Thursday’s “In Treatment re-treatment” news

31 March 2011 Rob Buckley Post a comment

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Question of the week: what do you think of Jennifer Garner as Miss Marple?

30 March 2011 Rob Buckley 12 Comments

In case you missed yesterday’s news, Jennifer Garner – 38 and the former star of Alias and Elektra – is to play Agatha Christie’s Miss Jane Marple in a new series of movies. 

Now my initial thoughts on this were

  1. WTF?
  2. Seriously, WTF?
  3. Sacrilege! 
  4. Do all women in movie franchises have to be hot or couldn’t there be just one who got by on her brains? 

But now I’ve had a think about it (and reconciled myself to 4 never ever happening), I’m actually quite warming to the idea.

  1. It’s a series of prequels. We’ve had Young Sherlock Holmes. We’ve had Casino Royale.  Why not Youngish – no, let’s go with Young, cos she’s the same age as me – Miss Marple?
  2. I quite like Jennifer Garner, even if Alias was largely pants
  3. We’ve already had the best old Miss Marple possible (Joan Hickson) so why try to gild gold? Why not do something different?
  4. Miss Marple was something of a cipher, so anything to fill out the character with some proper backstory would be good.
  5. I hate Agatha Christie stories and don’t care if something’s not faithful to them. They’re pre-ruined.
  6. Anything to get a decent franchise with a lead female character, please.

But what do you think?

Do you approve of Jennifer Garner as Miss Marple? Do you think only older actresses should be able to play the character? Or do you think this a good idea?

Answers below or a link to your response on your own blog, please

Wednesday’s “FX: renewal is no illusion” news

30 March 2011 Rob Buckley Post a comment

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  • Anita Dobson and Greta Scacchi to play Bette Davis and Joan Crawford in Bette & Joan

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A clip from Jim Henson’s unaired pilot for The Wizard of Oz

29 March 2011 Rob Buckley Post a comment

You ever read ‘The Wizard of Id’? It’s a cartoon strip that appears in over 1,000 newspapers around the world (I used to read it when I was but a wee bairn). It started in 1964 but in 1969, Jim Henson of The Muppet Show and Sesame Street fame put together a pilot for a TV version. Now footage has miraculously escaped onto YouTube – you might recognise a few voices. Enjoy! 

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Tuesday’s Sitting Tennant (week 11, 2011)

29 March 2011 Rob Buckley 11 Comments

Today’s picture of Tennant joy is brought to you by Toby. Hope you enjoy it and it inspires your captioning muscles.

  1. Hebbie: 55
  2. Sister Chastity: 35
  3. Rullsenberg, Toby: 25
  4. Erin C, Janice: 15
  5. esgaril, theriverlady: 5

In captionland, it was SK who managed to produce the most apposite caption of the week. Congratulations to everyone for your wonderful captions, though, and good luck this week.

  1. Rullsenberg, Marie: 50
  2. Toby: 45
  3. SK: 35
  4. Electric Dragon, theriverlady, Lisa G: 30
  5. Jane Henry: 25
  6. Virpi: 15
  7. Joe B: 10
  8. Hebbie: 5

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; the runners up will appear on Friday (one per person who sends one in) and get five points.

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