almost witty

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 of the people around them. (In so many ways, Seinfeld would have worked better if [...]

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 about has to be the most homoerotic thing to be screened on American television.
Well, how [...]

- 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… (is there a Shakespearian line about This Quiet Earth?)
- Suddenly, the propensity for even the [...]

My random thoughts on the latest incredibly dark episode of Doctor Who: Turn Left…

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 enough stuff for jaded Whovians to sit up and take notice, musing “Well, I’ve never [...]