Jul 06

http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2010/07/06/freaks-and-geeks-most-influential-show-i-wouldnt-have-thought-would-be-influential/

Jul 02

The TV Drama Conundrum

Until very recently, I thought that all modern TV dramas should be in the Battlestar Galactica (BSG)/ The Shield/ Mad Men format. That is, the series is presented with one long overarching story that has a beginning, middle and end which is revealed over the run of the show. I believed that the "old" way of TV dramas, where the series has a beginning, lots and lots of meandering middle and only and ending when the ratings dictated it, was obsolete. These "old" types of shows don't follow a series long story and instead tend to rely on episodes with self contained stories that don't nearly interrelate like episodes from modern ones

However, after spending an afternoon watching episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG), I'm not so sure that this "old" model is any worse/better than the modern one.

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Jun 29

Warren!

Jun 21

Mad Men

Poster for the upcoming fourth season of the show. 

Jun 18

Tomorrow, When the War Began

Australian Red Dawn. 

Jun 18

Two Men Enter, One Man Leaves

This is my final column reviewing the three Mad Max movies. If the first Mad Max (1979) film was about a man lost in revenge and the second The Road Warrior (1981) was about redemption then the third Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) must've been about Tina Turner, her golden pipes and a band of roguish children.

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Jun 15

The Walking Dead

From AMC: AMC today has released the first production photo of lead actor Andrew Lincoln portraying police officer Rick Grimes in AMC's adaptation of The Walking Dead.

Jun 15

http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/al_williamson_1931_2010/

Jun 15

Link. 

Jun 10

The Walking Dead

Making of video and the first official publicity photo from the series.