Hitler's Children
A one-off documentary about "the descendants of the most powerful figures in the Nazi regime" (so, not literally Hitler's children). I stumbled across it during the Sign Zone last night and was quickly engrossed. It's a fascinating look about the various ways such people have coped with the horrendous events in their families' pasts.
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
A Short History of Everything Else
1x02 Episode 2
This episode tackled such historical years as 2005, 2004, and 2011. 2011! I'm not sure HIGNFYs from as recently as 2011 are even on Dave yet! Cast the net a little further back please, programme-makers.
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
Tuesday, 26 June 2012
Articles
Alien in "3D": Just one frame
by Jim Emerson (from jim emerson's scanners :: blog)
It's a regular screengrab from regular Alien, which means it's in 2D -- but it demonstrates well the three-dimensionality of regular film; and, therefore, by implication, why "3D" as it's currently promoted is just a gimmick rather than a necessary tool.
And aside from that point, the brief article is just a good breakdown of how much a single frame can potentially convey about an entire scene, or movie, or even career.
by Jim Emerson (from jim emerson's scanners :: blog)
It's a regular screengrab from regular Alien, which means it's in 2D -- but it demonstrates well the three-dimensionality of regular film; and, therefore, by implication, why "3D" as it's currently promoted is just a gimmick rather than a necessary tool.
And aside from that point, the brief article is just a good breakdown of how much a single frame can potentially convey about an entire scene, or movie, or even career.
Monday, 25 June 2012
Comics
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Century: 1910 by Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill
1: What Keeps Mankind Alive?
Minions of the Moon Chapter One: Into The Limbus
I've been waiting years to read this: I read (and reviewed in six parts) the third League title, Black Dossier, four years ago this month; I've had this opening book of Century since it came out in 2009; but the third (and final) part came out this week, and turned up in my post today, so I'm finally settling down to read it (over three days is my plan).
It takes a different structural form for League: whereas the first two were traditional six-issue miniseries, and the third a mixed-format book, Century exists as three standalone-but-connected books. This first is 72 pages, or the equivalent of three 24-page issues, so I guess that makes it three three-parters or one nine-parter. It's nice to mix things up.
It's a form that works here: without spoiling anything, there's a definite story that begins and concludes within the book itself, while events are set in motion that will obviously continue through the next two volumes. It's as entertaining as the rest of the League stories too, for my money, with the usual heady mix of horror, violence, humour, adventure, and some song now too. There's a new League, one that has obviously been working together for a little while, and that keeps things moving and entertaining for the reader. While Moore does mix in a few cultural reference points and a bit of filling-the-gaps-in-League-history, it's mostly slotted in around the story, unlike Black Dossier which some criticised for foregrounding it.
Anyway, the important thing is I enjoyed it, and I look forward to seeing it develop over the next two instalments.
1: What Keeps Mankind Alive?
Minions of the Moon Chapter One: Into The Limbus
I've been waiting years to read this: I read (and reviewed in six parts) the third League title, Black Dossier, four years ago this month; I've had this opening book of Century since it came out in 2009; but the third (and final) part came out this week, and turned up in my post today, so I'm finally settling down to read it (over three days is my plan).
It takes a different structural form for League: whereas the first two were traditional six-issue miniseries, and the third a mixed-format book, Century exists as three standalone-but-connected books. This first is 72 pages, or the equivalent of three 24-page issues, so I guess that makes it three three-parters or one nine-parter. It's nice to mix things up.
It's a form that works here: without spoiling anything, there's a definite story that begins and concludes within the book itself, while events are set in motion that will obviously continue through the next two volumes. It's as entertaining as the rest of the League stories too, for my money, with the usual heady mix of horror, violence, humour, adventure, and some song now too. There's a new League, one that has obviously been working together for a little while, and that keeps things moving and entertaining for the reader. While Moore does mix in a few cultural reference points and a bit of filling-the-gaps-in-League-history, it's mostly slotted in around the story, unlike Black Dossier which some criticised for foregrounding it.
Anyway, the important thing is I enjoyed it, and I look forward to seeing it develop over the next two instalments.
Articles
Watch A 25 Minute Version Of The Amazing Spider-Man Made Up Of Only Promo Clips
by Devin Faraci (from Badass Digest)
That's, what, a quarter of the movie? That's insane.
by Devin Faraci (from Badass Digest)
How many clips are too many clips? Probably when you can construct a TWENTY-FIVE MINUTE MINI-MOVIE from them. That's what Vimeo user SleepySkunk has done. He has taken all of the legally, publically available footage from The Amazing Spider-Man and edited it together linearly into a short film that essentially gives you the entire movie.
