August 18, 2011
I don't know...as we wait for the rest of season 6 of NEW WHO (that's the rebooted DOCTOR WHO) we are increasingly horrified by the dystopian sci fi of TORCHWOOD. The last TORCHWOOD toyed with the idea of sacrificing the least desirable children (the ones who don't study and grow up to become looters) to alien drug addicts. This time no one can die except Captain Jack Harkness (the main character) and so the world leaders have decided to just incinerate the really sick people who should have died, Category 1s they call them. Two weeks ago we watched one of the new main characters burn up in one of these chambers, this week, we witnessed another character's almost mortal wound being reopened. Ugghh! There are only 4 more episodes and we still don't know who is behind it all...except that they want Jack. As always with TORCHWOOD, it's a bit uneven, but still better than the first season. I do hope they get back to Wales though, how I tire of southern California. Jury's out, it's all going to depend on the resolution.
Posted by Dianne Brooks.
August 18, 2011
I'm so fond of Jason Isaacs portrayal of worn out ex-cop Jackson Brodie in the recent BBC CASE HISTORIES that I downloaded the most recent novel STARTED EARLY, TOOK MY DOG onto my IPad. Yes I am a cross media consumer just like they want me to be. The book, delightful. It's not a who-dun-it in the Agatha Christie sense. It's a novel with a puzzle at the center. The series broadcast in the Spring of 2011 captured that well and Isaacs was, as alway brilliant with his 48 year old six pack. ...
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August 18, 2011
I just read an interview with Rupert Penry Jones and had to agree with him about the disappointment regarding his failure to really break into big screen stuff. I mean he is a pretty boy with an interesting face, although I'd gauge that he is only beginning to not look like a boy...he just has a young look. Perhaps that's hindered him. He's one of those actors who always popped up as the prince charming in the 90s (COLD COMFORT FARM, a must see for a great cast including a pre-UNDERWORLD K...
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August 18, 2011
So probably 75% of what I discuss on this blog will involve British accents as I have an obsession with BritTV. It all started with Monty Python and Masterpiece Theater and it's just expanded thanks to Netflix which seems to have almost any Brit TV thing you'd like. I stumbled upon Doctor Who, Catherine Tate, IT Crowd and I could go on and on.
Right now it's MI-5 which I just heard is finally going to wind up it's run with this yet to be broadcast season. Why? I started watching it because... Continue reading...
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August 18, 2011
I'm calling this small screen because I watch most TV on my computer or IPad and I stream
via Netflix or other locations. I don't subscribe to cable and I would gladly pay for the opportunity to stream premium channels directly to my outlet of choice if I didn't haveto deal with all of the other basic cable junk. So I'm a TV junkie, just not a channel surfing TV junkie. Stay tuned. Continue reading...
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