January 5th, 2009 by Mike Rubino — CBS, Reviews
The Unit returns after a brief holiday vacation with a new episode that felt like a classic Mission: Impossible episode… with a little more confusion and heroin. The show continued in its usual fashion, however, picking and choosing which storylines it wants to address, revisit, or ignore.
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January 3rd, 2009 by adam arseneau — Announcements, BBC
And the new Doctor is… somebody no one’s ever heard of. Via io9:
26 year-old Matt Smith will be the eleventh Doctor, starting in 2010’s fifth season along with new executive producers Steven Moffat and Piers Wenger.
The announcement was made on a special episode of the BBC’s Doctor Who Confidential series, although noted rumormeister Rich Johnston broke the news via Twitter an hour earlier. Smith, who’s starred in television adaptations of Philip Pullman’s The Ruby in the Smoke and The Shadow in the North alongside Billie Piper, has been known more for his stage work in the past, appearing in The History Boys and Swimming With Sharks (alongside My Own Worst Enemy’s Christian Slater) in London’s “glittering” West End.
So there you have it: a new Doctor Who. Well, I guess Intern Who, because he’s just a baby. Pray the Doctor never regenerates again, or the Daleks will be invading some poor high school looking for the Doctor, who will be sixteen.
(via io9)
January 2nd, 2009 by adam arseneau — BBC
According to the Guardian, Doctor Who fans may now have a face to put to all the anguish, hatred, bitter spite and large, rusty knives we want to slam into the man who dares replace David Tennant in the BBC’s long-running franchise. Or at least they will tomorrow, according to the paper. As for the identity of the new Gallifreyan, The Beeb has been unusually mum on this subject, managing (for once) to actually keep a secret from probing Whoites (who as probing fanboys go are some of the most… invasive).
Seriously, I do not envy the man or woman (okay… man) who gets to step into this job. Tennant has been fantastic as the latest incarnation of the time traveler, and whomever they have lined up better be sixteen feet tall, have three testicles and be made of solid gold. Otherwise, people are going to hate him right off out of pure, nerdy spite.
Be back here tomorrow to find out who. GET IT? AHAHA. Now I’ve got a Who song stuck in my head. (Who who, who who?)
January 1st, 2009 by Dave Johnson — Editorial
It’s that time of the year, when every website in the English-speaking world poops out a Top Ten List of some sort, so who are we to break from the pack? Nonconformity will not be a New Year’s resolution around these parts.
Before I continue, a heads up. I do own a PS3, which I do enjoy, but mainly for its Blu-ray capability. Games like Little Big Planet, Resistance 2 and Metal Gear Solid 4 are no doubt super titles, so Sony fanboys don’t take this 360-centric list as a slight. As far as the Wii? @#$% that %@#$.
December 23rd, 2008 by Dave Johnson — Fox
At last, the Fall finale. After a virtually uninterrupted sprint through the first half of the TV season, Prison Break wraps up until next year.
We’ve apparently relocated to Florida and have got Lincoln, still refusing to tuck in any clothes, working with Self, T-Bag (huh?) and Gretchen (a leather outfit in Miami humidity?) and eventually Mahone to track down the loser who captured Scylla.
Meanwhile, Michael is undergoing some kind of Company psy-ops to make him a super-operative, but little do his captors know he’s f—ed around with the hot water heater!
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December 22nd, 2008 by Mike Rubino — CBS, Reviews
The Unit’s return last night was filled with blistering action and blistering dialogue. Written by the show’s creator, David Mamet, the episode was steeped in sarcasm and wit. It’s always a tad jarring when Mamet shows up to write an episode, because it never seems to connect fully with the previous story arcs–he’s such an authoritative writer, however, that his excursions never bother me.
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December 18th, 2008 by Mike Rubino — Fox
Low-level Guard: Merry Christmas, Jack.
Jack Bauer: Merry Christmas… I’m sorry, who are you?
LLG: I’m Sam Talbot, I used to guard the holding rooms. You might not remember me, but I’m the guard you cold-cocked while trying to escape your temporary imprisonment after you went rogue chasing those Russians.
JB: Right. Merry Christmas.
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LLG: Merry Christmas, Jack.
JB: Merry Christmas…
LLG: Terry. Terry Wilson. You punched me in the throat that one time you were temporarily arrested for going rogue and trying to hand over valuable information to the Chinese, despite your promise that they would never actually get the information.
JB: Right. Merry Christmas.
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December 17th, 2008 by Dave Johnson — Fox
Apologies for the lateness of this post. I hope all five of you clamoring for my recap of this wacky show can forgive me. Anyway, what have we got going on? Nosebleed Mike is in the clutches of the Company ready to have his brain dissected, Lincoln has gone on an impromptu dental-work spree, Sucre seems to be packing it in and Mahone doe what he does best: get the @#$% out of here!
A busy episode–yet not a whole lot seemed to get done. Also, you know a series is approaching its twilight when you’ve got a Main Character Communes with the Dead in the Afterlife sequence.
Power rankings after the jump!
December 15th, 2008 by Michael Stailey — weird
If you ever wondered what Christmas was like at the White House, here’s your answer. It’s the not big budget PBS version, but more in the vein of America’s Funniest Home Videos.
December 15th, 2008 by JStewart — Fox, Reviews
“All I can offer you is coffee. You seem more like a coffee type,” Abraham, a blogger with links to an “aliencentric” project, tells Sarah.
“So I’ve been told.”
As Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles wraps up the fall with Episode 213, “Earthlings Welcome Here,” Sarah goes to a UFO conference to track down sightings of the “California Drones,” spacecraft with the three-dot markings she’s been dreaming about. There, she’s put on the trail of Abraham. By the end of the episode, she’ll see a Drone, but is it real or a hallucination? We’ll have to wait till February to find out. Continue reading →