That's, what, a quarter of the movie? That's insane.
Sunday, 24 June 2012
TV
Dexter
5x05 First Blood
It's been 10 months since I last watched Dexter (in which time FX have not only finished airing it, they've aired all of the next season too), but now that there's not much else on I can get back to it.
And thank goodness for its solid "previously on" too, because without it I was struggling to remember what was going on, and with it I'm fully back up to speed. I knew I'd appreciate those things one day.
Episodes
2x07 Episode 7
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
MythBusters
5x17 Superhero Hour
5x16 Red Rag to a Bull
5x18 Myth Evolution
The episode about superhero stuff was pretty cool. Nearly didn't watch the second one -- I know bulls don't care about red; you know how a bull in a china shop is going to turn out -- but the other half of the episode, about bullets in ovens/on campfires, was cool... and it turns out a bull in a china shop isn't so obvious after all. And then the third one goes for a load of stuff they missed, according to fans, which fortunately meant it was more packed with stuff than usual. I like Mythbusters, but damn it's full of repetitious recaps.
Would I Lie To You?
6x08 Episode 8
Why the BBC have hung on to this until now I don't know. The outtakes episode, sure, they often air that later, but just a single regular episode of the series? Why?
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
5x05 First Blood
It's been 10 months since I last watched Dexter (in which time FX have not only finished airing it, they've aired all of the next season too), but now that there's not much else on I can get back to it.
And thank goodness for its solid "previously on" too, because without it I was struggling to remember what was going on, and with it I'm fully back up to speed. I knew I'd appreciate those things one day.
Episodes
2x07 Episode 7
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
MythBusters
5x17 Superhero Hour
5x16 Red Rag to a Bull
5x18 Myth Evolution
The episode about superhero stuff was pretty cool. Nearly didn't watch the second one -- I know bulls don't care about red; you know how a bull in a china shop is going to turn out -- but the other half of the episode, about bullets in ovens/on campfires, was cool... and it turns out a bull in a china shop isn't so obvious after all. And then the third one goes for a load of stuff they missed, according to fans, which fortunately meant it was more packed with stuff than usual. I like Mythbusters, but damn it's full of repetitious recaps.
Would I Lie To You?
6x08 Episode 8
Why the BBC have hung on to this until now I don't know. The outtakes episode, sure, they often air that later, but just a single regular episode of the series? Why?
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
this week on 100 Films
Two new reviews were posted to 100 Films in a Year this week, and they were...
The Man from Earth (2007)
The Scarlet Claw (1944)
Tonight sees the UK terrestrial TV premiere of Up in the Air (9pm BBC Two), so I've also added my review from last year to my new blog. You can read it here. (It should be there, anyway. If it isn't, it'll be at that link later today.)
More next Sunday.
The Man from Earth (2007)
what one might call Proper Science Fiction. Most films classed as sci-fi just feature aliens or what have you; they’re space opera, or just action movies where Americans fight off-planet enemies instead of out-of-country enemies; the kind of thing Ray Bradbury termed fantasy rather than sci-fi. Instead of Shooting And Blowing Up Stuff, or even comedy antics with a twist, The Man from Earth deals in Ideas.Read more on my new blog or my classic blog.
The Scarlet Claw (1944)
it really is a horror movie too. There’s not just the elements of occult in the myth of the Canadian town Holmes and Watson find themselves in almost by chance, but also the way the production is staged... [Roy William Neill's] direction is incredibly atmospheric, from a wonderful mist-covered opening scene, replete with an incessantly tolling bell, to regular instances of shadow-drenched photography afterwardsRead more on my new blog or my classic blog.
Tonight sees the UK terrestrial TV premiere of Up in the Air (9pm BBC Two), so I've also added my review from last year to my new blog. You can read it here. (It should be there, anyway. If it isn't, it'll be at that link later today.)
More next Sunday.
Saturday, 23 June 2012
TV
The Graham Norton Show
11x11 (22/6/12 edition)
Jumping ahead to last night's episode -- The One With mir.i.am -- due to the online reaction. It was indeed uproarious.
