deep thought (re ‘The Hangover Part II’)
I haven’t seen The Hangover Part II yet, and probably won’t get a chance to catch it till next Tuesday. So I get to keep dreading it for days more still. Hoorah!
Year: 2011
cute animal video: silly cat likes wearing a paper bag on its head
This is how to start a holiday weekend: put a paper bag on your head and walk around and see what happens.
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Silence invade London!
I don’t remember the Silence being at the Doctor Who Experience when I was there in February. But I would say that, wouldn’t I?
X-Men: First Class (review)
“Best. Comic Book Movie. Evah!” So my inner fangirl is screaming at the moment as she does a little happy Snoopy dance.
trailer break: ‘Everything Must Go’
I bet Will Ferrell is great in this. I will forgive him the next shitty big-budget movie he does if this is good and his performance is excellent.
question of the day: Is it too soon for a sitcom about an army bomb disposal squad?
It was 20 years after the Korean War ended before CBS gave us M*A*S*H. With the Afghan war still on, the BBC wants to make us laugh about bomb-disposal soldiers…
retro ad: 1980s Pit Fall videogame ad with Jack Black
Before he was Kung Fu Panda, Jack Black was the annoying kid in a videogame commercial.
trailer break: ‘Kung Fu Panda 2’
This looks pretty okay: not one single fart joke in the trailer.
question of the day: What is the most positive, most productive concept for a reality show you can think of?
Surely there must be a way to harness something of the worst-of-human-nature aspect that makes these shows popular while also highighting the best of what we can do…
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: the cheek! Starz’ ‘Torchwood: Miracle Day’ trailer not available in the U.K.
Was this a deliberate snub to the nation that gave Torchwood to Starz? It’s hard to see how it could be an accidental oversight…
