I found this at somewhere I work. A year ago, everyone would have been dying to have one of these. Now? Not so much…

I found this at somewhere I work. A year ago, everyone would have been dying to have one of these. Now? Not so much…

So I got my copy of the first season of Hannibal through the post today (buy it, it’s brilliant, even if there are only a couple of extra features on the Blu-Rays). Like most Blu-Rays and DVDs, it contains recommendations from critics on the cover:

The recommendation says:
“The scariest, most compelling TV chiller for years”
Indeed. But who’s it from?

Yes, Heat magazine. Hmm. Are the readers of Heat really the best target audience for Hannibal? Or have the marketers merely noticed that Hannibal airs on Sky Living in the UK and assumes that the show will be beloved by the same people who watch America’s Next Top Model?
This was a promo that aired in 2005 on the Irish network TG4 for US cop show Cold Case and Gaelic-language soap opera Ros na Rún. It even won an award.
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It’s holiday time! This is what I’m going to be doing for the next two weeks! Except not in the South of France.
So what does this mean for all five or even ten of you still reading this ‘ere blog? Well, for starters, there’s not going to be nothing new here until the 19th August. Sorry!
After that, a vestigial service will resume, probably largely consisting of my posting of YouTube videos, because you’re probably all going to be on holiday, too. But there’ll probably also be the “What did you watch…?” section, because there are some shows on TV this summer.
But definitely not coming back until the first week of September is The Daily News. That’s not just because I fancy having a whole month of not having to get up early to write it – it’s also because everyone who actually makes news, makes decisions, etc, is probably going to be on holiday, too, so there probably won’t be much to report anyway.
So have a great time in my absence. Let me know if you come across anything exciting to watch or indeed anything else interesting and I’ll see you all soon.
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