Battlestar Galactica Tribute
Mi serie preferida, mi Top 1...y esperando que Lost me marque como lo ha hecho Galactica.
Avatar - 2 minutos de la película
Si ya es una pasada viéndolo en youtube como debe ser en el cine en 3D? Alguien me puede decir si la selva es real o 3D?
V 2009?...esto si que es V
Lo siento señores pero el remake de V no me convence. Y lo tiene muy difícil para superar esta joya de los años 80.
Soundtracks - Recomendaciones 4
Cuarto post de recomendaciones de BSO. Hoy vamos con calidad pura y dura.
Battlestar Galactica (Season 4)Compositor: Bear McCreary
Recomendadas:
CD 1:
02 - The Signal
05 - Farewell Apollo
13 - Elegy
17 - Kara Remembers
18 - Boomer Takes Hera
20 - Diaspora Oratorio
CD2:
05 - Assault on the Colony
07 - Kara's Coordinates
10 - The Heart of the Sun
11 - Starbuck Disappears
12 - So Much Life
13 - An Easterly View
14 - The Passage of Time
Jurassic ParkCompositor: John Williams
Recomendadas:
01-Opening Theme
02-Theme From Jurassic Park
04-Journey to the Island
07-Welcome to Jurassic Park
09-Dennis Steals the Embryo
10-A Tree For My Bed
11-High Wire Stunts
16-End Credits
TitanicCompositor: James Horner
Recomendadas:
01 - Never an Absolution
03 - Southampton
04 - Rose
05 - Leaving port
06 - Take her to sea Mr Murdoch
07 - Hard To Starboard
08 - Unable to stay unwilling to leave
12 - A Life so changed
14 - My heart will Go On (Love Theme)
15 - Hymn to the Sea
24 Season 8 "New Promos"
Y no paran de salir promos.
Esto promete y mucho. Go go go!!
Sanctuary S02E08 - Nex Tuesday "Promo"
Me está sorprendiendo esta temporada. Los historias son de 10 y tan variadas que te lo pasas de cine.
An Open Letter to the Producers of '24'
Dear Sirs,I am writing to address the recent revelation that the eighth season of your sublime show ‘24’ will be tragically Almeida-less.
I’m sure you are sick of hearing about the God-like Tony Almeida but I could not just sit by as you prepare to soil what looks like a blistering eighth season by leaving the heart and soul of the show on the bench.
When Tony Almeida was resurrected for season 7 thousands of Almeidaists the world over rejoiced, and although it hurt when you turned him to the dark side (and back again, several times) he eventually was at least slightly redeemed. I, like many of my fellow fans, feared the worst for Tony as we approached the 24th hour of day 7.
Given Jack’s propensity for killing those close to him, the signs were ominous for Almeida, yet in spite of indeed receiving a Bauer bullet, he lived to brood another day.
So as you can imagine it was assumed that he would be back for season 8 and his eventual redemption would occur. Yet the mighty Carlos Bernard has now announced that he will not be returning to his most famous role this year, and my impalpable excitement for the new season of one of the most consistently addictive shows on TV has now turned into contempt.
I am well aware of Bernard’s penchant for tomfoolery and the fact this may all just be a carefully crafted means of building hype and debate over the new season by riling up the rabid Tony fan base (such as myself) but I could not sit back and not address the issue.
If this is indeed a ruse then kudos for achieving your goal, but if Mr. Bernard does in fact speak the truth and he will not be returning for day 8 when the likes of Annie Wersching (Renee) and Mary Lynn Rajskub (Chloe) are then I believe you will have nothing short of a riot on your hands (at least in terms of a geeky blog riot)
It has long been muted that this will be the final season of ‘24’ and if that is the case then to have it Almeida-less is a crime. Our final visions of this great and deeply complex character cannot be of him being carted away in handcuffs ranting like a mad man – the character, and the fans deserve better than that.
If there is in fact a season 9 down the line then this current stinging will be soothed slightly should season 9 include a certain soul-patched bad ass, but there’s no escaping the fact the upcoming season 8 is going to fall way short of what it could have been if there is no Tony.
You have delivered us one of the greatest shows on TV now almost a decade and for that I thank you but the decision to leave Almeida out of season 8 would be the worst decision you have made for this show since you (fake) killed him off mid-way through season 5 (and look how season 6 turned out without Tony).
I thank you for your time and hope that this potential catastrophe can be avoided.
Yours Faithfully,
Gareth Bunkham
Other Musings:
- The Jerry-Larry banter on last week’s ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ was a joy to behold. If this is what these two are really like together then it must have been a hell of a place to work on the set of ‘Seinfeld’.
Their back and forth combined with some very funny, mildly offensive, Catholic-baiting made for what was probably the strongest episode of the season so far.
- Ed Norton turned up on ‘Modern Family’ this week in what has to go down as one of the weirdest cameos ever. Playing a tone-deaf (fictional) member of Spandau Ballet – yes you read that right!
His English accent was fucking horrendous (but that was the point, I think) and he gave a very funny performance on a show that is consistently the only sitcom on TV that can even hold a candle to ‘Curb’ or ‘The Thick of It’…
- Speaking of ‘The Thick of It’ this week’s episode featured rather less Malcolm than I would ordinarily care for, although when he went into full Tucker mode at the end it kind of made up for it, but was still a great episode.
Keeping the opposition involved was a smart move and including, show super-fan Richard Bacon was a nice touch. This episode actually featured a main writing credit for my former university tutor Roger Drew and his writing partner Will Smith (no, not that one) who also plays Phil on the show which made me feel somewhat pleased – these are two very funny writers who deserve a great deal of success.
- ‘FlashForward’ is continuing to disappoint me. I had such high hopes for this show but if ABC are grooming this as ‘Lost’s replacement they are going to be in for a shock because this is no ‘Lost’.
