what about Jurassic Park? How do you do the dino-fighting action? Or is that out the window in favour of Plot? Only time will tell.
Major Indy 5 News: Bermuda Triangle, the last of Harrison Ford
(from Sci Fi Wire)
I know I'm in the minority, but I thought Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was pretty entertaining. That said, this next adventure does sound more promising -- a more supernatural MacGuffin (though they could go sci-fi with it if they wanted, of course) and, perhaps, a degree of abandonment for CGI (which was overdone in Crystal Skull).
Russell T Davies Talks About Torchwood Series 4 and Doctor Who Series 31 (video)
(from Gallifreyan Embassy)
The post-announcement news-dribble continues with another RTD interview. More repetition and reassurances, as you'd expect. Also worth watching for the mildly amusing pronunciation of "John Barrowman".
Tuesday, 8 June 2010
TV
The Graham Norton Show
7x09 (7/6/10 edition)
After last week's preconceptions-smasher, this edition just re-asserted that people like Usher and Miley Cyrus are a bit dim and rather irritating. It comes to something when Jack Whitehall seems the most interesting, funny and intelligent of your guests.
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Luther
1x05 Episode 5
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
7x09 (7/6/10 edition)
After last week's preconceptions-smasher, this edition just re-asserted that people like Usher and Miley Cyrus are a bit dim and rather irritating. It comes to something when Jack Whitehall seems the most interesting, funny and intelligent of your guests.
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Luther
1x05 Episode 5
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
DVD Extras
The Perfect Souffle: Testing Final Destination
Interesting featurette on the process of test screening a film, i.e. when they show it to an audience to see what they like and dislike, in order to perhaps make audience-pleasing changes before release. Everyone involved is keen to stress how useful it really is, how they don't have to listen to audience feedback and how it's nothing to do with who has final cut, honest. Which, as you can still tell from a few of the filmmakers interviewed, isn't quite the whole truth. But, when used responsibly and appropriately, it makes it clear that the oft-reviled process can be quite useful, mainly if you're making a film that's designed to simply please/entertain an audience.
Interesting featurette on the process of test screening a film, i.e. when they show it to an audience to see what they like and dislike, in order to perhaps make audience-pleasing changes before release. Everyone involved is keen to stress how useful it really is, how they don't have to listen to audience feedback and how it's nothing to do with who has final cut, honest. Which, as you can still tell from a few of the filmmakers interviewed, isn't quite the whole truth. But, when used responsibly and appropriately, it makes it clear that the oft-reviled process can be quite useful, mainly if you're making a film that's designed to simply please/entertain an audience.
Articles
iPhone 4 vs. iPhone 3G infographic by Jason Calacanis
(from calacanis.com)
Sums that one up nicely. (Despite the title, it's actually a comparison between the 3GS and iPhone 4, which might not sound like much but the 3GS and 3G had a number of differences as it was.)
Torchwood interviews with Starz chief Chris Albrecht, creator Russell T. Davies by James Hibberd
(from the live feed at The Hollywood Reporter)
Does what it says on the tin. A few worthwhile snippets in there for fans, including some reassuring comments from RTD.
(from calacanis.com)
Sums that one up nicely. (Despite the title, it's actually a comparison between the 3GS and iPhone 4, which might not sound like much but the 3GS and 3G had a number of differences as it was.)
Torchwood interviews with Starz chief Chris Albrecht, creator Russell T. Davies by James Hibberd
(from the live feed at The Hollywood Reporter)
Does what it says on the tin. A few worthwhile snippets in there for fans, including some reassuring comments from RTD.
Monday, 7 June 2010
TV
The Graham Norton Show
7x08 (31/5/10 edition)
"Oh no," I thought, before commencing this episode, "Chris Rock and Joshua Jackson? This is going to be dire." But no, it turned out to be rather good. File me under 'surprised'.
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Have I Got News For You
39x09 (3/6/10; extended repeat) [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
7x08 (31/5/10 edition)
"Oh no," I thought, before commencing this episode, "Chris Rock and Joshua Jackson? This is going to be dire." But no, it turned out to be rather good. File me under 'surprised'.
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Have I Got News For You
39x09 (3/6/10; extended repeat) [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Articles
After Long Sojourn, Silent Films Return Home by Dave Kehr
(from the New York Times)
To summarise the article in a more reader-friendly fashion than that headline, 75 'lost' Hollywood silent movies have been found in New Zealand, including some made by or starring notable names like John Ford and Clara Bow. Many are now being returned to the US for restoration. All of which is fantastic news.
International partnership secures new series of Torchwood
(from Torchwood Official Website)
Hurrah!
I've chosen this BBC press release to cover the news because most of the US reports focus on it being a Starz series, ignoring the fact it (seems to be, anyway) primarily a BBC One series that Starz have expensively bought the rights to.
(from the New York Times)
To summarise the article in a more reader-friendly fashion than that headline, 75 'lost' Hollywood silent movies have been found in New Zealand, including some made by or starring notable names like John Ford and Clara Bow. Many are now being returned to the US for restoration. All of which is fantastic news.
International partnership secures new series of Torchwood
(from Torchwood Official Website)
Hurrah!
I've chosen this BBC press release to cover the news because most of the US reports focus on it being a Starz series, ignoring the fact it (seems to be, anyway) primarily a BBC One series that Starz have expensively bought the rights to.
