Doctor Who [classic]
21x05 The Awakening Part One [2nd watch]
21x06 The Awakening Part Two [2nd watch]
As mentioned yesterday, this was watched for Insomniac Whovian on twitter with @frizfrizzle (though a bit later than planned). See the hashtag #TheAwakening for what we had to say about it.
You might be able to watch The Awakening legally (and for free) on the BBC's YouTube channel's Doctor Who section, but it wouldn't work for us last night.
For the near-future schedule of Insomniac Whovian, look here.
Doctor Who [new]
2x03 School Reunion [3rd watch]
An impromptu Insomniac Whovian. See what we thought on the hashtag #SchoolReunion (they have a pretty obvious format, these).
Mad Men
3x10 The Color Blue
Looks like it's all about to hit the fan...
[Watch it again in HD on iPlayer.]
Richard Hammond's Invisible Worlds
Part 2 Out of Sight
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Friday, 26 March 2010
Articles
Doctor Who: It’s About Time by Ian Wylie
(from Life of Wylie)
A full transcript of the Moffat/Smith/Gillan interview from the Doctor Who press launch. Great for fans.
See you at the movies by Roger Ebert
(from Roger Ebert's Journal)
Being in the UK, I've never seen the recently-cancelled series At the Movies, but this is an interesting post nonetheless.
When Headlines Don't Match Their Pictures: The Funniest News Photo Fails Ever by Katla McGlynn
(from The Huffington Post)
They are funny!
(from Life of Wylie)
A full transcript of the Moffat/Smith/Gillan interview from the Doctor Who press launch. Great for fans.
See you at the movies by Roger Ebert
(from Roger Ebert's Journal)
Being in the UK, I've never seen the recently-cancelled series At the Movies, but this is an interesting post nonetheless.
When Headlines Don't Match Their Pictures: The Funniest News Photo Fails Ever by Katla McGlynn
(from The Huffington Post)
They are funny!
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
Number of titles in collection: 1,156 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 1,081 [up 2]
Of which Blu-rays: 75 [no change]
Number of discs in collection: 2,811 [up 2]
Number of films in collection: 1,222 [up 3]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 3,874 [no change]
Statistic of the week:
Number of Doctor Who stories I own that I've never seen:
35
This week's stat is inspired by a comment on twitter, and is vaguely related to the the Statistic of the Week from January 29th.
See you next week, faithful reader.
Number of titles in collection: 1,156 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 1,081 [up 2]
Of which Blu-rays: 75 [no change]
Number of discs in collection: 2,811 [up 2]
Number of films in collection: 1,222 [up 3]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 3,874 [no change]
Statistic of the week:
Number of Doctor Who stories I own that I've never seen:
35
This week's stat is inspired by a comment on twitter, and is vaguely related to the the Statistic of the Week from January 29th.
See you next week, faithful reader.
Thursday, 25 March 2010
TV
Doctor Who [new]
2x11 Fear Her [3rd watch]
Watched for Insomniac Whovian on twitter with @frizfrizzle. See the hashtag #FearHer.
Join him and/or us and/or others later (around 1am) for the same thing again with The Awakening (inevitable hashtag: #TheAwakening), which you can also watch legally and for free on the BBC's YouTube channel's Doctor Who section.
FlashForward: What Did You See?
A full-episode-length "Previously on..." covering the first 10 episodes (thanks to a 15-week mid-season hiatus). It was so engrossing I actually fell asleep.
[Watch it (again) on Demand Five.]
2x11 Fear Her [3rd watch]
Watched for Insomniac Whovian on twitter with @frizfrizzle. See the hashtag #FearHer.
Join him and/or us and/or others later (around 1am) for the same thing again with The Awakening (inevitable hashtag: #TheAwakening), which you can also watch legally and for free on the BBC's YouTube channel's Doctor Who section.
FlashForward: What Did You See?
A full-episode-length "Previously on..." covering the first 10 episodes (thanks to a 15-week mid-season hiatus). It was so engrossing I actually fell asleep.
[Watch it (again) on Demand Five.]
