@JimTheFish — I have no patience for boring, one-note zombies either, with their comical “Brains!” refrain and absolutely baseless (as usually written) brutish aggression.  That’s why iZombie seems so fresh — this girl is a dead *person*, with personal concerns only with a twist to the lens; and briefly taking on characteristics of dead people…[Read more]

@purofilion yes, it is. It’s interesting that the new wave of feminism was happening at this time, but it still took time for things to filter through to popular culture, as is the way.

Oh, ok, same Cassandra, different episode.

@JimTheFish I agree about Jo. Pertwee’s Doctor has such a strong personality that he can be quite a presence in a r…[Read more]

@Bluesqueakpip @Pedant @JimTheFish @Purofilion and any other Buffy fans.

I’ve started watching iZOMBIE, which is a new show on The CW, in the US, and it reminds me a lot of Buffy. It’s only three episodes in so it could go all pear-shaped, but so far it’s quite fun.

It’s based on a comic book and is about a young woman who gets turned into a…[Read more]

@purofilion, @JimTheFish  MotOE, yes, a gorgeous piece, polished and dark to precisely the right “period” tone — it does stick in my memory as a finely-cut gem, complete with strong moral-dilemma undertones and overtones, and that beautiful little scene on the beach after . . .  Just a knock-out.  “Listen” is more of a mysterious enigma story, ha…[Read more]

Thanks @JimtheFish

All that love-bombing and ‘family of nations’ pish doesn’t seem to be quite so funny or heartfelt now apparently…

Quite agree, but at least there’s an awareness that there’s a population at the north end of the UK. Poor Wales hardly merits a mention and NI gets ignored completely!  Good debate last night, did you catch it?  Fem…[Read more]

@JimtheFish

I’m with you on OHMS but in many ways it’s the anomaly n the series till Craig came along.  I loved Connery’s Bond – it was dryly tongue in cheek enough, and it was of its time – gadgets, sharp suits, fast cars. But there’s a limit to how long you can sustain that in a series before you need some character development, otherwise it…[Read more]

Woah… am I behind or what??

Missed our Emperor’s birthday – hangs head in shame and expects to get exterminated on the spot! Belated happies to @Craig ( 😆  at “the 45” – that’s brilliant)

Some absolutely brilliant songs of the day from everyone – @Lisa, @FatmaninaBox, @JimtheFish @Arbutus – lots of faves in there, thank you all. And…[Read more]

@JimTheFish   The war on humanities, another painful subject. And it’s becoming even worse as our government is encouraging universities and colleges to become job-filling machines, providing incentives for engineering, business, and trades, and discouraging both humanities and science. As stated above, our Premier has little respect for hig…[Read more]

@purofilion  @JimTheFish    I do much of my limited TV viewing on Netflix while on the elliptical trainer, and I am currently working my way through eights seasons of House MD. But my Netflix has now added Buffy, so I guess I will give it a try, as the much-admired Hive Mind seems to approve of it. No guarantees that the Buffy-speak and teen ang…[Read more]

@janetteB Oh goodie, what’s the oncoming show on the BBC that you’re suggesting might help me not starve to death on a diet of awful TV between now and August?

@JimTheFish Yes, exactly, on how the flash-bang gang of viewers start foaming at the mouth of characters in film fiction actually start showing some *character*, especially *character…[Read more]

@JimTheFish I agree absolutely with you on the merits of a rounded education rather than the binary arts or sciences that schools and universities push. My two eldest boys have both tried to do a mix of subjects, Maths, Computing, Drama and English rather to the despair of their school. As they both want to be actors I have encouraged them to do…[Read more]

@purofilion and @JimTheFish. Fingers crossed this excuse for a government is too ineffective to get their sell off of Australian education bill through. Hate, hate, hate this government and what they are trying to do to this country.

I was at Uni when HECS was introduced and one of those evil, placard waving students and to make it worse HECS was…[Read more]

@Jimthefish @Janetteb

I didn’t realise so many writers frequented these boards. Very happy to give you both feedback; I deal mainly in scriptwriting but a lot of principles are the same. DM me if you want to.

On a broader note, I think my idea for a forum written Who ep could work. Not sure about the mechanics of it, but I am sure we have the…[Read more]

@Purofilion. I hadn’t noticed the Who rerun on ABC. I don’t watch TV at night. That is usually when I am working or supposed to be.

Five months to go!!! I guess they are filming now. I am surprised by the lack of news leaking out or maybe that is because we don’t have @Wolfweed here these days to keep us up to date. I hope he returns…[Read more]

@purofilion
Thanks.

@DonnaNoble has made a smart move in asking for feedback, no matter how nerve-wracking that can be. Part of writing is accepting positive feedback, as is re-writing. A lot of re-writing.

I don’t mind the re-writing part so much bit generally have 3 or 4 scripts in various stages on the go to keep it interesting. Funnily…[Read more]

What to do when we get to Sunday? So many possibilities as @JimTheFish and others mentioned.

but wait! there’s more

I also love the Gloomy tune a lot – Sarah Brightman does a really good version on it too…[Read more]

ah- so many great tunes!!

Will have to listen tomorrow (have my brother ’round yesterday and today).

And apologies for no Friday song from me.
So here’s an even more specific track than my Thursday offering, here’s Friday Night, August 14th

@Jimthefish – your post could’ve been written by me! had…[Read more]

oh @Arbutus I say “Bless these time zones” as they mean people are forced to look into the dustier corners of their collections!

Not to say that The Guess Who aren’t forever on your system…

;¬)

And @Jimthefish – ah, John Lee Hooker. Always fascinated by what he does, but completely impossible for me to play harmonica along to! ah well, serves…[Read more]

Curse this whole time zone thing. Puro used my first Wednesday choice (on Tuesday night in my world), and now I see that @JimTheFish has beaten me to John Lee Hooker. So, my third choice is from Canadian classic rockers The Guess Who.