Sunday, 6 June 2010
TV
The British Academy Television Awards 2010
BAFTA do pick some odd nominees. And winners. But hey-ho, that's awards for you.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Doctor Who
31x10 Vincent and the Doctor
A surprisingly excellent and brave episode. Well done on Richard Curtis for not shying away from Van Gogh's depression and suicide, particularly at the end, having the encounter with Amy & the Doctor not making it all alright. All credit to Tony Curran for pulling it off with a great performance too. Also, to Curtis again, for featuring a monster that was introduced late, dealt with early, and seemed to exist to support the characters and story rather than the other way round. Also, appropriate for the BBC to put the Action Line number up at the end, signalling the importance of what had just been covered.
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Mock the Week
7x03 (23/7/09 edition) [2nd watch]
7x04 (30/7/09 edition) [2nd watch]
Ah, random late-night Dave. Though why half the adverts seemed to be aimed at women is a mystery.
Wallander [Swedish]
2x06 Prästen (aka The Priest)
BAFTA do pick some odd nominees. And winners. But hey-ho, that's awards for you.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Doctor Who
31x10 Vincent and the Doctor
A surprisingly excellent and brave episode. Well done on Richard Curtis for not shying away from Van Gogh's depression and suicide, particularly at the end, having the encounter with Amy & the Doctor not making it all alright. All credit to Tony Curran for pulling it off with a great performance too. Also, to Curtis again, for featuring a monster that was introduced late, dealt with early, and seemed to exist to support the characters and story rather than the other way round. Also, appropriate for the BBC to put the Action Line number up at the end, signalling the importance of what had just been covered.
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Mock the Week
7x03 (23/7/09 edition) [2nd watch]
7x04 (30/7/09 edition) [2nd watch]
Ah, random late-night Dave. Though why half the adverts seemed to be aimed at women is a mystery.
Wallander [Swedish]
2x06 Prästen (aka The Priest)
Articles
FlashForward fans for 'blackout' protest by Mike Moody
(from Digital Spy)
As fan campaigns to bring back TV shows go, this is a nicely original but very relevant one. Well done FlashForward fans.
Sex and the City 2: What happened to good old Sex? by Victoria Coren
(from Comment is free at guardian.co.uk)
An interesting, humorous take on the widely-despised sequel, which finds it to be "the most radical and challenging film of the year".
(from Digital Spy)
As fan campaigns to bring back TV shows go, this is a nicely original but very relevant one. Well done FlashForward fans.
Sex and the City 2: What happened to good old Sex? by Victoria Coren
(from Comment is free at guardian.co.uk)
An interesting, humorous take on the widely-despised sequel, which finds it to be "the most radical and challenging film of the year".
this week on 100 Films
3 new reviews were posted to 100 Films in a Year this week, and they were...
Alice in Wonderland (3D) (2010)
National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
Public Enemies (2009)
Also this week, the first in a new monthly series looking at my progress. This one was, naturally, for May 2010.
More next Sunday.
Alice in Wonderland (3D) (2010)
this new Alice positions itself freshly by following in the footsteps of the specific side of the filmic fantasy genre started by Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings. Although it uses the original’s most famous elements, the narrative and its structure — particularly a final epic (well, epic-ish) battle in which our unlikely heroine emerges as the long-prophesised One Who’ll Win It For The Good Guys — is familiar from those recent films
National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
National Treasure 2 essentially offers more of the same. That’s often levelled as a criticism, but in this instance it’s absolutely fine: it isn’t a rehash — there’s a new mystery with new puzzles — but is another adventure in the same vein, with clue-hunting and the occasional action sequence.
Public Enemies (2009)
I’d be among the first to be worried about Mann’s unglamorous, cheap digital video style — indeed, when I saw the first trailer, I was distinctly unimpressed — but colour me converted, because it largely works here. I wouldn’t want to see it on every film, but as a stylistic choice it’s a valid one
Also this week, the first in a new monthly series looking at my progress. This one was, naturally, for May 2010.
More next Sunday.
Saturday, 5 June 2010
TV
The Mentalist
2x16 Code Red
"Someone's murdered me" -- great opening. Tad wasted on a decent-but-run-of-the-mill mid-season episode of another detective show, though.
[Watch it (again) on Demand Five.]
Robot Chicken
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II [special]
So, it's just over a year since I watched the first Robot Chicken Star Wars special, and apparently this one was on in 2008. Sometimes I feel behind the times.
2x16 Code Red
"Someone's murdered me" -- great opening. Tad wasted on a decent-but-run-of-the-mill mid-season episode of another detective show, though.
[Watch it (again) on Demand Five.]
Robot Chicken
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II [special]
So, it's just over a year since I watched the first Robot Chicken Star Wars special, and apparently this one was on in 2008. Sometimes I feel behind the times.
Articles
Last Time Sources Checked This Still America
(from the Onion)
Amusingly (deliberately) cliché-packed.
(from the Onion)
Amusingly (deliberately) cliché-packed.
Friday, 4 June 2010
TV
How I Met Your Mother
5x02 Double Date
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
Luther
1x04 Episode 4
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
5x02 Double Date
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
Luther
1x04 Episode 4
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Articles
Note To Hollywood: How To Get People To Switch To Blu-Ray by Helen O'Hara
(from Empire States...)
Kinda what it says on the tin, plus general pros & cons of Blu-ray -- from the perspective of "actually buying and watching it", not all that theoretical "5x better picture" stuff you normally here. Loads of comments; some are stupid, as ever, but some are good, particularly #115.
(from Empire States...)
Kinda what it says on the tin, plus general pros & cons of Blu-ray -- from the perspective of "actually buying and watching it", not all that theoretical "5x better picture" stuff you normally here. Loads of comments; some are stupid, as ever, but some are good, particularly #115.