Articles
Kevin Smith slams "nasty" critics by Catriona Wightman
(from Digital Spy)
On the one hand, he's just getting pissy about bad reviews. On the other, he has a fairly valid point:
(from Digital Spy)
On the one hand, he's just getting pissy about bad reviews. On the other, he has a fairly valid point:
"Realised whole system's upside down: so we let a bunch of people see it for free & they s**t all over it?" he posted. "Meanwhile, people who'd REALLY like to see the flick for free are made to pay? Bulls**t: from now on, any flick I'm ever involved with, I conduct critics screenings thusly: you wanna see it early to review it? Fine: pay like you would if you saw it next week.
Why am I giving an arbitrary 500 people power over what I do at all, let alone for free? ... Why's their opinion more valid? It's a backwards system."
Wednesday, 24 March 2010
TV
David Lean in Close-Up with Jonathan Ross
The 90-minute BBC Four version from last October; completely missed it even being on BBC One (almost a year ago! Crikey.) It's a rather good documentary too, and all fascinating, so I'm glad I saw the full version.
Mad Men
3x09 Wee Small Hours
The 90-minute BBC Four version from last October; completely missed it even being on BBC One (almost a year ago! Crikey.) It's a rather good documentary too, and all fascinating, so I'm glad I saw the full version.
Mad Men
3x09 Wee Small Hours
Tuesday, 23 March 2010
TV
Archer
1x05 Honeypot
[Watch it (again) on Demand Five.]
FlashForward: Revealed
Behind-the-scenes-type-programme Five showed before Christmas, when the series went on its mid-season hiatus. Full of hype and hyperbole, it was pretty much as weak as the show it was promoting.
1x05 Honeypot
[Watch it (again) on Demand Five.]
FlashForward: Revealed
Behind-the-scenes-type-programme Five showed before Christmas, when the series went on its mid-season hiatus. Full of hype and hyperbole, it was pretty much as weak as the show it was promoting.
Monday, 22 March 2010
TV
House
6x13 Moving the Chains
The Mentalist
2x05 Red Scare
[Watch it (again) on Demand Five.]
Tinga Tinga Tales
Why Snake Has No Legs
Why Flamingo Stands on One Leg
[Watch both episodes (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
6x13 Moving the Chains
The Mentalist
2x05 Red Scare
[Watch it (again) on Demand Five.]
Tinga Tinga Tales
Why Snake Has No Legs
Why Flamingo Stands on One Leg
[Watch both episodes (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Articles
Has 3-D already failed? by Kristin Thompson
(from Observations on film art at David Bordwell's website on cinema)
This article's from last September, but -- despite Avatar -- I reckon many of its points still stand. And it's therefore excellent.
On a related note, also check out Bwana Beowulf and Coraline, cornered from the same blog. Both are further discussions of 3D, using specific films (which should be obvious) as case studies, and continue to demonstrate why this 3D malarky isn't all its cracked up to be.
(from Observations on film art at David Bordwell's website on cinema)
This article's from last September, but -- despite Avatar -- I reckon many of its points still stand. And it's therefore excellent.
On a related note, also check out Bwana Beowulf and Coraline, cornered from the same blog. Both are further discussions of 3D, using specific films (which should be obvious) as case studies, and continue to demonstrate why this 3D malarky isn't all its cracked up to be.
Suggestion of the day...
Send this letter to this email address (adding some kind of framing bit to note the letter's not actually by you but you agree with every word of it).
It'll only take a few seconds, but it might one day turn out to be worth it.
It'll only take a few seconds, but it might one day turn out to be worth it.
Sunday, 21 March 2010
TV
QI
7x01 Gardens (extended repeat)
Much-belated first-showing for this extended repeat of an edition that first went out way back in November 2009.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Sport Relief 2010
[2nd half]
This is where recording it pays off, as the later-hours' schedule gradually fills up with repeats of sketches and appeal films, not to mention the inane babble of Fearne Cotton and Patrick Kielty.
[Watch the it (again) on iPlayer.]
7x01 Gardens (extended repeat)
Much-belated first-showing for this extended repeat of an edition that first went out way back in November 2009.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Sport Relief 2010
[2nd half]
This is where recording it pays off, as the later-hours' schedule gradually fills up with repeats of sketches and appeal films, not to mention the inane babble of Fearne Cotton and Patrick Kielty.
[Watch the it (again) on iPlayer.]
this week on 100 Films
Just 2 new reviews were posted to 100 Films in a Year this week, and they were...
Lesbian Vampire Killers (2009)
What About Bob? (1991)
More next Sunday.
