First off, I have to disclaim that I didn’t bother watching the US version of Life on Mars. I saw a clip of it, and it made me cringe. I’ve seen the original (even did a review here) and the clip was a near shot for shot remake of theContinue Reading
Quark is coming to DVD!!! I remember watching this silly Sci-Fi show back in the 70s, at the height of Star Wars mania (actually the pilot was aired before Star Wars came out) came the adventures of Adam Quark (most likely a pun for Atom Quark…) and his crew ofContinue Reading
This is the story of where our stuff comes from and where it goes to when we are done with it. It’s not a happy tale, but a cautionary one. Watch it, and absorb the information. (click the logo to watch it…)Continue Reading
Ok, I kind of have a vested interest in this recent ruling regarding the FCC’s fining of Viacom for the wardrobe malfunction during the 2004 Super Bowl half time show (being in the broadcasting industry, as it were.) The court decided that the FCC had not warned broadcasters of aContinue Reading
Now that all the awards have been given out, I suppose it is time for me to review this year’s awards. First off, as I mentioned when the nominations came out, I had seen very few of the nominees (four, plus two more after the nominations.) Last year I hadContinue Reading
Ok… This new science fiction comedy from the BBC looks great on paper: Written by Kevin Cecil and Andy Riley (both have done Black Books and Big Train, and Andy has done the wonderfully twisted “Book of Bunny Suicides” books.) It stars Nick Frost (Spaced and Shaun of the Dead)Continue Reading
DCI Sam Tyler is pursuing a murder case and has just lost his chief suspect. His partner (and girlfriend) Maya Roy goes off on a hunch, and is abducted. Sam, after visiting the scene of the abduction, drives off in an emotional state and nearly has an accident. While recoveringContinue Reading
Maybe it’s the summer, but I seem to be watching things I never thought I’d watch. For instance, as I write this I am watching S*x and the City – or as my wife referred to is as Cosmo: the TV show. I’m not sure why I’ve latched on toContinue Reading
In my world the regular television season is over (I’m sure there’s other shows on for the next week, but I don’t watch those…) With Friends and Frasier the ends, no matter how surprised many people seemed to be, were predictable. The season enders of most of my regular programsContinue Reading
First out of the gate is the Friends finale. Staring off with a clip show (to end all clip shows? – but that’s what they said about the first world war…) then the big finale – plus endless hours of “news” programs and the Tonight show (I’m surprised they weren’tContinue Reading