Battlestar Galactica [2004]
3x00 The Resistance [webisodes 1-10]
3x01 Occupation
It's now, shockingly, almost six months since I last watched any BSG. I was getting through it so fast too! Time (overdue) to dive back in, then, and this is what's next: The Resistance, a series of ten webisodes totalling 26 minutes, detailing some events that occur between seasons two and three. They may still be available for free online to the US, and they're on the US DVDs, but not the UK DVDs, but they are on the Blu-rays everywhere (on disc two of season three -- common sense does not prevail). In case you wondered.
As for the new series proper, bold of the producers to continue their Iraq war analogy by having the Cylons become the occupying force and the sympathetic human characters become insurgents. Can't imagine that went down too well in the US...
Episodes
1x01 Episode One
This has been soundly slagged off in some quarters (coughRadioTimescough), but I rather enjoyed it. In fact, I'm actually looking forward to more -- so that's rather good too then.
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
QI
8x16 History (extended repeat) [season finale]
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Sunday, 16 January 2011
this week on 100 Films
2 new reviews were posted to 100 Films in a Year this week, and they were...
Iron Eagle (1986)
Odd Man Out (1947)
More next Sunday.
Iron Eagle (1986)
an American pilot is captured by Qatar due to flying into their airspace, even though he was hundreds of miles outside it. When he’s sentenced to execution and the US Government refuses to do anything practical to get him back, his teenage son — who he’s been illicitly teaching to fly fighter jets — resolves to steal one and go get his dad. Hells yeah! Or something... daft and implausible.
Odd Man Out (1947)
The consciously episodic story... facilitates the depiction of a cross-section of Northern Irish life, and particularly their reaction to “the organisation” — it doesn’t take a genius to guess what that means... concerned “only with the conflict in the hearts of the people when they become unexpectedly involved”, by leaving out detail of the politically contentious background it perhaps robs the characters’ indecision of any basis.
More next Sunday.
Saturday, 15 January 2011
TV
Primeval
4x04 Episode 4
[Watch it (again) on ITV Player.]
Yes Minister
1x01 Open Government [2nd watch]
Got the complete series of this for Christmas. Not seen it for an absolute age, but it's still brilliant. (Also not sure how much of it I've actually seen before, or how often, so those "2nd watch"es may be a little fluid and based on anything I happen to remember.)
4x04 Episode 4
[Watch it (again) on ITV Player.]
Yes Minister
1x01 Open Government [2nd watch]
Got the complete series of this for Christmas. Not seen it for an absolute age, but it's still brilliant. (Also not sure how much of it I've actually seen before, or how often, so those "2nd watch"es may be a little fluid and based on anything I happen to remember.)
Films
Exam (2009)
[#2 in 100 Films in a Year 2011]
So far this year I've watched two films from 2009. Neither of them were on my 50 I missed in 2009 list, sadly.
Sherlock Holmes (2009)
[2nd watch]
This was #49 in 100 Films 2010, and went on to be listed as my eighth favourite film of the year. Having watched it again, I wonder if I should've placed it even higher.
[#2 in 100 Films in a Year 2011]
So far this year I've watched two films from 2009. Neither of them were on my 50 I missed in 2009 list, sadly.
Sherlock Holmes (2009)
[2nd watch]
This was #49 in 100 Films 2010, and went on to be listed as my eighth favourite film of the year. Having watched it again, I wonder if I should've placed it even higher.
Articles
The best books of 2011 by Alison Flood
(from guardian.co.uk)
Yes, you read that right -- the year that's only 15 days old. Films and games have these "what's to come this year" lists all the time, so why not books? ...is, I suppose, the theory. Not sure it works.
(Came to my attention because it mentions the forthcoming new James Bond novel, still code-named Project X though apparently being launched in Dubai on Monday, so maybe we'll learn the real title then.)
(from guardian.co.uk)
Yes, you read that right -- the year that's only 15 days old. Films and games have these "what's to come this year" lists all the time, so why not books? ...is, I suppose, the theory. Not sure it works.