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
This week, a larger increase than usual these days, due to a fair few cheap DVDs from Play.com in aid of acquiring their limited 20th Century Fox book.
The book itself doesn't show up on my "outstanding orders" page. Still, it should turn up before the month's out; I'll try to remember to let you know if it does in a future update.
Meanwhile, in the running time, two recent Complete Series sets give it a nice big boost.
Number of titles in collection: 1,182 [up 7]
Of which DVDs: 1,094 [up 6]
Of which Blu-rays: 88 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 2,892 [up 8]
Number of films in collection: 1,246 [up 7]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 4,045 [no change]
Statistic of the week:
Total running time of collection (approx.):
202 days, 9 hours, and 18 minutes.
(Up 5 days, 2 hours, and 5 minutes from last month.)
See you next week, faithful reader.
This week, a larger increase than usual these days, due to a fair few cheap DVDs from Play.com in aid of acquiring their limited 20th Century Fox book.
The book itself doesn't show up on my "outstanding orders" page. Still, it should turn up before the month's out; I'll try to remember to let you know if it does in a future update.
Meanwhile, in the running time, two recent Complete Series sets give it a nice big boost.
Number of titles in collection: 1,182 [up 7]
Of which DVDs: 1,094 [up 6]
Of which Blu-rays: 88 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 2,892 [up 8]
Number of films in collection: 1,246 [up 7]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 4,045 [no change]
Statistic of the week:
Total running time of collection (approx.):
202 days, 9 hours, and 18 minutes.
(Up 5 days, 2 hours, and 5 minutes from last month.)
See you next week, faithful reader.
Thursday, 3 June 2010
TV
Derren Brown Investigates
1x03 The Ghosthunter [season finale]
Verdict: no proof here. Though at least he seemed like a decent guy, unlike the money-grabbing conmen of the other episodes.
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
Dexter
3x05 Turning Biminese
Thanks to various series ending, I'm finally able to resume a couple that had fallen by the wayside -- namely, this and (shortly) Damages and (hopefully before too long) Sandbaggers (nearly a year since I watched that!)
I was particularly keen to resume Dexter, though, having already had to restart it once. Last time I'd only watched one episode and left it 9 months; this time I'd seen four and it was only 2½ months, making resuming it that much easier -- no need to rewatch. Not that rewatching Dexter would be unrewarding but, y'know, been there before 'n' all that...
Um, so, self-obsessed and largely uninteresting babble aside... good ep. Ayup. Moving on...
1x03 The Ghosthunter [season finale]
Verdict: no proof here. Though at least he seemed like a decent guy, unlike the money-grabbing conmen of the other episodes.
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
Dexter
3x05 Turning Biminese
Thanks to various series ending, I'm finally able to resume a couple that had fallen by the wayside -- namely, this and (shortly) Damages and (hopefully before too long) Sandbaggers (nearly a year since I watched that!)
I was particularly keen to resume Dexter, though, having already had to restart it once. Last time I'd only watched one episode and left it 9 months; this time I'd seen four and it was only 2½ months, making resuming it that much easier -- no need to rewatch. Not that rewatching Dexter would be unrewarding but, y'know, been there before 'n' all that...
Um, so, self-obsessed and largely uninteresting babble aside... good ep. Ayup. Moving on...
Articles
Derrick Bird and the price of infamy by Anton Vowl
(from Enemies of Reason)
Vowl is, as ever, spot on, this time about some of the media's ghoulish reporting of the recent Cumbrian shootings.
Laurie: 'House was undone in the finale' by Catriona Wightman
(from Digital Spy)
Hugh Laurie's thoughts on what went on in the most recent House season finale.
(from Enemies of Reason)
Vowl is, as ever, spot on, this time about some of the media's ghoulish reporting of the recent Cumbrian shootings.
Laurie: 'House was undone in the finale' by Catriona Wightman
(from Digital Spy)
Hugh Laurie's thoughts on what went on in the most recent House season finale.
Mark Kermode on Godard's latest
Selected from the comments section:
Godard feels that English is the language of political and cultural imperialism
Just to establish that, because this is the reasonable response, I feel:
Isn't it slightly unreasonable of [Jean-Marie Straub, a director mentioned in an earlier comment] to refuse to subtitle his films because he "feels an audience should learn the language the film is presented in"? Considering there are several thousand languages in the world, and it takes years to master a language to the level required to fully appreciate all the nuanced dialogue in a film script, aren't the filmmakers practicing a far more blatant level of cultural imperialism by insisting people learn THEIR language before enjoying THEIR film?
At best, he's creating a pointless cultural apartheid, and severely limiting his audience, which might explain why I've never heard of him.
If people want to self-importantly withdraw from international markets then good luck to them. If they want to continue cutting the world into little mutually exclusive sections then they are free to do that, safe in the knowledge that they are contributing absolutely nothing to cross-cultural understanding or awareness.
Put it another way: which is more culturally imperialist -- showing an English-language film to French viewers with French subtitles, to ease understanding for non-English-speakers; or showing a French-language film to English viewers with no subtitles, obscuring understanding for non-French-speakers?
Wednesday, 2 June 2010
TV
FlashForward
1x22 Future Shock [series finale]
After spending most of the series not being too fussed about it -- indeed, I've criticised it often enough -- the mystery-packed cliffhanger ending has left me wishing they'd got a second series. Damn you, FlashForward!
That said, I won't miss Mark Benford one bit.
[Watch it (again) on Demand Five.]
1x22 Future Shock [series finale]
After spending most of the series not being too fussed about it -- indeed, I've criticised it often enough -- the mystery-packed cliffhanger ending has left me wishing they'd got a second series. Damn you, FlashForward!
