classic ‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “The Movie”
Made of spoilers. Don’t read until you’ve seen the episode.
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more adventures in corporate Hollywood totally misunderstanding the Internet
I wrote recently about how the people behind Kick-Ass missed a golden opportunity to engage with fans of the film when they failed to do anything with the domain redmist.org, which features prominently in the film. Two more examples of the same mystifying failure cropped up over the past few days. Last Thursday’s installment of … more…
oh thank the gods: Fox says no to American ‘Torchwood’
We dodged a bullet. Fox — known mostly for killing innovative science fiction such as Firefly (The X-Files would never have survived on Fox today) — has passed on a redo of the Doctor Who spinoff Torchwood (via the Hollywood Reporter blog The Live Feed): Fox has decided not to pursue a U.S. version of … more…
question of the day: What should Conan O’Brien do next?
We haven’t heard much from Conan O’Brien since NBC unceremoniously booted him from The Tonight Show after Jay Leno’s experiment with primetime chat flopped. But now, with the networks in the final throes of lining up next fall’s programming schedules, he’s back in the spotlight, if only a small one. The USA Today blog Technology … more…
Jon Stewart loves Barbie; should government support the arts?; learning Na’vi; more: leftover links
Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post. And inevitably, I end the week with most of that material unused. But … more…
because Fox really, really hates ‘Torchwood’ fans
The American television network Fox is developing an American version of Torchwood. The Hollywood Reporter has the gall to frame it: Huge news for sci-fi fans: Fox is developing a stateside version of the U.K. hit series “Torchwood.” Yeah, “huge news” like Hitler invading Poland is “huge news.” It gets worse: Unlike U.S. adaptations that … more…
question of the day: Is Fox’s ‘The Cleveland Show’ nothing more than a 21st-century minstrel show?
I haven’t seen an episode of The Cleveland Show, Fox’s new Sunday-night animated sitcom — I’m not a fan of Seth MacFarlane, and I can’t stand Family Guy — but from what I have seen (trailers, TV ads, and such) and from what I know about MacFarlane, I don’t find it much of stretch to … more…
question of the day: ‘Family Guy’ abortion episode: WTF?
This is how big a cynic I am: When I heard that an upcoming episode of the Fox cartoon series Family Guy centered on abortion, and that Fox was chickening out of airing it, the only thing I could think was, Well, that’s a good way to get some press, ain’t it? It all went … more…
question of the day: How could reality TV sink any lower than Fox’s new ‘I Married a Stranger’?
The Hollywood Reporter blog The Live Feed made the announcement: Fox is developing a wedding reality series where brides-to-be don’t meet their husbands until they exchange vows. In A. Smith & Co.’s “I Married a Stranger,” a woman frustrated by the dating scene agrees to marry a man she’s never met. While she prepares for … more…
question of the day: Could the American broadcast networks be bigger crybabies?
They’re at it again: ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC are complaining because President Obama has asked for some primetime access to discuss with the American public his first 100 days in office. As the New York Post explains: [P]rogrammers are starting to act peeved at Obama’s primetime interruptions — one a month since January — … more…
