God, the Devil and Bob
1x12 God's Girlfriend
Nearly the end :(
Lost in Austen
Part 3 (of 4)
Wednesday, 17 September 2008
Music
The Cosmos Rocks by Queen + Paul Rodgers
Finally, it has arrived -- and it's brilliant. Hurrah! Packed with variety in a way only Queen seem to know how to do -- especially these days, when the first-listen of a new album often sounds like the same track played 10 times on loop. Stand out tracks for me (after one listen, mind) were:
Cosmos Rockin' -- a great opener; should've been the single, if you ask me
Time to Shine
Small
Call Me -- very different to the rest (a comment that could be used for several songs, but none more so than this)
Say It's Not True -- released as a free single last year, it's still a great song. That's just picking five from 14, mind, as I could also have mentioned Warboys, We Believe, Some Things That Glitter, C-lebrity, and Surf's Up... School's Out! The weakest moment, I thought, was track 3, Still Burnin'. It's by no means a bad song, but it suffers from poor placement -- too similar in theme to track 1, it would've been more effective as the final or penultimate track.
Still, these are minor gripes with an otherwise wonderful piece of work. Hurray!
Finally, it has arrived -- and it's brilliant. Hurrah! Packed with variety in a way only Queen seem to know how to do -- especially these days, when the first-listen of a new album often sounds like the same track played 10 times on loop. Stand out tracks for me (after one listen, mind) were:
Still, these are minor gripes with an otherwise wonderful piece of work. Hurray!
Articles
Alasdair Dewar Interview
(from doctorwhotoys.net)
"Exclusive Interview with Alasdair Dewar, Product Development Director of Character Group Plc, Maker of Doctor Who Action Figures". Clearly conducted via email too, but it does have some very interesting bits.
Fowl Author to Pen New Hitchhiker’s Guide Book by Dave Golder
(from SFX)
"Douglas Adams’s widow, Jane Belson, has given her blessing for Artemis Fowl author Eoin Colfer to write a sixth Hitchhiker’s novel, 16 years after Mostly Harmless [the 5th, and to date final, book in the trilogy] was published." Titled And Another Thing..., it's due out in October 2009.
Fox tackles contemporary Dwarfs by Nellie Andreeva
(from THR.com)
"Fox is developing a contemporary take on the classic Walt Disney tale of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs... Tentatively titled Georgia and the Seven Associates, the hourlong dramedy... is tonally described as The Devil Wears Prada meets Taxi set in Los Angeles' legal circles. It centers on Georgia Burnett, a young lawyer who is banished from a top law firm run by her stepmother and forced to team up with seven quirky lawyers at a storefront legal office... The associates at the firm will have the personalities of the Seven Dwarfs. For instance, Doc is an ambulance chaser who carries neck braces in his trunk, and Sleepy is a bike messenger who parties at night and naps in the office. Some of the legal cases will be modernized fairy tales, like one about three people whose homes were taken away by Wolf Corp. However, 'the tone we are looking to do is grounded, and the humor comes out of the characters,' Brancato said." A 'grounded' tone, with those characters and that idea? Good luck!
Thunderbirds (UK BD) in September by Dave Foster
(from DVD Times)
Ethnic discrimination on Thunderbirds cover! Well, kinda. Thanks to some kind of cock-up, thepuppets Tracy brothers of International Rescue are being threatened not by the evil Hood, but by their cook, Kyrano. 'Best Cover Image Mess-Up Ever'? Quite possibly.
(from doctorwhotoys.net)
"Exclusive Interview with Alasdair Dewar, Product Development Director of Character Group Plc, Maker of Doctor Who Action Figures". Clearly conducted via email too, but it does have some very interesting bits.
Fowl Author to Pen New Hitchhiker’s Guide Book by Dave Golder
(from SFX)
"Douglas Adams’s widow, Jane Belson, has given her blessing for Artemis Fowl author Eoin Colfer to write a sixth Hitchhiker’s novel, 16 years after Mostly Harmless [the 5th, and to date final, book in the trilogy] was published." Titled And Another Thing..., it's due out in October 2009.
