Have males been completely eradicated from the thoughts of producers? Apart from Top Gear, which serves as the last bastion of political in-correctness and male programming, just what is there for us to watch? The obligatory sport of course, but there is literally nothing else in the way of dramatic programming for us. As the [...]
Commando: On the front line (ITV1) – What a great show, made all the better for the additional program, ‘The 55 year old Commando’ the week after which documented film maker Chris Terrill’s efforts to gain an honorary Green Beret at the tender age of 55! Watching these programs only cements the utter respect I [...]
The Cadbury’s Gorilla drummer advert. It’s simply superb. I’d have loved to see the faces of the execs at Cadbury when the marketing team ran that one by them. However, to their credit, they obviously ok’d it. No matter how many times I watch it I’m still not quite sure what to make of it, [...]
Going back a few years I used to enjoy ITV dramas like Band Of Gold, Cracker and Reckless. Then for what seemed like years we had the fly-on-the-wall ‘revolution’ and ITV expected us to sit through shovel loads of turgid crap. Thankfully, ITV seemed to have turned a corner (perhaps the fruits of Michael Grade’s [...]
I daren’t visit any sites about Lost, or read any reports of season 4 lest it ruins the surprises. Therefore, the conjecture I am about to make has probably already been considered on a million fan sites. However, the following thought occurred to me… During the final episode of season 3, the final reveal is [...]
It may be America’s ‘No1′ show but I was left a little dissatisfied by the first season of ‘Heroes’. It offered some great opportunities and interesting characters but ultimately squandered the most interesting story arcs. Whilst it touched on interesting themes such as evolution, euthanasia, telekinesis, time travel, fate – all that good stuff. It [...]
Last night was the final straw. I’ve long been a fan of 24. In the beginning it was seminal and ground breaking. Now? It has become a parody of itself and I’m not going to bother tuning in for season 7 (or the inevitable season 8, 9 etc). WARNING: Spoiler alert – divert your eyes [...]
More and more recently I am finding the cinema a complete let-down. I simply can’t remember the last time I came away from a trip to the cinema enthused with the film I had seen. Compare this to the current crop of TV coming from the US and you can’t help but fear for the [...]
BBC3 this one I think. It was basically about owners of dogs that feed them so much they are overweight. There is simply no excuse for this. If you are feeding an animal that much, that it can barely move, has trouble breathing – you may as well be kicking it about or stubbing your [...]
For many months I have been a little worried at the accepted ‘story’ for global warming. By this I mean the almost evangelical crusades of seemingly all and sundry telling the populace that Global Warming is the product of man. Or, more specifically his carbon emissions. The propaganda surrounding this theory is so wide and [...]
