Time for meme of the week. This week’s question:
What’s the most tear-jerking movie you’ve ever seen and why?
Off the top of my head, I’d say The Shawshank Redemption, mainly thanks to the ending, but hows about you? If you want, you can name a TV show instead, but I can’t think of any TV shows that were specifically tearjerking – can you think of any?
As always, leave a comment with your answer or a link to your answer on your own blog.
Film
British TV
US TV
The Unit‘s a strangely schizophrenic show. On the one hand, it tries its level best to be realistic about the US special forces, its procedures, what it must be like to be married to a special forces soldier and so on. It’s quite conservative – about the only conservative show on mainstream TV other than 24 and maybe 30 Rock (debate anyone?) – yet will quite happily have a Latino president. It’s also quite ruthless, with our heroes frequently making quite nasty decisions (yes, we will sell you, helpful lady, into prostitution) to get the job done.
But it’s also depressingly escapist and silly at times, with this season’s David Mamet cluster-f*ck of the Unit being forced to retrieve the spear that was used to stab Jesus, and being visited by the spirit of departed Unit member Hector.
I kid you not.
So was the finale of season four one of those times when silliness outweighed true grit?
Most people hate Star Trek: Voyager. That’s because it was awful. Thing is, it could have been more awful, because originally Geneviève Bujold played Captain Nicole Janeway instead of Kate Mulgrew as Kathryn Janeway in the series itself.
Bujold turned up for work, couldn’t cope with the technobabble, and left. Here’s some of the only footage surviving with her in it. See if you can tell why she had to leave.
So what’s our Joanna up to at the minute, given it’s been a little while since our last Today’s Joanna Page? Well, apart from filming the third series of Gavin & Stacey, she’s been off to Dubai for Jack Osbourne’s Adrenaline Junkie, and pretending to be a puppy for the new series of Mist Sheepdog Tales.
But it’s that time of year again, so she’s gearing up for Race For Life in Swansea; she shares her top tips on the latest Cancer Research podcast. Don’t forget to sponsor her!
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