That said, I won't miss Mark Benford one bit.
[Watch it (again) on Demand Five.]
Tuesday, 1 June 2010
TV
How I Met Your Mother
5x01 Definitions
Although I only finished watching season four three months ago, it feels an age thanks to having blasted through the first four seasons in one six-month stint. ("Six months" sounds a long time for a "stint", but we're talking 88 episodes here.) So, yes, it's nice to have it back, though slightly odd to return to watching it only weekly rather than whenever.
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
Stephen Fry on Wagner
Unfailingly interesting, as per usual -- Stephen Fry is consistently proving himself to be a very good documentary maker/host. Which, I suppose, is no surprise.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
5x01 Definitions
Although I only finished watching season four three months ago, it feels an age thanks to having blasted through the first four seasons in one six-month stint. ("Six months" sounds a long time for a "stint", but we're talking 88 episodes here.) So, yes, it's nice to have it back, though slightly odd to return to watching it only weekly rather than whenever.
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
Stephen Fry on Wagner
Unfailingly interesting, as per usual -- Stephen Fry is consistently proving himself to be a very good documentary maker/host. Which, I suppose, is no surprise.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Articles
A space odyssey of the mind by Jon Kelly
(from BBC News Magazine)
Homer Simpson voted greatest TV character by Morgan Jeffery
(from Digital Spy)
No surprise there, really, though others in the top five -- Buffy, Tony Soprano -- are more surprising/welcome. And Harry Potter's there, of course. Though it's a little depressing that Spongebob Squarepants has made the top ten.
Why the Digital Economy Act simply won't work by Cory Doctorow
(from Digital rights, digital wrongs at guardian.co.uk)
If only the government, etc, would listen, rather than pushing on with this nasty piece of legislation.
(from BBC News Magazine)
Six would-be astronauts will this week begin a 520-day mock space voyage to simulate a mission to Mars. How will they cope with the huge psychological pressures?An intriguing idea, but it will be interesting to see if they can last the full 520 days. Doing something like this in some Russian hangar is very different to actually going to space.
Homer Simpson voted greatest TV character by Morgan Jeffery
(from Digital Spy)
No surprise there, really, though others in the top five -- Buffy, Tony Soprano -- are more surprising/welcome. And Harry Potter's there, of course. Though it's a little depressing that Spongebob Squarepants has made the top ten.
Why the Digital Economy Act simply won't work by Cory Doctorow
(from Digital rights, digital wrongs at guardian.co.uk)
If only the government, etc, would listen, rather than pushing on with this nasty piece of legislation.
Monday, 31 May 2010
TV
The Queen
Part 5 How Do You Solve a Problem Like Camilla? [final episode]
...and today is that day. Felt almost like Part Two of the last episode, this one.
[Watch it (again) on 4oD or SeeSaw.]
You Have Been Watching
2x07 Kids' TV
I was going to mention a couple of quotes from this episode, or maybe add a screencap, but in the end there was just too much hilarity to choose from. So just watch it. All of it. Go on, you've earnt it.
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
Part 5 How Do You Solve a Problem Like Camilla? [final episode]
...and today is that day. Felt almost like Part Two of the last episode, this one.
[Watch it (again) on 4oD or SeeSaw.]
You Have Been Watching
2x07 Kids' TV
I was going to mention a couple of quotes from this episode, or maybe add a screencap, but in the end there was just too much hilarity to choose from. So just watch it. All of it. Go on, you've earnt it.
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
Websites
Ultra Culture
Normally this would go under Articles, but this is my new favourite film blog (that I've discovered today) so there's too much to share. Check out the Daily Mail-satirising post on The Killer Inside Me, for example, or the analysis of The Twilight Saga in Promotional Photos and Amanda Seyfried's career in promotional photos.
I was made aware of this blog thanks to Edgar Wright's twitter, where he mentioned the post Our 10 favourite bits from the second Scott Pilgrim trailer. I like numbers 3, 4, 7, 9, and, of course, 8.
Normally this would go under Articles, but this is my new favourite film blog (that I've discovered today) so there's too much to share. Check out the Daily Mail-satirising post on The Killer Inside Me, for example, or the analysis of The Twilight Saga in Promotional Photos and Amanda Seyfried's career in promotional photos.
I was made aware of this blog thanks to Edgar Wright's twitter, where he mentioned the post Our 10 favourite bits from the second Scott Pilgrim trailer. I like numbers 3, 4, 7, 9, and, of course, 8.
Sunday, 30 May 2010
Films
National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
[#56 in 100 Films in a Year 2010]
Read the 100 Films review here.
[#56 in 100 Films in a Year 2010]
Read the 100 Films review here.
this week on 100 Films
3 new feature-film reviews were posted to 100 Films in a Year this week, and they were...
Coraline (2009)
Seraphim Falls (2006)
Taken (2008)
Also this week, 2 reviews of shorts were posted...
Pixels (2010)
The World of Tomorrow (1998)
More next Sunday.
Coraline (2009)
it’s scary. Very scary, in places. For much of the film there’s a beautiful creepy atmosphere, enhanced by drifting fog and skewed camera angles, but towards the end — when the full truth of the Other Mother is revealed — it’s not just kids who are likely to be freaked out. Dark themes and situations abound
Seraphim Falls (2006)
It’s centred neatly around Neeson chasing Brosnan, but the encounters they have along the way are increasingly bizarre. It’s readily apparent that there’s some Meaning and Subtext here, but I’m not sure if one has to process this to appreciate the film — it’s a still a chase movie (of sorts) after all.