‘Lost’ too has a large ensemble cast and the problem with ensembles is that you have too give time to each of the characters and while ‘Lost’ somehow manages to make each character interesting, there are too many people in ‘FlashForward’ that I don’t care about.
Couple that with the fact that nothing seems to have happened for the last two weeks and this show seems to be in trouble. A hiatus is looming so hopefully when ‘FlashForward’ returns (presumably after Christmas) we’ll be getting less Bryce love story and more revelations about just what the hell is going on – because at the moment I’m not intrigued I’m just bored.
- John and Edward finally bit the dust on the ‘X Factor’ last weekend; the twins had a good run though and hogged headlines for weeks. Yet in spite of all their column inches no one seemed to pick up on the fact that one of Jedward is a bit slow.I’m not sure which one it is (John?) but one of the twins has definitely been dropped on his head as a baby – always a beat behind on the dances, slower to react to questions and a note behind on the singing, you wouldn’t necessarily notice it straight off but watch any of their performances back and you’ll see what I mean.
All mocking aside though, they were the only ones bringing a bit of entertainment to the show to cut through all the back-biting, manipulation and falseness. They will be missed...
TV Moment of the Week:
- Larry’s splash back making Jesus weep on ‘Curb’ – you have to see it to appreciate it.
V S01E04 - It's Only the Beginning "Comentario"
Pedíamos un cliffhanger en condiciones para poder aguantar con V, y sí, lo ha hecho perfectamente y bastante uoohhh!! pero esto no quita como están llevando la serie. Este final creo que no es para un capítulo 4º de una serie, parece más de Season Finale. Sobre el capítulo algunas veces parece de guión de una serie de 2ª. ¿Alguien se ha creido la escena del párking, cuando disparan a Georgie? o cuando apuñalan al reverendo Jack. Luego la escena de Anna me ha parecido cutre, eso si, destacar a Sigur Ros de música de fondo. La historia de Tyler es muy forzada, si lo único que le importa es la rubiaca. Y cada vez que veo la nave me duelen los ojos del cutre-croma, ¿solo hay pasillos en esta nave?
Esperaba mucho más de esta serie. Espero que ahora que llegan nuevas naves, seguro que llegarán para la Season Finale, espero que traigan lagartos nuevos porque de los que hay solo se salva Anna. A parte ¿hacen falta tantas naves?, si con 29, llevan a la Tierra de p... culo.
Nos vemos en Marzo 2010.
24 Season 8 "New Promo"
Está siendo la semana de las promos de 24, ¿cuántas van ya?. Paciencia, falta poco.
24 Season 8 "New Promo & Cast Image"
Esta temporada tendré 3 debilidades, Chloe O'Brian, Renne Walker y Dana Walsh. Cada poster promocional de temporada con personjes nuevos y cada año es de lo mejor. Esa es la esencia 24.
Soundtracks - Recomendaciones 3
Tercer post de recomendaciones de BSO.
Mission Impossible 2Compositor: Hans Zimmer
Recomendadas:
04 - Hans Zimmer featuring Heitor Pereira - Nyah (Film Version)
09 - Injection
(Una de las mejores canciones que he escuchado nunca)
10 - Bare Island
14 - Mission Accomplished
Death NoteCompositor: Yoshihisa Hirano &
Hideki Taniuchi
Recomendadas:
Death Note I
03 - Light's Theme
04 - L's Theme
11 - L's Theme B
20 - Kyrie
23 - Low of Solipsism
29 - The World (Tv Size)
Death Note III
01 - Death Image
04 - Near no Theme
08 - L no Shisou
18 - Near 2
21 - Chichi no Shi
The Bourne SupremacyCompositor: John Powell
Recomendadas:
01 John Powell - GOA
02 John Powell - The Drop
03 John Powell - Funeral Pyre
06 John Powell - To The Roof
10 John Powell - Moscow Wind Up
13 John Powell - Extreme Ways
V S01E04 - It's Only the Beginning "New Promo"
Supongo que para muchos este será el capítulo de la refexión, seguir o no seguir con V. Cada día se hacen más pronto estas decisiones, ¿What the hell está pasando con las series?
Under The Dome....a miniserie televisiva?
El argumento de Under the Dome, nos habla de lo que sucede en una pequeña población cuando un extraño y misterioso campo de fuerza cae sobre ella, aislándola del resto del mundo. Entonces la población se unirá en grupos que lucharán por la supervivencia.
La producción de la miniserie de Under the Dome será mediante Dreamworks TV. El nuevo libro de Stephen King está cosechando buenas críticas y ya fueron varios los interesados en llevar la historia a la pequeña pantalla.
El cineasta Steven Spielberg unirá sus fuerzas al escritor Stephen King para adaptar a la televisión la última novela de éste: Under the Dome (Bajo la cúpula). La adaptación consistirá en una miniserie que será emitida por los canales de cable estadounidenses.
Fuente: Multicine
FlashForward S01E10 - A561984 "Promo"
FF 1x09 capítulo bastante flojo. Si la historia de Bryce no se conjunta con la trama principal, creo que no aporta nada. Qué afán ese de al haber visto tu flash forward querer que se cumpla al día siguiente. Eso es lo que no me gusta de la serie. Por otro lado, me gustaría ver que transportes utilizan, porque en un plis te plantas en Alemania, en un plis te presentas en Tokyo y ahora en nada te presentas en Hong Kong.
FlashForward vuelve el día 4 de Diciembre.
FlashForward vuelve el día 4 de Diciembre.
Lost Season 6...tenemos fecha oficial
ABC ANNOUNCES THE PREMIERE OF THE SIXTH AND FINAL SEASON OF “LOST,” WITH A SPECIAL ALL-NIGHT EVENT ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2ABC announces the premiere of the sixth and final season of “Lost,” with a special all-night event on Tuesday, February 2. A recap special will kick off the night from 8:00-9:00 p.m., ET, followed by the much anticipated two-hour premiere from 9:00-11:00 p.m.
