Archive for June, 2008
Doctor Who: The Stolen Earth
If you’re a long term Doctor Who fan or even just a fan of the new series, you were probably in one of two positions after the concluding moments of the The Stolen Earth: either laying face down on the floor or standing straight up in utter disbelief. This was one kick ass cliffhanger. But ultimately, where is this episode going to fit into the 45 year history of the show?
Old companions, old villains. The gang’s all here to close out the fourth series of Doctor Who.
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Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures
One of the monster franchises in video games has been the endless line of Star Wars games that date back all the way to the Atari 2600.
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Class Clown to Class Corpse: George Carlin is Dead
I don’t have nice days anymore. I generally don’t bother with them. However, when I woke up Monday morning and heard the news the George Carlin was dead, by God I was ready for a crappy day.
I generally don’t get too emotional about celebrity deaths. Shit happens, people die, and 9 times out of 10,even if it’s someone who entertained me on occasion, I just kind of think “oh well, that’s a bummer” and move on. I’m old enough that I’ve woken up plenty of times to a clock radio announcing the death of a celebrity or other public figure. But this morning, as I lay in bed and heard the words, I literally said out loud “Oh no.”
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Doctor Who: Turn Left
It’s quite difficult to judge Turn Left on its own merits. It mostly exposition rolled into a fairly threadbare plot regarding whatever this time beetle thingy is attached to Donna. At least we can tick off the bit of foreshadowing from Fires of Pompeii now about what Donna has “on her back.”
It’s starts interestingly enough. Through some forces we don’t quite understand, Donna is put back into a position to relive a small moment in her life where a single decision was a catalyst for a series of events that changed the course of life on Earth. That event was simply making a right turn instead of a left one at an intersection.
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Get Smart..or Not?
I really understand Hollywood’s penchant for grabbing on to hot TV or cult commodities and adapting them for the big screen, many times in name only. With the cost of making a film these days, it pays to have a built in audience for something. This increases the chances of at least breaking even at the box office. But for me, the real head scratcher is when something like Get Smart gets the big screen treatment.
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Doctor Who: Midnight
Russell T. Davies has gotten his fair share of criticism for his screen writing for the new show. In some respects, I tend to lump myself with those that find his stories to be among some of the weaker episodes. Overall, I have no fear or dread of an upcoming RTD episode, but ultimately, I can’t really get excited knowing it’s Russell’s turn in an upcoming week.
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Darabont’s Indy 4 Screenplay
I have to say that I’m pretty pissed off right now. As I read through Frank Darabont’s original screenply for Indiana Jones and the City of the Gods, the original source material for what became what we were given on screen as Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, I became at bit madder with each passing page. Even though I’ve tried to be a Crystal Skull apologist since opening day, it’s hard not to read this script and as an Indiana Jones fan and not realize that this would not only have been a much better movie, but arguably in Spielberg’s hands could honestly have lived up to movie that Jones fans have wanted for the past 19 years.
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Galactica: Revelations - Mid-Season Finale
If your like me and I assume most Battlestar fans, you are sitting in stunned silence right now. Unlike season 3, Season 4 seems to be progressing at breakneck speed toward the conclusion of the saga. The mid-season finale “Revelations” took the show in some very unexpected directions, and some not so unexpected.
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Battlestar Galactica Winds Down
Like the stock market, a good television drama may have it’s ups and downs from week to week, but the long term investment pays off. Battlestar Galactica is no different. It has consistently for the past 4 years been one of the the best shows on television if not hands down the best.
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Doctor Who: Silence in The Library/Forest of the Dead
Series 1 brought us the first really gritty, bare bones good Doctor Who with two part story The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances. This was fantastic 2 parter that really keyed us in on the magic of what the series can be about now. From the introduction of Captain Jack to the gas masked face of a little boy haunting people with “Are you my mummy?” that was some serious shit on the screen courtesy of Stephen Moffat
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