I am delighted that Lost re-found itself this season. The “conclusion” of the “will they/won’t they/how do they” get off the island was a brave move and (I think) has really re-engaged the loyal fans (those that aren’t loyal stopped watching it ages ago).
I am less delighted with other things on the small screen. Why has Channel 4 mucked about with Desperate Housewives? Did we really need a break? Is the crappiness that is BB any real substitute?
Which of course brings me back to my love/hate relationship with Big Brother. Every year I vow I will not get sucked in and every year I fail - even last year when I wasn’t in the country for the final few weeks. So I watched them all go in but I haven’t tuned in since. Luckily the football is providing a suitable distraction so by the time I’m tempted because “there’s nothing else on tell”, I won’t have engaged (or so the theory goes).
I only went away for a week and meant to blog about it as soon as I got back but then I got sick (yes, I am - at the moment - always a very poorly child for some reason) and then it was back to work with a zillion things to do and in the evening catching up on those all important TV moments from the previous week. So, all in all, I just don’t know where the week has gone.
I will get round to blogging about the holiday but just wanted to blog about the FABULOUS live Honda ad on Channel 4 last night. Honestly the most exciting bit of British TV I’ve seen in ages. It takes a lot for this marketing-bollocks weary person to get even remotely interested in ads but Channel 4 came up with a cracking idea and Honda were brave to run with it. Probably also helped that it was sky diving which is guaranteed to make me jump up and down like a small child going “again, again!”
Post-tastic today.Just wanted to have a quick word about my current TV faves…Lost is back. It’s trying to give us answers, it’s also tying us up in even more unanswered questions. Just have to accept that that’s how it is and it’s a guilty pleasure.Tenko re-run. Re-run every day as often as you want - it’s seminal. Skins is back. I’m not the target demographic but I love it. It’s well acted, full of good stories and just a tribute toi how good British TV can be.And the deliciously dark element? Dexter. I missed it on satellite but - horror or horrors - ITV is showing it. It is compelling and Michael C Hall is a world away from his fantastic character in the iconic Six Feet Under. This guy is a GOOD actor.
I urge everyone to watch this series - especially now they’ve reached sub-Saharan Africa. I had a smile on my face the size of the Equator - it really brings Africa to life from poverty and senseless fighting to elephants on your doorstep.
I could be pre-judging the entire situation but knowing people who have worked with her, I am dreading Lynne Franks being on I’m a Celebrity. As much as many people don’t believe it, most PR is quite a serious discipline (okay it’s not up there with charity work or medical ethics but it’s not fluffy and is increasingly less populated with Chelsea girls filling in time before they marry Tarquin): it’s not about spin and it’s not about lunches. I suspect I may have more battles in trying to persuade people about the validity of my job as she prances round the jungle.
I would like to point out that I have never watched this programme nor do I intend to start now. In fact I am decidedly off reality TV.
May be I’m simplistic, but I really don’t understand how people can treat other people as if they are not human. I’ve just been watching Never Say Die and like most other programmes about war, especially WWII, I cannot get my head round how people can lose their humanity and sink to such depths. I always observe Remembrance Day and try to think about the heroes but I really don’t see the heroism in war. Believe me I am grateful for the men and women who go to war; I may not agree with the concept of warfare but I do respect people who feel so strongly that they risk (and lose) their lives for those ideals. I generally do not respect the people who send them to war.
I don’t know why but this year I am more confused than ever about the concept of ‘going to war’. I am at heart a pacifist and wish people could/would talk instead of fighting. Many people will tell me I am naive and perhaps I am, I just don’t see how blowing people to bits in any declared or undeclared war is really going to sort out the world’s issues.
For reasons I am not sure I am watching Katie and Peter Andre - I am not in charge of the remote control and am quite worried about being married to someone who has DELIBERATELY chosen to watch this rubbish no matter how much he protests that he’s just trying to find out what all the critics are talking about!
So I am happily avoiding X Factor but given that I needed something to watch whilst making dinner tonight, I watched the dancing programme. The boy happened to notice Willie Thornton and said he looked like a ‘dancing ladder’ - hysterically funny at the time!
