We are told this is the golden age of television. That we live in a bold new world where high-powered dramas pursue long-form stories with feature film-like production qualities. It is a rather tiresome platitude. Aside from an obvious vanity ...
Read More »Science fiction and fantasy TV theme songs: An assault on the ears
Theme songs are important. They set the mood and make fans immediately think of their favourite shows. Unfortunately, science fiction and fantasy television have been consistently appalling at picking a good song for the job. Why is that? When Star ...
Read More »Tales of Mulder and Scully: The X-Files returns
It’s official! The X-Files is returning to FOX for a six part mini series (or ‘TV event’ as the ridiculous executives are calling it). Rumours have been flying since the new year when it came out that FOX exec Gary Newman ...
Read More »There Are Solutions, Of Course: In Smokey Man We Trust
‘Politics is the art of controlling your environment’ – Hunter S. Thompson ‘Bill Davis told me that he believes he is the hero of the show […] Whatever makes it easy for you to sleep at night, CSM.’ – David ...
Read More »The original isn’t always better: TV and film
The American Film Institute voted An Affair to Remember the most romantic film of all time. It is a seminal classic. But how many people know that it was a remake of a film made 18 years earlier – with ...
Read More »Nostalgic Impulse: 10 live-action shows from my childhood
Like the previous list, these are not my top ten shows of the nineties (some do not fit the time period for starters), nor are these in any particular order, but rather this is just a list of ten shows ...
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