Posts Tagged ‘doctor who’

The new trailer for the final 2 Harry Potter films hit the interwebs yesterday (and was attached to the new Twilight movie).  Now I haven’t read any of the books, but I have seen all of the prequels and I can say this – the movies have made absolutely no sense to me whatsoever and I have no idea what the hell is going on.  I know there is this kid named Harry Potter (who I thought was a character on M*A*S*H), some girl who I couldn’t consider hot until she was 18, Gandolf the wizard, a quiz show cheater, the voice of God, and, um, a great white shark, I think.  Other than that, the rest is confusing. But one thing that I know for sure – for these movies to truly be epic, people have to die.  Not just any people; the people in the movie.  And not the actors, the characters – although…. Never mind.

Where was I? Oh yes, death to Potter! (Not you Colonel).  Now I know from reading the Wikipedia summaries (SPOILERS! SPOILERS SPOILERS! STOP HERE!) that some characters are going to die, which is cool, but unless Harry permanently kicks the bucket – I don’t believe he will achieve the true hero status.

This is a problem with most series, whether it be movies or television.  I spent seven years watching Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG for you trek geeks) and one of the largest issues with that show was no matter what happened, you knew the main characters are never going to die.  It’s a rule of TV, keep the main characters because that’s why people watch.  Would the show be the same if Jean Luc was killed?  Who could replace Worf? Or Troi?  Wait, strike that last one, she’s replaceable. But if you really want to show a hero, you need to kill them.  But it was stupid because they had a duplicate of him.  Anyway, I want to see the hero save the day by sacrificing themselves for the greater good.  Spock did it in Wrath of Khan and it was heroic, that was until the next movie when they fucked up the entire situation, and Data did the sacrifice in that last TNG movie, but again, fucked up because they had a copy of him saved on a floppy.

The TV series Angel had a great heroic moment in the first season, when, *sniff* Doyle *sniff* – I can’t talk about it, it’s too emotional.

There are only 2 instances of a TV series succeeding on the death of the characters, at least that I can think of.  Doctor Who and James Bond.  Even though we don’t see James Bond die, he is replaced constantly (which may give credence to the fact that James Bond is a title more than a real person) but Doctor Who actually dies and then regenerates.  Recently David Tennant did just that.  We witnessed his heroic effort, his sacrifice and ultimately his death, but then the regeneration took place and BAM!  Matt Smith is taking off and we follow while still mourning our previous loss.

Anyway, somewhere I got off track about this Harry Potter trailer.  The trailer was absolutely awesome and the movies look beautiful to watch – I just won’t count on them making any sense to me.  Let’s just give Harry two to the head and move on.

And yes, I do know the picture in this post has nothing to do with what I wrote.  That’s just what I do.

That’s the way I see it, sorry you had to read it.

 

 Standard Podcast [13:04m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This week Regis Jack talks about Doctor Who, Movie Prices, Nightmare on Elm Street, Kick Ass, Lady Gaga’s Ass and other stuff.

I’m BACK!  Finally, after weeks of hiding away in a dark room with a shotgun – I have return to the world of podcasting in a short format version of the show – which I hope will allow more people to listen.  It’s only 13 minutes – which is almost exactly what it takes me to take a shower in the morning – so listen to this while your in the shower!  That’s right, I said it, listen to me when you are naked.  W00t!

Anyway, this episode is short, sweet and too the point (as if I every had a point).  I talk about several movies – Clash of the Titans, Nightmare on Elm Street, Kick Ass, Men Who Stare At Goats, The Collector – then I talk about Lady Gaga’s ass (which is very, very nice).

That’s it – enjoy!

This is episode #085 for Tuesday, May 4th and clocked in at 13 minutes, 4 seconds.

 

 TRJE 075: Aftermath [37:19m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This week Regis Jack talks about 2010, Dexter, Doctor Who, Glee and other stuff.

I’m BACK! This is the first podcast of the new year and a sign that I am NOT down and out.  I’m still in the podcast game.  This week is pretty simple.  I briefly talk about 2010 (aka oh-ten, 2,000 and 10, Twenty-Ten, Frodo or whatever you call it), then on to Dexter (awesome finale), Glee (awesome finale), Doctor Who (awesome finale) – with the death of the Doctor and final show for David Tennant, the 1971 movie Butterflies are Free (with a HOT HOT HOT Goldie Hawn in her underwear) and I finish up talking about my previous ren faire experiences.

That’s it this week – enjoy, tell your friends, try the veal.  Actually don’t try the veal.  It was a joke.  Try a salad.

This is episode #075 for Tuesday, January 5, 2010 and clocked in at 37 minutes 19 seconds.

 

 TRJE 072: I Am Special [42:41m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This week Regis Jack talks about Drag Me to Hell, The Raimi Brothers, flash forward, So You Think You Can Dance, House, Doctor Who, a naked pumpkin run and other stuff.

As my podcast format changes, so do I.  I start off this week with a bathroom story you won’t want to miss, then move on to Drag Me To Hell, starring about 2 dozen members of the Raimi family, which I didn’t really care for.  The movie, not the Raimi family.  I mean their alright…well I think they are, I don’t really know them.

House has great writing, a great joke, but I still don’t care for the show anymore; Flash Forward takes a bad story line turn; SYTYCD should have been called So You Want to Look Like a Cheap Whore; David Tennant was on the Graham Norton show and was the ultimate Doctor Who in the new episode The Waters of Mars – which was AWESOME!

I cover a few more shows including stuff from Family Guy, Craig Ferguson, James May (Captain Slow).

Then to top it off, you get a guy with a gun in his pants, the naked mile and the naked pumpkin run, and a Bugatti Veyron crashes because some asshole can’t drive a car worth over  $1.25 million.

This is episode #072 for Tuesday, November 17, 2009 and clocked in at 42 minutes 41 seconds.

 

 TRJE 058: The Doctor is Evil [37:26m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This week Regis Jack rants about Shark Week, GI Joe, G-force, Coraline, Push, Vampires and other stuff.

*** Show Notes ***

I started the week talking about Shark Week on Discovery (in HD) and how I wished they would do another week, but call it Big Ass Fish Week so I can see other large dangerous sea monsters all week. I spend a little bit of time talking about So You Think You Can Dance, BB, but I do spend a lot of time talking about GI Joe (which was a very good movie which even included Doctor Who – Christopher Eccleston – although here he is evil) and a lot of time talking about Vampires and Vampires Movies (probably way too much time).  The best Vampire ever was played by Anders Hove who played Radu in the Subspecies movies.

Well, that’s it for the show notes this week, short too the point and, um, something else.

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This is episode #058 for Monday, August 10, 2009 and clocked in at 37 minutes 26 seconds. For podcast subscription information (aka RSS feed) – click here!