Lesbian Vampire Killers (2009)
the film fails to deliver on is its twin promises of raunch and horror. Aside from a couple of brief surgically-enhanced medieval boobs, a flash of knickers and the odd girl-on-girl kiss, the film’s sexy content is non-existent... The horror, meanwhile, is reduced to well-signposted jump scares and the odd bit of comical decapitation/melting
What About Bob? (1991)
The film hinges entirely on Murray and Dreyfuss, and both are excellent in their respective roles. Murray portrays Bob’s mental health struggles early on in a way that would garner wider praise for accuracy if this were a drama, showing the potential he’s only unleashed in more recent years to play straight roles
More next Sunday.
Saturday, 20 March 2010
TV
Sport Relief 2010
[1st half + BBC Two segment]
I recorded it so I could fastforward the dull bits (by which I mean rubbish singers, etc, not the appeal films), but was surprised to find I barely skipped anything. I expect it'll pay dividends come the later hours though -- these charity telethons always wind up repeating the best sketches by midnight.
[Watch the first half and BBC Two half-hour (again) on iPlayer.]
[1st half + BBC Two segment]
I recorded it so I could fastforward the dull bits (by which I mean rubbish singers, etc, not the appeal films), but was surprised to find I barely skipped anything. I expect it'll pay dividends come the later hours though -- these charity telethons always wind up repeating the best sketches by midnight.
[Watch the first half and BBC Two half-hour (again) on iPlayer.]
Films
Saw V (2008)
[#34 in 100 Films in a Year 2010]
Regular readers may remember that the first four films in the series were 2009's numbers 59, 60, 61 and 62.
Titanic (1997)
[#35 in 100 Films in a Year 2010]
Having avoided this box office behemoth for 12 years, it seems appropriate to finally see it now it's been toppled from its highest-grossing perch. Plus, it was on in HD.
[#34 in 100 Films in a Year 2010]
Regular readers may remember that the first four films in the series were 2009's numbers 59, 60, 61 and 62.
Titanic (1997)
[#35 in 100 Films in a Year 2010]
Having avoided this box office behemoth for 12 years, it seems appropriate to finally see it now it's been toppled from its highest-grossing perch. Plus, it was on in HD.
Games
The Secret of Monkey Island: The Flash Movie
The whole plot of The Secret of Monkey Island, re-told at speed by a German bloke (in English) with cartoony illustrations. Kinda fun.
The whole plot of The Secret of Monkey Island, re-told at speed by a German bloke (in English) with cartoony illustrations. Kinda fun.
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
Just one new Blu-ray this week, despite the Saturday delay in posting. It's the rather-good Seraphim Falls, which I watched earlier this week. It should look rather lovely on BD and it was going dirt cheap (£4.99! for a Blu-ray!) at several retailers.
Number of titles in collection: 1,154 [up 1]
Of which DVDs: 1,079 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 75 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 2,809 [up 1]
Number of films in collection: 1,219 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 3,874 [no change]
Statistic of the week:
Number of titles rated 15:
395
(34% of the total)
Following in the footsteps of titles rated U and titles rated 18, those rated 15 are the largest group in my collection -- almost double the next closest!
What's next closest? That's for another time...
See you next week, faithful reader.
Just one new Blu-ray this week, despite the Saturday delay in posting. It's the rather-good Seraphim Falls, which I watched earlier this week. It should look rather lovely on BD and it was going dirt cheap (£4.99! for a Blu-ray!) at several retailers.
Number of titles in collection: 1,154 [up 1]
Of which DVDs: 1,079 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 75 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 2,809 [up 1]
Number of films in collection: 1,219 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 3,874 [no change]
Statistic of the week:
Number of titles rated 15:
395
(34% of the total)
Following in the footsteps of titles rated U and titles rated 18, those rated 15 are the largest group in my collection -- almost double the next closest!
What's next closest? That's for another time...
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 19 March 2010
TV
The Bubble
1x05 (18/3/10 edition)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
The Queen
Part 2 Us and Them
[Watch it (again) on 4oD or SeeSaw.]
Tinga Tinga Tales
Why Crocodile Has a Bumpy Back
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
1x05 (18/3/10 edition)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
The Queen
Part 2 Us and Them
[Watch it (again) on 4oD or SeeSaw.]
Tinga Tinga Tales
Why Crocodile Has a Bumpy Back
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
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