Year: 2009

Sitting Tennant

Friday’s Sitting Tennant (from Sabine): Dreams

23 October 2009 Rob Buckley 8 Comments

Sabine's Sitting Tennant

Sitting. It’s a very hard word to define precisely. We’ve stretched it a bit to incorporate David Tennant lying backward. But now the returning Sabine has challenged our understanding of ‘sitting’ with this picture in which he is lying forward. Is he still ‘sitting’?

I sense an exhibition coming on.

Anyway, she gets the three points. Don’t quibble.

  1. Rullsenberg: 63.5
  2. Sister Chastity: 60.5
  3. Jaradel: 35.5
  4. Karen: 10
  5. Toby: 5
  6. Amy, Lauren, Sabine: 4
  7. Rosby: 2.5
  8. Persephone: 1

There was some fearsome competition over in captions, but finally Toby leapt in at the last minute with a tale of an even more cut-throat competition, that won him the 10 points and the lead.

Good luck ye one and ye all: may the force be with ye.

  1. Toby: 186.5
  2. Marie: 182.5
  3. Rullsenberg: 137
  4. Electric Dragon: 76
  5. Jane Henry: 75.5
  6. Persephone: 45.5
  7. Jaradel: 38.5
  8. Rev/Views: 25
  9. Joe: 20
  10. Sister Chastity: 15
  11. Scott 2: 14
  12. George: 10
  13. Scott: 3
  14. Aaron: 2
  15. almostwitty.com: 1
  16. Stu_N: 1

Got a picture of David Tennant sitting, lying down or in some indeterminate state in between? Then leave a link to it below or email me and if it’s judged suitable, it will appear in the “Sitting Tennant” gallery.

Every photo displayed on Monday (one per person who sends one in) gets a point, with a bonus point if it’s from the latest DT production; the best pic in the stash each week will appear on Friday and get three points.

You can also enter the witty and amusing captions league table by commenting on Friday’s Sitting Tennant photo, the best caption getting 10 points, everyone who contributes getting five points.

What have you been watching this week (w/e October 23)

23 October 2009 Rob Buckley 7 Comments

A bit of an odd collection of viewing treats this week:

  • Mad Men – A very nice episode again. Can’t say much without revealing spoilers, but the “I’ve forgotten it” moment was very familiar, and I’m liking what’s going on with Don
  • House – Nothing too extraordinary this week, but good to see the producers sticking by their guns with the format changes
  • Modern Family – a good few titters this week, mostly involving Cameron
  • Community – still the funniest thing on TV by miles now. Lovely wife’s started watching and she’s loving it too
  • Dexter – you could see where it was all going right from the beginning, but still shocking nonetheless
  • Cougar Town – okay. Not great
  • Question Time – ha, ha, ha. What an exciting collection of stupid people and people who can’t construct arguments on both sides. And when did Jack Straw become such a waffler? I haven’t watched in a while, but when did they get rid of audience votes? And when did the audiences get so small (or was that purely for this edition?)
  • Stargate Universe – still liking it. Robert Carlyle’s really good, and they had the whole thing on the ship more or less, so no gating at this point, thank God.
  • Masterchef: The Professionals – I was only watching this out of one eye, since it’s more lovely wife’s choice of viewing. But correct me if I’m wrong, but doesn’t Greg Wallace merely say “Great flavours” to every dish or copy whatever the professional chef judge says? The man might as well be replaced by a giant set of ditto marks.

I really can’t be arsed to watch The Sarah Jane Adventures until David Tennant is on, so I’ve built up a backlog there. It may be Doctor Who, but it’s still a kids’ show. Being Erica we’re lagging on again; ditto, Curb Your Enthusiasm. I’ve given up on The Middle and Trauma.

Don’t forget everyone: Joanna Page is on the Jonathan Ross show tonight.

What have you been watching though?

As always, no spoilers unless you’re going to use the <spoiler> </spoiler> tags, please. If you’ve reviewed something on your blog, you can put a link to it here rather than repeat yourself (although too many links and you might get killed by the spam filter).

Friday’s charging Hulu news

23 October 2009 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Film

Music

  • Bon Jovi to take up residency in the O2 from 2010

British TV

US TV

Question of the week: Are British actors too ugly?

22 October 2009 Rob Buckley 20 Comments

A slight switch for the blog, with Meme of the Week metamorphosing into the more versatile Question of the Week from now on. And to kick it off, we ask the simple question, prompted by today’s news:

Are the actors in British TV shows too ugly?

Have all the pretty ones gone to America, leaving the ugly ones behind? Are the stereotypes about British dentistry, pasty skin and undernourishment true? And will people in other countries only watch shows starring pretty people? What say you?

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

Random Acts

Random Acts of Ali Larter: Going to the circus and hoping her pal doesn’t end up in prison

22 October 2009 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Ali Larter attending the opening night of Kooza

A very random week for Ali Larter this week. First up, she’s been going to the circus for the opening of the Cirque de Soleil’s Kooza.

But she’s also been hoping that her pal, Ali – is there a club or something that all Ali’s belong to? Do they have regular meetings? – isn’t going to prison for hacking people’s voicemail. Oh, and it’s Tracy week again in Heroes graphic novel land.

Must be strong and remember she’s only going to be a redhead while she’s filming the new Resident Evil movie. How long can that take?

Have you seen Ali Larter acting randomly? If so, let us know and we’ll tell everyone about it in “Random Acts of Ali Larter“