HBO Europe has a new show from Norway that is a new take on the Alienation formula using time travel instead of space travel as the source of the refugees. It is an interesting look at 21st century Norway and how it relates to their Viking heritage.…
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Despite a lousy movie-going experience, I found the theatrical presentation of the first two episodes of the Amazon Prime series, Undone, to be quite compelling. The presentation format is primarily a rotoscoped cartoon. We’ve seen this before in A Scanner Darkly or Heavy Metal.…
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I just had a pretty lousy experience at the movie theater that did not need to be bad. If this had been my first experience at the Alamo Drafthouse, I would not come back. The reality is that a number of bad decisions collided to ruin the evening for me and many others.…
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The Mythbusters Exhibit is in its last week at the
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History so I thought I would take a look. The exhibit features artifacts from the show starting with the JATO rocket tubes from the very first episode and a Citroën turned motorcycle from the 2015 season. …
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I went to watch this week’s episode of
The Big Bang Theory off the DVR and notice that the episode number was not sequential from last week’s episode. Dish showed
The Indecision Amalgamation as episode #161 followed by
The Relationship Diremption as episode #164.…
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The third episode of the third series of Sherlock is full of twists and redirection. We learn much about Mrs. Watson, the Holmes’ parents, and Sherlock’s dog while weaving in and out of a very twisted plot. There are plenty of references to pop culture including calling Sherlock a blunt instrument in reference to James Bond.…
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Yet another brilliant episode. Sherlock must give the best man’s toast at Watson’s wedding. The episode is intertwined with small mysteries culminating in a big reveal or three at the end. Sherlock’s manic nature is on full display. There’s a touching moment at the end and where the show continues to dance around Sherlock’s sexual preference, orientation, or lack there of.…
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I caught the first of the three Sherlock episodes on the BBC iPlayer. The episode is called
The Empty Hearse and it refers to the fact that Sherlock faked his death at the end of the last season. The episode is full of speculation as to how he’d done it picking up right where the teaser webisode left off.…
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While I’m recommending good TV shows, let me add
Continuum to the list. This is an Canadian show that is a bit hard to find. Season 2 is now available on Netflix. Season 3 returns to SyFy channel in March. The plot focuses on an accidental time traveling cop.…
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BBC has released a webisode teaser for their upcoming series of Sherlock. The first two series (seasons) were just three episodes each. The show stars pre-Hobbit Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman as the iconic and now public domain characters Holmes and Watson.…
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I’m really late to the whole Breaking Bad party. Fortunately for me, there’s Netflix. I was able to watch the first four seasons online to get caught up to the final season that is still on the air. I just finished watching the penultimate episode and I’m still hooked.…
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I get all the channels on my HD receiver except ABC. Apparently they have a weak signal in DFW.
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