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Since most show are on winter hiatus, I thought it would be a good idea to go through of a list of things we have learned this season (so far).
At first, I wasn’t really impressed with “Legend of the Seeker“. I heard pretty bad stuff about Terry Goodkind‘s “Sword of Trurth” novels it’s based on – and that was from the guy who actually liked them. On the other hand, executive producer of the “Seeker” is Sam Raimi who – in that dark era after “Evil Dead” and before “Spiderman” – produced “Hercules” and “Xena”: two shows placed in a Disneyland version of ancient Greece where Hippocrates, Caesar, Zeus and Lucifer all shared the same neighborhood.
Dear faithful readers – happy Stephen Fry Appreciation Monday!
And I might as well wish you happy holidays 
Live long and prosper in the New Year dear faithful readers and do come back often – we like having you around
So another year is coming to an end and we had a LOT of Stephen Fry Appreciation. We have covered anything and everything from podgrams and twitter to broken arms and Norfolk.
We do have the latest season of Kingdom to look forward to in January/February. I did try and check the ITV schedule to see if there is a set date but no luck. Ah bless I love that show so much plus I can squeal now “I’ve been there!”. And at this time last year who would have thought I’d walk the Wells beach?
Anyhow I wanted to ask you my dear faithful readers is there anything you would like to see covered that we have not done so far? Being the end of the year and all plus I do like to comply with your wishes.
Although bare in mind – I draw the line at watching Spice Girls the movie, no matter how fond I am of Mr. Fry. I mean I sat through St. Trinians that was more then enough.
So do let me know if there is anything you would like covered in the comments section below.
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Today after I got back from out in the drizzle (almost done buying Christmas gifts – yay for me! Can concentrate on baking now), I skimmed through TV listings for next week.
Lets face it after all the food has been eaten and your stretchy pants are on the point of bursting there is nothing more indulgent then vegging out in front of a telly for an hour or two (with a plate of assorted cake and Christmas puddings of course).
Usually you get the main dish with all the trimmings for Christmas, however this year the pickings are very, very slim. At least where I am at.
Not one Harry Potter, but there is plenty of Tim Allen for some reason and the obligatory Sound of Music and Charlton-Heston-as-Moses-let-my-people-go Ten Commandments. Sheesh!
So do tell me – what constitutes obligatory Christmas viewing for you our faithful readers? What is one movie, one telly show, one special you cannot imagine not seeing on Christmas?
For me for some reason it is Harry Potter movies. And already mentioned Sound of Music. Mary Poppins is nothing to sneer at also.
I know years ago there was also the Only Fools and Horses Christmas special of some sort. I think I have it on VCR tape somewhere.
So our faithful readers over to you – what will you be watching this Christmas?
Dear faithful readers, I am a bit under the weather (I should have gone for my yearly flu shot, however I didn’t have the time and once again it’s snotty tissues everywhere) so here are some links that I think you might enjoy.
First and foremost for all Blackadder fans over at TV Scoop you can check out Trailer trash for Blackadder Rides Again (it will be shown on BBC One on Christmas day, you Brits are lucky buggers). It is a special to mark the 25th anniversary of one of the best comedies of all time.
Anyhow if you cannot see the video you can pop over to Youtube and just type Blackadder the Whole Rotten Saga. That should give you the much needed Blackadder fix
Over at TV Addict you can join in the debate and dissect Dexter’s 3rd season (which I did enjoy immensely, although I will miss Jimmy Smits terribly but what did I expect BFF with Dexter – like that would end well).
Oh and for any Supernatural fans who might have missed it TV Addict got an exclusive early Christmas gift from Supernatural crew for all the fans (hilarious!)
For all of us that were around in the 80s over at Metromix there is a peek at what is the cast of Ferris Buller doing now
Over at AVClub you can check out the worst movies of 2008.
Over at SciFi you can check out the latest Lost clip from the season premiere (they have started early the rate they are going we will see the whole first episode before it even airs).
Over at Give Me My Remote you can take a look at top 5 episodes of Veronica Mars (which made me dreadfully nostalgic, might have to re-watch it over the Christmas holidays).
Jorge Garcia (or the lovely Hurley as we like to call him) would like to wish you a merry Christmas.
Dear faithful readers – happy Stephen Fry Appreciation Monday!
Today we will review our lovely Mr. Fry’s directorial debut Bright Young Things. I promise I will keep it short I’m sure you do not need to read through my bouts of verbal diarrhea plus I am going shopping for all the ingredients for my Christmas baking tomorrow so I do have a rather large list to comply. But I digress.
I broke a habit of a lifetime with this one as I have not read the book first (shame on me really but it is on my bookshop list). So I cannot really compare and contrast – but maybe even better since experience has taught me that usually films based on books rarely if ever live up to my imagination.
You know I used to like Grey’s Anatomy. Operative words being used to. At one point it was even thrilling. Now it has turned into kind of telly you can watch with one eye while you read a book or file your nails or do whatever takes your fancy.
I think Shonda Rhimes was at her prime with season 2. Truly season 2 was spectacular and I think even people who do not like medical procedures will agree with me. Sure there was the now resurrected Denny, but every character had it’s own storyline and while it was borderline soapy at times, it was still interesting. We the viewers were invested in the show.
Now not so much so. Some characters barely get a few minutes on screen (which might have led to this still unconfirmed rumor that T. R. Knight is packing it in), some characters have sex with ghosts (do not even get me started on that one) and the whole lesbian thing was way off (don’t get me wrong I have nothing against lesbian couples being portrayed on prime time television, but this particular couple had no chemistry whatsoever) – Seattle Grace that I knew and quite liked is in shambles.
Last season would not even be worth mentioning were it not for the 2 quite good last episodes of the season.
So it is not that Shonda Rhimes and her team of writers are not capable of superb writing – for some reason they just refuse to do it on regular basis.
Is it because they know they have time until season 8? Is that the reason why they can’t be bothered? You know Rob Thomas (of the Veronica Mars fame) never knew when he could get canceled maybe that is why we got 3 superb seasons.
And while some might argue that Veronica Mars had a small fan base (sooooo not true) look at series like Lost – they had a crappy season, did a complete reboot and that has certainly paid off (I for one love it and January cannot come soon enough).
I trolled the TV boards and fans are really hating on Shonda Rhimes and Grey’s. And this news as scooped by Ausiello over at EW about the actual state of Katherine Heigl’s character – well I wouldn’t be surprised it was leaked by some troubled network exec who is also trolling the boards
I love Jeffrey Dean Morgan and I love the banter and chemistry between Denny and Izzie but a) why didn’t they keep him alive to begin with and b) his promotional tour for Watchmen cannot start soon enough.
That way this embarrassment will end and the man will finally do what he is meant to do – play great roles.
As for Shonda Rhimes – fix it and fix it soon. Otherwise we won’t be watching even when we file our nails.
As you begin your married life together, Danny and Alan, here’s us wishing you the best for your future. Heaven give you many, many merry balcony scenes.
