The last ever episode of the New Battlestar Galactica is tonight. I've stayed as spoiler free as I possibly can, so I have no idea what's going to happen.
I'll just say this: Guys, please don't screw this up.
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Friday, March 20, 2009
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
K-9 and Company?
They're making a K-9 spinoff show.
Some background, to get everyone up to speed. K-9, of course, was the robot dog on the original Doctor Who, and who's had the occasional cameo shot on the New Who and The Sarah Jane Smith Adventures. Thanks to the wild and wonderful carnival that is British IP law, the writers of the script that K-9 originated in own the rights to the character (while the BBC owns the physical design.)
What that means is that Bob Baker gets to make his own K-9 show whether the BBC wants him to or not. Which, really, is pretty cool, all things considered.
Where am I going with this? I'll tell you: they've released an image of what the new K-9 prop will look like. And I'll just say this: I'm no great fan of the old look, but man, how did they manage to find something that looks worse?
Some background, to get everyone up to speed. K-9, of course, was the robot dog on the original Doctor Who, and who's had the occasional cameo shot on the New Who and The Sarah Jane Smith Adventures. Thanks to the wild and wonderful carnival that is British IP law, the writers of the script that K-9 originated in own the rights to the character (while the BBC owns the physical design.)
What that means is that Bob Baker gets to make his own K-9 show whether the BBC wants him to or not. Which, really, is pretty cool, all things considered.
Where am I going with this? I'll tell you: they've released an image of what the new K-9 prop will look like. And I'll just say this: I'm no great fan of the old look, but man, how did they manage to find something that looks worse?
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Great Moments in TV Watching
Somehow it came to light a few weeks back that Heidi had never seen "Soap," and was, in fact, totally unaware of the program's existence. This was clearly an unacceptable circumstance, so our friend Cristi loaned us her DVDs - which proceeded to sit unwatched until last night.
"If everybody I know thinks this is funny," she says, "I guess I'll try to ignore my judgment of the program based on this cover art."
I'm pretty sure I'd never seen the first episode before, and it was kind of funny watching them try and spin Soap up to speed - and explain to a mid-seventies audience what they're in for.
However. The Great Moment.
The pilot is laboriously introducing the characters, and Jessica finally walks back into the kitchen to talk to her butler.
"Hey, " says Heidi, "That's Benson!"
"Good Morning, Benson!" says Jessica.
I've never seen a draw drop that hard or that fast. Upon learning that this was was the show Benson spun off from, Heidi suddenly became *far* more interested.
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