Television
Paul Henry, loses it
I don’t make time to watch Morning TV but do miss seeing Paul Henry; A Compilation Paul the laptop thief
Television
Television
TVNZ vandalise the Service Of Thanksgiving For The Life Of Sir Edmund Hillary
I just sent this to TVNZ. Why plaster the ugly TVNZ logo (circled in red) in the middle of the screen (widescreen, corner of a 4:3 screen)? If it had to be there, why didn’t they at least use...
Automobile
The BBC gets Formula 1 rights back, what does this mean for New Zealand?
It will impact us as we get the current ITV feed, via Sky (NZ). I hope it’s a change for the better but that won’t be hard if the Melbourne coverage is any guide. We had no commentary, nothing but...
Cool Hardware
HD DVD is dead, the best format won!
It was compared to the VHS/Beta format war but in the case of HD DVD vs Blu-Ray Sony appear to have won! This time it also means consumers get the best format. It’s often said this will be a short liv...
Television
Outnumbered, a family sitcom worth watching!
If you want to see the most natural child acting on TV have a look at Outnumbered (TVNZ One Friday). It’s a family sitcom which is distungushed by letting the children improvise a little. The result i...
Rant
What do TV adverts say to me?
I’m sure fortunes are spent by experts in the mind control they call “Marketing” and “Branding” but you wonder about the message they are trying to convey. Here’s what I get from watching them*:...
Television
Can you be an "Extraordinary Ordinary" person?
In the current TVNZ Close Up Promotion Mark Sainsbury says last year they met some “Extraordinary Ordinary people”. If extraordinary is “Beyond what is ordinary or usual” and ordinary is “Commonly...
Film
Blu-Ray or HD DVD?
I’m not in the market for a player yet but watching this format battle seems like a repeat viewing of the VHS/Beta war. Seems the New York Times isn't sure either as today it says; Did Warner Br...
Automobile
Top Gear Australia?
Strewth, can an Top Gear Aussie match the U.K. original? I never saw the US Top Gear, did it ever happen, but did see one episode of the “sanitised” version that screened in the US. It was not a patch...
Comedy
Alan Coren dies
Sad to read this. In addition to “The News Quiz” I remember Alan from appearances on Clive James, Parkinson and other talk shows. He will be missed. Alan Coren dies aged 69 | Top News | Reuters H...
Television
The lead story on TVNZ One News
What colour shirts will the All Blacks be wearing tomorrow? Nothing, yep nothing, more important than that happened in the previous 24 hours. The bizzarre thing was they didn’t know what colour so...
Play-Doh, <strike>coming soon...</strike> is here!
2.5 tonnes of plasticine on set. 40 animators. 3 weeks. 189 2ft bunnies 150 1ft cubes 10ft x 20ft purple wave 30ft giant rabbit. 6 cameras. 40 animators working through 4 ho...