Oh my gods, it’s over. That’s it. The end of Battlestar Galactica. No more episodes. No more Adama, Tigh, Apollo, Starbuck or Cyclons. The journey’s over.
Has it been worth the great trek through the stars and what kind of ending did we get?
Time to dust off the Random Episode Carusometer to get the measure of the much-fabled “game changing” episode six of Dollhouse.
When last we left Dollhouse, we were thinking it was a bit rubbish. Episode six was supposed to change that. And it did. A bit.
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Time for a third-episode verdict on Castle, in which Nathan Fillion is the eponymous bad boy novelist, researching New York cop Stana Katic so she can be the heroine in his new novel – while simultaneously helping her to solve crimes and maybe get inside her pants.
Three episodes in and it’s pretty unremarkable fare. Fillion’s supposedly flirtatious dialogue is still more like a sexual harassment suit, waiting to happen; the plots are reasonably predictable; the characters other than Castle are still a little undefined and two-dimensional, particularly Katic’s, who hasn’t had an ounce of development since the first episode; and the supposed revelations of the differences between police work and fictional police work tell us nothing we didn’t know already.
However, Fillion and Katic are both good actors; there’s a nice sense of place, with New York not just a backdrop of generic locations, but with plots revolving around particular aspects of New York life and geography; the relationship between Castle and his daughter is surprising; and it’s enjoyable – you can put it on, watch it and be mildly entertained, all without having to engage your brain once.
If you’ve nothing better to do and nothing better to watch, Castle‘s a mildly diverting, mildly interesting show thanks to its leads. I wouldn’t go out of my way to watch it, but you could do a lot worse.
Carusometer rating: 2
Prediction: It will probably be cancelled before the end of the season, given it’s ABC, with remaining episodes left dangling with no air date. Or they might just keep it a push since they’ve nothing else to replace it with.
A slightly trickier meme this week, although hopefully not that tricky. The question is:
If you could, what movie would you turn into a TV series? Or what TV series would you turn into a movie?
So, did you always wonder what happened to Rosebud after the end of Citizen Kane? Would a Godfather TV series have been better than The Sopranos? Were you looking forward to 50 episodes of 50 First Dates? Let us know.
If inspiration fails you, there’s always:
What’s your favourite movie that got turned into a TV series (or vice versa)? Or which movie/TV show do you wish they hadn’t turned into a TV show/movie?
Horrified by the TV series Blue Thunder or Weird Science? The movie version of The Avengers get you down? Is The West Wing but a pale shadow of The American President? Now’s your chance to vent.
Remember, you can leave your thoughts below or on your own blog if you link to it.
Dragons’ Den, BBC2’s investment reality show, is very, very popular. Not content with having four ‘Dragons’ to vet business propositions and sink their own money into ventures, the show now has two online Dragons, whom you can pitch to on the Dragons’ Den web site. In fact, you can view some pitches already.
Here, Dominic Byrne, more famous to radio listeners for producing Chris Moyles’ breakfast show but who’s the online version of Evan Davis for this, interviews the two online Dragons, Julie Meyer and Shaf Rasul:
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