The series will then air in its regular time period – Tuesday nights from 9:00-10:00 p.m., ET – beginning the following week, on February 9.
Tenemos fecha oficial para la 6ª Temporada de Lost, Martes 2 de Febrero 2010 con 3 horas de Lost para calentar motores, 1h de especial seguido del primer capítulo de 2 horas (1h:30min). Continuando luego en horario normal cada Martes.
Para volvernos locos, no?
Fuente: DarkUFO
V S01E03 - A Bright New Day "Comentario"
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Primeramente tengo que decir, V tiene que mejorar mucho para que el cliffhanger de la semana que viene me sorprenda y me deje los 3 próximos meses de espera con un cierto agrado. En cuanto al capítulo, avance de la historia. Se conocen entre ellos, las principales personas que tienen/esperan formar una resistencia contra los lagartos. Tenemos un topo en la nave nodriza, dícese llamar John May (Quinta Columna = grupo de V desertores), responsable de la teórica muerte de Dale. Y nos encontramos con la escena final que nos muestra que Lisa es la hija de Anna, ¿sorprendente? pues no mucho, ¿quién será el padre? y donde nos dan a entender que Anna intenta que su hija, creo yo, procree con la raza humana. Esto es lo más relevante del capítulo 3º. +1x03+-+A+bright+new+day+(Espa%C3%B1ol+(Espa%C3%B1a)).avi_000732774.jpg)
Bueno me olvidaba que por lo menos han optado a mantener el lenguaje V.Gusta y no gusta, le falta algo, un empujoncito, para que despegue. Sé que solo es el 3º capítulo, pero creo que puede dar mucho más de si. Comparando con la serie vieja, no me gustan para nada los trajes, mezclas lagartos y humanos y no sabes bien bien como distinguirlos, comparado con esos trajes rojos geniales, que separaban las 2 razas. Sino veáse la foto siguiente:
Y para acabar, cosas que odio: Marcus (alias el hombre del traje y la corbata), Tyler, el hijo de Erica, el croma de la nave nodriza, canta mucho, ¿cuesta mucho hacer decorados? y por último, que Anna se pase todos los capítulos mirando por la ventana de su nave. Añado uno nuevo, Chad, se pasará todos los capítulos leyendo notícias? sé que es periodista, pero tendrá algo fuera de este círculo, no? .
I'm a Nonentity...
Brian Paddick, Nicola Mclean, Carly Zucker, David Van Day…You may think it would have been impossible for ITV to out Z-list last year’s ‘I’m a Celebrity…’ line-up this year… but you would be wrong.
This year’s crop of jungle dwellers read like a who’s who of the people Burnley council passed over to turn on the Christmas lights this year (instead opting for someone in a Peppa Pig costume – I shit you not).
The whole ‘I’m a Celebrity…’ name has become a long-running joke, in that the people selected are celebrities in the absolute loosest of terms – anyone with an ounce of self-respect, not desperately in need of money or with a career still in tact would never, ever lower themselves to the level of biting into raw Kangaroo balls while Ant & Dec piss themselves laughing in the corner.
And this year’s line-up really is the lowest of the low when it comes to the celebrity fame scale – this year is almost as bad as the year they had a nightclub promoter on (Fran Cosgrave). It won’t be long before they have the guy on who punched Leona Lewis – imagine how great that would be watching that scumbag getting pecked by Ostriches.
I’ve never really got into ‘I’m a Celebrity…’ and I’m a bit of a sucker for shit reality TV so I don’t quite know why, especially seen as it’s hosted by Ant & Dec (who I love). The Geordie boys are by far and away the best thing about the show, how they get away with the utter sarcasm they display and the merciless mocking off the contestants is beyond me, but it definitely makes for much more enjoyable viewing.
It got me to thinking how much the likes of ‘Big Brother’ and even ‘X Factor’ would be improved if they hired people who just mercilessly mocked the contestants, imagine the ‘Big Brother’ voice over guy: “Day 54, Bubble comes to the Diary Room… the twat” or shouty ‘X Factor’ man, “Cheryl and the boys… who have no chance of winning”.
As I said this year’s bunch of desperate liggers really are a collective who’s who of nobodies, including one guy who I’ve never even heard of, let’s have a quick run through:
Sam Fox – famous for getting her admittedly impressive wabs out in the 80s, having a shocking pop career and then abysmally co-hosting the Brits one year with Mick Fleetwood. Fox is somewhat of a pop culture icon in this country and is at least deserving of the celebrity moniker, or at least used to be.
Kim Woodburn – one half of those annoying bints off ‘How Clean is Your House’. That’s about all I know as I’m a heterosexual male.
Lucy Benjamin – used to be in ‘Eastenders’ and dated Steve McFadden both on the show and in real life until he got exposed as a dogger by Pulitzer winning News of the World (sadly only in real life – how great a storyline would that have been though – “who dogged Phil Mitchell?”)
Sabrina Washington – one of the members of Mis-teeq that aren’t Alesha Dixon.
Camilla Dallerup – used to be on ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ and actually won the trophy last year with the awful Tom Chambers… but come on, she’s on a reality show by being on a reality show. This is almost as bad as when Brendan Cole was on ‘Love Island’ – I tell you what though if Camilla runs through the jungle in her underwear a la Brendan I may forgive her involvement.
Colin McAllister – One half of Channel 5 hosting duo and lovers Colin & Justin – I honestly have no idea what type of show it is they host – didn’t they host one of the series of ‘The Farm’?
Justin Ryan – The Justin from the aforementioned Colin and Justin.