Fox tackles contemporary Dwarfs by Nellie Andreeva
(from THR.com)
"Fox is developing a contemporary take on the classic Walt Disney tale of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs... Tentatively titled Georgia and the Seven Associates, the hourlong dramedy... is tonally described as The Devil Wears Prada meets Taxi set in Los Angeles' legal circles. It centers on Georgia Burnett, a young lawyer who is banished from a top law firm run by her stepmother and forced to team up with seven quirky lawyers at a storefront legal office... The associates at the firm will have the personalities of the Seven Dwarfs. For instance, Doc is an ambulance chaser who carries neck braces in his trunk, and Sleepy is a bike messenger who parties at night and naps in the office. Some of the legal cases will be modernized fairy tales, like one about three people whose homes were taken away by Wolf Corp. However, 'the tone we are looking to do is grounded, and the humor comes out of the characters,' Brancato said." A 'grounded' tone, with those characters and that idea? Good luck!
Thunderbirds (UK BD) in September by Dave Foster
(from DVD Times)
Ethnic discrimination on Thunderbirds cover! Well, kinda. Thanks to some kind of cock-up, the
Tuesday, 16 September 2008
Articles
And in the end... by Mat Snow
(from Mojo #179, p.70)
Mojo have heard some of the long-awaited Beatles remasters, three years (and counting) in the works. But they're nearly ready! I've never paid money for anything by the Beatles, so now (and by "now" I mean "when these are released") may be the time.
Born Again by Mark Blake
(from Mojo #179, p.82-95)
Long feature, marking the release of Queen's new album, that features remaining band members Brian May and Roger Taylor looking back at the group's late-'70s disco-influenced reinvention.
The Caped Cuss-Ader by Dareh Gregorian and Rebecca Rosenberg
(from New York Post)
First heard this story the other day, but this pun-packed title was too good not to mention. For those who missed it, DC Comics released issue 10 of All-Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder (it's a title and a half, ain't it?) with swear words uncensored. And this is America, of course, where "damn" is controversial. They've tried to have all copies destroyed (to be replaced with an appropriately censored version), but naturally not everyone's complied -- copies are going for as much as $250 on eBay. Holy instant collector's item Batman! (Sorry.)
Che It Isn't So by Page Six
(from New York Post)
This blog seems to have wound up following the story of Steven Soderbergh's Che -- I'm not entirely sure how, or why, but there you go. As I've already reported, the film will see a limited cinema release later this year; but the latest addition to that development goes thusly: it's "going almost straight to video. Soderbergh refused to cut the 4-hour-and-22-minute biopic... Given that the audience at the Cannes Film Festival was underwhelmed, no one wanted to give the epic a theatrical release. [But IFC] will release it in theaters in New York and LA just long enough to qualify for the Academy Awards, and make it available simultaneously "on demand." Che will later be available on video at Blockbuster." Just at Blockbuster? Or is that just One Of Those Turns Of Phrase. Also, the persistence of the term "video" -- of course, it technically doesn't just mean VHS, but that's still what comes to mind.
Review of Journey to the Far Side of the Sun DVD by James Gray
(from DVD Times)
"neatly bridges the gap between the two phases of [Gerry] Anderson's career. His first foray into live action cinema came about after the relative flop of his last two Supermarionation series... but while the film might star Roy Thinnes and Herbert Lom rather than Troy Tempest and Scott Tracy it is very recognisably a production from the same stable... Much like Space: 1999 several years later, its biggest flaw is [an] aloof detachment which means that, together with a script not as disciplined as it should be, this is a film very easy to admire for its visual style but almost impossible to like."
Straight Shooter by Mark Blake
(from Mojo #179, p.95)
A surprisingly detailed side piece about the genesis of Queen + Paul Rodgers, and what it was like creating The Cosmos Rocks. (My copy didn't arrive today. I'm annoyed.)
(from Mojo #179, p.70)
Mojo have heard some of the long-awaited Beatles remasters, three years (and counting) in the works. But they're nearly ready! I've never paid money for anything by the Beatles, so now (and by "now" I mean "when these are released") may be the time.
