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Today’s to-do list

January 12th, 2012 · No Comments · stuff, television

1. Finish review book 2. Start drafting review 3. Tidy up in kitchen 4. Tidy up in bathroom 5. Start organizing office [bah...this can wait...] 6. Watch new Downton Abbey episodes And speaking of Downton Abbey, Sir Richard is also Father Octavian from those second Weeping Angel episodes of Doctor Who: And apparently the actor, [...]

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Doctor Who Revisited: “Dalek”

January 25th, 2011 · No Comments · doctor who, reviews, television

DALEK: I am alone in the universe. DOCTOR: Yep. DALEK: So are you. We are the same. The Daleks have been around since the very beginning, almost, of the Doctor Who series, and they’ve remained virtually unchanged since then, if not slightly updated. They were created out of the Kaled race on the planet Skaro [...]

Doctor Who Revisited: “Aliens of London”/ “WWIII”

January 5th, 2011 · No Comments · doctor who, reviews, television

I’ve been putting off writing these recaps, even after opting to smush the episodes together, because I have very little to say about them. Not among my favorite episodes, these; in fact, pretty far removed from that list. I think the story — aliens who look like this yet masquerade as humans in order to [...]

Doctor Who, “The Unquiet Dead”

December 14th, 2010 · No Comments · doctor who, television

I think of “The Unquiet Dead” as the last installment of the retooled Doctor Who‘s introductory trilogy. We’ve met him, travelled with him far into the future and met all sorts of aliens — good, bad, and neutral — and now, we go with him to the past. It’s Victorian England (my favorite!), and someone’s [...]

Repost: Doctor Who, “End of the World”

December 10th, 2010 · No Comments · doctor who, television

Here’s the other Doctor Who post from June. Look for new ones early next week. – I’m a Time Lord. I’m the last of the Time Lords. They’re all gone. I’m the only survivor. I’m left travelling on my own because there’s no one else. – There’s me . . . Right, so: after the [...]

Repost: Doctor Who – “Rose”

December 9th, 2010 · 2 Comments · doctor who, television

Hey guys. I’m cheating a bit with the “blog every day” thing, but it’s been so long since I first wrote these Doctor Who posts that I thought it would be a good idea to refresh before I do the third episode of the first season. So. There it is. And here you go. ++++++++ [...]

Rubicon: The Failure Industry

October 19th, 2010 · 1 Comment · reviews, rubicon, television

It’s hard to believe that the decision to renew Rubicon still hasn’t been reached, a frustration that Sunday’s (season? series?) finale exacerbated with its loose threads and open ending. As much as I am a fan of leaving some questions unanswered, this show makes me want to know what happens next. When Rubicon started, what [...]

Mad Men: Goodbye to all that

October 18th, 2010 · 1 Comment · mad men, reviews, television

Mad Men’s season finale, “Tomorrowland,” was one of the densest episodes of the season. How do the writers cram all that story into one 43 minute episode? Amazing. We start with Don + Faye and end with Don + Megan, and the only thing surprising is how quickly that story turned around. I admit, I [...]

Rubicon: The Smartest People in the Room

October 12th, 2010 · 1 Comment · reviews, rubicon, television

As much as I’d love to see Rubicon renewed for a second season, there is a part of me that sees this show as the closest an American TV show has come to a British series, like, ever. A short, perfectly encapsulated show that was only ever meant to be on for 13 episodes. It’s [...]

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Mad Men: Cold Turkey

October 11th, 2010 · No Comments · mad men, reviews, television

I’ll be honest with you, I was nervous going into last night’s episode of Mad Men (“Blowing Smoke”), since the previous episode left such a bad taste in my mouth. Thankfully it was back to business as usual — which, of course, given the previous episode, isn’t exactly the best of all possible worlds. SCDP [...]

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