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34 Microlog entries tagged with ‘tv’
Hands on with Zeebox, your new social TV guide
This is kinda what I was talking about last year. Almost, but not quite. Sound & Screen ·
Binge watching contemporary TV
Dan Hill five years ago, being very prescient. Binge watching, timeshifting, whatever you call it — between the DVR and box sets, it’s 90% of our home viewing now. Sound & Screen ·
The Bill’s Reg Hollis actor wins US award for Soviet-era film
This warms my heart, so it does. Feelgood story of the month. Sound & Screen ·
50 Documentaries to See Before You Die: The Full List
Great list, but nothing released before 1988, and no foreign-language docs. There’s an opportunity to fill in the gaps here. Sound & Screen ·
Orange you glad you got your Nickelodeon?
An epic MeFi post on the history of the kids’ TV channel. I haven’t even begun to delve into it yet. Sound & Screen ·
A Very Special Episode: Arrested Development, ‘Good Grief’
It’s about one episode, but it also explains why the show as a whole is so damn good. Sound & Screen ·
Waiting for the Men: why the delay before US shows air in the UK (or anywhere else)?
The short version is that the TV industry is still based on a model of separation predicated on physical geographical boundaries that ceased to exist once high-speed broadband reached a global tipping point. In other words, TV needs to move with the times. Anything else is just an excuse. Sound & Screen | 1 Comments ·
Some visualisations of stories and narratives
I’d like to see one for The Wire, or The Sopranos. Or The Simpsons. Or better yet: one tracking crossovers between different movies/series (cf. The Tommy Westphall Universe Hypothesis). Arts & Culture ·
Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle draws just 1 million
To be fair, even if it was heavily promoted (I didn’t even know it was on till I read this), my mind simply can’t reconcile the terms ‘Stewart Lee’ and ‘mass appeal’. Sound & Screen ·
Voices of Family Guy
So that’s what they look like! I expect it gets painful after the millionth take, but it seems more fun than most workplaces, that’s for sure [c/o TCAL]. Sound & Screen ·
Bravo to Bravo for picking up [adult swim]
It’s on every night from midnight, hopefully a permanent fixture. First impressions? I’m loving Robot Chicken and The Brak Show, but the rest isn’t as funny as I’d been led to believe by the internets. Sound & Screen ·
Screen Wipe gets two more series
Excellent news! Charlie Brooker is the funny; I eagerly await his return this summer. Sound & Screen ·
Talk isn’t cheap
A witty introduction to the world of the voiceover artist. Sound & Screen ·
Bill Cosby’s lawyers threaten Waxy.org
But Andy’s having none of it. Fight the good fight! Sound & Screen ·
Family Guy or The Simpsons?
My opinion? Nothing beats The Simpsons from Season 3 up to about Season 10, specifically that Superbowl episode. From then on, it’s Family Guy all the way. Sound & Screen ·
Family Guy’s Chris Griffin jets yanked into an A-Ha video
Priceless! Sound & Screen ·
James Doohan, 1920-2005
Scotty beams up for the last time. Sound & Screen ·
TransFormers finally rolling out
I linked to this two years ago, but now it’s finally happening. Pity we’ve got to wait another two years before we see it. Sound & Screen ·
The Guardian’s Toon Tester quiz
I got 9 out of 10, no cheating. Booyah! Sound & Screen ·
Salon interviews Bruce Campbell
Some more Brucey love for you. Sound & Screen ·
“As far as Evil Dead (yawn) 4. Sam Raimi is too busy making wheel-barrels of money right now.” [c/o del.icio.us/kfan]
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The Krypton Factor set for return to TV
If it doesn’t have a) the flight simulator and b) the assault course with the thingy you grab onto to whizz down the cable at the end, then it’ll be shite. Sound & Screen ·
The Simpsons Body Count [c/o The Morning News]
It’s a conspiracy I tells ya! Sound & Screen ·
The Onion A.V. Club interviews Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane
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Heat Vision and Jack: The greatest TV series never made?
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The infamous Quincy Punk Rock episode [c/o del.icio.us/merlinmann]
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David Carradine on David Carradine: “I’m not a rebel. I’m just an iconoclast.”
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Freaks And Geeks finally makes it onto DVD!
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In praise of BBC Four
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Sledge Hammer: The Movie?
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Freaks and Geeks on DVD? Oh yes!!
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TransFormers rolling out in live-action movie [c/o highindustrial.]
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David Schwimmer says Northwestern students asked really stupid questions [c/o Obscure Store]
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300 reasons why we love The Simpsons (not that I agree with all of them, mind you)
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