Born Again by Mark Blake
(from Mojo #179, p.82-95)
Long feature, marking the release of Queen's new album, that features remaining band members Brian May and Roger Taylor looking back at the group's late-'70s disco-influenced reinvention.
The Caped Cuss-Ader by Dareh Gregorian and Rebecca Rosenberg
(from New York Post)
First heard this story the other day, but this pun-packed title was too good not to mention. For those who missed it, DC Comics released issue 10 of All-Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder (it's a title and a half, ain't it?) with swear words uncensored. And this is America, of course, where "damn" is controversial. They've tried to have all copies destroyed (to be replaced with an appropriately censored version), but naturally not everyone's complied -- copies are going for as much as $250 on eBay. Holy instant collector's item Batman! (Sorry.)
Che It Isn't So by Page Six
(from New York Post)
This blog seems to have wound up following the story of Steven Soderbergh's Che -- I'm not entirely sure how, or why, but there you go. As I've already reported, the film will see a limited cinema release later this year; but the latest addition to that development goes thusly: it's "going almost straight to video. Soderbergh refused to cut the 4-hour-and-22-minute biopic... Given that the audience at the Cannes Film Festival was underwhelmed, no one wanted to give the epic a theatrical release. [But IFC] will release it in theaters in New York and LA just long enough to qualify for the Academy Awards, and make it available simultaneously "on demand." Che will later be available on video at Blockbuster." Just at Blockbuster? Or is that just One Of Those Turns Of Phrase. Also, the persistence of the term "video" -- of course, it technically doesn't just mean VHS, but that's still what comes to mind.
Review of Journey to the Far Side of the Sun DVD by James Gray
(from DVD Times)
"neatly bridges the gap between the two phases of [Gerry] Anderson's career. His first foray into live action cinema came about after the relative flop of his last two Supermarionation series... but while the film might star Roy Thinnes and Herbert Lom rather than Troy Tempest and Scott Tracy it is very recognisably a production from the same stable... Much like Space: 1999 several years later, its biggest flaw is [an] aloof detachment which means that, together with a script not as disciplined as it should be, this is a film very easy to admire for its visual style but almost impossible to like."
Straight Shooter by Mark Blake
(from Mojo #179, p.95)
A surprisingly detailed side piece about the genesis of Queen + Paul Rodgers, and what it was like creating The Cosmos Rocks. (My copy didn't arrive today. I'm annoyed.)
Websites
Supermarionation entry on Wikipedia
"Not to be confused with Super Mario Land."
'Super Mario Nation', you see!
I don't usually descend to Internet-originated acronyms on this site, but as this is the Websites column... lmao!
"Not to be confused with Super Mario Land."
'Super Mario Nation', you see!
I don't usually descend to Internet-originated acronyms on this site, but as this is the Websites column... lmao!
Music
Normally I'd carry these over to Tuesday's entry, but that will surely be dominated by The Cosmos Rocks, so here they are in an unusual inbetweeny post instead.
James Bond Theme (Casino Royale Trailer Version) by Pfeifer Broz. Music [many listens]
I've only had this track two-and-a-half weeks, but it's already my 9th most played song of all time on iTunes -- and I'm obsessively thorough with keeping those play counts up-to-date, so that means something (well, to me).
Runaway (song) by Queen + Paul Rodgers
It doesn't really sound specifically like Queen -- with the exception of Brian May's guitar, which is always recognisable -- but, regardless, it's an utterly fantastic cover. Recommended. (This song is currently available exclusively through iTunes.)
Summer in the City cover versions (originally by the Lovin' Spoonful)
Another great song, which I've acquired a selection of covers of, by:
Los Challengers -- Latin-Rock-y, and great. Probably my favourite.
Pierre Belmonde -- instrumental on panpipes. Seriously.
Subt Lemon -- kinda punkier. But, like, modern punky.
TEA -- '70s cover (of the '60s original). Rock-y. They're all pretty good, in my opinion.
(Click the artist's name for an iTunes link.)
