media natterings
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tenayaI was browsing through the works of Patrick McGoohan and found that Disney had recently released Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh. In fact, it was a limited release last November and it's already out of print with the price on ebay close to double of its release price. Snooze you lose. Anyway, better to buy it now because it will only go up in price. Interestingly, it's a 2 disk set, the first set being the three episodes originally televised and the second disk it the movie they cobbled together and is the version they rarely repeated on tv. Just a heads up in case you're interested.
I also found an old British film about corruption in a trucking company called Hell Drivers. It stars Stanley Baker, Patrick McGoohan, William Hartnell, Gordon Jackson, David McCallum and Sean Connery. 1957. Wow. I'm looking forward to watching this tonight.
On the FiOS front, Verizon sent us a new set top box with no reason. We hadn't requested it, and when we phoned, they didn't know why it was sent. After mulling it over, I went ahead and switched it out. Would it kill them to include an explanation? And while I was futzing about with the electronics, I changed out my dvd recorder with one that works. Now I can burn some disks and clear out the tivos!
Supernatural: An interesting ep but boy, it sure seems like a march to big, unhappy finish. Even Mom noticed. She was fiddling with her wire wrapping stuff as she watched and suddenly blurted out, "they're going to kill them both, aren't they?" I have to agree that they are laying the dramatic ground work for that but I hope it's a fake out for the viewer.
Criminal Minds: Heh heh, thank you for making my life a Cher song. *g* Very creepy. It was good to see something a little different, and Prentiss getting a little more screen time. Reid is looking very stylish. Sometimes he is geek central and other times he is sporting purple scarves and coordinated clothing. Maybe Reid has a multiple personalities??? *eg*
No Top Gear, no NCIS, no The Mentalist, no SGA.... ::::sigh::::
On the other hand, I turn the news on and instead of busting a blood vessel while Dumbshit smirks and sits on this thumbs (do you know that Bush had 77 vacations over the past 8 years?!?) I see Obama doing whatever and even if I don't quite like what he's doing, I still get a little grin because he's smart and he's got a plan and the first thing he is doing is going through the metaphorical refrigerator and throwing out all the moldy stuff. What a relief!
Oh, I also have to mention a clip they showed on the Daily Show. It showed Hillary Clinton walking through the State Dept on her first day on the job. She was surrounded by hordes of happy, applauding people. Stewart labeled it as Hillary liberating the State Dept and that is exactly what it looked like. What the hell was Condoleezza Rice doing to those people? They were all but sobbing with relief.
I also found an old British film about corruption in a trucking company called Hell Drivers. It stars Stanley Baker, Patrick McGoohan, William Hartnell, Gordon Jackson, David McCallum and Sean Connery. 1957. Wow. I'm looking forward to watching this tonight.
On the FiOS front, Verizon sent us a new set top box with no reason. We hadn't requested it, and when we phoned, they didn't know why it was sent. After mulling it over, I went ahead and switched it out. Would it kill them to include an explanation? And while I was futzing about with the electronics, I changed out my dvd recorder with one that works. Now I can burn some disks and clear out the tivos!
Supernatural: An interesting ep but boy, it sure seems like a march to big, unhappy finish. Even Mom noticed. She was fiddling with her wire wrapping stuff as she watched and suddenly blurted out, "they're going to kill them both, aren't they?" I have to agree that they are laying the dramatic ground work for that but I hope it's a fake out for the viewer.
Criminal Minds: Heh heh, thank you for making my life a Cher song. *g* Very creepy. It was good to see something a little different, and Prentiss getting a little more screen time. Reid is looking very stylish. Sometimes he is geek central and other times he is sporting purple scarves and coordinated clothing. Maybe Reid has a multiple personalities??? *eg*
No Top Gear, no NCIS, no The Mentalist, no SGA.... ::::sigh::::
On the other hand, I turn the news on and instead of busting a blood vessel while Dumbshit smirks and sits on this thumbs (do you know that Bush had 77 vacations over the past 8 years?!?) I see Obama doing whatever and even if I don't quite like what he's doing, I still get a little grin because he's smart and he's got a plan and the first thing he is doing is going through the metaphorical refrigerator and throwing out all the moldy stuff. What a relief!
Oh, I also have to mention a clip they showed on the Daily Show. It showed Hillary Clinton walking through the State Dept on her first day on the job. She was surrounded by hordes of happy, applauding people. Stewart labeled it as Hillary liberating the State Dept and that is exactly what it looked like. What the hell was Condoleezza Rice doing to those people? They were all but sobbing with relief.
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Date: 2009-01-26 06:14 pm (UTC)They will have to sort out the angel thing. And get rid of Ruby. And let the boys end up like Bobby down the road (and why the hell did they diss Bobby in the last ep, anyway?)