Jessica Hynes is still funny!
Sunday, August 17th, 2008 Posted in Media Musings, Television | No Comments »As long-time readers of this blog may know, I (along with lots of pop-culture-obsessed UK'ers) am a huge fan of Spaced. For those not in the know, it's almost a British piss-take on Seinfeld, albeit obsessed with pop culture instead ...
Two random moments from American television…
Thursday, July 10th, 2008 Posted in Television, adayinthelife | No Comments »Last night, we were at a sports bar grabbing a bite to eat. A sports bar with about sixty thousand LCD screens showing various moments from American TV - including coverage of the Ultimate Fighting Championships - which just ...
Random excited thoughts about The Stolen Earth
Sunday, June 29th, 2008 Posted in Television | 4 Comments »- Gor blimey, what an episode. Just how many elements can you mix in? - The visual FX were gor-blimey-spectacular. - If only the episode had been called This Stolen Earth. Work in a bit of literary/sci-fi reference, that's what I say... ...
Doctor Who - Turn Left spoilers
Sunday, June 22nd, 2008 Posted in Being British-Chinese, Television | 2 Comments »My random thoughts on the latest incredibly dark episode of Doctor Who: Turn Left...
The Library episodes of Doctor Who
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008 Posted in Television | No Comments »were utterly fab. Seriously. It had something for everyone. Something for the kids (and cheap in terms of monster budget too!), and something to make us geeky old romantics sigh. and endless lines to quote over again and again. and ...
Old echoes in new Doctor Who…
Sunday, May 11th, 2008 Posted in Television | 2 Comments »Maybe it's just me, but amidst the applause (and the odd tear - that hasn't happened in a long time!) in the latest Doctor Who episode, The Doctor's Daughter, did I spot a few echoes of what used to go ...
Damn, the Daleks are coming back
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 Posted in Television | No Comments »If there's one wish I'd had for the forthcoming season of Doctor Who, it would be: 'No More Daleks please'. Yes, I appreciate they are definitively the most famous of foes, and guaranteed good viewing figures. But when you've reduced ...
