William Goodall's Blog » Television http://blog.williamgoodall.name Occasional mutterings Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:08:01 +0000 en hourly 1 Misfits http://blog.williamgoodall.name/2010/07/19/misfits/ http://blog.williamgoodall.name/2010/07/19/misfits/#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:31:43 +0000 William_T_Goodall http://blog.williamgoodall.name/2010/07/19/misfits/ Enjoying Misfits season 1 on Saturday. Missed it the first time round because I never heard of it. The DVD for the 2nd season is due out in December which means it will be on TV soon. Not long to wait after catching up with the first season.

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The mechanical timer did the job but was a bit too noisy.

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So I replaced it with this.

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I shall find out tomorrow if I managed to program it correctly :-)

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However remembering to do that every day was a bit of a pain so today I swapped in a timer switch to reboot the box at 6AM every day (a time I’m never recording anything at anyway). Lets see if I got that set up right :-)

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Later.

]]> http://blog.williamgoodall.name/2010/06/14/sky-hd-reboot/feed/ 0 Luther & Fringe seasons end http://blog.williamgoodall.name/2010/06/09/luther-fringe-seasons-end/ http://blog.williamgoodall.name/2010/06/09/luther-fringe-seasons-end/#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:45:27 +0000 William_T_Goodall http://blog.williamgoodall.name/2010/06/09/luther-fringe-seasons-end/ Luther and Fringe both had their season finales on HD channels last night. Luther ended on a neat cliffhanger and Fringe had a typical JJ Abrams style twistiness (although I don’t know how much he actually contributed to the ep). Looking forward to the return of both – in the case of Luther that remains to be decided.

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Later

That wasn’t bad.

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Previously

]]> http://blog.williamgoodall.name/2010/05/25/lost-finale-finally/feed/ 0 Lost Finale http://blog.williamgoodall.name/2010/05/24/lost-finale/ http://blog.williamgoodall.name/2010/05/24/lost-finale/#comments Mon, 24 May 2010 00:11:18 +0000 William_T_Goodall http://blog.williamgoodall.name/2010/05/24/lost-finale/ So I’ve rebooted the Sky HD box so that it’ll probably work and I should be able to watch it tomorrow after we get back from Pip’s dog training class. Now I just have to remain spoiler-free tomorrow until then :-)

Later

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]]> http://blog.williamgoodall.name/2010/05/13/luther/feed/ 0 HBO greenlights ‘Game of Thrones’ to series http://blog.williamgoodall.name/2010/03/03/hbo-greenlights-game-of-thrones-to-series/ http://blog.williamgoodall.name/2010/03/03/hbo-greenlights-game-of-thrones-to-series/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:09:57 +0000 William_T_Goodall http://blog.williamgoodall.name/2010/03/03/hbo-greenlights-game-of-thrones-to-series/ HBO greenlights ‘Game of Thrones’ to series

Winter is, indeed, coming.

HBO has greenlighted highly anticipated fantasy series “Game of Thrones.”

The premium network has picked up the project for a first season debut next spring (below is the first released photo from the series). Nine episodes plus the pilot have been ordered. Production will begin in Belfast this June.

I’m thinking this must be rather condensed to fit that few episodes.

]]> http://blog.williamgoodall.name/2010/03/03/hbo-greenlights-game-of-thrones-to-series/feed/ 0 Down To Earth: An interview with Caprica Executive Producer Jane Espenson http://blog.williamgoodall.name/2010/02/11/down-to-earth-an-interview-with-caprica-executive-producer-jane-espenson/ http://blog.williamgoodall.name/2010/02/11/down-to-earth-an-interview-with-caprica-executive-producer-jane-espenson/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:15:54 +0000 William_T_Goodall http://blog.williamgoodall.name/2010/02/11/down-to-earth-an-interview-with-caprica-executive-producer-jane-espenson/

Chris Hudak

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Take your latest CGI of an improbably-hued accretion disk and shove it. I wanted to watch future or other-world parents ragging on their conflicted, rebellious teenaged offspring;

Resources:

Caprica DVD
http://www.capricadvd.com/
Jane Espenson
http://www.janeespenson.com/

[From Down To Earth: An interview with Caprica Executive Producer Jane Espenson]

I’ve seen the first few episodes of this now, and it’s very good. Good enough that cancellation is inevitable I fear :-(

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