Taken (2008)
remember Man On Fire? The Tony Scott/Denzel Washington one. Well, replace Washington with Neeson and Dakota Fanning’s character with “his daughter” and you’ve more or less got it. Taken is practically a remake, only in Europe, with a happier ending, and an hour shorter. It’s also not as good
Also this week, 2 reviews of shorts were posted...
Pixels (2010)
The plot is simple: characters and graphics from old 8-bit computer games escape and run riot over New York City. We’re talking Space Invaders firing on real streets, Tetris blocks crashing onto buildings... For people of A Certain Age it’s an explosion of nostalgia, but everyone can be impressed by the CGI on display.
The World of Tomorrow (1998)
In comparison to its big brother, nearly every shot is exactly duplicated in the final film. Most don’t look much more primitive here. The resolution’s lower, it’s perhaps a bit jagged round the edges, and it’s in deliberately dirtied black and white rather than the glowing sepia-hued colour of the feature, but it shows the concept worked.
More next Sunday.
Saturday, 29 May 2010
TV
Doctor Who
31x09 Cold Blood
Well, that was an ignominious end. Even Adric got better than that!
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Eurovision Song Contest: Oslo 2010
The UK's rubbish entry deserved to come last, but Belarus deserved better and Denmark (as well as some others) deserved less.
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
31x09 Cold Blood
Well, that was an ignominious end. Even Adric got better than that!
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Eurovision Song Contest: Oslo 2010
The UK's rubbish entry deserved to come last, but Belarus deserved better and Denmark (as well as some others) deserved less.
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Friday, 28 May 2010
TV
The Mentalist
2x15 Red Herring
[Watch it (again) on Demand Five.]
The Queen
Part 4 The Enemy Within
One day I'll finish watching this series...
[Watch it (again) on 4oD or SeeSaw.]
2x15 Red Herring
[Watch it (again) on Demand Five.]
The Queen
Part 4 The Enemy Within
One day I'll finish watching this series...
[Watch it (again) on 4oD or SeeSaw.]
DVD Extras
Knowing All: The Making of a Futuristic Thriller
Brief but informative making-of featurette from the Knowing Blu-ray. Ironically, I only watched it because it was short, yet it felt like there was lots more to say about the film's production. I suppose that's what the director's commentary is for.
Brief but informative making-of featurette from the Knowing Blu-ray. Ironically, I only watched it because it was short, yet it felt like there was lots more to say about the film's production. I suppose that's what the director's commentary is for.
Articles
FlashForward finale: Did advance planning do more harm than good for the show? by Lynette Rice
(from Hollywood Insider at EW.com)
Steampunks gather for Great Exhibition by Mark Ward
(from BBC News)
It's funny how older stories sometimes turn up in BBC News' "most popular" list, like this rather cool one from the end of March.
(from Hollywood Insider at EW.com)
Steampunks gather for Great Exhibition by Mark Ward
(from BBC News)
It's funny how older stories sometimes turn up in BBC News' "most popular" list, like this rather cool one from the end of March.
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
Two Complete Series box sets this week mean the usual small changes to title-totals, but big shifts in terms of discs and TV episodes. Lovely.
Number of titles in collection: 1,175 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 1,088 [up 2]
Of which Blu-rays: 87 [no change]
Number of discs in collection: 2,884 [up 40]
Number of films in collection: 1,239 [no change]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 4,045 [up 129]
Statistic of the week:
Number of Masters of Cinema DVDs/BDs in collection:
31
(36% of MoC titles)
Normally I'd tie a stat like this to a new purchase, but, no, I just had the idea. Though I also just ordered Tabu, so that kinda counts.
(Also, note that while MoC have 101 films numbered in their collection, some titles contain multiple numbers (e.g. the Lubitsch box set is #94-99). Re-counting just titles brings their total down to 86, which is the number used above so as to match my other collection stats. Out of their 101 film, I own 41, or 40.6%. In case you cared.)
See you next week, faithful reader.
Two Complete Series box sets this week mean the usual small changes to title-totals, but big shifts in terms of discs and TV episodes. Lovely.
Number of titles in collection: 1,175 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 1,088 [up 2]
Of which Blu-rays: 87 [no change]
Number of discs in collection: 2,884 [up 40]
Number of films in collection: 1,239 [no change]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 4,045 [up 129]
Statistic of the week:
Number of Masters of Cinema DVDs/BDs in collection:
31
(36% of MoC titles)
Normally I'd tie a stat like this to a new purchase, but, no, I just had the idea. Though I also just ordered Tabu, so that kinda counts.
(Also, note that while MoC have 101 films numbered in their collection, some titles contain multiple numbers (e.g. the Lubitsch box set is #94-99). Re-counting just titles brings their total down to 86, which is the number used above so as to match my other collection stats. Out of their 101 film, I own 41, or 40.6%. In case you cared.)
See you next week, faithful reader.
Thursday, 27 May 2010
TV
The Graham Norton Show
7x07 (24/5/10 edition)
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Luther
1x03 Episode 3
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
7x07 (24/5/10 edition)
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Luther
1x03 Episode 3
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Articles
Evangelion Movie Beats Blu-ray Records in Japan by Juan Calonge
(from Blu-ray.com)
(from Blu-ray.com)
anime feature film Evangelion 2.22: You Can (Not) Advance sold 195,000 Blu-ray Discs in Japan, easily beating the first-day sales record for a Blu-ray release in that country (which previously belonged to Michael Jackson's This Is It with 122,000 copies). Over 60% of the total disc sales of this title came from the Blu-ray version.Nice news. Now I just hope for a speedy Western release, as the first film was so good.