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Mock the Week
11x02 (21/06/12 edition)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
11x11 (22/6/12 edition)
Jumping ahead to last night's episode -- The One With mir.i.am -- due to the online reaction. It was indeed uproarious.
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Mock the Week
11x02 (21/06/12 edition)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Friday, 22 June 2012
TV
How I Met Your Mother
7x18 Karma
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
Rules of Engagement
1x02 The Birthday Deal
More random late-night comedy viewing. It was quite good, as these things go.
Silk
2x06 Episode 6 [season finale]
I really enjoyed the first series of Silk, but I think it's been even better this year. Just fantastic stuff. How good is Maxine Peake? That first meeting with Jody Farr, the number of emotions and feelings she puts into it just by being there... Brilliant. And let's not forget Neil Stuke as Billy -- he could be a very simplistic, single-dimensioned character, but he too brings so much to the role.
So glad there's going to be a third run. Long may it continue.
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
7x18 Karma
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
Rules of Engagement
1x02 The Birthday Deal
More random late-night comedy viewing. It was quite good, as these things go.
Silk
2x06 Episode 6 [season finale]
I really enjoyed the first series of Silk, but I think it's been even better this year. Just fantastic stuff. How good is Maxine Peake? That first meeting with Jody Farr, the number of emotions and feelings she puts into it just by being there... Brilliant. And let's not forget Neil Stuke as Billy -- he could be a very simplistic, single-dimensioned character, but he too brings so much to the role.
So glad there's going to be a third run. Long may it continue.
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Comics
Batman #10 by Scott Snyder & Greg Capullo
This seemed to be all over twitter when it came out nine days ago, so it's nice to finally be able to catch up with it (Forbidden Planet (.com) may be slow at sending comics out sometimes, but the fact I can do a whole month's order for flat-rate p&p and get it delivered every week (even if it's late) is what keeps me coming back).
And wow did it deserve the hype! The Court of Owls storyline has been fantastic on the whole, and this is the start of a blinding climax (it finishes next issue). Both Snyder's writing and Capullo's art are incredible -- the issue contains three splash pages, which normally means a dearth of story, but each exists for a reason: they pack a punch, and there's more than enough plot elsewhere to make up for it. Sure, the main talking point is a final-pages revelation/twist, and that's justifiably been much-discussed, but it's the overall quality of the storytelling (from both writer and artist) that makes this exceptional. (For a spoilersome interview with Snyder discussing his thinking behind the twist, the entire story arc, and his future plans, look here.)
The Snyder/Tynion-penned, Albuquerque-drawn backup The Fall of the House of Wayne continues with its second part (of three). I wasn't sold on the first part (the backup strips in general across The New 52 have felt like a waste of space to me), but this one really sells its worth. It builds up on the backstory hinted at in the main strip, making it feel an essential part of the story.
This is 100% wonderful. Next issue's concluding parts can't come soon enough.
Before Watchmen: Minutemen #1 by Darwyn Cooke
Another big, much-discussed comic. DC's summer event begins here. Well, I say summer event -- it's 35 issues (across seven miniseries) and will go on until the end of January. Not so summery. But it is a big, controversial event, for all kinds of reason that have been discussed to death across the internet, so I shan't be going into them here.
Personally, I really enjoyed this issue. Cooke's art is perfectly suited to a classic-styled '30s/'40s book, and the typical-Watchmen hard-edge (criminals pissing themselves, heroes paying off the cops, explicit swearing, etc) undercuts it nicely. Plus his compositions are visually arresting, making it a joy to behold all round. Phil Noto's colours compliment this perfectly.
Then Cooke's storytelling is very good to boot. This is clearly the very beginning of a multi-part tale -- but that's fine, so is the original Watchmen. Here he introduces each of the eight Minutemen one by one. Some get more time than others, suggesting relative importance, but with just six issues and so many characters that's always going to happen. And nonetheless, it feels longer than the usual modern 20-page book. That's partly because it's 26 pages, but still, it's super.
It's hard to judge an entire comic objectively on what is almost entirely setup for the rest of the story -- that hasn't stopped some laying into it, apparently forgetting that Watchmen was a longer tale told in smaller parts too. I think this is a solid opening with much promise, even if the ending is a bit unclear (is that supposed to be a cliffhanger? If so, how so?), and I look forward to the rest. Wise decision by DC to start here, I feel.
