Blightyvision: “Ashes to Ashes”
Created by Matthew Graham and Ashley Pharaoh Starring Philip Glenister, Keeley Hawes, Dean Andrews, Marshall Lancaster, and Montserrat Lombard This review is going to be a serious test in treading lightly, because it is possibly the most spoileriffic show in existence in recent years. One could argue that its mere existence is a spoiler for […]
In: Columns, Television: British and Canadian · Tagged with: 1980s, ashes to ashes, crime, Gene bloody Hunt, Keeley Hawes, mindscrew, mindscrewdriver, Phil Glenister, Sequel, Time travel
Blightyvision: “Life on Mars”
We see you, M6620, but the virgins don’t. Created by Matthew Graham, Tony Jordan, and Ashley Pharaoh Starring John Simm and Philip Glenister Sam Tyler was in an accident and woke up in 1973. Is he mad, in a coma, or back in time? As it turns out, he’s in the year 2035, stuck in […]
In: Columns, Television: British and Canadian · Tagged with: available on dvd, crime, Gene bloody Hunt, john simm, life on mars, Phil Glenister, Time travel
Comic Non-Sans: “featuring Talking Guinea Pigs!” and the Update Conundrum
At the time of my choosing to give Jeff Mumm’s existentialist time-travel sci-fi anthropomorphic webcomic “featuring Talking Guinea Pigs!” a write-up, he was trying what I considered to be a rather interesting experiment. So when I came back for later observation, I was rather sad to see he had abandoned the exercise. Though I suppose, […]
In: Columns, Webcomics · Tagged with: 1800s Russia, anthropomorphic, existential, Guinea Pigs, mini updates, sci fi, Time travel
The Wibbly-Wobbly Timey-Wimey Watchlist: “Ashes to Ashes” Series Finale
Right, so “Lost” is the big news of the viewing season among all my friends. I know people who are about to gnaw their own arms off waiting to see if they’re all inside a video game or if they were Tyler Durden all along or something. I really don’t know because I’ve been over […]
In: Columns, Television: British and Canadian · Tagged with: BBC1, clues, finale, Gene bloody Hunt, Keeley Hawes, made more sense than Lost, Phil Glenister, Time travel