Wednesday, 26 May 2010
TV
FlashForward
1x21 Countdown
It's quite hard to feel any sympathy for the breakdown of Dem & Zoe's engagement, considering she's been an unlikeable pussy-whipping bitch throughout. Good riddance to her, in fact. Indeed, FlashForward routinely fails on all emotional fronts -- the supposedly moving scene between Mark and Charlie was a particularly weak and over-sentimental example in my opinion.
Still, only one more ep to go, and then we'll have all the answers we're ever going to have.
[Watch it (again) on Demand Five.]
You Have Been Watching
2x06 (20/5/10 edition)
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
1x21 Countdown
It's quite hard to feel any sympathy for the breakdown of Dem & Zoe's engagement, considering she's been an unlikeable pussy-whipping bitch throughout. Good riddance to her, in fact. Indeed, FlashForward routinely fails on all emotional fronts -- the supposedly moving scene between Mark and Charlie was a particularly weak and over-sentimental example in my opinion.
Still, only one more ep to go, and then we'll have all the answers we're ever going to have.
[Watch it (again) on Demand Five.]
You Have Been Watching
2x06 (20/5/10 edition)
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
Films
Insomnia (1997)
[#52 in 100 Films in a Year 2010]
Swedish original of the Al Pacino/Robin Williams/Chris Nolan film, which I watched almost exactly a year ago. Slightly weird coincidence there then.
[#52 in 100 Films in a Year 2010]
Swedish original of the Al Pacino/Robin Williams/Chris Nolan film, which I watched almost exactly a year ago. Slightly weird coincidence there then.
Tuesday, 25 May 2010
TV
Outnumbered
3x06 Programme 6 [season finale]
A more low-key series-closer than Outnumbered usually does, I thought. Good news that they show no signs of stopping though -- I miss it already.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Wallander [Swedish]
2x05 Cellisten (aka The Cellist)
One of the more interesting things about Wallander is how it can do an episode about the Russian mafia, featuring car bombs and multiple murders, and still feel resolutely low-key. It has a knack for making the improbable feel almost real.
3x06 Programme 6 [season finale]
A more low-key series-closer than Outnumbered usually does, I thought. Good news that they show no signs of stopping though -- I miss it already.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Wallander [Swedish]
2x05 Cellisten (aka The Cellist)
One of the more interesting things about Wallander is how it can do an episode about the Russian mafia, featuring car bombs and multiple murders, and still feel resolutely low-key. It has a knack for making the improbable feel almost real.
Music
Mind Heist by Zack Hemsey
The lovely music from the third Inception trailer, written especially for it. Beautifully Dark Knight-y. One 'review' of the trailer described this track thusly:
Yup.
You can listen to it streamed here. It's available to buy once the film's out, but if you're A Bit Naughty you can actually download that stream. But you didn't hear that from me.
The lovely music from the third Inception trailer, written especially for it. Beautifully Dark Knight-y. One 'review' of the trailer described this track thusly:
and the music...the way it grates into your head, into your nerves, it puts you on edge while simultaneously making you feel that this is the most important movie of the year and that the stakes are so high in this, how can you not go see it?
Yup.
You can listen to it streamed here. It's available to buy once the film's out, but if you're A Bit Naughty you can actually download that stream. But you didn't hear that from me.
Articles
Cannes 2010. End of the Line: Outrage (Takeshi Kitano, Japan) by Daniel Kasman
(from Mubi)
Interesting review of Kitano's latest, offering a different perspective to most.
Towel Day 2010: Take some time to enjoy the genius of Douglas Adams by Shane Richmond (from Telegraph.co.uk)
and
Towel day: Douglas Adams remembered across the globe by Michelle Pauli (from guardian.co.uk)
RIP Douglas.
On a related note...
How to Stop Worrying and Learn to Love the Internet by Douglas Adams
(from DouglasAdams.com)
As mentioned in the Telegraph article. It's 11 years old, but it's still largely relevant.
(from Mubi)
Interesting review of Kitano's latest, offering a different perspective to most.
Towel Day 2010: Take some time to enjoy the genius of Douglas Adams by Shane Richmond (from Telegraph.co.uk)
and
Towel day: Douglas Adams remembered across the globe by Michelle Pauli (from guardian.co.uk)
RIP Douglas.
On a related note...
How to Stop Worrying and Learn to Love the Internet by Douglas Adams
(from DouglasAdams.com)
As mentioned in the Telegraph article. It's 11 years old, but it's still largely relevant.
Monday, 24 May 2010
TV
FlashForward
1x20 The Negotiation
[Watch it (again) on Demand Five.]
The Mentalist
2x14 Blood In, Blood Out
[Watch it (again) on Demand Five.
1x20 The Negotiation
[Watch it (again) on Demand Five.]
The Mentalist
2x14 Blood In, Blood Out
[Watch it (again) on Demand Five.
Articles
Shrek Shrinks with Fourth Movie by Brandon Gray
(from Box Office Mojo)
More details and analysis at the link. I like that 3D may be to blame.
(from Box Office Mojo)
Shrek Forever After debuted far, far below the mighty starts of some of its predecessors, grossing an estimated $71.3 million on approximately 9,500 screens, the broadest launch ever for an animated movie.
Shrek the Third still holds the record for highest-grossing animated opening with $121.6 million, followed by Shrek 2 and The Simpsons Movie. Shrek Forever After ranks fourth on that list, although, in terms of estimated attendance, it would barely make the Top 20... opening 41 percent lower than last movie despite the 3D ticket price boost was alarmingly severe. In terms of attendance, the slip was even more extreme: down 59 percent.
