So there are more than 5 shows that have intrigued me? Well truth be told, the ones I featured in part 1 were my cream of the crop, A plus picks and time will tell how soothsayer-like my pop culture sensibilities are. Sometimes I jumped onto the zeitgeist bandwagon with Continue Reading
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Crackle Me a TV Show! GAY TOWN
I have been reading for years about web-based TV shows that are typically 5-10 minutes in length per episode, usually appeal to a very narrow niche fan base (which they can do since ratings aren’t a concern) and are usually creatively fast and loose, pushing boundaries in terms of content Continue Reading
EUREKA! My new favourite quirky comedic drama!
So usually I am an early adopter right? Not in terms of my use of technology, which usually runs along the lines of ‘I am aware of it but will wait for the no-bugs second generation thank you’; but in my eagerness to listen to the latest music, check out Continue Reading
Paul Lockyer (ABC Australia journalist) – RIP
Today one of the finest journalists I have ever seen in action – balanced, articulate and evocative without being sensationalist – died in a helicopter crash last evening, along with his crew, John Bean and Gary Ticehurst. he will be sorely missed in an era of lazy, sloppy journalism for being Continue Reading
New season US TV Shows – Part 1
I love the expectation that hovers like a shimmering exciteable mist – anthropomorphising suspended fine water droplets is a new thing even for me but I think I like it – at this time of year when the new US TV shows are announced, ahead of the new season kicking Continue Reading
Falling Skies
This is an awesomely good show. From the gifted hands of Steven Spielberg, this show focuses on the aftermatch of an alient attack on Earth where 90% of humanity has been killed outright, and the survivors have either given into survival of the fittest behaviour, begun collaborating with the enemy, Continue Reading
More Community fun and hilarity!
Yes I know I am getting a tad Community obsessed but why not? It is FUNNY! ’nuff said people… In further proof that the Community like to kid around a lot, here’s another fun photo.. That’s Joel McHale holding the sign, with Alison Brie hamming it up next to him Continue Reading
Dan Pudi (Abed) from Community at Comic-Con, San Diego, July 2011
This is so much fun! I love his character and now I love him! No, not in that way. Well, maybe…. http://www.g4tv.com/videos/54346/Danny-Pudi-Comic-Con-2011-Cosplay-Spectacular/
Community – My New BFF Sitcom
I love a good sitcom. But I adore truly great clever ones, and it has to be said, COMMUNITY is one of the best for years. It is edgy, clever, funny, takes risks, and still somehow manages to be sweet and touching without resorting to mawkishness. While the cast, all Continue Reading
News of the World…. The Art of Evasive Sleaze
Today (UK time), 19 July Rupert Murdoch & James faced a British parliamentary enquiry established to looking into the News of the World scandal, which grows wider and more damaging by the way, and while very little of anything was admitted to by them (like that was a surprise), comments Continue Reading