This is the final post that I will be making on the White Noise blog. For almost two years, Crikey have been gracious enough to provide me with some webspace and bandwidth to natter on about television. I’ve made some good friends during this time (both at Crikey and with a handful of people who [...]
READ MOREMarch, 2012
Danger 5: Kill Men of The Rising Sun
Japan, the land of the rising sun, is where we find this weeks instalment of Danger 5 has taken us. Following the downing of US planes by a long-believed dead pilot, the Colonel sends the Danger 5 team out to find out what’s going on, to locate Japan (which has gone missing) and to, of [...]
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Like Snatch?
Posted 20 minutes ago on the Facebook page for the Go channel: This delicious story updates.
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Televised Revolution – Episode 226
With the Queensland State Election on the horizon, it got me thinking about the coverage that this receives on the night. The TV networks usually all carry dedicated election coverage and trot out interesting panels and guests to position themselves as the most reliable channel in news. I’m generally pretty impressed with the coverage that [...]
READ MOREThe Talking Dead
Every Sunday night on AMC in the US they air the apocalyptic zombie drama series The Walking Dead at 9pm, followed later that night at midnight by their talk show The Talking Dead. It’s an inspired TV series that really plays well to the potential of social television. Airing live at midnight, The Talking Dead [...]
READ MOREDanger 5 – Lizard Soldiers of The Third Reich
Of the six episodes of the series, this is probably my least favourite. And yet, it is still pretty charming and funny in Danger 5′s deliciously offbeat way. This week Nazi collaborating dinosaurs are making their presence known. The Colonel dispatches the team to discover the truth behind the threat and, should Hitler make himself [...]
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