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Postby Ian » Mon Jul 06, 2009 2:43 am

Buffy - Enemies/Earshot. Brilliant stuff. What impresses so much about Buffy after all these years is not just how brilliant it is, but how effortlessly it makes being brilliant seem. :D
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Postby Ian » Mon Jul 06, 2009 12:07 pm

SBS has announced it will be showing series 3 of Skins here from August 31. :D
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Postby Ian » Tue Jul 07, 2009 2:33 am

Doctor Who - Delta and the Bannermen. Not great. On the plus side, the 50s setting is nice, Sara Griffiths is hot, and Don Henderson is giving such a serious and malevolent performance as Gavrok that he seems to be in a different story altogether. On the downside, it's all a bit lame, though! :lol:
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Postby Ian » Wed Jul 08, 2009 2:23 am

X Files: Home. Quite possibly the sickest thing ever shown on American network television. You gotta love it! :lol: :D :twisted:
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Postby Ian » Fri Jul 10, 2009 12:07 pm

mpox wrote:
codyw1 wrote:Watched the first 2 episodes of True Blood last night. Ooh, I like it. Very good so far.

And Anna Paquin is HAWT.

She's a cutie but I bailed after the first 1.5 episodes.

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4 episodes in and I'm beginning to see your point.

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Postby Ian » Sat Jul 11, 2009 3:31 am

Saw The Deadly Assassin last night. Ah, now that's more like it! Classic Tom Baker. Great script, great performances (Peter Pratt is an excellently malevolent Master, and the makeup for his decayed face and hands has to be one of the grossest sights ever in Who). Looks fabulous on dvd too (especially the location stuff for the Matrix nightmare).

Splendid stuff.
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Postby Ian » Mon Jul 13, 2009 2:15 am

Buffy - The Prom. Y'know, seen that episode 4 times now, and I STILL get teared up when Buffy gets her "Class Protector" award!

What a wuss.

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Postby mpox » Mon Jul 13, 2009 4:54 am

codyw1 wrote:Buffy - The Prom. Y'know, seen that episode 4 times now, and I STILL get teared up when Buffy gets her "Class Protector" award!

What a wuss.

Haha, those early seasons were so great. The later seasons had their moments but S1-3 was really the heart of the show for me, that's what kept me watching through the bad stretches.

Did you ever see the unreleased pilot that was floating around on youtube and the like a while ago? The special effects are terrible and there's a different Willow.
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Postby Ian » Tue Jul 14, 2009 2:44 am

No, I haven't. Is it still on YT? Hard to imagine anyone other than Alyson as Willow.
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Postby mpox » Tue Jul 14, 2009 5:53 am

codyw1 wrote:No, I haven't. Is it still on YT? Hard to imagine anyone other than Alyson as Willow.

What, I'm the only one who knows how to use google? ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAyO67Zf ... re=related

It's really bad quality, be warned. Oh, but they play an old Rancid song so that's kind of cool.
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Postby Ian » Wed Jul 15, 2009 2:50 am

I'm a busy man!;) Thanks for the link, I'll check it out later today.


Spent last night watching the extra features on the dvd of the Doctor Who story The War Games, all three hours of them! What an incredible package. Best was the straightforward 'making of', though the 'Sock Puppets' spoof of the trial was pretty damn funny too! The picture quality on the actual episodes looks absolutely astonishing, too. There are big-budget movies that don't get the kind of care and attention lavished on them that many of the Who releases do, and The War Games has a boxset's worth of extras on the one story (though it is rather a large story, admitted!)

An excellent release for a much loved story.
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Postby Ian » Wed Jul 15, 2009 10:58 am

Wow... let's just say "thank goodness they cast Alyson Hannigan instead" and draw a discrete veil. Very weird viewing. :shock:
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Postby Ian » Fri Jul 17, 2009 2:34 am

Started Life on Mars series 2 again last night. Excellent stuff.
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Postby Ian » Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:17 am

Buffy - Graduation Day Pts 1 and 2 (season 3 final). Fantastic stuff. I find it hard to grasp this season is now a decade ago. I feel old. :shock: Simply fantastic television. The Mayor was such a fabulous villain too, played so well by Harry Groener. His "aw shucks" wholesome persona contrasted with his devilish plans just make him so much fun. He doesn't mind sacrificing new born babies to demons.... but he just can't abide swearing. :D
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Postby fish » Mon Jul 20, 2009 3:33 am

Watched Phoebe In Wonderland for the second time last night.
What a brilliant, sad, but ulimately uplifting film. As a parent of a child born with a genetic abnormality my heart just ached for Phoebe and her whole family. Been there, done that, scary as hell.
The performance of Elle Fanning as Phoebe is one of the best you will ever see from a young child.
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