I don’t watch Glee. I know it’s about singing and stuff. So I didn’t figure that one of the kids from Glee – Mike Chang – would actually be quite handy with a light sabre. This ain’t bad, huh?
Year: 2011
Wednesday’s “old video game” news
Film
- Sam Mendes to direct, Daniel Craig star in next Bond movie, due November 2012
- David Duchovny, Vera Farmia, Keri Russell, Minnie Driver and Will Arnett join Goats
- Pippi Longstocking: the movie
- Lena Headey joins Dredd
- Missile Command movie on the way
British TV
- Glee gets record-breaking 1.6m viewers
- BBC2 suffered biggest audience share drop in 2010
- Gerry Anderson working on new Thunderbirds series
- Cold Feet revival planned
US TV
- Trailer for Fox’s Breaking In, with Christian Slater
- Monday night ratings down
- Raising Hope gets a second season
- Three actors out of L&O:LA, including Skeet Urich
US TV
Review: The Cape 1×1-1×2
In the US: Sunday 9 January 2011, 9pm ET, NBC. Moving to Mondays from the 17th
Ah, my. What is up with NBC? They have the (initially) worldwide phenomenon that was Heroes then go and cancel it, just after an okay season set in a funfair. What do they put in its place? A superhero show called The Cape that’s largely set in a funfair. I’m not saying they’re a bit dim at NBC, but they are.
Of course, that would all be excusable if The Cape was better than Heroes. Yet “cop framed for a crime he didn’t commit, goes into hiding and becomes a superhero but can never reveal to his family that he isn’t dead and is actually fighting dark, sinister villains who like to wear silly outfits as well”? I think I might have heard that one before and it wasn’t good the first time. No wonder NBC is fighting so hard to get it noticed after such a dreadful start to its Fall season.
Nevertheless, despite being desperately unoriginal, ‘homaging’ more c-grade comics than you’d find in a recycling bin, having a lower budget than Heroes that makes every CGI effect look like it’s escaped from 1997 and having the world’s least charismatic hero, it does have just a little bit going for it: it’s actually very slightly fun and it does have Summer Glau, Vinnie Jones and Keith David in it.
Here’s a trailer.
Sitting Tennant
Sitting Tennant (week 1, 2011)
Well, the people have spoken. More than that, the people have provided pictures, so praise the Lord, Sitting Tennant is back for 2011. We’re going to start off gently with only pic a week at first though – so no Friday Tennant, I’m afraid – so get your thinking caps on for the above delightful picture provided by both Ms Rullsenberg and new arrival Hebbie. Praise them heartily, since they (and others) have ensured Sitting Tennant’s return.
It’s an easy picture scoreboard, though. I don’t think even I can mess this one up.
- Rullsenberg, Hebbie: 10
Good luck, captioneers!
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. Don’t forget to include your name in the filename so I don’t get mixed up about who sent it to me.
The best pic in the stash each week will appear on Tuesday and get ten points.
You can also enter the witty and amusing captions league table by commenting on the photo, the best caption getting 10 points, everyone who contributes getting five points.
Tuesday’s showy Showtime news
Film
- John Michael Higgins joins We Bought A Zoo
- Michelle Pfeiffer to play Chris Pine’s mother in Welcome to People
- Ron Livingston to star in Ten Year and The Odd Life of Timothy Green
- Charlize Theron leaves J Edgar, Gossip Girl‘s Ed Westwick joins
- Ian McKellen and Andy Serkis confirmed for The Hobbit
British TV
- ITV restructures [subscription required]
- Channel 1 to close next month [subscription required]
- S4C/BBC partnership details announced, including programming on iPlayer and budget cuts
- Highlights of S4C’s 2011 programming
US TV
- Ryan Devlin to return to Cougar Town
- Californication, Shameless and Episodes all do well for Showtime
- ABC Family renews Pretty Little Liars and Secret Life of the American Teenager
- The Cape starts modestly
- Modern Family and Grey’s Anatomy get picked up for another season
- HBO passes on Documental with Steve Coogan and Ben Stiller
- Johnny Galecki to recur on Entourage plus casting on True Blood and TBS pilots
- Adrian Pasdar to recur on Castle
- ABC picking up Don’t Trust the Bitch in Apt 23