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Meme of the week: Which TV character do you look like?

Last week, I asked you which TV character you’d most like to be. This week, on a similar theme, the question is

Which TV character do you look like?

For those of a bashful temperament or low self esteem, the alternate question is

Which TV character would you most like to look like?

I asked lovely wife who I most look like, and after a few years suspecting it might be Zach Braff, my self-image was substantially altered when she revealed that – contrary to a recent episode of HeroesI am Sylar:

Sylar

“He looks just like you.”

Oh, as they say.

As always, leave a comment with your answer or a link to your answer on your own blog.

Wednesday’s implausible Horne news

Doctor Who

Film

British TV

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US TV

Season finale: Heroes 3×25 – An Invisible Thread

The Invisible Thread

It’s the end of the season and the end of volume four of Heroes. Just about everyone who’s bothered to watch the volume has regarded it as a definite return (almost) to the quality of season one, so naturally we’ve all been excited to see if the show was going to go out with a bang or a whimper.

Given the budget cutting on recent episodes, we’ve all been expecting a big finale. All roads have been leading to a big fight, but with Tim Kring – who also wrote the disappointing season one finale – on writing duty, were we more likely to be annoyed than satisfied?

The answer has been revealed. After the jump.

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Tuesday’s “moving Thick and fast” news

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Music

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UK TV

Review: Reggie Perrin 1×1

Martin Clunes as Reggie Perrin

In the UK: Fridays, 9.30pm, BBC1

Is what was relevant in 1976 relevant today? I didn’t get to where I am today without knowing the answer to that kind of question, but the BBC has answered with an unequivocal yes by choosing to remake The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin. Originally starring Leonard Rossiter, this saw Sunshine Desserts office drone Reginald Perrin gradually finding the boredom of everyday life taking its toll on his sanity. He starts to daydream, having fantasies about his secretary and just about everyone else, including his mother-in-law (always accompanied by a picture of his hippopotamus), and starts to act out in bizarre ways – before eventually faking his own death.

Reggie Perrin, as it now is, stars Martin Clunes as Perrin, now gainfully employed by Groomtech but still finding life to be somewhat disappointing. As indeed, are we.

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