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Re-evaluating, or why I’m not Voyager’s biggest fan.

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 [...]

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Great Scott! An anniversary to remember.

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 [...]

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The Funnies; The top five comedy characters in TV’s past

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 [...]

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Doctor Who’s fifth series goes out with a bang!

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 [...]

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Cancelled shows, some twat called Wayne and an evil midget.

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 [...]

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