There’s a new Sherlock in town. Yes, perhaps the most well-known sleuth in history is on TV again, in BBC’s mini-series, Sherlock. The twist this time? They’ve taken Sherlock out of Victorian England and put him smack dab in modern times. Instead of using telegrams and candle lamps, this Sherlock uses cell phones, Google, and [...]
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A fantatsic sports theme commercial that isn’t from Nike! It really really reminds me of the Nike ‘Let Your Game Speak’ commercial – see it here - and there’s a good reason; Jonathan Elias did the music for both ads.
Connections
Posted in TV on Aug 10th, 2009
Some of you might remember this fantastic TV series by historian James Burke. I remember seeing the original series on PBS with my mom back in the early 90s, along with parts of the second series. I don’t think I even knew of the existence of the third series! For those of you that don’t [...]
Sex and the…Entourage?
Posted in TV on May 22nd, 2009
I’m sorry, but Entourage is simply Sex and the City for guys. It’s just not good TV. I won’t even argue this. The opening theme song (by my boys, Jane’s Addiction) rocks, however. = = = =
…and I’m not even a basketball fan.
I don’t know if this is real or not – hell, I don’t care. This is just way cool…
Why TV executives suck
Posted in TV on May 11th, 2008
Most of you reading this know I’m a big Firefly fan. For those of you that don’t know Firefly, it was a (very) short-lived series on Fox, by Joss Whedon, of Buffy and Angel fame. Fox canceled the series after just 11 episodes. Apparently executives were upset about the ‘poor ratings’. Well, let’s see: they [...]
24, Season One
Posted in TV on Jan 26th, 2008
The MBH and I recently finished watching the first season of 24. (Yeah, I know, a little late to the game…). While we were in the middle of watching it, I have to say that we both were always interested in what would happen next, and sitting down to watch ‘one show’ would quickly end [...]