Tuesday, 17 June, 2025

Category: television


You could maybe say that it was the kid\’s version of Twin Peaks but that wouldn\’t really be true; it wasn\’t that serious. Maybe it had something of Northern Exposure about it. Or you could just drop the comparisons and Read more…


I grew up watching Harold Lloyd and Charlie Chaplin and I still think they stand up as comic geniuses. I love watching Laurel and Hardy. I have to admit that the 3 Stooges weren\’t something I saw much of. I Read more…


I suppose as a child I was pretty lucky in that my dad\’s taste in programmes pretty much matched mine and my brothers — he was into all the sci-fi stuff and the cartoons (he still plays with lego for Read more…


I would have to watch it again but I think that this series was much better than it was ever  given credit for. It was directed by Kathryn Bigelow which is pretty much a guarantee of it being worth watching Read more…


A bit of research into this show demonstrates how many times the poor bloody show was chopped to bits and re-assembled into some Frankenstein\’s  Monster version of the Japanese original. It was a groundbreaker though and the fact that it Read more…


It\’s odd how some things just stick in your head and you don\’t have to see them that many times. Most British television, at least sci-fi orientated shows in the 1980s is pretty much typified by bad special effects and Read more…