Linking the 35 issues together in their publication order is backup strip The Curse of the Crimson Corsair: The Devil in the Deep...! (to give the full title as rendered in the book), by Len Wein and John Higgins, included in two-page chunks. Whether there will be multiple Crimson Corsairs stories or it's 70 pages of The Devil in the Deep, I don't know.
This is less successful than the main story, unfortunately. If it's meant to be a contemporaneous comic (as readers may remember, in the Watchmen universe the presence of real-life heroes meant pirate comics were the most popular genre, not superheroes) then the art & colouring is far too modern. Even if it isn't, it's scuppered by only being two pages long -- that's nothing like enough to get a feel or tell a good chunk of story. It attempts to nonetheless, meaning it's stuffed with dialogue boxes instead of telling the story through art. Presumably it will somehow end up commenting on the main story, much like Tales of the Black Freighter did in the original, though how that's supposed to happen when it's spread across seven separate miniseries I don't know.
This seemed to be all over twitter when it came out nine days ago, so it's nice to finally be able to catch up with it (Forbidden Planet (.com) may be slow at sending comics out sometimes, but the fact I can do a whole month's order for flat-rate p&p and get it delivered every week (even if it's late) is what keeps me coming back).
And wow did it deserve the hype! The Court of Owls storyline has been fantastic on the whole, and this is the start of a blinding climax (it finishes next issue). Both Snyder's writing and Capullo's art are incredible -- the issue contains three splash pages, which normally means a dearth of story, but each exists for a reason: they pack a punch, and there's more than enough plot elsewhere to make up for it. Sure, the main talking point is a final-pages revelation/twist, and that's justifiably been much-discussed, but it's the overall quality of the storytelling (from both writer and artist) that makes this exceptional. (For a spoilersome interview with Snyder discussing his thinking behind the twist, the entire story arc, and his future plans, look here.)
The Snyder/Tynion-penned, Albuquerque-drawn backup The Fall of the House of Wayne continues with its second part (of three). I wasn't sold on the first part (the backup strips in general across The New 52 have felt like a waste of space to me), but this one really sells its worth. It builds up on the backstory hinted at in the main strip, making it feel an essential part of the story.
This is 100% wonderful. Next issue's concluding parts can't come soon enough.
Before Watchmen: Minutemen #1 by Darwyn Cooke
Another big, much-discussed comic. DC's summer event begins here. Well, I say summer event -- it's 35 issues (across seven miniseries) and will go on until the end of January. Not so summery. But it is a big, controversial event, for all kinds of reason that have been discussed to death across the internet, so I shan't be going into them here.
Personally, I really enjoyed this issue. Cooke's art is perfectly suited to a classic-styled '30s/'40s book, and the typical-Watchmen hard-edge (criminals pissing themselves, heroes paying off the cops, explicit swearing, etc) undercuts it nicely. Plus his compositions are visually arresting, making it a joy to behold all round. Phil Noto's colours compliment this perfectly.
Then Cooke's storytelling is very good to boot. This is clearly the very beginning of a multi-part tale -- but that's fine, so is the original Watchmen. Here he introduces each of the eight Minutemen one by one. Some get more time than others, suggesting relative importance, but with just six issues and so many characters that's always going to happen. And nonetheless, it feels longer than the usual modern 20-page book. That's partly because it's 26 pages, but still, it's super.
It's hard to judge an entire comic objectively on what is almost entirely setup for the rest of the story -- that hasn't stopped some laying into it, apparently forgetting that Watchmen was a longer tale told in smaller parts too. I think this is a solid opening with much promise, even if the ending is a bit unclear (is that supposed to be a cliffhanger? If so, how so?), and I look forward to the rest. Wise decision by DC to start here, I feel.
Linking the 35 issues together in their publication order is backup strip The Curse of the Crimson Corsair: The Devil in the Deep...! (to give the full title as rendered in the book), by Len Wein and John Higgins, included in two-page chunks. Whether there will be multiple Crimson Corsairs stories or it's 70 pages of The Devil in the Deep, I don't know.
This is less successful than the main story, unfortunately. If it's meant to be a contemporaneous comic (as readers may remember, in the Watchmen universe the presence of real-life heroes meant pirate comics were the most popular genre, not superheroes) then the art & colouring is far too modern. Even if it isn't, it's scuppered by only being two pages long -- that's nothing like enough to get a feel or tell a good chunk of story. It attempts to nonetheless, meaning it's stuffed with dialogue boxes instead of telling the story through art. Presumably it will somehow end up commenting on the main story, much like Tales of the Black Freighter did in the original, though how that's supposed to happen when it's spread across seven separate miniseries I don't know.
