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  • Doll? Or just Dull?

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    I’m trying to work out what’s bugging me about Dollhouse. Apart from the whole high-tech whorehouse aspect of it all.   Okay, that does bug me, & okay, I’m several years late on Dollhouse. This is because I started watching it 3 times & found it, frankly, bland. And really the only reason I’ve succeeded…

  • David Mitchell’s Rat

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    Yes, yes, we all love David Mitchell. How can we not? The man’s a bloody genius. For proof: a story about a rat and a divorce. Thank-you, Guardian. I love you. Today is typically Sydney: both overcast AND muggy. To compensate I am watching In Treatment Season 2, which is frikking awesome. Maybe more awesome…

  • Good character, bad character

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    The test of any good fiction is that you should care something for the characters; the good to succeed, the bad to fail. The trouble with most fiction is that you want them all to land in hell together, as quickly as possible. — Mark Twain The trouble is, this is how I’m feeling about…

  • Today’s outcomes

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    This morning a good morning on The Great Unsaleable. It’s coming together nicely on this draft. By taking a secondary character and making her more primary, I’ve — unexpectedly — added a layer of logic to the events. This is gratifying & confusing in equal measure. (I’m trying not to question it. Go with it,…

  • Serialised novels: Updated

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    With some shows, the writers have even engaged in such discussions and it’s possible the reactions of viewers have influenced future episodes. (Although not always: Buffy’s creator Joss Whedon said to his fans, “I’m not giving you what you want – I’m giving you what you need.”) We’ve heard TV types say that ‘each week…

  • Tick Tock

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    Somewhere along the line I stopped watching ’24’ (OK, it was about the second-last episode of Season 1, & I can’t even explain why, but I just suddenly realised I was indifferent. How can that be? I used to *love* Crazy Jack & the Homicidal Tendencies. Clearly this is some failing of my own). Anyways,…

  • Things I hate #8,972: TV Programming Conflicts

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    How is it the only things I like on TV are on at the same time? Like ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT and WEST WING. The comedy of a dysfunctional but somehow utterly believable family — vs. — The drama of a fully functional & therefore thoroughly UNbelievable government. Ah, heck. I never did understand what they were…