11 July, 2010 (10:42) | The Watcher | By: James Tyler
After a recent conversation with Barry Miller at the recent Battlezone event, and seeing a post by the always wonderfully minded Obsolete Toaster on GBBS, I’ve decided to re-evaluate something I evaluated here before. The Treks. Arguably it’s one of the most successful franchise and one that’s survived several incarnations. But, while I’m a trek [...]
Tags: bsg, fandom, geek, movies, sci fi, star trek, telebox
Comments: 5
5 July, 2010 (12:15) | The Watcher | By: James Tyler
There was a comment somewhere about old movies and how Godfather didn’t count as old as it was made in 1974. I didn’t realise it was that old, and when I opened my Google Reader today, I realised time had passed by more quickly than I thought. While I was busy dealing with some stuff [...]
Tags: fantasy, geek, movies, sci fi
Comments: 17
28 June, 2010 (11:45) | The Watcher | By: James Tyler
A lot of people hate sit-coms as they are often mindless entertainment filled with one note jokes, I can include myself in that list for the majority of what I see, but for all the ways to tell a story there are, nothing tickles our fancy more than a good laugh. So I figured it’s [...]
Tags: fives, geek, sci fi
Comments: 9
26 June, 2010 (19:50) | The Watcher | By: James Tyler
At of 7pm tonight the latest series of Doctor Who, the first under Steven Moffat's watch, came to an end. The first part of the finale ending with a huge cliffhanger (well, it can't get any bigger than the end of the universe, can it?) and tonight we saw the big resolution with the man [...]
Tags: doctor who, geek, sci fi, telebox
Comments: 2
10 June, 2010 (13:28) | The Watcher | By: James Tyler
You know what I hate? Midgets. But almost as much as those creepy little stalking bastards, I hate TV executives that cancel something because all they want is the next best thing and if the ratings aren’t spanktastic to start with they lose interest. Nothing gets a chance any more and it’s irritating to watch [...]
Tags: fives, geek, movies, sci fi, telebox
Comments: 11
Moaning.