(Came to my attention because it mentions the forthcoming new James Bond novel, still code-named Project X though apparently being launched in Dubai on Monday, so maybe we'll learn the real title then.)
Friday, 14 January 2011
TV
The Graham Norton Show
8x11 (7/1/11 edition)
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
The Great Outdoors
1x01 Episode 1
This went largely unnoticed on BBC Four last summer (I missed it anyway), but it's a rather good sitcom featuring a host of familiar faces. Recommended. And there's only three episodes, so I do hope they commission more.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
8x11 (7/1/11 edition)
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
The Great Outdoors
1x01 Episode 1
This went largely unnoticed on BBC Four last summer (I missed it anyway), but it's a rather good sitcom featuring a host of familiar faces. Recommended. And there's only three episodes, so I do hope they commission more.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Articles
Jimmy Wales says Wikipedia too complicated for many by Jonathan Fildes
(from BBC News)
Not to read, but to contribute to. They're planning to make it easier in the future.
Quite aside from the mildly sensationalist headline, there's more interesting stuff here from a BBC interview with Wales -- you can tell it's a relatively significant article because it actually has a byline, something the BBC News site is hardly known for.
(from BBC News)
Not to read, but to contribute to. They're planning to make it easier in the future.
Quite aside from the mildly sensationalist headline, there's more interesting stuff here from a BBC interview with Wales -- you can tell it's a relatively significant article because it actually has a byline, something the BBC News site is hardly known for.
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
After the Christmas and post-Christmas extravaganzas, there's just one new title this week. And that might be it for a while too. Although there are a few titles I desired that I didn't get for Christmas that I could pick up... but it's not as if I don't have enough else to watch, and it's not as if January sales matter any more when most DVD/BD retailers have permanent sales with the same titles at the same prices all year round (until they drop even cheaper). So, no rush.
Not that that'll necessarily stop me.
Number of titles in collection: 1,259 [up 1]
Of which DVDs: 1,100 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 158 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 3,137 [up 1]
Number of films in collection: 1,335 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 4,545 [no change]
Statistic of the week is going on an extended holiday while I think if there's anything more I really want to do with it. The running time updates will continue every four weeks as usual.
See you next week, faithful reader.
After the Christmas and post-Christmas extravaganzas, there's just one new title this week. And that might be it for a while too. Although there are a few titles I desired that I didn't get for Christmas that I could pick up... but it's not as if I don't have enough else to watch, and it's not as if January sales matter any more when most DVD/BD retailers have permanent sales with the same titles at the same prices all year round (until they drop even cheaper). So, no rush.
Not that that'll necessarily stop me.
Number of titles in collection: 1,259 [up 1]
Of which DVDs: 1,100 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 158 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 3,137 [up 1]
Number of films in collection: 1,335 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 4,545 [no change]
Statistic of the week is going on an extended holiday while I think if there's anything more I really want to do with it. The running time updates will continue every four weeks as usual.
See you next week, faithful reader.
Thursday, 13 January 2011
TV
Tonight, I watched two programmes when they were actually on (more or less)! What is the world coming to...
How I Met Your Mother
6x04 Subway Wars
A rather good one, I thought.
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
Not Going Out
4x02 Debbie
Also a rather good one, I thought.
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Zen
1x02 Cabal
Another rather good one, I thought. The Italian's, shall we say, flexible attitude to justice certainly makes for an unusual crime story.
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
How I Met Your Mother
6x04 Subway Wars
A rather good one, I thought.
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
Not Going Out
4x02 Debbie
Also a rather good one, I thought.
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Zen
1x02 Cabal
Another rather good one, I thought. The Italian's, shall we say, flexible attitude to justice certainly makes for an unusual crime story.
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Articles
Kiefer Sutherland’s First Post-24 Role: Web Series The Confession by Robyn Ross
(from TV Guide)
Also starring John Hurt, so screams potential.
Movie Poster of the Week: The Best of 2010 by Adrian Curry
(from Mubi)
I do love a good movie poster, and while this may be missing any of the excellent Inception posters (with this being the best), it's still an intriguing and (naturally) eye-catching list.
