Christmas is Over, the Goose is Getting Recycled no comments

Well, the year is nearly over . . . but will the Survivors make it into next year?

And if they do, will anyone care?

We left them with Greg suffering from a potentially fatal gunshot wound and Abbey abducted. And a teasing glimpse of a kid called Peter Grant.

The original series had Greg Preston as a dynamic, resourceful man who had vision and control, until forced to abdicate due to illness. This one had him as dynamic and resourceful and always spouting on about his plan, which never materialised. Instead of getting organised and on with it he always prevaricated - and look where it got him.

Abbey, having accepted Naj as a surrogate Peter, looks set to be distracted again when the new Peter makes himself known. Or is it another ringer? Who happens to have the same name.

Tom has fallen out with Sarah, the insipid slut, but has done so little about it that he must be vying to be the new Greg. Assuming the old one doesn't recover. I bet Paterson Joseph is hoping not . . .

Dexter, newly promoted from incompetant thug to Official Government Incompetant Thug, celebrated by pissing Tom off. Tom in turn proved to be a lousy shot (but with a shotgun not intented for distant single targets) but remains close-combat champion of the series.

One is still left with the feeling that the whole sorry ensemble will return unscathed. Unless the viewers have turned out to envy the dead.

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A festive QI.

I must look up the song Gloomy Sunday - apparently it's the original Hungarian Ghoulish.

There should be a title here . . . how about Wallander? no comments

Wow! What a nasty moment for Wallander - nearly having a head-on collision with that lorry. Thank goodness he was in a Volvo, I thought.

Then I realised: it's set in Sweden - they ALL drive Volvos!

I also couldn't help noticing that Kenneth Branagh/Kurt Wallander looked like a very rough Eddie Izzard - just mentioned in my last post!

TV Blues no comments

I thought that there was two parts to the Peter Kay Britain's Got the Pop Factor (et al), but I'd only seen the final.


I was hoping for a repeat of the first part . . . but now it looks like I've already seen the whole thing. I doubt I'll catch the Geraldine McQueen Christmas song afterwards - I'm too easily distracted, and it's rubbish. That's no bad thing: most Christmas songs are, and this one is supposed to be. (I saw the Cheeky Girls Have a Cheeky Christmas video the other night - why did they bother to write a song for it?)


Ah well, there's the Britain's Got an Extra Pop Factor and Then Some program next Friday - and I should be in. And later on Eddie Izzard: Circle, credited with "launching the transvestite commedian's Hollywood career".


Looks like a great TV night.


[ TV Blues is a song on Another kind of Blues, the first album by the UK Subs.]

Survivor of several Ms Adventures no comments

That bloke in the trailer - wasn't he the dad from the first two series of The Sarah Jane Adventures? I wonder if he'll skateboard to freedom?

This series has a very different tone to the original series (I won't use the ToS acronym - I know too many Trekkies), it seems driven by Abby looking for her son. I suppose that gives her the motivation to survive and rebuild society but whatever happened to Maslow's Hierachy of Needs?

Surely food, shelter and security should be the priorities? It's all looking a bit vague at the moment with the homely commune. The first gang of looters will take them to pieces and nick what little they have.