James Bond Theme (Casino Royale Trailer Version) by Pfeifer Broz. Music [many listens]
I've only had this track two-and-a-half weeks, but it's already my 9th most played song of all time on iTunes -- and I'm obsessively thorough with keeping those play counts up-to-date, so that means something (well, to me).
Runaway (song) by Queen + Paul Rodgers
It doesn't really sound specifically like Queen -- with the exception of Brian May's guitar, which is always recognisable -- but, regardless, it's an utterly fantastic cover. Recommended. (This song is currently available exclusively through iTunes.)
Summer in the City cover versions (originally by the Lovin' Spoonful)
Another great song, which I've acquired a selection of covers of, by:
(Click the artist's name for an iTunes link.)
Monday, 15 September 2008
TV
The Children
Part 3 (of 3)
The ending was a bit of a muddle -- while I quite liked the 'how they each could have done it'/'alternate endings' bit, the desperate attempts to re-implicate everyone in the run up to the conclusion were forced and the identity of the real killer seemed unbelievable to me -- but everything else about this series was top-quality drama, with an emotionally complex plot and depressingly realistic, consistently unlikable characters. If only everything on telly could be this good... then we'd all be depressed the whole time -- I'll take my "good guys always win" dramas too, thanks.
Dexter
2x07 That Night, a Forest Grew
Gilmore Girls
5x06 Norman Mailer, I'm Pregnant!
God, the Devil and Bob
1x11 Bob's Father
Part 3 (of 3)
The ending was a bit of a muddle -- while I quite liked the 'how they each could have done it'/'alternate endings' bit, the desperate attempts to re-implicate everyone in the run up to the conclusion were forced and the identity of the real killer seemed unbelievable to me -- but everything else about this series was top-quality drama, with an emotionally complex plot and depressingly realistic, consistently unlikable characters. If only everything on telly could be this good... then we'd all be depressed the whole time -- I'll take my "good guys always win" dramas too, thanks.
Dexter
2x07 That Night, a Forest Grew
Gilmore Girls
5x06 Norman Mailer, I'm Pregnant!
God, the Devil and Bob
1x11 Bob's Father
Films
Agatha (1979)
[#62 in 100 Films in a Year 2008]
Southland Tales (2007)
[part of 100 Films in a Year 2008]
[1st half]
A dodgy rental DVD means I had to stop this halfway through, hence no number til it's done.
[#62 in 100 Films in a Year 2008]
Southland Tales (2007)
[part of 100 Films in a Year 2008]
[1st half]
A dodgy rental DVD means I had to stop this halfway through, hence no number til it's done.
Articles
George Takei marries longtime partner Brad Altman by Sandy Cohen
(from Mail.com)
Star Trek star George Takei and his partner, Brad Altman, have "agreed to live long and prosper together." *Groan* I dread to think how many articles about this have used that pun.
Little Britain Angers Gay Rights Groups
(from WENN)
Ah, the little British (ho ho!) show that could. What amuses me most is that it's a gay rights group complaining. Clearly, gays in Hollywood don't have a sense of humour -- I mean, I'm not Little Britain's biggest fan (I will give the American relocation a go though, when it turns up), but it's pretty clear it's not homophobic by any means.
(from Mail.com)
Star Trek star George Takei and his partner, Brad Altman, have "agreed to live long and prosper together." *Groan* I dread to think how many articles about this have used that pun.
Little Britain Angers Gay Rights Groups
(from WENN)
Ah, the little British (ho ho!) show that could. What amuses me most is that it's a gay rights group complaining. Clearly, gays in Hollywood don't have a sense of humour -- I mean, I'm not Little Britain's biggest fan (I will give the American relocation a go though, when it turns up), but it's pretty clear it's not homophobic by any means.
Websites
Videos from the Queen + Paul Rodgers Album Club
Primarily, an interview with the band about their new album, The Cosmos Rocks (released today; still waiting for my copy). The videos begin with a notice about the group's YouTube channel, but if anyone can actually find this please let me know.
Also revealed is that they recorded a 20-minute cover version of the excellent song Runaway, originally by Del Shannon, though decided not to put it on the album. However, thanks to Wikipedia's Runaway entry, I've discovered it's available as an iTunes exclusive -- edited to a sensible five-and-a-half minutes.