We’re Living in the Future, errrr Wait by Paul Tassi
(from Unreality)
Back to the Future's Marty and Doc travel 25 years into the future to see what's changed. As it turns out, not much...
(from TV Guide)
Also starring John Hurt, so screams potential.
Movie Poster of the Week: The Best of 2010 by Adrian Curry
(from Mubi)
I do love a good movie poster, and while this may be missing any of the excellent Inception posters (with this being the best), it's still an intriguing and (naturally) eye-catching list.
We’re Living in the Future, errrr Wait by Paul Tassi
(from Unreality)
Back to the Future's Marty and Doc travel 25 years into the future to see what's changed. As it turns out, not much...
Wednesday, 12 January 2011
TV
Just Good Friends
2x02 Another Man
Little Crackers
Episode 8 Car Park Babylon
Episode 9 The Norris McWhirter Chronicles: A True Story
Episode 12 Uncle Santa [final episode]
That's those done, then. The last two here were amongst the best I thought, though David Baddiel's was resolutely nowt to do with Christmas. And Meera Syal's was Sky's first comedy programme to be shot in 3D. Not sure why. I expect "why not" may in fact have been the motivation.
(And if you're interested, here's the article Baddiel references at the start of his film.)
2x02 Another Man
Little Crackers
Episode 8 Car Park Babylon
Episode 9 The Norris McWhirter Chronicles: A True Story
Episode 12 Uncle Santa [final episode]
That's those done, then. The last two here were amongst the best I thought, though David Baddiel's was resolutely nowt to do with Christmas. And Meera Syal's was Sky's first comedy programme to be shot in 3D. Not sure why. I expect "why not" may in fact have been the motivation.
(And if you're interested, here's the article Baddiel references at the start of his film.)
Articles
10 steps that defined every X-Files episode by Scott Edelman
(from blastr)
So true.
20 Greatest Fake Criterion Covers by George Wales
(from Total Film)
Most amusing, though you'll need at least a passing knowledge of the Criterion Collection to get it.
Child gets Saw 3D advert banned
(from BBC News)
Christopher Nolan (Somewhat) Explains Inception by Matt Goldberg
(from Collider)
This article is pushing two months old now, but I missed it at the time, so here it is for you now. Quite interesting too.
James Cameron calls Peter Berg's Battleship movie 'ridiculous' by Carol Pinchefsky
(from blastr)
"the only reason sequels exist is because Hollywood is out of ideas and is forced to re-use the same characters and storylines," says Cameron, director of Aliens, Terminator 2, Avatar 2 and Avatar 3.
(from blastr)
So true.
20 Greatest Fake Criterion Covers by George Wales
(from Total Film)
Most amusing, though you'll need at least a passing knowledge of the Criterion Collection to get it.
Child gets Saw 3D advert banned
(from BBC News)
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ... ruled the advert must not be be broadcast again in its current form before 2100.Ah yes, what a handy ruling almost three months after the film came out.
Christopher Nolan (Somewhat) Explains Inception by Matt Goldberg
(from Collider)
This article is pushing two months old now, but I missed it at the time, so here it is for you now. Quite interesting too.
James Cameron calls Peter Berg's Battleship movie 'ridiculous' by Carol Pinchefsky
(from blastr)
"the only reason sequels exist is because Hollywood is out of ideas and is forced to re-use the same characters and storylines," says Cameron, director of Aliens, Terminator 2, Avatar 2 and Avatar 3.
Tuesday, 11 January 2011
TV
Little Crackers
Episode 10 First Kiss
Episode 11 The Queen Mother's Visit
The Mentalist
3x10 Jolly Red Elf
Christmassy.
The season has now recommenced in the US (just), but no signs of when Five will bring it over here -- they're repeating season one for at least two more weeks.
[Watch it (again) on Demand Five.]
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
24x13 End of Series Compilation Show [season finale]
A fairly worthwhile clip show -- the clips are funny, and the linky bits are typically Buzzcocks in their unusualness.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Episode 10 First Kiss
Episode 11 The Queen Mother's Visit
The Mentalist
3x10 Jolly Red Elf
Christmassy.
