19 posts tagged “tv”
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Thursday | Jun 19 2008
Cookie Monster
Episode: #04082
It's an outrage that cookies are no longer the number one snack for children under six. Fruit is un-American.
You've probably heard about a mythical fanboy movie called Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation. Well I'm here to tell you it's all true. If you could only see what I have seen with my eyes. I got chance to attend a screening last June during the final months of the original Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. It was an awesome movie experience.
Current TV is currently running a pod (video short) about the filmmakers and their movie.
Doctor Who: BBC Offical Site | Sci Fi Channel | Wikipedia
The Doctor is in. Season 4 of the current Doctor Who series begins this coming Friday night with a 90 minute episode. With Torchwood coming to a season's end, the Doctor's return is a much welcomed one. Lest we forget, we just started the final season of Battlestar Galactic. And if you need more genre television don't forget about Blood Ties.
Here's a video teaser for an all new season of Doctor Who.
I've always had a desire to my own home library. It would be predominately filled with history books, especially American history. Have a look at this Current TV pod about New York's Strand Bookstore. They have a service called Books By The Foot.
Blood Ties: IMDB | iTunes | Official Site [Canada] | Official Site [US] | Wikipedia
Yes, I'm still decompressing from SXSW 2008. I'm currently recovering via TV. Speaking of which, I sure many of us have a need for some form of vampire TV series. For now, said series is a Canadian TV series known as Blood Ties. It's by no means, perfect. It's watchable. It's a guilty pleasure. In some ways this show is a modern take on the late 80's show Beauty and the Beast. There's the Beast (vampire) Henry, played by Kyles Schmid, eye candy for female viewers. And there's the Beauty Vicki, played by Christina Cox, eye candy for male viewers. Actually, the show is based on a series of best-selling novels by author Tanya Huff known as the Blood Books. That all being said, this show doesn't have a huge budget. But the producers make up for that with slick lighting, camera angles, editing, and the occasional CG effects. At least give it a try. You can actually watch the episodes online, right now. You'll have to click through to get to the previous episodes.
The US televised broadcast of season 2 begins this Saturday, March 22, 2008 on the Lifetime Real Women channel. Check your local listings, here's central Texas for Time Warner.
Torchwood: IMDB | Official Site | Wikipedia
Fuck! Season 2 of Torchwood has already started. Thankfully, BBC America does repeat episodes. Set those DVR's and get to watching.
Just a quick "hey how are ya". Yes I haven't been blogging around these parts for the past month. I've actually been rather busy having recently started my video podcast which is found at my other Vox blog TexasGeek.tv.
My busy schedule all started with the 3-day Austin City Limits Music Festival. Just four days later, I attended the 8-day Fantastic Fest movie festival. The next day, I went to the premiere screening of The Nines with Ryan Reynolds and director John August in attendance. Two days later, I was once again co-filming a local cable access show I work on in Austin, TX. The next day was the start (for me) of attending this season's Heroes TV Party at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema (Village). Somewhere along the way, there's been a lot additional movie and TV show viewing. There was also the wonderful The Pixar Story screening with director Leslie Iwerks in attendance.
On the podcasting side of things, I did a butt load of filming during all eight days of Fantastic Fest. I'm still not done editing and uploading videos. I filmed The Nines Q&A and already have it edited. I holding out before uploading it. Just this past Tuesday night, I went to a screening of local Austin, TX film Pathogen with young female director Emily Hagins attendance. I filmed the Q&A, but haven't worked on editing it, yet. This past Wednesday night I had the pleasure of attending a very special screening of the new Coen Brothers film No Country For Old Men. Josh Brolin was there and I filmed the Q&A. I really want to start editing the footage today. And this Sunday, I'll be co-filming another episode of the cable access show I mentioned earlier.
Next week, there are two very important events I'll be attending. One of them I've been waiting on all summer for and the other one I've been waiting on for the past year.
Ahh, good times.
Torchwood: Official Site | IMDB | Wikipedia
If you are currently suffering from the Sci Fi Channel's Flash Gordon, never fear Torchwood is here. Having already watched the 35 minute preview on BBC American On Demand, I can safely say, I love this series.
Here's a video podcast with actor John Barrowman describing what is Torchwood and who is Captain Jack. This is part one of seven podcast episodes. The next episodes will be released as the TV series airs.
The complete series has already been seen outside of America. If you start doing any searching for additional information or come across fan websites, you'll no doubt spoil it, for yourself.
Torchwood is led by the enigmatic, ever-watchful Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman - Doctor Who), uses scavenged alien technology to solve present day crime - both alien and human. They’re separate from the government, working outside the police and beyond the United Nations.
From an underground base built on a rift in time and space, Torchwood sets its own rules, delving into the unknown and fighting the impossible whether it is responding to an alien threat, sightings of extra-terrestrial technology, an unusual autopsy report, or the spread of a deadly alien virus.
Part X-Files, part Angel, Torchwood is the team we’d all love to be part of, where excitement comes before morality and the rules are made as you go along.
Torchwood premieres Saturday, September 8th at 9pm EST / 8pm CST.
Original source: bbcamerica.com