Primarily, an interview with the band about their new album, The Cosmos Rocks (released today; still waiting for my copy). The videos begin with a notice about the group's YouTube channel, but if anyone can actually find this please let me know.
Also revealed is that they recorded a 20-minute cover version of the excellent song Runaway, originally by Del Shannon, though decided not to put it on the album. However, thanks to Wikipedia's Runaway entry, I've discovered it's available as an iTunes exclusive -- edited to a sensible five-and-a-half minutes.
Sunday, 14 September 2008
TV
By Any Means
Part 2 (of 6)
Dexter
2x06 Dex, Lies and Videotape
Poirot
11x01 Mrs. McGinty's Dead
ITV may screw over both Miss Marple and Christie's sundry other characters by adapting them all willy-nilly in Marple, but Poirot sticks firmly to canon in its aim of filming all her stories about the Belgian detective. 61 down, 11 to go...
Part 2 (of 6)
Dexter
2x06 Dex, Lies and Videotape
Poirot
11x01 Mrs. McGinty's Dead
ITV may screw over both Miss Marple and Christie's sundry other characters by adapting them all willy-nilly in Marple, but Poirot sticks firmly to canon in its aim of filming all her stories about the Belgian detective. 61 down, 11 to go...
Films
Bond from the Beginning #11:
Moonraker (1979)
[2nd half; 3rd or so watch]
See here for my thoughts on this film.
Moonraker (1979)
[2nd half; 3rd or so watch]
See here for my thoughts on this film.
Articles
Apocalypse then by Ed Potton
(from The Knowledge Sept 13-19, 2008, p.12-13)
The fact that articles like this can be found online these days almost makes you wonder why they publish the magazine. Though, on the page it does have a review of the new DVD release (identical to the US one from a couple of years ago, by the sound of things). It comes in a Steelbook, which the people at The Times have obviously never heard of, bless them, as they insist on calling it a "steelbox". In a rare instance of Steelbook-beating, I prefer the US packaging.
David Blaine: death-dealer by Michael Joseph Gross
(from Telegraph.co.uk)
"'A lot of people in England don't like me for some reason,' Blaine continues." Because he's a pretentious show-off dick, a bit like Derren Brown only less entertaining and based on tricks of endurance rather than skill. This article does nothing to dispel such an opinion. In fact, if anything, it makes it worse.
(from The Knowledge Sept 13-19, 2008, p.12-13)
The fact that articles like this can be found online these days almost makes you wonder why they publish the magazine. Though, on the page it does have a review of the new DVD release (identical to the US one from a couple of years ago, by the sound of things). It comes in a Steelbook, which the people at The Times have obviously never heard of, bless them, as they insist on calling it a "steelbox". In a rare instance of Steelbook-beating, I prefer the US packaging.
David Blaine: death-dealer by Michael Joseph Gross
(from Telegraph.co.uk)
"'A lot of people in England don't like me for some reason,' Blaine continues." Because he's a pretentious show-off dick, a bit like Derren Brown only less entertaining and based on tricks of endurance rather than skill. This article does nothing to dispel such an opinion. In fact, if anything, it makes it worse.
Bond from the Beginning #11: Moonraker
Moonraker has some good bits. A shocking thing to say, I know, especially for me -- but it's true!
Sandwiched between arguably the two most popular Moore films, it's probably the most reviled film in the entire franchise -- though A View to a Kill runs a close second these days -- but there are a number of redeeming qualities that prevent it being a total loss as a film -- though it helps to think of it as a generic sci-fi-tinged spy thriller, rather than a film starring Ian Fleming's James Bond.
The pre-titles sequence is a stunning piece of stunt work, the like of which you would surely never see today; Drax is an excellent villain, with some of the best one-liners in the entire series; and many other bits work marvelously too. But there are also huge lapses of judgement -- as if a motor-powered gondola wasn't bad enough, it has to turn into a hovercraft... with a double-taking pigeon, just to hammer home that final nail. There are others, far too numerous to mention -- though the constant repetition from earlier films is blatant when watching in sequence, and the huge sin that is the laser-gun space battle cannot go unacknowledged (and after most of the space bits were relatively realistic too!)