George Hamilton – The token obscure-to-
most-of-the-UK US TV star (see also Takei, George and Fargas, Antonio). Far too legendary to be appearing alongside most of these nonentities – must be desperate for the cash.Stuart Manning – is off ‘Hollyoaks’, need I say more.
Gino D’Acampo – Chef I’ve never heard of (see also Burton Race, John)
Jimmy White – Legendary Snooker player and all-round nice guy, the token sportsman. Should do well but ultimately won’t win – much like his career at the table.
And then of course we have Jordan. Yes fresh off having her ass handed to her by Chelsea Handler on ‘Chelsea Lately’, Katie Price tries to prove why she deserves her Mum of the Year crown back by abandoning her kids for 3 weeks and heading to the jungle.
ITV are obviously sticking her in there in a desperate attempt at damage control to save the cash cow that is her never-ending stream of lobotomising reality docs. Hopefully the sight of her stuffing balls and penises in her mouth won’t redeem her in the eyes of the public, but I suppose that’s how she got her career in the first place… so why won’t it work again?
Her excuse for going in “for closure” is the biggest load of shit I’ve heard since JLS’ latest single. This has already become the Katie Price show and could easily be another instalment of her reality series ‘Katie in the Jungle’. I just hope she proves herself to be the awful woman that deep down we all know she is.
As predicted, the public are already inflicting trials on her and that will no doubt continue for the foreseeable future, but if she faces them without moaning and succeeds it could very well switch opinion on her as ITV are no doubt praying.
It comes to something that to make the public like you again – you have to humiliate and torture yourself, but she’s tried everything else – rape claims, discussing her miscarriage, dating a cross-dresser so why not munching on an alligator dick on prime time TV…?
Other Musings:
- Calvin Harris deserves an MBE for his pineapple-based antics on ‘X Factor’.
- ‘Dollhouse’ had been circling the drain for a while and now the inevitable has occurred and Fox have cancelled it. The show is currently on hiatus, but the remaining episodes will air eventually – I think everyone involved on the show knew this was coming sooner rather than later so I hope that Whedon and co. ended the season on what would also be a fitting end for the series.
- ‘Curb’ gave us another great episode this week and amazingly featured Rosie O’Donnell in actually funny shocker. We also had some classic Ted Danson and Larry introducing us to a great way of remembering who people are in your phone – Denise Handicapped, Wendy Wheelchair.
Oh, and there was also the triumphant return of the mighty Leon.
- It’s taken me a while to get around to watching ‘Breaking Bad’, but it has definitely lived up to the hype. Bryan Cranston is mesmerising in the lead role and is virtually unrecognisable from the Dad in ‘Malcolm in the Middle’. The show is funny, poignant and dark as hell and I already can’t wait to watch the next episode.
- The brilliant ‘Generation Kill’ came to an end this week. This exceptional HBO mini-series really went from strength to strength and Alexander Skarsgard put in a star-making performance as Sgt. Brad Colbert.
I expected nothing less than genius from the guys behind 'The Wire' and they duly delivered – I can’t wait to see what they do next.
- As you all know, I enjoy a spot of Horse Racing, and the all-conquering Kauto Star returns to action this weekend in the Betfair Chase – I for one cannot wait to see one of the best racehorses I’ve ever seen back on the track.
TV Moment of the Week:
- Malcolm terrorising Phil on 'The Thick of It':
“You breathe a word of this, to anyone, you mincing fucking CUNT… and I will tear your fucking skin off, I will wear it to your mother's birthday party, and I will rub your nuts up and down her leg, whilst whistling Bohemian fucking Rhapsody, right? Now get out of my fucking sight."
Lost - Una de las escenas más emotivas
Penúltimo capítulo de la 1ª temporada, una de las escenas más emotivas que nos ha brindado Lost. Si la Season Finale se mueve por estos lares me podré considerar más que satisfecho. Destacar la grandeza de Giacchino con una de sus mejores piezas.
Lost Soundtrack - Michael Giacchino - 26 - Parting Words
24 - Podcast con los dobladores de Jack y Tony
Interesante y divertidísimo podcast con los dobladores Javier Roldán (Carlos Bernard) y Juan Antonio Bernal (Kiefer Sutherland, Vigo Mortensen, Ben Affleck), que doblan a los personajes de Jack Bauer y Tony Almeida, aquí en España y explican que no les gustan para nada sus personajes. Destacar la dureza de las explicaciones de como está el tema doblaje en estos momentos. Por fin alguien se da cuenta que la voz de Almeyda sale en distintos personajes en la 6ª temporada.Por cierto, spoilers de todas las temporadas.
Escuchar aquí.
Fuente: Clubdefans24
Sanctuary S02E07 - Veritas "Promo"
Después de un 2x05 espectacular, y a espera de subtítulos para el 2x06, dejo la promo del capítulo de esta semana. Esta serie cada dia se supera más.
Friday Night Lights S04E03 "Comentario"
FNL juega en otra Liga. Es otro nivel. Quien se pensaría que se podría sacar algo después del final de la 3ª temporada, habiendo tantas bajas en el cast para esta 4ª temporada. Pues sí, lo ha hecho. No entiendo como ha tenido que acabar en DirecTv, cuando en NBC tenemos a Heroes.
Los personajes nuevos creo que encajan perfectamente en Dillon. Sobretodo me encanta Luke Cafferty, el nuevo Jason Street, pero en cuanto a juego no se refiere. El Coach Taylor está en todo su esplendor, "a mí nadie me habla de esa manera!", genial como siempre. Se echa en falta la ausencia de Matt con el football, esperemos que más adelante se involucre. Y buen papel para Riggins como entrenador. Ahora solo nos falta que Buddy se pase al lado de los Lions para que todo vuelva a ser como antes.24 - Season 8 "Image"
¡Quiero una camiseta de la CTU! qué mono de 24 por Dios!! tengo más que para el final de Lost. Soy raro, lo sé. Pero es lo que tiene no saber si la serie continuará o no. Imagen de la 8ª temporada donde podemos ver a Kiefer Sutherland (Jack Bauer) y a Freddie Prinze Jr (Cole Ortiz).