More details and analysis at the link. I like that 3D may be to blame.
Sunday, 23 May 2010
TV
An Audience with Michael Bublé
[Watch it (again) on ITV Player.]
Doctor Who
31x08 The Hungry Earth
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
House
6x22 Help Me [season finale]
Brilliant episode, what a great way to end the season. And, as usual, can't wait for the next.
[Watch it (again) on ITV Player.]
Doctor Who
31x08 The Hungry Earth
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
House
6x22 Help Me [season finale]
Brilliant episode, what a great way to end the season. And, as usual, can't wait for the next.
Articles
50 Beautiful Movie Posters by Alessandro Cattaneo
(from Smashing Magazine)
An interesting gallery of lovely posters, some obvious, some less so. And it's not at all as pretentious as you might expect.
(from Smashing Magazine)
An interesting gallery of lovely posters, some obvious, some less so. And it's not at all as pretentious as you might expect.
this week on 100 Films
3 new reviews were posted to 100 Films in a Year this week, and they were...
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)
Righteous Kill (2008)
Waitress (2007)
More next Sunday.
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)
action sequences are frequent and fantastic throughout. The raid on the castle is tense, exciting and ultimately devastating — the troops left behind to certain slaughter is an incredibly dark moment in a PG-rated kids’ film.
Righteous Kill (2008)
it’s dull. Properly dull — not slow, not measured, not leisurely — just dull. Director Jon Avnet tries to spice things up occasionally with some swishy camerawork or editing, apparently forgetting he’s lensing a procedural thriller about a pair of 60-something cops and not Miami Vice 2.
Waitress (2007)
Some have criticised it for putting so much levity near such tragic topics; I can only assume they live in a different world to our’s, presumably one where either everything is punctuated by a laughter track or one where everything is underscored by Coldplay.
More next Sunday.
Saturday, 22 May 2010
TV
Ashes to Ashes
3x08 Episode 8 [series finale]
And so that's that. Intriguing and not-unguessable, which is probably a good thing, especially as some of the questions/possibilities left dangling allow us to fill in some bits how we choose to.
But nonetheless, you can read some interesting/revealing post-finale interviews with the series' co-creator here.
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Have I Got News For You
39x07 (20/5/10; extended repeat)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Over the Rainbow
Show 10
Show 10: Results
aka, The Final.
[Watch Show 10 and the results (again) on iPlayer.]
3x08 Episode 8 [series finale]
And so that's that. Intriguing and not-unguessable, which is probably a good thing, especially as some of the questions/possibilities left dangling allow us to fill in some bits how we choose to.
But nonetheless, you can read some interesting/revealing post-finale interviews with the series' co-creator here.
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Have I Got News For You
39x07 (20/5/10; extended repeat)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Over the Rainbow
Show 10
Show 10: Results
aka, The Final.
[Watch Show 10 and the results (again) on iPlayer.]
Films
Tu£sday (2008)
[#51 in 100 Films in a Year 2010]
An '80s-set crime movie starring Philip Glenister and John Simm? Appropriate, considering this weekend's big TV.
[#51 in 100 Films in a Year 2010]
An '80s-set crime movie starring Philip Glenister and John Simm? Appropriate, considering this weekend's big TV.
Articles
Ashes Exclusive by Nick Setchfield (from SFX)
and
Ashes to Ashes: co-creator Matthew Graham says goodbye to Gene Hunt by Ian Wylie (from guardian.co.uk)
Two 'exclusive' interviews with Ashes to Ashes co-creator/finale writer Matthew Graham, published last night after the final episode. Still have some questions needing answers? He has them. (Though there's some repetition, each piece also has new info / a different spin.)
and
Ashes to Ashes: co-creator Matthew Graham says goodbye to Gene Hunt by Ian Wylie (from guardian.co.uk)
Two 'exclusive' interviews with Ashes to Ashes co-creator/finale writer Matthew Graham, published last night after the final episode. Still have some questions needing answers? He has them. (Though there's some repetition, each piece also has new info / a different spin.)
Friday, 21 May 2010
TV
Derren Brown Investigates
1x02 The Men with X-Ray Eyes
Verdict: fake. And actually quite exploitative. Nasty Russians.
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
FlashForward
1x19 Course Correction
Spoke too soon...
[Watch it (again) on Demand Five.]
1x02 The Men with X-Ray Eyes
Verdict: fake. And actually quite exploitative. Nasty Russians.
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
FlashForward
1x19 Course Correction
Spoke too soon...
[Watch it (again) on Demand Five.]
Articles
How to Gain from Dragon by Brandon Gray
(from Box Office Mojo)
Why How to Train Your Dragon has been a surprise box office hit, and that rarest of things, a consistent one.
(from Box Office Mojo)
Why How to Train Your Dragon has been a surprise box office hit, and that rarest of things, a consistent one.
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
All new-release Blu-rays this week, one replacing a DVD. Exciting.
Number of titles in collection: 1,173 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 1,086 [down 1]
Of which Blu-rays: 87 [up 3]
Number of discs in collection: 2,844 [up 3]
Number of films in collection: 1,239 [up 2]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 3,916 [no change]
Statistic of the week:
Titles I've upgraded to Blu-ray:
26
(29.9% of Blu-rays. 2.3% of DVDs upgraded.)
Specifically, these are things I used to own on DVD that I've now replaced with Blu-rays... which I guess is what the name says. Though it also includes three where, for various reasons, I've still kept the DVD.