The real shame about Moonraker is it doesn't have to sink to such lows. Despite how "James Bond in space" sounds, the concept isn't inherently flawed -- it's only You Only Live Twice with Bond getting in the spacecraft -- but there are so many misguided bits that they sometimes become hard to ignore. On the bright side, if one can ignore the silly bits there's actually a hugely entertaining film here.
I never thought I'd say this, ever, but Moonraker is not my least favourite Bond film, and by some margin. (In the not-unlikely event that you can suddenly feel shooting pains in your left arm now, please call a doctor.) Perhaps there's hope yet for View to a Kill...
Sandwiched between arguably the two most popular Moore films, it's probably the most reviled film in the entire franchise -- though A View to a Kill runs a close second these days -- but there are a number of redeeming qualities that prevent it being a total loss as a film -- though it helps to think of it as a generic sci-fi-tinged spy thriller, rather than a film starring Ian Fleming's James Bond.
The pre-titles sequence is a stunning piece of stunt work, the like of which you would surely never see today; Drax is an excellent villain, with some of the best one-liners in the entire series; and many other bits work marvelously too. But there are also huge lapses of judgement -- as if a motor-powered gondola wasn't bad enough, it has to turn into a hovercraft... with a double-taking pigeon, just to hammer home that final nail. There are others, far too numerous to mention -- though the constant repetition from earlier films is blatant when watching in sequence, and the huge sin that is the laser-gun space battle cannot go unacknowledged (and after most of the space bits were relatively realistic too!)
The real shame about Moonraker is it doesn't have to sink to such lows. Despite how "James Bond in space" sounds, the concept isn't inherently flawed -- it's only You Only Live Twice with Bond getting in the spacecraft -- but there are so many misguided bits that they sometimes become hard to ignore. On the bright side, if one can ignore the silly bits there's actually a hugely entertaining film here.
I never thought I'd say this, ever, but Moonraker is not my least favourite Bond film, and by some margin. (In the not-unlikely event that you can suddenly feel shooting pains in your left arm now, please call a doctor.) Perhaps there's hope yet for View to a Kill...
Saturday, 13 September 2008
TV
Spaceballs: The Animated Series Trailer (direct link)
Apparently this series is going to air at 5PM in the US. Based on this trailer, I find it hard to believe they're going to get away with that. Also, I'm not convinced it will be very funny -- partly because I watched Spaceballs again a year or two ago and struggled to be amused, and partly because this trailer has no laughs. Not even one. And it's clearly been done with Flash animation, so looks cheap as chips. And, to be honest, just looks like it wants to be cartoon porn.
Apparently this series is going to air at 5PM in the US. Based on this trailer, I find it hard to believe they're going to get away with that. Also, I'm not convinced it will be very funny -- partly because I watched Spaceballs again a year or two ago and struggled to be amused, and partly because this trailer has no laughs. Not even one. And it's clearly been done with Flash animation, so looks cheap as chips. And, to be honest, just looks like it wants to be cartoon porn.
Articles
Temporary Production Shutdown on Dollhouse by Dave Golder
(from SFX)
"Production on Joss Whedon's Dollhouse has temporarily shut down... Apparently, "Whedon had been busy directing two of the first three [episodes], which kept him out of the writers' room. As a result, the studio, network and Whedon agreed that the show's fourth script needed work. Whedon also requested the production reprieve to get ahead on the next few scripts.” The show will still air as scheduled in the New Year."
Oh dear. This is after the news that the network half-insisted there by a new pilot episode (Whedon claims he agrees, stating the show needed setting up better, and Pilot #1 will now air as episode two). Depending on your perspective, these pieces of news are either:
Good! They want to produce the highest quality show possible. I'm an optimist, yay!
Bad! It's struggling under network pressure already and will surely go the way of Firefly. I'm a pessimist, boo!
Well, we'll have to wait and see won't we. Networks always interfere and quality shows still happen. I'm a realist. So there.
