Year: 2009

Sitting Tennant

Mid-week Sitting Tennant (from Rullsenberg and Sister Chastity): Comic Relief again

25 March 2009 Rob Buckley 23 Comments

Sister Chastity's picture

Rullsenberg's entry

Rullsenberg's entry

So many pictures have come flooding into the Sitting Tennant gallery over the past week – this morning, I had 19 in the pile – to get through them all, we’ve had come up with a very special edition of Sitting Tennant, in which we’ll all learn a little something about ourselves and life, I think.

Today, we’ll use up the Comic Relief pictures before we head off to some not especially spoilery Planet of the Dead shots. Now, there were quite a few similar shots to last week’s Sitting Tennants so I’ve disallowed some of them (you can view the alternates to see if you disagree: Sister Chastity 1, Sister Chastity 2, Rullsenberg 1, Rullsenberg 2). The surviving entries are above, at least one of them demonstrating how he won Celebrity Mastermind (he had a floating cheat-sheet with the answers on them).

Anyway, with topicality bonuses, that gives us the following picture leaderboard:

  1. Rullsenberg: 15.5
  2. Jaradel: 8.5
  3. Sister Chastity: 6
  4. Rosby: 2.5

Don’t worry, Sister C and Jaradel: your pictures will have a chance to flourish on Friday.

The caption competition continues to thrive and has even given birth to the Sitting Tennant anthem. You might be able to hear it if you listen carefully. But the big shock is that while Marie has been resisting her scatological impulses, Toby has given in and is now just a half point away from Marie: that’s morality for you.

Wittiest captions: Marie for her all-encompassing caption; Jane Henry for her picture two caption; Toby for picture three. And a great big warm welcome to new entrant almostwitty.com – hope you enjoy your stay with Sitting Tennant!

  1. Marie: 50
  2. Toby: 49.5
  3. Jane Henry: 35.5
  4. Rullsenberg: 32.5
  5. Persephone: 27.5
  6. Jaradel: 22.5
  7. Electric Dragon: 12
  8. Rev/Views 10
  9. Scott: 3
  10. Aaron: 2
  11. almostwitty.com: 1

As always, captions and new submissions for the gallery, please. Remember, you can submit as many (witty) captions as you like for each and every picture, with topical captions (and pictures of David Tennant in current productions) getting extra marks. The wittiest caption for each picture will get double points. And there’s a bonus point for using Gary Numan lyrics appropriately.

Got a picture of David Tennant sitting, lying down or in some indeterminate state in between? Then leave a link to it below and if it’s judged suitable, it will appear in the “Sitting Tennant” gallery. You can also enter the witting and amusing captions league table by commenting on existing photos in the gallery.

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The CarusometerA Carusometer rating of 2

Third-episode verdict: Castle

25 March 2009 Rob Buckley 4 Comments

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.

Meme of the week: movies that become TV shows and vice versa

25 March 2009 Rob Buckley Post a comment

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.