Samantha Who?
February 6, 2009
I’ve recently started watching Samantha Who. My main reason for trying the show, was down to Christina Applegate, and based almost entirely on my enjoyment of her in Married With Children, and maybe a little in the few films I’ve seen her in, since those days.
The show is quite funny, I’ve certainly laughed at the writing, and I do enjoy Christina, as I knew I would. But, I just don’t find myself drawn to it, or yearning for more. I’m almost having to force myself to watch the next episode, even though I know I’ll enjoy it. Read the rest of this entry »
About to rewatch the X-files from the start – again
February 6, 2009
I recently treated myself to a new DVD/Divx player. The last one I had, a rather robust little DK player, which seemed to play everything I threw at it, until the day it died, just stopped working (Reason unknown).
I had a look around a few websites and finally happened upon the Philips DVP5990 with HDMI 1080p up scaling and a front-USB 2.0 port. Thanks to a nice little find on the internet, I was able to format an old 200GB external HD into fat32 and I have began to fill it with various divx/xvid files.
As I sit here now, typing this, my HD has the first few seasons of The X-files loaded up and ready to go. I can’t wait to watch them back to back again. It’s been a while, probably a good few years, since i watched it from the very first episode. Probably as far back as when I purchased all 8 (as it was back then) seasons on VHS from Amazon for £125. Since then, I’ve managed to catch quite a few episodes here and there, on Living and Virgin 1. So it’ll be a fantastic treat to relive the experience from the start to finish.
The X-files is probably one of my top three favourite shows of all time. I even love the later conspiracy based seasons, which shook off a lot of fans. Although, like any other fans, I too agree that the first few seasons are by far the best, with the most interesting episodes and a lot more reason to think and wonder at the subjects covered.
Jericho – Thoroughly recommended
February 5, 2009
As part of my ongoing attempt to find great Television shows, i found myself in front of Jericho, recently. I can’t even remember why, I must have seen or heard someone else talking about it, probably on an internet forum, but I am really glad I did!
I’m pretty sure I’d heard of the show beforehand, but had thrown it aside, because of the name, thinking it was about some person named Jericho, and involved gun-slinging and the like. I have no idea, what that image was conjured, it just was. Read the rest of this entry »
