Too Many Ideas - Archive for the ‘TV’ Category
The Omid Djalili Show
Sunday, November 18th, 2007The BBC showed the first The Omid Djalili Show tonight. The stand up was excellent. The sketches were maybe a little long although they could play around the subject rather than going for a single quick punchline. Omid seemed a bit awkward in the sketches but that may be not such a bad thing. Heston […]
Dr Who and the Product Life Cycle
Sunday, July 1st, 2007I’ve been messing around with several projects today but have nothing remotely exciting to show. I was going through my blog today and found I’d written this back after the end of David Tennant’s first series as The Doctor but forgot to post it. What if the Doctor was an operating system… Hartnell – Doctor […]
Doctor Who: Last of the Time Lords
Saturday, June 30th, 2007I’m just going to ask one question… Just one… Has the whole point of the last three series of Doctor Who been to set up a one gag story arc for Captain Jack? In other news Last of the Time Lords managed not to be a lacklustre series finale and didn’t resort to a silly […]
Doctor Who: Utopia
Saturday, June 16th, 2007I’m not going to say a huge amount about this episode except it did the things that the better episodes of the new Doctor Who do: Foreshadowing and not just springing an ending that seems almost tacked on Pace Misdirection Interesting setting Good story Character development It also had a huge advantage in that it […]
Dr Who – Gridlock
Sunday, April 15th, 2007Caught up with last nights Doctor Who which was a cracking episode. A good episode but maybe not as good as the first two because "The Shakespeare Code" and "Smith and Jones" went to more trouble to establish a solution to the problem in the plot rather than The Doctor pluging wire A in to […]
So that was what it was called
Friday, April 13th, 2007I’ve been trying for weeks to remember the name of a BBC drama from the 80s. I’d remembered the theme was Stravinsky’s The Firebird but that didn’t help track it down. Google is great for many things but when you’re looking for the wrong title it’s no help at all. Thanks to the New Scientist […]
Dr Who – Smith and Jones
Sunday, April 1st, 2007Due to tiredness and need to be up early today (see my post later once I’ve picked out a picture to go with it) delayed this post till today. I’ll not spend too much time on it to avoid posting any spoilers. Enjoyable fluff that made logical sense and was coherent without an over reliance […]
Sherlock Holmes And The Baker Street Irregulars
Sunday, March 25th, 2007Watched the first part of the new BBC two part Sherlock Holmes And The Baker Street Irregulars while running a render this afternoon. Not another adaptation of a Conan Doyle but a new story inspired by his work. I’d been a bit nervous they might have gone all Robin Hood Men in Gap on it. […]
Almost lost by Life on Mars
Thursday, February 15th, 2007Watched last nights Life on Mars last night. Since I know someone who reads this regularly hasn’t watched it yet I’ll avoid any spoilers. The story had me worried about half way through that they’d lost the plot. They were playing up the whole he’s from the future thing a bit too much for me. […]
Finally West Wing Season 7
Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007Finally got to see the 7th and final season of the West Wing. Although I thought the final episode itself lacked something I have to say that the season itself was well worth watching.