how much work writing a recap is.

And, on a related note, why are so many men called Thomas ;) Thomas Cromwell, Thomas Wyatt, Thomas Boleyn, Thomas Cranmer, Thomas More. Good grief, you'd think every man in England was called Thomas. In case you fail to see the connection LOL, the recap I mentioned is of The Tudors. There's also at least two Catherines (one with a K, against tradition, and one with a C ). :D

I've been watching the same stuff as usual, The Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, Greek but I've also watched some old stuf again. For instance, I watched most of season one of Mork & Mindy. Like most situational comedies, it's still funny, even after all these years. It premiered in 1978, that's a shocking 30 years ago!!!!!

I feel old now ;)

Anyone else looking forward to the return of Battlestar Galactica ?? :D :D

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Hello :)

First of all, I want to say that I will be away as of tomorrow and I will be back on Sunday evening. I will try to deal with any submissions in my queue but please hold off submitting until I've returned. Thanks :D

Oh yeah, for those nosey people, I'll be in London, UK :D

Like last time (ages ago, I know) I will do a little list of stuff I've been watching. This time the movies go first:

Wimbledon

This has become one of my favourites, partly because I'm a sucker for romantic comedies (at times) but in this case especially because of Paul Bettany. He really shines in this movie which is very well written and features a great performance by the entire cast. Recommended!

Electric Dreams

A very 80s underestimated clas sic with an excellent soundtrack. Stand-out song is Phil Oakey's Together in Electric Dreams. It describes itself as a fairytale for computers and even though it's clearly dated with regards to home computer technology, the storyline is as original as it was then.

Goonies

Truly a cl assic, fun, adventure movie :D Who here hasn't seen it??? (you, probably Dan :P ) Sean Astin long before he became a hobbit was great but it really has an ensemble cast that manages to convey the joys of youth (god, that sounds pathetic LOL )

The Lost Boys

Another cl assic movie for kids of all ages and a vampire movie before they became fashionable.

Merlin's Apprentice

So obscure apparently that movietome doesn't know it. It's a really, really bad sequel to a successful miniseries :(

As for tv, I post this from tv.com after all ;) I watched, quelle surprise

Merlin

Quite a successful mini-series also not listed on tv.com or movietome, but of much better quality than its sequel

Chef (all three series :D )

A british comedy about a cook, excuse me, a Chef !! Hilarious, season 2 is my favourite because it has the best support cast !!

The remaining episodes of Drake & Josh Why was this cancelled :( ?

All aired episodes of The Big Bang Theory hilarious and a bit of a Roseanne reunion LOL

Also, the last Kyle XY, the first new Greek and the latest How I Met Your Mother (guest starring miss B. Spears EEK )

Phew, another long overdue, but longish blog to try and make up for that ;)

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I know, I know, not blogged in a long time, it's been ages since my last submission. It just seems that other stuff (life) is more important at the moment ;)

I have been watching 'old' tv series and movies as well as some more recent ones.

RoswellI liked watching the occasional episode on tv, but somehow never managed to watch the entire thing. Turns out all the occasional episodes were from season1, don't think I'd ever seen a season 2 or 3 episode LOL but I have now watched all seasons and really liked the show. Was fun seeing some familiar faces that are familiar from later shows. Emilie de Ravin (Lost) and Gretchen Egolf (Journeyman) to name but two :D

Threshold A short-lived sc-fi series that reminded me of season one of The 4400. Not brilliant but entertaining nevertheless and without a full season (it was cancelled after 13 episodes) it didn't even get proper closure or the chance to develop. A missed chance, as I quite liked the show.

Drake and JoshDon't even know why I started to watch this. Have seen season 1 so far, but am awaiting more seasons. For some reason I like these American teen comedies, even though I'm definitely not part of the target audience ;) (no ageist comments please :P )

Charmed I finally watched the last season, meaning I've now watched the entire series. While season 8 wasn't the best season and the absence of Leo was very annoying, at least it had a proper ending, no matter how improbable :D

As for current shows that manage to show new episodes despite the writer's strike, I'm still watching Primeval(like season 2 so far, even though the Claudia storyline annoys me),Moving Wallpaper and Echo Beach (MW is defintely the better of the two shows,EB is only fun to watch due to the MW references) (none of these are affected by the strike asthey're UK shows). In US shows, I just watched the latest episode of Supernaturaland Flash Gordon, which clearly is working toward a grand finale.

Well, I'm sure everyone's glad to be completely up-to-date with my tv viewing habits :D

As for movies, I've watched some odd ones recently. For instance:

The Women, a 1939 black-and-white movie starring only women. Not a single man in the movie! It features one of my favoutire movie quotes ever:

There is a name for you, ladies, but it isn't used in high society... outside of a kennel.

All About Eve, 1950, another oldie. Bette Davis is brilliant and many reviewers say she was robbed of an Oscar. I thought Anne Baxter was very good too, though others disagree.

Bridge to Terabithia, 2007, so a bit more recent LOL. It was advertised a some sort of Narnia but turned out to be a real tearjerker (not literally in my case ;) ) but enjoyable nonetheless.

Nanny Diaries, 2007 rom-com with Scarlett Johansson. Not bad. Liked the Mary Poppins references

10 Things I Hate About You, 1999 in memory of Heath Leadger. Another teen romantic comedy.

The Comebacks, 2007, think Epic Movie but with sports metaphors.

The Deaths of Ian Stone, 2008, no link cause movietome doesn't have it !! A nice horror movie with quite an original script starring Mike Vogel.