Caprica - New Poster
La situación es esta, ahora todas las cartas están puestas en Caprica. Después de ya 8 capítulos de Flash Forward, parece que no es la serie que todos esperábamos. Después de 2 capítulos de V, parece que no es el remake que todos esperábamos. Así que todo recae sobre Caprica, como mejor estreno de serie sci-fi de la temporada. Hubo distintas opiniones sobre el capítulo piloto emitido el pasado Abril, pero en general gustó. Veremos que nos depararán los 19 próximos capítulos. Estreno el día 22 Enero 2010.
Lost Season 6 - Títulos capítulos
Títulos y fecha de los capítulos de la 6ª Temporada que se saben hasta ahora y sin parón de por medio, falta confirmación de si lo hay.
PARÓN 1 SEMANA (27 Abril 2010)
SERIES FINALE
Fuente: Lostph
Flash Forward S01E09 - Believe "Promo"
Esperando a ver el capítulo de esta semana, dejo la promo para el siguiente.
The Big Bang Theory S03E08 - The Adhesive Duck Deficiency "Promo"
Ufff!!, como pinta el capítulo del próximo Lunes. Es que esta serie cada semana va a más.
TV Highlights of the Week that Was 5th - 12th November 2009
Much like Arsenal, TV is pretty good right now; so here is a selection of highlights from the TV week that was 5th – 12th November 2009:- Jon Stewart’s terrifyingly accurate Glenn Beck impersonation on Thursday 5th November’s ‘Daily Show’.
Using Beck’s rather unfortunate haemorrhoid surgery as a basis for mercilessly spoofing Beck’s own brand of propaganda and conspiracy theorism was equal parts hilarious and terrifying.
(check it out in this package – it’s near the end unfortunately, but there is some funny Zach Galifianakis stuff before)
- Blander than bland Lucie getting voted off ‘X Factor’. Yes, the twins are shit and yes, Simon Cowell is one of the most manipulative men in the World but when people react like this what do you expect him to do!?
As long as people continue to buy into the faux-drama of ‘X Factor’ and succumb to Cowell’s machinations he’s going to continue to pull the public’s strings like some sort of soulless puppet master.
The truth is that Cowell was right – Lucie was never going to win, in fact there are at least three acts still in the competition that bore the snot out of me week after week – Joe, Lloyd and Stacey. At least the twins are entertaining and to all those people who are outraged at Lucie’s exit because this is a “singing competition” what fucking planet are you on?
‘X Factor’ has never, and will never be a singing competition just like ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ isn’t a dancing competition they are both popularity contests and in ‘X Factor’s case – a carefully orchestrated master manipulation of the public and their utter incapability of filtering bullshit.
And can I just say, to end my weekly ‘X Factor’ rant, that I was happy to see the back of Lucie, mainly for singing a song from ‘Camp Rock’ but to all those of you who have complained be it to OFCOM or those fine purveyors of news The Sun you are playing right into the hands of the man you all claim to hate and if you can’t see that then my faith in the intelligence of the general public in this country is at an all time low.
- Jon ‘Dino Ortolani’ Seda’s waking up mid-autopsy on ‘House’. I saw this coming a mile away but it was still a great scene – mainly for Foreman’s brilliant reaction.
The reuniting of the old diagnostic team has been a nice change of pace for ‘House’ but I would assume we will be seeing Thirteen and possibly Taub again – Taub in particular had the worst exit from a show I’ve ever seen so he has to come back in not for any other reason other than for a proper send-off.
Chase slowly going off the rails has potential too as I don’t have much time for Cameron and he being all lovey-dovey and happy – his reaction to his actions in the Dibala case is about the best thing on the show right now and I’m intrigued to see how this develops.
- Larry accusing Christian Slater of bogarting the caviar at Ted Danson’s
party on ‘Curb’. Slater was a somewhat strange guest star for ‘Curb’ but was very funny in his brief role.Elsewhere we had Larry inadvertently upsetting his Doctor played by the brilliant Philip Baker Hall, some great Ted Danson-Larry interactions and, even if there was no Leon or continuation of the ‘Seinfeld’ arc, enough laughs to continue to make this one of the best seasons yet.
- Zenyatta winning the Breeder’s Cup Classic. After a bad day – make that bad weekend if you include Phil Ivey coming in a disappointing 7th in the WSOP after unluckily getting punked by AQ, it was a joy late Saturday night to watch my pick for the big race at the Breeder’s Cup meeting annihilate her male rivals.
Unbeaten in thirteen races before Saturday, Zenyatta was making the leap from racing against her fellow fillies to tangling with the men and she took to the challenge like a pig to shit.
Hanging dead last for most of the way, when they turned for home she showed a turn of foot that had to be seen to be believed and recorded a memorable victory to cap off an historic flat season. Bring on the jumps!
- Malcolm punching Glenn on ‘The Thick of It’. In what was quite unexpected but brilliantly funny Malcolm nailed Glenn on this week’s episode for daring to stand up to him.
The show seems to be more and more about Tucker now and that can only be a good thing as most of the other characters aren’t even in his league in terms of generating laughs – even Olly and Glenn seem somewhat neutered this time around.
So long as we have The Enforcer though everything is sweet (although a Jamie appearance wouldn’t go a miss) and Malcolm’s views on bloggers and people who read blogs was scintillatingly scathing and I loved every minute of it (even if I am currently trying to pass my self off as a blogger)
- The sing-alongs between the marines on ‘Generation Kill’ are continuing to be a highlight of each episode – be it ‘Teenage Dirtbag’ or ‘Tainted Love’ how the participation builds is touching and telling, and the singing itself is damn funny. GK has been a joy to watch – funny, tragic, satirical and informative it manages to seamlessly strike the right balance every time and deserves to be more widely acknowledged than it has been thus far.
