watch it: “Gaiman on Copyright Piracy and the Web”
Or, “Neil Gaiman Explains How Piracy Helped Sell his Books.” Nice to hear someone who gets it.
Year: 2011
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Christopher Eccleston’s charity Dalek sketch
It’s part of National Doodle Day, in support of Epilepsy Action, which helps people living with epilepsy. You can text to vote for Eccleston’s sketch (or that of any of the many other celebs who contributed), or bid to buy the originals on eBay…
the oh-no! DVD of the week: ‘The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu’
“Laughs and scares in equal measure”! Zero of each is still equal…
what do you think of ‘Outcasts’?
After last week’s first two episodes, I was feeling an enormous meh toward the show, but was willing to give it a few more episodes to find itself. After last night’s third episode, I’m still hugely ambivalent…
deep thought (re advertising on British TV)
It’s lovely to sit down in front of the telly for an hour or two of an evening and encounter not one ad warning about four-hour erections, bragging about one annual injection after two starter doses, and entreating you to ask your doctor about once-monthly Primeva.
trailer break: ‘Prom’
I blame the High School Musical movies for this. Damn you, Zac Efron, and your electric adorableness. Damn you.
question of the day: Has a movie ever inspired you to want to write its sequel?
Obviously, we need to know the title(s) of the movie(s) that left you so wanting more than you at least thought about what a sequel could bring. But I think we’d also like to know what it was about the story or the characters that was both left open-ended enough that a sequel was warranted, and was good enough that you’d actually want to see more of it.
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: really awful porn with a ‘Doctor Who’ theme
Well, I assume that Doctor Loo and the Phaleks is really awful. I’m sure as hell not gonna watch it for confirmation of that suspicion…
watch it: the hidden dangers e-cards and women present this Valentine’s Day
Girls: You just can’t trust ’em!
trailer break: ‘Arthur’
The humor here is so over the top and obvious that this Arthur won’t get caught between the moon and New York City… the moon will fall on him like an anvil on Wile E. Coyote.
