Recent Comments:
What the heck is this? {TV Squad}
Nov 2nd 2009 5:10PM At first glance I thought it was the 1996 Doctor Who TV movie, but then I realized it wasn't nearly as "techie" as that scene was.
'Til Death: The new According to Jim? {TV Squad}
Oct 29th 2009 2:14AM Hey, I like Til Death. I'm just glad they got rid of that doofus friend, the one that Brad Garrett's character picked up in the middle of Series 2 and was a regular in Series 3.
I do miss the original neighbors from the first season, though. Those two were funny, and the wife was hot.
Review: Saturday Night Live - Gerard Butler/Shakira {TV Squad}
Oct 19th 2009 1:53AM I dunno, my wife and I really enjoyed the Beauty & The Beast bit. Perhaps it's because we have a 4 year old daughter who is into all that Disney princess stuff. That made the two of us laugh pretty hard.
Hank to be replaced by Charlie Brown {TV Squad}
Oct 17th 2009 3:14PM Hank isn't nearly as bad as it's being said it is. Now I'm not claiming it's all that great. Back to You was better than Hank. But I have gotten some chuckles out of Hank.
The Ice Cream shop episode was actually pretty good.
Saturday Night Live: Drew Barrymore/Regina Spektor {TV Squad}
Oct 11th 2009 5:38PM I'm waiting for more MacGruber. Although I suspect that's been shelved due to their making a movie (!) out of that.
Marge Simpson is on the cover of Playboy next month {TV Squad}
Oct 9th 2009 4:52PM She's been nude in the show a handful of times, too. I recall one in bed with Homer, and another where the two of them were into this kick of getting randy in public places.
Could "Dallas: The Next Generation" be coming to TNT? {TV Squad}
Oct 9th 2009 2:40PM One could make the case that a pilot for this already exists of sorts. The first of the two Dallas Reunion movies "JR Returns" set up the premise of "The Next Generation" running things.
I'm glad that if they do this it would be a continuation, and not a reboot. I'm tired of things being rebooted. A good writer can make it work despite what's come before it.
Angry Torchwood fans threaten writers with bodily harm {TV Squad}
Aug 4th 2009 9:37AM Tardigger...
You said "Some postulate that Russell T. Davies is a brilliant and innovative storyteller, while others remain convinced that his disdainful and dismissive disrespect of its fan base has struck the death knoll for their beloved Torchwood."
I don't believe that. Control of the characters and control of the story belong to the people who MAKE the show, not the people who WATCH the show.
Back in the 70's at one of the early Star Trek Conventions, Gene Roddenberry was asked any number of fan based "It would be cool if you did.." things. His response was brilliant. "If I listened to the fans, Star Trek would be sh1t!" I happen to agree with him. The majority of fan based proposals and movements are pointless. I completely buy people saying they don't like Ianto dying. I have no problems with that.
But to claim they know better that RTD is ruining the show, things of that nature? No. You're wrong. It's RTD's show, he can do whatever the frig he wants.
I actually thought about this a bit. We're down to just two characters from Torchwood as it was when it started. If you look over the existing backstory of Torchwood, how many times would Jack have had to restart the Torchwood personnel? There was that flashback one where one of the Torchwood people killed everyone. Jack would ahve just outlived most of them. I think the basic concept of Torchwood is "Jack's people defending the Earth". We shouldn't get to attached to the supporting characters, I think. Should there be one, I expect Torchwood 4 is Jack, Gwen, Gwen's husband, and some new people. I don't see Tosh or Ianto coming back.
I support RTD, I just wish he'd come out and take the Roddenberry stance of "Don't care what the fans think".
Had there been an Internet when it was new, I shudder to think what people would have said of Blake's 7. They regularly killed off their lead characters - and the series finale of that? Wow, some of these Ianto Jones nutters would have had their heads explode over the finale of Blake's 7 most likely.
Angry Torchwood fans threaten writers with bodily harm {TV Squad}
Aug 3rd 2009 9:49PM Why did this not happen for Tosh? She was a way more interesting character. And much hotter, too. She was frozen at the end of last season, but unless the Torchwood morgue was really REALLY underground, it was blown up, taking Tosh's body with it.
It's people like this that make me ashamed to be a Sci-Fi fan. Doofuses. William Shater had something to say to you in 1986. Look it up.
Tenth inning of Ken Burns' Baseball coming next year - TCA Report {TV Squad}
Aug 2nd 2009 4:33PM Ken Burns was in Arlington a couple of nights ago, and they interviewed him during the Rangers coverage.
He said it will air "about a year from now", and it will be on PBS. While he didn't specifically mention HD, one has to assume that.
It's in two two hour segments. One will be the "Top of the 10th", and the other will be the "Bottom of the 10th". He also mentions that "Baseball" is the only one of his documentaries he'd ever be interested in doing more of.
He also mentioned something about "God Willing, in another 15 years, I'll do an 11th inning". He seemed to be half joking when he said it, but you got the impression if he's still here in another 15 years, he'd do it.