One Other non-TV Musing this Week:
- The reaction to Gordon Brown spelling the name wrong of the soldier he was writing to the family of to offer condolences has been, as per usual with our media, blown out of all proportion.
Now don’t get me wrong, I remain as anti-Brown and anti-Labour as always, but give the guy a break – he’s blind in one eye, has to run the country and has himself lost a child. I say hats off to the guy for writing personally to the families of the troops, but even when he does something good like that it’s not enough – so he can’t spell very well and his 'n' may look like an 'm' but it’s not like he called her Mrs. Cunt.
I can’t help but feel that Gordon Brown could start shitting jobs and people would still be like “this job he created smells a bit nutty” – yes he’s incompetent, out of touch and basically treading water until he has to call an election but let’s keep things in proportion – there’s enough to criticise already without bringing his handwriting under the microscope.
- Malcolm punching Glenn on ‘The Thick of It’. In what was quite unexpected but brilliantly funny Malcolm nailed Glenn on this week’s episode for daring to stand up to him.
The show seems to be more and more about Tucker now and that can only be a good thing as most of the other characters aren’t even in his league in terms of generating laughs – even Olly and Glenn seem somewhat neutered this time around.
So long as we have The Enforcer though everything is sweet (although a Jamie appearance wouldn’t go a miss) and Malcolm’s views on bloggers and people who read blogs was scintillatingly scathing and I loved every minute of it (even if I am currently trying to pass my self off as a blogger)
- The sing-alongs between the marines on ‘Generation Kill’ are continuing to be a highlight of each episode – be it ‘Teenage Dirtbag’ or ‘Tainted Love’ how the participation builds is touching and telling, and the singing itself is damn funny. GK has been a joy to watch – funny, tragic, satirical and informative it manages to seamlessly strike the right balance every time and deserves to be more widely acknowledged than it has been thus far.
One Other non-TV Musing this Week:
- The reaction to Gordon Brown spelling the name wrong of the soldier he was writing to the family of to offer condolences has been, as per usual with our media, blown out of all proportion.
Now don’t get me wrong, I remain as anti-Brown and anti-Labour as always, but give the guy a break – he’s blind in one eye, has to run the country and has himself lost a child. I say hats off to the guy for writing personally to the families of the troops, but even when he does something good like that it’s not enough – so he can’t spell very well and his 'n' may look like an 'm' but it’s not like he called her Mrs. Cunt.
I can’t help but feel that Gordon Brown could start shitting jobs and people would still be like “this job he created smells a bit nutty” – yes he’s incompetent, out of touch and basically treading water until he has to call an election but let’s keep things in proportion – there’s enough to criticise already without bringing his handwriting under the microscope.
Dollhouse cancelada
Se veía venir. Unas muy bajas audiencias, un paron muy raro, cambios de guión, puesta en sus 2 temporadas los Viernes. En resumen lo tenía todo para este resultado. Solo 4 capítulos han bastado para que las altas esferas de la cadena FOX hayan dicho no más a Whedon. Ahora con cancelación si que me da mucho palo ponerme, después de ese somnífero 1er capítulo de la 2ª temporada, con el resto.Eso sí, tendremos los 13 capítulos que firmaron en su día.
Fuente: FormulaTv
Heroes S04E10 - Brother's Keeper "Promo"
La historia no avanza, y pensaba que lo haría tarde o temprano. La historia de Sylar- Parkman no me convence, solo me interesa la historia de Samuel pero va a ritmo caracol. Quedan 10 capítulos y esto tiene pinta de Volumen 6. Pero esto de Heroes se arregla rápido, todos muertos y empezamos de 0.
Flash Forward S01E08 - Playing Cards With Coyote "Promo"
Con ganas de ver otro capítulo de Flash Forward, porque me hace pasar un buen rato y no le doy importancia a si está bien hecha o no, o si me lo explican bien o mal, para pensar y todo eso ya tengo Lost.
The Big Bang Theory - Kate Sackhoff
Primeras imágenes de Kate en The Vengeance Formulation, capítulo 9 de esta 3ª temporada de The Big Bang Theory, que se estrenará el próximo 23 Noviembre 09.
Katee Sackhoff en el set de 24
Qué fan de 24 no está esperando la 8ª temporada, no porque sea posíblemente la última, sino porque necesitamos esa diversión, se quieren esos días de espera para un nuevo capítulo, se quieren esos 5 meses de infarto y por eso cada día, tengo más el presentimiento que va a ser mejor que la 7ª. Necesitamos ese "Ever occur in Real Time".
Dollhouse...de locos
¿Alguien entiende lo de Dollhouse? Último capítulo transmitido el 23 de Octubre 09, luego un mes y 1 semana de parón y ahora en Diciembre a partir del día 4, nos bombardean con 2 capítulos cada semana. Donde luego continuará en Enero hasta cumplir con los 13 capítulos firmados.
Viernes 4:
Dollhouse 4x05 - The Public Eye
Dollhouse 4x06 - The Left Hand
Viernes 11:
Dollhouse 4x07 - Meet Jae Doe
Dollhouse 4x08 - A Love Supreme
Viernes 18:
Dollhouse 4x09 - Stop-Lost
Dollhouse 4x10 - The Attic
24 - 7ª Temporada DVD
Ni la Fox ni A3 han decido programar la 7ª temporada de 24, no sé el porqué, pero los de Fox han decidido sacar ya el DVD de esta fantástica Séptima. Una temporada que ningún seriefilo se puede perder y donde 24 ha recuperado su calidad y su esencia después de una floja 6ª temporada.Salida prevista a la venta el 2 de Diciembre 09.