I have no immediate intention to attempt an upgrade of my remaining 1,086 DVDs. In most cases it wouldn't even be possible, in others of minimal benefit, and it would of course cost a bloody fortune. Most of my BD purchases are new films or things I missed on DVD for whatever reason -- 70.1%, to be precise -- and this is how I intend to continue forward. But a few more titles may well warrant the upgrade in the future, particularly as prices continue to fall.
See you next week, faithful reader.
All new-release Blu-rays this week, one replacing a DVD. Exciting.
Number of titles in collection: 1,173 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 1,086 [down 1]
Of which Blu-rays: 87 [up 3]
Number of discs in collection: 2,844 [up 3]
Number of films in collection: 1,239 [up 2]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 3,916 [no change]
Statistic of the week:
Titles I've upgraded to Blu-ray:
26
(29.9% of Blu-rays. 2.3% of DVDs upgraded.)
Specifically, these are things I used to own on DVD that I've now replaced with Blu-rays... which I guess is what the name says. Though it also includes three where, for various reasons, I've still kept the DVD.
I have no immediate intention to attempt an upgrade of my remaining 1,086 DVDs. In most cases it wouldn't even be possible, in others of minimal benefit, and it would of course cost a bloody fortune. Most of my BD purchases are new films or things I missed on DVD for whatever reason -- 70.1%, to be precise -- and this is how I intend to continue forward. But a few more titles may well warrant the upgrade in the future, particularly as prices continue to fall.
See you next week, faithful reader.
Thursday, 20 May 2010
TV
FlashForward
1x18 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
More flashback-driven twists! Intrigue-tastic.
I'm almost beginning to like FlashForward now, which is sod's law considering it's been cancelled. Alternatively, maybe it's because I know it's All Over in just four more episodes that I don't mind so much.
[Watch it (again) on Demand Five.]
The Graham Norton Show
7x06 (17/5/10 edition)
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Russell Howard's Good News
2x08 Best Bits (extended repeat) [season finale]
Mostly hilarious, though the extended repeat's stand-up was a single routine, one so bad I'd actually wiped it from my memory (but I had seen it before -- I eventually remembered).
Also included in the extended version were some new bits cut from the series, including a selection of particularly funny montages. I would've linked directly to them on iPlayer, but for no known reason the BBC still insist on not putting the extended show up. Bastards.
[Watch the whole episode (shorter version only) on iPlayer.]
1x18 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
More flashback-driven twists! Intrigue-tastic.
I'm almost beginning to like FlashForward now, which is sod's law considering it's been cancelled. Alternatively, maybe it's because I know it's All Over in just four more episodes that I don't mind so much.
[Watch it (again) on Demand Five.]
The Graham Norton Show
7x06 (17/5/10 edition)
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Russell Howard's Good News
2x08 Best Bits (extended repeat) [season finale]
Mostly hilarious, though the extended repeat's stand-up was a single routine, one so bad I'd actually wiped it from my memory (but I had seen it before -- I eventually remembered).
Also included in the extended version were some new bits cut from the series, including a selection of particularly funny montages. I would've linked directly to them on iPlayer, but for no known reason the BBC still insist on not putting the extended show up. Bastards.
[Watch the whole episode (shorter version only) on iPlayer.]
Films
Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960)
[#50 in 100 Films in a Year 2010]
Halfway through, and it's still May -- hurrah!
[#50 in 100 Films in a Year 2010]
Halfway through, and it's still May -- hurrah!
Articles
Death to the spoiler police by Mary Elizabeth Williams
(from Salon.com)
I dislike spoilers as much as the next discerning viewer, and I don't want to go round spoiling things for others -- well, except maybe fans of something like Twilight -- but this article has several good points about spoilers and the way we behave around them.
Be warned, it spoils Citizen Kane, The Sixth Sense, Les Diaboliquse, Soylent Green, The Empire Strike Back, and some US reality series.
New Social Networking Site Changing The Way Oh, Christ, Forget It
(from The Onion)
(from Salon.com)
I dislike spoilers as much as the next discerning viewer, and I don't want to go round spoiling things for others -- well, except maybe fans of something like Twilight -- but this article has several good points about spoilers and the way we behave around them.
Be warned, it spoils Citizen Kane, The Sixth Sense, Les Diaboliquse, Soylent Green, The Empire Strike Back, and some US reality series.
New Social Networking Site Changing The Way Oh, Christ, Forget It
(from The Onion)
While millions of young, tech-savvy professionals already use services like Facebook and Twitter to keep in constant touch with friends, a new social networking platform called Foursquare has recently taken the oh, fucking hell, can't some other desperate news outlet cover this crap instead?
Wednesday, 19 May 2010
Articles
Matthew Graham interview: the Ashes To Ashes finale by Simon Brew
(from Den of Geek!)
A completely spoiler-free interview with Ashes to Ashes co-creator Matthew Graham about The Last Ever Episode, which is on this Friday. Interesting, exciting, etc.
(from Den of Geek!)
A completely spoiler-free interview with Ashes to Ashes co-creator Matthew Graham about The Last Ever Episode, which is on this Friday. Interesting, exciting, etc.
Tuesday, 18 May 2010
TV
House
6x21 Baggage
With the return of Therapist Blokey and Crazy Rapping Inmate Blokey, this feels almost like a sequel to the season opener. Which is so long ago now it feels like it was last season to me. Talking of which, season finale next week.
Luther
1x02 Episode 2
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
6x21 Baggage
With the return of Therapist Blokey and Crazy Rapping Inmate Blokey, this feels almost like a sequel to the season opener. Which is so long ago now it feels like it was last season to me. Talking of which, season finale next week.
Luther
1x02 Episode 2
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
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