Earlier this week saw the series finale of Person of Interest and I've already watched the episode twice. Not since Chuck (2012) have I been so invested in a television show and not since then has a finale absolutely nailed it ( Read more... )

Nothing like a barrage of live-tweets to help you document and relive such an excellent episode of television:

I cannot believe the #PersonofInterest finale has come around so quickly! One of my all-time favourite shows... I don't think I'm ready.
- Nancy (@ntawali) July 11, 2016

Just realised that if @michaelemerson was in #Chuck, he'd be 3/3 in ( Read more... )

This year saw the end of two shows I've been watching week to week since their inaugural seasons. One was long overdue and done poorly, the other went out on a high and is one of the best series finales I have ever seen. The former is Castle, the latter Person of Interest.

I have been so disenchanted with Castle for the past three seasons (at least ( Read more... )

Towards the end of March, Netflix finally launched in Australia. I was on the verge of hooking up a US connection (complete with spoof IP) after experiencing Paul and Parker’s selection over the Christmas/New Year break, but decided this would be a cheaper option to test the waters ( Read more... )

I am a huge fan of binge watching television shows. It started when Foxtel would air back-to-back episodes of favoured shows (Arena's Friends and Will & Grace, Sci-Fi's Roswell). But you couldn't really rely on the networks for consistency. So, when DVD box sets became uber cheap, it was not uncommon to find me curled up in my bedroom with my ( Read more... )

A few years ago, I finally sat down and started watching Doctor Who. I'm not going to pretend to be something I'm not; I started at the 2005 version because the older seasons just didn't interest me. It could be the overwhelming idea of there being almost ten white British dudes preceding Christopher Eccleston's Nine, but I figured if I enjoyed the ( Read more... )

While I watch a lot of television shows (yet, ironically, little to no television), there are very few I really care about. Deeply enough to be affected by a cancellation, series finale, the cast, etc. In fact, I could count those I did become that invested in on one hand: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Lost, Firefly and Chuck - the latter of ( Read more... )

Several years ago, I discovered a little show called Glee, thanks to the Internet. I was watching streaming episodes before it had even aired in Australia and branded myself a "Gleek" long before it actually took off as this mass enterprise, more concerned with publicity than decent storylines.

While my love for the show has since diminished ( ( Read more... )

Having been to several cons in the last two years, I feel I can adequately say that "CastleConAU", held last night in the Sydney CBD, was by the far the best. Not in terms of star factor or geek outs, purely in terms of organisation, fun, face time and general atmosphere.

Fifty people squeezed into the top floor of 72 Erskine, creating more of a ( Read more... )

As a child of the 90s, the first (and only) quiz show that ever interested me (pre-millennium) was Vidiot. Televised on the ABC and targeting teenagers, it included questions about music, films, and general pop culture knowledge. Much to my disappointment, it only ran for three years - and it would be a long time before it was replaced in my heart ( Read more... )