Soundtracks - Recomendaciones 2
Segundo post de recomendaciones de BSO.
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Road To PerditionCompositor: Thomas Newman
Recomendadas:
01 - Rock Island, 1931
13 - The Farm
15 - Rain Hammers
24 - Ghosts
26 - Road To Perdition
Children of DuneCompositor: Bryan Tyler
Recomendadas:
01 - Summon The Worms
03 - Main Title (House Atreides)
04 - The Revolution
08 - Inama Nushif
09 - War Begins
36 - End Title
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Black Hawk Down (Complete Score)Compositor: Hans Zimmer
Recomendadas:
CD1 - 01 - Somalia 1993 & Hunger is The Weapon
CD1 - 10 - Ashes to Ashes
CD2 - 08 - Hunger
CD2 - 11 - Score Montage I
CD2 - 12 - Score Montage II
CD3 - 01 - Hunger
CD3 - 11 - Gortoz A Ran - J'attends
CD3 - 13 - Leave No Man Behind
CD3 - 14 - Minstrel Boy
It's Been Pretty, Pretty, Prettttty Good...
We are currently in the midst of a delicious seventh season of the wonderful ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ starring the genius that is Larry David.I feel confident in saying that it’s not just the fact that I’ve been Jonesing for a Larry fix these last nine or so months that makes me feel like this has been the best season so far.
To celebrate ‘Curb’s glorious return I thought it an opportune time to name, and show (the odd ones I could find), some of my favourite classic Larry moments from the six (and a bit) seasons so far:
- Larry pokes ‘Producers’ co-star Ben Stiller in the eye with a kebab skewer while demonstrating his golf swing.
- Larry gets a pubic hair stuck in his throat and then gets into a fight with a nativity scene Joseph.
- Larry pays a prostitute to ride in his car in order to use the car pool lane.
- Larry inadvertently trips Shaq during a Lakers game.
- Larry steals a five wood he claims is his from a dead man’s casket.
- Larry attempts to sleep with his Hasidic Jewish dry cleaner using what can only be described as a ‘sex sheet’
- Larry adopts a ‘racist’ dog.
- Larry gets his therapist imprisoned for robbery.
Other Musings:
- We’ve got a great weekend of sport to look forward to this weekend. In addition to the usual Football shenanigans and NFL Sunday we have the World Series of Poker final table (come on Phil Ivey!), the Haye Vs. Valuev fight (which I’m predicting Haye will win on points; although I would love to see him get his ass handed to him even if I was one of the only people who found his decapitated Klitschko T-shirt funny) & the The Breeders Cup which may be lacking in the star power of last year but should still be a hell of a night of racing and is worth watching just to laugh at the American commentators.
- ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ has been hit by even more controversy if that’s possible as the public’s retarded voting habits kick in once again.
Former Footballer’s Wife Zoe Lucker got booted off in spite of being one of the stronger contestants while the utter dregs like Chris Hollins, Natalie ‘Moon Face’ Cassidy and Craig Kelly remain.
I can only assume it’s Corrie loyalist voting and his irritating habit of mentioning he’s from Blackpool more frequently than Rudy Giuliani mentions 9/11 that has kept him in this long.
Well Kelly desperately wanted to make it to the Blackpool show and now he has, at least he’ll only have a short walk of shame to make after he’s unceremoniously booted out this Saturday.
- The critically acclaimed ‘Breaking Bad’ hit Five USA this week, it has already had an airing on the brilliant FX on these shores but Five have now taken up the cause of getting this raved about show the attention it seemingly deserves; and, in the process continued it’s rehabilitation in my eyes for the abuse it has given the likes of ‘30 Rock’ and ‘Californication’.
Season 1 will get a full run until December and Five are going to follow it straight up with season 2, I don’t say it very often and I may not say it again, but kudos Channel 5.
- It was very nice to see Callum Keith Rennie in the preview for next week's ‘FlashForward’ - he's a great actor and is fresh off a brilliant recurring role in ‘Californication’ so it's good to have him back on our screens. We may soon be seeing quite a bit more of him as well as it is rumored he'll be showing up in the next season of ‘24’ as a Russian mobster.
Speaking of ‘FlashForward’ it continues to be a decent companion to Lost, albeit a campier companion, and the pieces of the puzzle are now starting to fall into place with the addition of Dominic Monaghan's mysterious Simon and the revelation that he and Lloyd had a hand in the blackout (which was pretty obvious to anyone familiar with the novel).
In a way, Benford's wall reminds me of the gash John Woo film ‘Paycheck’ where Ben Affleck has to piece together the future from a bunch of random items he has – ‘FlashForward’ does this a hell of a lot better though and is a damn sight more engrossing, but I've got to say that the production values of this one don't look as costly as ‘Lost's - but maybe that will all change when ‘Lost’ draws to a close next year.
- One of the shows I predicted would do well after my trip to America was paramedic drama ‘Trauma’ - shows what I know, it's been cancelled already!
- I happened across a stand-up special the very funny Jim Jeffries did for HBO on Comedy Central the other night. A good few years back, myself and my esteemed colleague Mr. Sam Brydges attended a comedy night at our naff local theatre Burnley Mechanics, hosted by none other than Alan Carr whose meteoric rise to fame since has astounded me and featuring one Jim Jeffries.
If Carr's ascension to prominence was impressive then Jeffries' has to be jaw-dropping because to get a HBO special is an achievement in itself but to get one when roughly five years ago you were playing to about forty people (and offending half of them [I wasn't on
e of them]) on a drab Sunday night in Burnley is nothing short of mind-blowing.Jeffries 'I Swear to God' definitely lived up to expectations and must hold the record for the most uses of the word 'cunt' in one stand-up show, although, being a fan, I'd heard a few of the gags and stories before they were the pant-pissingly funny ones and were definitely a joy to hear again - including one about a particularly unfortunate masturbatory session involving a vibrating egg (which he told when we saw him at Burnley and is definitely his most memorable, and graphic, gag even if it did lose him half the audience that night).