Articles
Clive James: 'I’m not dead yet!’
by Clive James (from The Telegraph)
Remember what I said about Clive James? Turns out, not so much with the imminent death. But this is more than just a "it's not true" -- it's a great piece on the media.
by Clive James (from The Telegraph)
Remember what I said about Clive James? Turns out, not so much with the imminent death. But this is more than just a "it's not true" -- it's a great piece on the media.
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
Very minor additions this week. Not much schedule for the foreseeable future, actually, just the odd one here or there. Loads in September though. Loads.
Number of titles in collection: 1,495 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 1,157 [up 1]
Of which Blu-rays: 338 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 3,705 [up 2]
Number of films in collection: 1,581 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 5,532 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Very minor additions this week. Not much schedule for the foreseeable future, actually, just the odd one here or there. Loads in September though. Loads.
Number of titles in collection: 1,495 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 1,157 [up 1]
Of which Blu-rays: 338 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 3,705 [up 2]
Number of films in collection: 1,581 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 5,532 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Thursday, 21 June 2012
TV
No Ordinary Family
1x20 No Ordinary Beginning [series finale]
Thank God that's over! Though after a typically dreadful episode they managed to find a cliffhanger-ish ending that made the next series look almost enticing. That said, while the potential new direction had promise, they'd probably have fluffed it in their usual fashion. It's no loss.
1x20 No Ordinary Beginning [series finale]
Thank God that's over! Though after a typically dreadful episode they managed to find a cliffhanger-ish ending that made the next series look almost enticing. That said, while the potential new direction had promise, they'd probably have fluffed it in their usual fashion. It's no loss.
Articles
Andrew Sarris and the “A” Word
by Richard Brody (from The Front Row at The New Yorker)
American film critic Andrew Sarris died yesterday. To be frank, I'd never heard of him. This tribute explains why I really should have, as well as discussing his abiding influence on all English-language film criticism. I have mixed feelings when it comes to auteur theory, but this piece almost convinces me I should just go along with it.
Hollywood: A Love Story
by Clive James (from the Atlantic)
Clive James is in the news at the minute because of his terminal illness. Related to that, someone posted this article by him on twitter, as proof that reviews/criticism can be art in themselves. It's a very lengthy read, but you can see what that tweeter meant. Partly it's because the piece is not merely a "should you buy this?" review but also a riposte to the book it's covering. It works for the reader because, even if you've not read the text it comments on, it has something new and interesting to say.
by Richard Brody (from The Front Row at The New Yorker)
American film critic Andrew Sarris died yesterday. To be frank, I'd never heard of him. This tribute explains why I really should have, as well as discussing his abiding influence on all English-language film criticism. I have mixed feelings when it comes to auteur theory, but this piece almost convinces me I should just go along with it.
Hollywood: A Love Story
by Clive James (from the Atlantic)
Clive James is in the news at the minute because of his terminal illness. Related to that, someone posted this article by him on twitter, as proof that reviews/criticism can be art in themselves. It's a very lengthy read, but you can see what that tweeter meant. Partly it's because the piece is not merely a "should you buy this?" review but also a riposte to the book it's covering. It works for the reader because, even if you've not read the text it comments on, it has something new and interesting to say.
Wednesday, 20 June 2012
TV
8 Out of 10 Cats
13x08 (15/6/12 edition)
I gave up watching 8 Out of 10 Cats (for the second time) about 18 months ago, but I needed something funny to watch and this was the best thing on offer that I hadn't seen. And it wasn't too bad, though having people from TOWIE or Made in Chelsea or whatever didn't do much to convince me to become a regular viewer.
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
No Ordinary Family
1x19 No Ordinary Future
Oh. Dear. God.
But it's nearly over... nearly over...
Playhouse Presents
1x04 King of the Teds
aka The One With Tom Jones. He did a pretty good job.
Pointless
6x36 (1/5/12 edition)
13x08 (15/6/12 edition)
I gave up watching 8 Out of 10 Cats (for the second time) about 18 months ago, but I needed something funny to watch and this was the best thing on offer that I hadn't seen. And it wasn't too bad, though having people from TOWIE or Made in Chelsea or whatever didn't do much to convince me to become a regular viewer.
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
No Ordinary Family
1x19 No Ordinary Future
Oh. Dear. God.