Well, that's a bit of a long blog ;) all linked and all :D

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Health Ledger was found dead in a NY apartment. Read more here.

RIP Heath and my thoughts go out to his daughter, family and friends. Such a loss.

All the best wishes

and a happy and healthy 2008

for everyone at tv.com

I would like to wish a very Merry Christmas to each and everyone here at tv.com.

May your Christmas days be happy, enjoyable andstress-free and may your presents be just what you asked for

Well, by a wide margin of 0.32 % I've made it to level 51 :D

I've reached the dizzying heights of: I Broke TV.com (Shatterdaymorn)

I've also managed to get my twentieth guide:

Aftert Going Live stopped, Live and Kicking was the Saturday morning show to watch. Initially presented by John Barrowman, Emma Forbes and Andi Peters. John soon became too busy and in came Zoe Ball and Jamie Theakston.

My tenth person guide: Jeremy London. I was a TC for him but Alex retired so I managed to become the editor :D I'll have to try and find some new people and try and become a TC for them :)

Over the last few days I've watched, Flash Gordon, Supernatural, Moonlight, some Fireflyand loads of episodes of My Boys, which I'm really enjoying :D

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Ello :)

Because level 50 is a nice, round number, I wanted to post some stats using my personal submission history and Excel :) I wish we could do more things with this page and that it contained a bit more information but anyway.

I have made submissions to 102 different shows. As far as I can tell, the highest number of CPs I have currently contributed to a show is 7118. It is, of course ;) Pebble Mill, my everlasting work in progress. 741 episodes all added by yours truly and I still have to add cast and crew to hundreds of episodes so that number of CPs will increase, a lot.

As of writing this, I have made submissions to a staggering 2291 person guides :shock: Actually a few more because some guides have been deleted in the mean time. The highest number of CPs contributed by me to a person guide is 83 for Kerr Smith :D

Anyone else crazy enough to figure our their stats ??? ;) Oh yeah, don't forget the saying: There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. :D

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Well well, Dan posted on the forums somewhere that the top 100 point scores these days started at mid level 51. I guess people have been slacking ;) cause I made it into the top 100 :D (again ;) )as shown by this lovely emblem:

:D

The previous time I was in the top 100 was when when almost everyone else dropped their levels but someone I managed to retain mine and thus ended up in the top 100. This time, I guess I earned it :D , but the big problem now is keeping the emblem. I finished going through the Peyton Place guide, so I guess I'll have to return to Pebble Mill which has still loads of work to be done. I'm still on the look out for a posible 20th show, so I guess we'll see.

Today, so far, I've watched Pushing Daisies, Weeds and the final two episodes of

and I can't say how glad I am that it has been renewed because of the Nuts action. I can't wait to see what happens next. Until then, I've got to find something else to watch and I'm thinking about My Boys. I've not read anything in anyone's blog about it, so I'm unsure if it's any good. It has been renewed for a second season, I believe, so it cannot be totally bad, can it ?

Can someone explain "Anime" to me?? :oops: Without offending anyone, it's a cartoon right?? The reason I'm asking is the discovery of an animemovie dealing with a few of my favourite books. Tales from Earthseais based on the stories of Ursula LeGuin. The tv mini-series Legend of Earthseawas OK-ish, so I'm curious about this movie. Has anyone seen it?

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I've seen other people do this and it always provokes lots of replies (either from jealous people or from people who can't help but point out the cringeworthy stuff in your collection). So, I thought I'd jump on the bandwagon. Here's a list of my TV DVDs:

The 4400: seasons 1 -3
Agatha Christie's Miss Marple (the complete Joan Hickson collection)
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
Marple (all the McEwan stuff that's out on DVD)
Angel: seasons1 -5
As Time Goes By: Series 1 -10 + reunion specials
Battlestar Galactica (2003 Mini Series)
Battlestar Galactica Complete original Series
Battlestar Galactica: season 1 -3
Blackadder 1 - 4
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Blackadder: Back and Forth
Blake's 7: seasons 1-4
The Brittas Empire:season 1 -5
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: season 1 - 7
Catweazle: Series 1 + 2
Charmed: seasons 1 - 8 (edited 7 to 8 )
Chocky: The Complete Collection
The Chronicles Of Narnia (the BBC tv series)
The Complete Thin Blue Line
The Day of the Triffids
The Dead Zone: seasons 1- 3
Dick Turpin: season1 -2
Dinotopia: The Series
Frank Herbert's Dune
Frank Herbert's Children of Dune
Fame: The Complete First Season
Fawlty Towers: Series 1 & 2
Firefly: The Complete Series
Friends: The One With All Ten Series On DVD
Stephen King's Golden Years
It
Kingdom Hospital
Nightmares & Dreamscapes
The O.C: season 1 - 3
Planet of the Apes: The Complete TV Series
Robin of Sherwood: series 1 - 3
Rome: series 1 + 2
Stephen King's Rose Red
Salem's Lot (the mini, not the movie)
Sapphire & Steel: Assignments 1-6
Stephen King's The Shining (again, the mini series)
Space 1999: Year 1 + 2
Stephen King's Storm of the Century
Supernatural: The Complete First Season
This Life +10
This Life: Complete Series 1 & 2
Stephen King's The Tommyknockers
The Tripods: Series One
V: The Original Miniseries + series 2
The Complete Yes Minister+ Yes Prime Minister

I've actually watched almost all of that :D Still need to watch Rome and Firefly and Charmed season 8 (edited 7 to 8 )

So, do your worst ;)

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