I hope this is the start of something very big for Jeffries because he is a damn sight funnier than half of the big comedians out there and deserves to find a mass audience.
- My hatred of Cheryl Cole (part irrational, part completely deserved) is pretty well documented on these pages but I’m bewildered by just how easily manipulated the British public, and in particular ‘X Factor’ viewers, are.
Sure, we are currently drowning in an unrelenting sea of media hype for the woman with her inane grin greeting us at every turn of a page, click of a mouse or flick of a channel but I find the fact that her album has managed to fly in at number one bewildering.
The album is titled ‘3 Words’, and I have 3 Words for Cheryl myself:
Fuck
Off
Now.
- I was almost erect last week at the prospect of seeing my screen hero Christopher Walken on ‘Friday Night with Jonathan Ross’ and the living legend was no cock tease.
Now although Walken didn’t seem like he especially ‘got’ exactly what was going on in the interview and Ross sadly delivered a rather clichéd interview – his accent, impersonations, his hair etc. but the gravitas Walken carries himself with meant that the audience, the green room and Wossy himself were hanging on his every word.
I would’ve liked to see the interview go slightly longer (especially given the fact that Dominic Cooper got roughly the same amount of time) but it was great to see Walken on UK TV and for the most part being treated with the respect he deserves.
And although I called making reference to the plethora of Walken impersonations out there cliché, I couldn’t resist this opportunity to share two of the best with you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-dtxpnjbkE
TV Moment of the Week:
- A great episode of ‘Dollhouse’ - I honestly feel maybe the best yet. I never thought I’d say this, but having less Eliza Dushku actually worked wonders for the show.
This episode gave much needed back-story and fleshing out to Sierra, Topher and even Boyd and it was captivating from start to finish. The episode was a telling example of Joss Whedon’s undoubted genius and showed just how much potential this show has when they get it right.
In spite of all the criticisms, ‘Dollhouse’ has the power to be a great show – it just needs some focus… That said if they keep churning out episodes of this quality we may yet see a third season…
Beyond Sherwood Forest "Promo"
Estreno en Syfy el 28 Noviembre 09, con las actuaciones de Robin Dunne (Sanctuary) y Erica Durance (Smallville).
V S01E01 "Comentario"
Ya tenemos el estreno de la esperada V, mejor dicho el remake de V. Visto el piloto, he de decir que ha resultado bastante satisfactorio. Un buen comienzo, explicando con buen ritmo el comienzo de la trama donde nos encontraremos sumergidos estos meses. De momento el guión parece el mismo que la serie antigua, veremos por donde se decanta y si vemos a la chica con poderes. Los personajes están correctos, pero resaltar el personaje de Anna, a mí me da miedo este personaje, con esa cara de buena.
Lo más significativo serían los efectos, son de 10, se nota donde hay presupuesto y donde se hacen las cosas bien, con una música también correcta.La contra que he encontrado, han sido las promos de la ABC. Creo que han hecho bastante daño, porque esperabas mucho del capítulo, y éstas casi te lo muestran todo, aunque hay 2 sorpresas hacia el final.
En resumen un muy buen estreno, pero creo que solo ver 4 capítulos y luego un parón de casi 3 meses puede hacer algo de daño.
Seguiremos el Plan de los reptiles...y se hecha de menos la insignia:
Heroes S04E09 - Shadowboxing "Promo"
Interesante capítulo el 4x08, con un final que a muchos no les gustará, lo digo por la presencia de cierto personaje. A ver si la historia empieza a tomar una dirección concreta.
Avatar - Extended Trailer
Aquí dejo el trailer extendido de Avatar, aviso que son 5:26 min de trailer. Sin palabras.
V - Estreno España
V se estrenará en España el 27 diciembre de este año en el canal TNT. El canal ha apostado fuerte por la serie, solamente hay que ver estas promos, muy buenas, sobre la serie. Naves espaciales sobre el cielo de Madrid y San Sebastián. Awesome!!
Y recordar que mañana tendremos disponible el primer capítulo.
Friday Night Lights - East of Dillon "Comentario"
11 meses después tenemos de vuelta a los Dillon, pero esta vez los Panthers y los East Dillon (Dillon Lions). FNL ha vuelto como siempre, a lo grande, con sus principios y su carisma. Parece que hubiéramos visto el último de la 3ª hace poco. Todo sigue como lo dejamos, el Coach Taylor dispuesto a entrenar a los East Dillon, pero no lo tiene nada fácil. Primer partido y retirada del team. Recalcar las escenas dentro del vestuario, eso es Friday.
Podemos destacar la vuelta de Tim Riggins, gran escena cuando lanza los libros por la camioneta o la escena en la Universidad, pensando, que carajo hago yo aquí!? parece ser que lo tendremos en esta nueva temporada, ojala sea así. Matt ha salido poco pero igual que siempre, que tiene este personaje que nos gusta tanto. Landry tendrá más protagonismo en esta temporada. Julie, no hemos podido ver mucho. J.D se le ve más crecidito y más creído. En cuanto a los nuevos personajes, de momento correcto, Vince, típico chico callado que lo meten a jugar football y Bechy, la típica chica que no para de hablar.También hemos visto poco de la familia Taylor en acción, espero que pronto se luzcan. Y como no, vemos que Explosions In The Sky sigue como música de fondo. En general una muy buena y satisfactoria vuelta de FNL.
Clear eyes, Full hearts.
Can't Lose!
I want to hear you, gentleman. Clear eyes, Full hearts.
Can't Lose!
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