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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on May 25, 2012 20:39:30 GMT
Apparently sozzled William Shatner hosted Have I Got News to You tonight!
Martin
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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 27, 2012 22:18:48 GMT
In honour of the birthday of Peter Cushing Ralph and I watched Island of Terror starring him.
He was great. The film was not.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 4, 2012 19:00:41 GMT
Tried the new BBC drama 'Blackout' as it has the 9th Doctor Who in it. Very stylishly shot, but after half an hour of tepid writing I switched it off. Decompressed to fook.
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Jul 16, 2012 18:02:04 GMT
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 19, 2012 22:27:42 GMT
Not too bad a fan film.
He was a good Punisher, in a very bad film.
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 20, 2012 5:58:13 GMT
Phil's got The Eric Sykes collection on DVD. He's been trying to watch The Plank and The Coffin but keeps getting interupted...... it doesn't help that I keep location spotting during them as well!
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jul 25, 2012 18:36:31 GMT
Jon Richardson: a little bit OCD, because I can identify with it. With the irrational need for order by the presenter, that is, thankfully not the _actual_ cases of OCD that we see in the course of the programme, where it brings unhappiness and poor health. Martin
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 25, 2012 19:36:22 GMT
The old R.K.O. Pictures films of The Saint (starring George Sanders among others) are on BBC2 this week, so hit the iPlayer for some old school charm.
Andy
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Post by blueshift on Jul 28, 2012 9:20:16 GMT
So that Olympic ceremony eh?
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Post by legios on Jul 29, 2012 19:03:52 GMT
Today I sat down and watched Coriolanus, Ralph Fiennes cinematic adaptation of the Shakespeare play of the same name. It was a very impressive production of one of the the plays that I must confess to now knowing at all. Doing it in modern dress and adopting the trappings of the various Balkan Wars actually suited well a story of a General cast out of Rome throwing in with his enemies in pursuit of revenge. I can see why it is considered one of the "difficult" Shakespearean texts though. There are few likeable characters for the audience to engage with. The Pro-consuls of Rome are cynical manipulators of public opinion, whilst Coriolanus has an unbending arrogance which leads to him bringing his exile on himself through his inability to mask his disdain for the common citizens of Rome. Fairly unremitting in its grimness, but - certainly in this form - a very absorbing text.
I have also seen "Twilight" this weekend - as instructed by one of this parish - and can now claim an informed opinion on it. It is extremely dull, flatly lit and directed like a TV Movie of the Week but I think I can see why it was hugely successful amongst its target demographic. Me I am just left with an overwhelming sense of boredom.
Karl
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 5, 2012 19:39:16 GMT
Got Exploring China: A Culinary Adventure on. I'm a Chinese food fan anyway but this is fabulous: cooking with lots of back street Bejing locations.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Aug 14, 2012 17:18:36 GMT
Might give the new series 'Person of Interest' starting at 10pm on Channel 5 tonight a try. "A down-on-his-luck former CIA agent is given another chance by a reclusive billionnaire who wants him to help stop crimes before the occur." Yeah, why not.
Martin
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Aug 14, 2012 17:30:13 GMT
TV wise I've really only been watching episodes of CASTLE, thoroughly enjoyable stuff.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 14, 2012 18:15:02 GMT
Might give the new series 'Person of Interest' starting at 10pm on Channel 5 tonight a try. "A down-on-his-luck former CIA agent is given another chance by a reclusive billionnaire who wants him to help stop crimes before the occur." Yeah, why not. Martin That's a TV show? There is an ad paying in the cinema for it which implies it's a feature film and er, didn't mention TV at all. In other news, I have been trying to watch the fourth Quatermass serial. Ye Gods, it's hard going. -Ralph |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Aug 14, 2012 18:22:27 GMT
Might give the new series 'Person of Interest' starting at 10pm on Channel 5 tonight a try. "A down-on-his-luck former CIA agent is given another chance by a reclusive billionnaire who wants him to help stop crimes before the occur." Yeah, why not. That's a TV show? Yep. www.imdb.com/title/tt1839578/Martin |
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Post by legios on Aug 14, 2012 19:05:42 GMT
It has been moderately successful in the States as far as I have heard, and I have heard decent things about it. I will probably give it a go and see what I think.
