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Posts Tagged ‘tv’
How I Will Save The X Factor
This was the week that Simon Cowell announced to the nation that the X Factor was all about who could sing Ghostbusters the most off-key. Which would have been fine if he’d said that from the beginning. “X Factor Is Dead”, shout the newspapers! “Fields of Piss” says Sting! The public marches on the X [...]
Joss Whedon’s “Dollhouse”: Why Bother?
Mr Brooker, I sympathise. But you’re wrong. (Kinda). The first 5 episodes are a worrying experience. Your expectations are high – because this is Joss Whedon of “Firefly”, which showed that Mr. Whedon could make TV history in just 14 episodes (New Scientist’s “World’s Best Space Scifi Ever”; inspiration for the name of Google’s next-gen [...]
TV Is What Films Will Be When They Grow Up
I’m a reluctant cinema-goer nowadays. This is because broadly speaking and generalising wildly, I’m a grown-up. Please excuse me the following rant / soliloquy. (I like to vent occasionally: it makes me a better person the rest of the time, in theory). Right. I love a good story (and yes, I’m a scifi/fantasy geek, but [...]
Stellar Quest 1: The Beginning
November 2004 (Fevered Mutterings v1.0) ….. *sigh* Yes, send them in, please. Hello, hello, sir. My name’s Mike Sowden! *offers hand, not taken* And this is my assistant, John. And yes, I’m here to present my idea for a scifi series. Ah now now now, I can see your eyes glaze over. But listen. This [...]
