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Dr. Horrible: The Conclusion
Now that it’s all over, let’s talk some more about Dr. Horrible. First thing’s first. I’ve got to eat some crow. After Act I, I said, “Unlike a full Whedon series, this episode doesn’t offer a dollop of angst on top of the fantasy pie. Everyone is just there to have fun.” Lawdy, was I wrong. [...]
Continue reading...Blogging Along With Dr. Horrible
16. July 2008 Posted by Marcia
Right, then. Let’s talk Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. It’s fairly certain that no 13-minute Internet video has ever received quite so many blog inches in the history of the Internet, and I was as guilty as anyone of hyperbole and over-excitement. In theory, it sounded like, quite possibly, the greatest thing ever. So how did it [...]
Continue reading...What Horrible News
14. July 2008 Posted by Marcia
Sure, I’m on summer holiday, but tomorrow I’ll be setting my alarm clock and getting up at the painfully early hour of 8:00. What could inspire me to inflict such suffering on myself? Only Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, of course, The first episode premieres at 8:00 am here in the UK, and will be shown [...]
Continue reading...Shameless Promotion
9. June 2008 Posted by Marcia
The PV writers are a diverse bunch, with careers ranging from novelist to journalist to scriptwriter to whatever it is that Plattie does. Well, Fergus has just added another title to his resume: music video director. Check out this ditty from Scottish comedy rock act The Plimptons, produced and directed by our own Fergus Mitchell and [...]
Continue reading...Liveblogging Eurovision
24. May 2008 Posted by Marcia
It’s that time of year again. Dust off your gold lamé suit, pour yourself one hell of a stiff drink and carefully readjust your irony meter — it’s Eurovision time! Fergus and I have been training for this by watching early 80s music videos while listening to overly earnest progressive rock and Swedish pop music, and [...]
Continue reading...Seeing in Eurovision
22. May 2008 Posted by Marcia
Today, the web is abuzz with news of the latest American Idol winner (or as abuzz as one can be about a topic very few people seem to care about), but here at PV, we’re looking ahead to the true talent contest of the year: Eurovision. Yes, this Saturday, the countries of Europe pit their [...]
Continue reading...Doing Anything on the BBC
20. March 2008 Posted by Marcia
I’m not sure that anyone does a cheesy reality show quite like the British. Sure, the US may have mastered such competitive fare as Survivor or The Amazing Race, but when we want some tongue-in-cheek fun, we know which nation to turn to for inspiration. After all, the nation that gave us Pop Idol and [...]
Continue reading...If Only Life Was a Musical…
I have often bemoaned the fact that rarely, if ever, do people in real life break out into song and dance the way they do in a musical. I am convinced there would be much more harmony in this world if we occasionally took the time to link arms and bust out some Rockette-style kicks. Apparently, [...]
Continue reading...The BBC Looks For Its One and Only
24. January 2008 Posted by Plattie
When Marcia asked me to watch and review the BBC’s latest Saturday evening entertainment offering, The One and Only, I was fairly sure I was in for another relentlessly dull, cringingly awkward cheese-fest in the Strictly Come Dancing tradition. But, I was only half right. Cheesy? Yes. Cringingly awkward? Oh my yes. But relentlessly dull? [...]
Continue reading...Tidbits for December 6, 2007
I don’t think this is actually a story, but TV Squad is pretending that there might be a House musical someday. Apparently, everyone in the cast has some sort of musical experience. My first response: oh, hell yeah. You know the choreography for Hugh Laurie and his cane would be fabulous. My second response: that [...]
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Monday’s top picks:
There’s something for everyone on Monday night. How I Met Your Mother still makes me laugh every week, which is something I never thought I’d say for a CBS comedy. CBS, 8:30
Chuck also still makes me laugh. So does Heroes, which follows it, though I’m pretty sure Chuck is the only one that’s intentionally funny. NBC, 8:00 and 9:00
For cheesy goodness, Gossip Girl’s second season has more than lived up to the promise of the first one. Chuck may be the greatest soap villain since Amanda Woodward first flexed her claws. CW, 8:00
21. July 2008 Posted by Marcia
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