Category Archives: Television

Overnumerousness!

Posted on Wednesday, 13 July, 2011 by Jeremy

[The 8+ Club are playing Street Countdown] Prime: Eighteen letters, I’ve never seen so many… he is the One. Roy: [incredulously] What are you… Prime: Shh! This is the longest word yet on Street Countdown! Unlike normal Countdown, you see… Roy: I don’t care. [The 8+ Club finish an acapella version of the Countdown music] Prime: Negative One? Negative One: Twelve. Moss: Sixteen. Prime: Your word, Negative One. Negative One: Enormousness. Moss: I shall give my answer, if I may, in the form of a joke. Prime: This is most irregular… Moss: What do you call Negative One sitting alone in an empty room? Prime: I don’t know, what do you call Negative One sitting alone in an empty room? Moss: Overnumerousness! Prime: Gyles?\ Gyles: Yes, that is a word! And the joke makes sense! The Final Countdown (The IT Crowd)

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Starblazers!

Posted on Friday, 22 October, 2010 by Jeremy

I’m not sure what year it was, but I must have been only young. I was sitting in front of our wood framed colour (yes colour) Rank Arena television watching the Australia Broadcasting Corporation and I have memories of a space ship that looked like a sea going bulk hauler flying through space. It was at this point in time when my father brought in a National Video Cassette Recorder and turned off the television. Whilst the VCR was amazing technology for the time, I had no concept of what it did and it certainly made it difficult to work out what the tv show was. I never saw the show again. Over twenty five years later I was looking through the Virtual Primate blog and what did I find? A bulk carrier that is actually a spaceship! I can … Continue reading →

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New Doctor Who companion

Posted on Monday, 1 June, 2009 by Jeremy

The BBC today revealed that the companion for the forthcoming series of Doctor Who will be Karen Gillan. Twenty-one-year-old Gillan will star alongside new Time Lord, Matt Smith, when the smash hit drama returns to BBC One in spring 2010. With filming due to begin this summer, Gillan beat off dozens of hopefuls to land one of television’s most coveted roles. Gillan said: “I am absolutely over the moon at being chosen to play the Doctor’s new companion. The show is such a massive phenomenon that I can’t quite believe I am going to be a part of it. “Matt Smith is an incredible actor and it is going to be so much fun to act alongside him – I just can’t wait to get started!” Lead writer and Executive Producer, Steven Moffat, added: “We saw some amazing actresses for … Continue reading →

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Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles cancelled

Posted on Saturday, 30 May, 2009 by Jeremy

I was browsing through wikipedia tonight looking at the T800 series Terminators in response to the fourth Terminator movie Terminator Salvation was to be released soon. I was surprised to read that the tv series has been cancelled after leaving the second season on a cliffhanger. Series writer and executive producer Josh Friedman has issued the following personal statement: By now most of you have heard the news that T:SCC is cancelled. I received a call earlier today from Peter Roth at Warner Bros. and I appreciate both his personal and professional support throughout this show’s life. I know a lot of you are angry about the cancellation and want to find a place to direct your anger and to that I say do yourself a favor and find a way to move past it. Every network wants a big … Continue reading →

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The 2008 Olympics

Posted on Monday, 11 August, 2008 by Jeremy

Although I’m not usually that interested in watching sporting events that don’t involve some kind of combustion engine but I must say I’ve been really enjoying the Olympic coverage on television. So far I watched the Womens cycling road race where it was pouring down rain in rivers as they rode around the Great Wall of China – cheering on the young Russian girl in blue who managed to pull a 1 minute 40 second lead over the rest of the pack before being unable to hold the lead towards the end and I had to tear myself away from the television as I found the China VS USA basketball match excellent viewing. I was unaware that the Chinese basketball team was so good and I would consider the Americans to be pretty good at Basketball. (Not watching basketball normally) … Continue reading →

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MacOS 10.5 Leopard kills TivoTool

Posted on Monday, 12 November, 2007 by Jeremy

An unfortunate casualty of my recent operating system upgrade was the Perl based Tivo extraction tool Tivotool. I have been recommended the Java tool TySuiteJ, but I don’t think it has the elegance of Tivotool. I’ll post a review after I’ve tried TySuiteJ.

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What happened to Hiro?

Posted on Wednesday, 24 October, 2007 by Jeremy

**Potential Spoiler** In the current season of Heroes, Hiro has been sending tiny scrolls to his friend Ando in the future secreted inside a special sword. I have been wondering whether the writers intend to kill of Hiro. He’s a popular character but surely if he was able to return to the present time, wouldn’t Ando hear the adventures in person from Hiro?

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