Year: 2009

US TV

Review: Warehouse 13 1×1

9 July 2009 Rob Buckley 5 Comments

Warehouse 13

In the US: Tuesdays, 9/8c, SyFy

Let’s play a game: guess the TV series. I give you some clues, you have to guess the show.

Clue 1: A top-secret government organisation has a mission to capture strange artefacts

What do you reckon? Torchwood?

Okay. Clue 2: Two government agents – one intuitive male, one rational and methodical female – investigate the paranormal

Hmm. The X-Files?

Clue 3: A man and a woman, together with an older guy, have to store away dangerous supernatural objects to protect the world.

Friday The 13th: The Series?

No, in fact, all the clues were for the same show: Warehouse 13, SyFy’s new “‘The X-Files meets Raiders of the Lost Ark meets Moonlighting‘ meets Torchwood meets Friday The 13th meets Eureka meets The Dresden Files meets The Middleman” series.

Do I need to mention it’s a little bit derivative?

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Random Acts of Ali Larter: Answering The Phone

9 July 2009 Rob Buckley 3 Comments

Ali Larter on the set of Heroes

Today, Ali Larter is answering the phone. Hmm. That’s a bit dull. Oh wait. She’s answering it in character on the set of the fourth season of Heroes, which is now filming. That’s more interesting.

Bit of a change in costume since the end of last season, but nice clothes all the same, Ali.

Ali Larter on the set of Heroes Ali Larter on the set of Heroes

UPDATE: And there’s more!

Ali Larter on the set of Heroes Ali Larter on the set of Heroes

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“

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Meme of the Week: your favourite ‘TV transplant’

8 July 2009 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

No. Not that. Well, not unless you really want it to be, you sicko.

No, this week’s Meme of the Week is inspired by Frasier, Ashes to Ashes, After M*A*S*H, etc. You have a favourite TV character – or merely favourite TV show. You take that character or a character from the show and you transplant them to a new environment. That’s a ‘TV transplant’. So…

What’s your favourite TV transplant?

I’ve given you a couple already, but feel free to suggest your own: after all, TV is littered with plenty of spin-offs (K9 and Company, The Sarah Jane Adventures, Private Practice, Going Straight, Highlander: The Raven). But what’s your favourite?

For advanced students, what’s your least favourite, or perhaps you’d like to create your own: Frank Spencer on Batllestar Galactica? Neil Burnside on The Brittas Empire? Jack Bauer on Pushing Daisies? What do you fancy?

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

US TV

Review: 10 Things I Hate About You 1×1

8 July 2009 Rob Buckley 5 Comments

10 Things I Hate About You

In the US: Tuesdays, 8/7c, ABC Family

10 Things I Hate About You was a teen comedy in 1999 that had two distinct advantages over other teen comedies: it was smart and it had a great cast, including Julia Stiles, Heath Ledger, Allison Janney, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and David Krumholtz. Based on Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew and set in Padua (High School), it depicted the various attempts – some fair, some foul – by boys of the school to woo the two sisters, Bianca and Kat.

Ten years on, ABC Family have tried to recreate the magic of the movie in a TV series, by dragging in its original director and most of the script. It’s not a bad try, but it’s just not all that.

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