Other than that my only broadcast television has, like Andy, been Castle - a witty cop show is very much my speed at the moment , and Castle has the advantage of giving Nathan Fillon room to stretch his Leading Man legs (and of course, the show also has Stana Katic which counts in anythings favour with me).
Karl
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Aug 15, 2012 6:50:44 GMT
Well, that was all right. I was amused at the sheer number of people he shot in the leg in a single episode, and what the hospital would make of it when they all came limping in.
Martin
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Post by legios on Aug 15, 2012 12:02:32 GMT
Well, that was all right. I was amused at the sheer number of people he shot in the leg in a single episode, and what the hospital would make of it when they all came limping in. Martin I'm a bit on the fence about it to be honest. The central premise is a decent tosh idea, but it seemed to be taking itself terribly seriously - not helped by the fact that there wasn't really a lot of emotion out of either of our nominal leads. I will probably give it another episode or so to see how it settles in. The shooting-to-disable thing was kind of accidentally hilarious though. I get that they didn't want to give the character a huge body-count but when you keep doing it so frequently in an hour show it does start to look slightly daft. Even more so when you think that hospitals are required to report gunshot injuries to the police in most areas. The paperwork he has single-handedly generated in one episode is going to be a real bug-bear for an officer or two. Karl |
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 15, 2012 22:19:29 GMT
Got through the hard slog that was Quatermass IV. It was awful! Not even the appearance of Mavic Chen in episode 3 could bring me comfort.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Aug 15, 2012 22:35:16 GMT
10 mins left of Episode 2, will be watching 3 and 4 next.
It's ponderous to say the least. Nigel Kneale really hates hippies.
Andy
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Post by legios on Aug 22, 2012 20:38:55 GMT
Watched a second episode of Person of Interest.... I think the problem I have with the show is that I don't find the protagonists to be of any... well, Interest. With a show which is victim/villian of the week I generally find I have to have some degree of interest in the leads because they are all that links one episode to the next, so they really have to convince me that I want to keep coming back, something that Human Target - for all that it got wrong - Burn Notice et al clearly understood. Neither of the lead characters of this show are actually giving me anything at all to work with on that front. There is a good tosh premise here, but I'm really not feeling invested enough in the show to stick with it any further I don't think.
Karl
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Sept 5, 2012 20:46:51 GMT
Watched a second episode of Person of Interest.... I think the problem I have with the show is that I don't find the protagonists to be of any... well, Interest. With a show which is victim/villian of the week I generally find I have to have some degree of interest in the leads because they are all that links one episode to the next, so they really have to convince me that I want to keep coming back, something that Human Target - for all that it got wrong - Burn Notice et al clearly understood. Neither of the lead characters of this show are actually giving me anything at all to work with on that front. There is a good tosh premise here, but I'm really not feeling invested enough in the show to stick with it any further I don't think. I also packed it in after two episodes. Martin |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Sept 23, 2012 10:03:03 GMT
Watched A Study In Terror last night. A Sherlock Holmes encountering Jack The Ripper film with with John (Baron Munchausen) Neville as Sherlock.
Not great, a shame as Neville could have been a very good Sherlock.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 23, 2012 16:02:28 GMT
It was awful. I managed half an hour before I had to bail.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Sept 30, 2012 11:03:50 GMT
The Thick of It has been back on our screens.
It hasn't lost a step, fantastic stuff.
Andy
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Post by blueshift on Oct 2, 2012 18:57:19 GMT
Phil Mitchell fails to transform a Bumblebee toy 25 min in to today's Eastenders!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 2, 2012 19:01:36 GMT
which Bumblebee? And what were you doing watching Eastenders?
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Post by blueshift on Oct 2, 2012 19:07:49 GMT
which Bumblebee? And what were you doing watching Eastenders? I always watch Eastenders  It was one of the movie Bumblebees I think! The plot was supposed to be that Phil couldn't transform it but the small kid could, however I really don't think that the small kid could either |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 2, 2012 21:57:23 GMT
Phil has never had a problem with BB. ROTF Leader Op yes......
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 13, 2012 10:53:26 GMT
The Thick of It has been back on our screens. It hasn't lost a step, fantastic stuff. Andy Trailer for tonight's, different to the one on the TV: NSFW naturally |
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