The season has now recommenced in the US (just), but no signs of when Five will bring it over here -- they're repeating season one for at least two more weeks.
[Watch it (again) on Demand Five.]
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
24x13 End of Series Compilation Show [season finale]
A fairly worthwhile clip show -- the clips are funny, and the linky bits are typically Buzzcocks in their unusualness.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Films
Saw VI (2009)
[#1 in 100 Films in a Year 2011]
So this is the latest I've started 100 Films to date. Still, last year was the previous latest and that turned out OK.
[#1 in 100 Films in a Year 2011]
So this is the latest I've started 100 Films to date. Still, last year was the previous latest and that turned out OK.
DVD Extras
A Killer Maze: Making Saw: Game Over
from Saw VI Blu-ray
A behind-the-scenes look at Saw: Game Over, part of Universal theme parks' Halloween Horror Nights in 2009 -- a walk-through attraction based on the Saw films.
from Saw VI Blu-ray
A behind-the-scenes look at Saw: Game Over, part of Universal theme parks' Halloween Horror Nights in 2009 -- a walk-through attraction based on the Saw films.
Articles
Band of Brothers' Maj Richard Winters dies aged 92
(from BBC News)
RIP.
BOND IS BACK! Daniel Craig and Sam Mendes Set For Nov. 9, 2012 Release Date by Nikki Finke
(from Deadline Hollywood)
Good news!
(from BBC News)
RIP.
BOND IS BACK! Daniel Craig and Sam Mendes Set For Nov. 9, 2012 Release Date by Nikki Finke
(from Deadline Hollywood)
Good news!
Monday, 10 January 2011
TV
Derren Brown: Behind the Mischief
A nice little look at Derren the person, to mark the 10th anniversary of his TV career. Perhaps disappointingly short on new insights into his tricks though.
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
Just Good Friends
2x01 Guilt
Little Crackers
Episode 6 Better Than Christmas
Episode 7 Goodbye Fluff
Jo Brand's episode (Goodbye Fluff) is one of the best so far -- it's actually funny. Christmas shorts by comedians don't have to be funny, I suppose, but as they're a) by comedians, and b) open with a "Sky Comedy" logo, you kinda expect laughs.
The Magicians
1x02 Episode 2
I did the play-along-at-home trick this week (having done last week's after the show -- even having seen the answer, it didn't work). This week it did work... but then the thing on the website is insanely easy for the production to rig -- and, having tried it a few times, I never got the wrong card -- so I'm afraid I don't buy it as a proper trick. Still, love the theme music.
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
24x12 Episode 12
The South Bank Show
37x09 Victoria Wood Revisited
Remember when, back in September, I said I was finally getting round to watching these South Bank Show Revisiteds? Yeeeaaah...
A nice little look at Derren the person, to mark the 10th anniversary of his TV career. Perhaps disappointingly short on new insights into his tricks though.
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
Just Good Friends
2x01 Guilt
Little Crackers
Episode 6 Better Than Christmas
Episode 7 Goodbye Fluff
Jo Brand's episode (Goodbye Fluff) is one of the best so far -- it's actually funny. Christmas shorts by comedians don't have to be funny, I suppose, but as they're a) by comedians, and b) open with a "Sky Comedy" logo, you kinda expect laughs.
The Magicians
1x02 Episode 2
I did the play-along-at-home trick this week (having done last week's after the show -- even having seen the answer, it didn't work). This week it did work... but then the thing on the website is insanely easy for the production to rig -- and, having tried it a few times, I never got the wrong card -- so I'm afraid I don't buy it as a proper trick. Still, love the theme music.
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
24x12 Episode 12
The South Bank Show
37x09 Victoria Wood Revisited
Remember when, back in September, I said I was finally getting round to watching these South Bank Show Revisiteds? Yeeeaaah...
Articles
Allen, Hurley facing Twitter investigation? by Kristy Kelly
(from Digital Spy)
(from Digital Spy)
Lily Allen and Liz Hurley could face an investigation for promoting products through Twitter... The pair may have breached Office of Fair Trading rules by endorsing products on the site for money without declaring an interestQuite right, if true, just not a kind of story you expect to hear.
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