Month: September 2007

Who’s your favourite fictional journalist?

20 September 2007 Rob Buckley 8 Comments

Occasional contributor Linda Jones is asking over on her blog who our favourite fictional journalists are. My somewhat incoherent reply:

Ooh, tricky. So many good ones to choose from. Tin Tin? Sarah Jane Smith in Doctor Who, etc? There’s Kevin McKidd in Journeyman to look forward to. I was always kind of partial to David Warner in Hold the Back Page. And Julia Sawalha in Press Gang. Danny in The West Wing? John Simm in State of Play?
I’d probably go for Darren McGavin in Kolchak: The Night Stalker though.
Who says I watch too much television?

But how about you guys? Answer here, answer there, answer in your own blog: the meme is on.

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Thursday’s rubbish and lawsuits news

20 September 2007 Rob Buckley 7 Comments

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US TV

Review: Prison Break 3×1

19 September 2007 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Prison Break

In the US: Mondays, 8/7c, Fox

In the UK: Mondays, 10pm, Sky One. Starts 24th September

Characters re-cast: 0

Major characters gotten rid of: Several

Major new characters: An entire prison-full

Format change percentage: 50%

Have a look at the title of the show. Prison Break. Two words. Prison and Break. There’s not a lot of room for manoeuvre, is there?

So plot of season one: Prison. Plot of season two: Break.

What’s season three going to be about then? Have a guess. Prison again?

You betcha.

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US TV

Review: K-Ville 1×1

19 September 2007 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

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In the US: Fox, Mondays, 9/8c

In the UK: Acquired by Five for air in early 2008

Ever wondered what would have happened if Fox, rather than HBO, had made The Wire? Then wonder no more, because here it is: K-Ville.

The parallels are clear: both are cop shows; both are set in poor US cities; both have a mainly black cast and supporting cast; and both have a political edge.

Here, though, the parallels stop. While The Wire is edgy and intelligent, has a measured pace with plots developing over seasons rather than a single episode, and well defined, realistic characters, K-Ville is implausible, silly and falls for every cliché the genre has to offer.

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