I've just started watching the HBO miniseries John Adams. It's a very ambitious project, combining modern cinematographic technique, a good critical eye for the realities of the American Revolution, and intelligent direction that ensures that traits like ethnicity and gender shine through. This isn't a tale of the logical unfolding towards some ( Read more... )

There's a minor press brouhaha about the TV show Man vs Wild. It would seem Bear Grylls got plenty of help while in the wild, including having a raft made for him by consultants and sometimes going back to a hotel at night ( Read more... )

Tonight, the SciFi Channel will unveil "Eureka", its new show ( Read more... )

I just discovered that YouTube has several episodes of Kure Kure Takora, a weird Japanese kids show from the 1970s. The title roughly translates to "Gimme Gimme Octopus", and is a bunch of weird skits about a red octopus and what looks like a summer squash. The skits are highly surreal and often violent ( Read more... )

Well, the gay rodeo vid was supposed to have been on Sex Life Live last night, but the last I heard from the host, he was still in the process of picking the video up. I have no idea if he got it, if it worked at the show, or anything. I hope things went well with it.

Battlestar Galactica (BSG) is a show that, since its inception, has made me realize what a brilliant writer Ronald Moore is. On top of that, it also made me realize why the Star Trek franchise is doomed. That tale, however, is for another day ( Read more... )