Movie Reviews: Righteous Kill
(from Studio Briefing)
"Taken purely on its merits as a psychological thriller, Righteous Kill is probably a two-star film. The third star is there strictly for De Niro and Pacino. Playing off each other, they stir up the ghosts of past greatness." A shame, because from the trailer I thought this looked like it could be a great thriller with two great stars. I'll judge for myself at some point, of course.
Movie Reviews: The Women
(from Studio Briefing)
Even the women hate The Women, which sounds to be as bad as the trailer looks. Except Roger Ebert, who praises it, yet again seeming to disagree with everyone else (see: The Mummy 3).
Unrelated by clydefro [online for a limited time]
(from clydefro)
"In 2004, the cities that had been attacked [on 9/11] picked one person as the best man to further protect us while nearly everyone else picked someone else, the eventual winner. With a new election just weeks away, these uncertainties and fears once again feel necessary."
Be sure to check out today's other Articles post for some Bondage.
(from SFX)
"Production on Joss Whedon's Dollhouse has temporarily shut down... Apparently, "Whedon had been busy directing two of the first three [episodes], which kept him out of the writers' room. As a result, the studio, network and Whedon agreed that the show's fourth script needed work. Whedon also requested the production reprieve to get ahead on the next few scripts.” The show will still air as scheduled in the New Year."
Oh dear. This is after the news that the network half-insisted there by a new pilot episode (Whedon claims he agrees, stating the show needed setting up better, and Pilot #1 will now air as episode two). Depending on your perspective, these pieces of news are either:
Movie Reviews: Righteous Kill
(from Studio Briefing)
"Taken purely on its merits as a psychological thriller, Righteous Kill is probably a two-star film. The third star is there strictly for De Niro and Pacino. Playing off each other, they stir up the ghosts of past greatness." A shame, because from the trailer I thought this looked like it could be a great thriller with two great stars. I'll judge for myself at some point, of course.
Movie Reviews: The Women
(from Studio Briefing)
Even the women hate The Women, which sounds to be as bad as the trailer looks. Except Roger Ebert, who praises it, yet again seeming to disagree with everyone else (see: The Mummy 3).
Unrelated by clydefro [online for a limited time]
(from clydefro)
"In 2004, the cities that had been attacked [on 9/11] picked one person as the best man to further protect us while nearly everyone else picked someone else, the eventual winner. With a new election just weeks away, these uncertainties and fears once again feel necessary."
Be sure to check out today's other Articles post for some Bondage.
Articles: Bond, James Bond
Another Way To Drink? by Matt Weston
(from CommanderBond.net)
Seems the Coke Zero Zero 7 ad has caused quite a stir -- so much so that I'm not going to quote the article, just recommend you go read it.
By Royal Command: Judging A Book By Its Cover by Tanner
(from double o section)
"I know most of you probably think me certifiable after reading this post, but I also know that there are some readers and collectors who know exactly what I’m talking about."
Charlie in Command by John Cox
(from The Young Bond Dossier)
Fairly extensive interview with Young Bond author Charlie Higson. Contains spoilers for By Royal Command, so do be careful.
David Arnold Audio Interview: Scoring Quantum of Solace by Devin Zydel
(from CommanderBond.net)
Interesting comments on both the film and its score.
Looks like I just need some articles beginning with E to Z...
(from CommanderBond.net)
Seems the Coke Zero Zero 7 ad has caused quite a stir -- so much so that I'm not going to quote the article, just recommend you go read it.
By Royal Command: Judging A Book By Its Cover by Tanner
(from double o section)
"I know most of you probably think me certifiable after reading this post, but I also know that there are some readers and collectors who know exactly what I’m talking about."
Charlie in Command by John Cox
(from The Young Bond Dossier)
Fairly extensive interview with Young Bond author Charlie Higson. Contains spoilers for By Royal Command, so do be careful.
David Arnold Audio Interview: Scoring Quantum of Solace by Devin Zydel
(from CommanderBond.net)
Interesting comments on both the film and its score.
Looks like I just need some articles beginning with E to Z...
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