But it's nearly over... nearly over...
Playhouse Presents
1x04 King of the Teds
aka The One With Tom Jones. He did a pretty good job.
Pointless
6x36 (1/5/12 edition)
Tuesday, 19 June 2012
TV
Just Good Friends
3x07 The Wedding [series finale]
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
21x12 Episode 12 [2nd watch]
No Ordinary Family
1x18 No Ordinary Animal
Oh yes, that's right! Six months after I last watched it and a year or more since it was cancelled, I've returned for the final three episodes of this. I will finish it, goddammit.
It's even more laughable than I remembered. Which is probably to the benefit of Once Upon a Time, because for all that programme's numerous faults, it is better than this.
3x07 The Wedding [series finale]
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
21x12 Episode 12 [2nd watch]
No Ordinary Family
1x18 No Ordinary Animal
Oh yes, that's right! Six months after I last watched it and a year or more since it was cancelled, I've returned for the final three episodes of this. I will finish it, goddammit.
It's even more laughable than I remembered. Which is probably to the benefit of Once Upon a Time, because for all that programme's numerous faults, it is better than this.
Articles
League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century 2009: The Bleeding Cool Review
by Rich Johnston (from Bleeding Cool)
Looking forward to this. It's the third and final volume of Century, and I've been saving up the other two ever since they were published to read it all in one go (and the first was released in May 2009!) After several days of having it locked into "dispatching soon", Amazon sent mine this evening. So only a couple of days to go...
by Rich Johnston (from Bleeding Cool)
Looking forward to this. It's the third and final volume of Century, and I've been saving up the other two ever since they were published to read it all in one go (and the first was released in May 2009!) After several days of having it locked into "dispatching soon", Amazon sent mine this evening. So only a couple of days to go...
Monday, 18 June 2012
TV
Just Good Friends
3x06 Employment Prospects
After nearly a year it seemed like a good idea to finish this. (That's nothing compared to Gilmore Girls, mind.)
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
21x10 Episode 10 [2nd watch]
21x11 Episode 11 [2nd watch]
More quite-old-repeat viewing courtesy of Dave. I've very definitely seen this series. My favourite bit was the band I've never heard of who the NME said were going to be big in 2008 (the year these first went out). Clearly, they were very wrong.
Playhouse Presents
1x03 Nixon's The One!
15th April, 19th May, 18th June -- I'm watching these pretty precisely at once a month. Ought to step that up considering there's 11 of them.
This one was... weird. Not sure what to make of it, to be honest. Is it really based on real tapes (which they reiterated twice with no kind of retraction note at the end), or is it a complete spoof? I couldn't be sure. It wasn't especially dramatic, but I didn't really laugh either. And it's getting a full-series spin-off too! Bizarre.
Silk
2x05 Episode 5
Despite starting this significantly through its run, I've now caught up -- because it's great. The finale's on Wednesday, which means if you haven't watched it yet the whole series will be available on iPlayer for another nine days.
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
3x06 Employment Prospects
After nearly a year it seemed like a good idea to finish this. (That's nothing compared to Gilmore Girls, mind.)
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
21x10 Episode 10 [2nd watch]
21x11 Episode 11 [2nd watch]
More quite-old-repeat viewing courtesy of Dave. I've very definitely seen this series. My favourite bit was the band I've never heard of who the NME said were going to be big in 2008 (the year these first went out). Clearly, they were very wrong.
Playhouse Presents
1x03 Nixon's The One!
15th April, 19th May, 18th June -- I'm watching these pretty precisely at once a month. Ought to step that up considering there's 11 of them.
This one was... weird. Not sure what to make of it, to be honest. Is it really based on real tapes (which they reiterated twice with no kind of retraction note at the end), or is it a complete spoof? I couldn't be sure. It wasn't especially dramatic, but I didn't really laugh either. And it's getting a full-series spin-off too! Bizarre.
Silk
2x05 Episode 5
Despite starting this significantly through its run, I've now caught up -- because it's great. The finale's on Wednesday, which means if you haven't watched it yet the whole series will be available on iPlayer for another nine days.
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Sunday, 17 June 2012
TV
Mock the Week
11x01 (14/06/12 edition)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Vera
2x04 A Certain Samaritan [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on ITV Player.]
11x01 (14/06/12 edition)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Vera
2x04 A Certain Samaritan [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on ITV Player.]
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