tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249939222074893010.post509605749163145754..comments2023-10-18T11:17:26.147+01:00Comments on Hauling Like a Brooligan: Oh, JoyStephen Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05280419153030490653noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249939222074893010.post-14200789499369472962010-02-01T08:28:01.000+00:002010-02-01T08:28:01.000+00:00I'm glad I'm not the only one who couldn&#...I'm glad I'm not the only one who couldn't get into 'The Wire' - I also only made it to episode five.Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09330712432098154809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249939222074893010.post-747752826951831292010-01-31T19:40:12.026+00:002010-01-31T19:40:12.026+00:00Zoinks!! Are you allowed to say that?
Admit that...Zoinks!! Are you allowed to say that? <br /><br />Admit that out in public and it’ll be akin to Veronica Cartwright at the end of Kaufman’s <i>Invasion of the Body Snatchers</i>.<br /><br />I think the Harry Potter series is great for young kids because it has got them reading and actually using their imagination rather than doing... well, whatever the little tykes do now. But that’s about as far as it goes. Hopefully it’s the first step towards other, better, material. And an adult reading the books is fine if they’re reading it to their children before lights out at the end of the day. <br /><br />But when you see people reading the books on the tube or the train... that’s so not right.Good Doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10789861569691613179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249939222074893010.post-72955026725374908172010-01-31T10:26:03.283+00:002010-01-31T10:26:03.283+00:00Here's a confession; I love Spiral and I'v...Here's a confession; I love <i>Spiral</i> and I've seen no better movie this year than Audiard's prison crime drama <i>A Prophet</i>, but I don't get <i>The Wire</i>. I believe I can understand what others see in it, enough to make me try three times to get into it myself; the first time my energies flagged after five episodes, the second I made it to eight before I conceded that this relationship just wasn't working.<br /><br />Since it's confession time I might as well say that I don't get <i>Harry Potter</i>, either. Shocked a few of my American coworkers with that one.Stephen Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05280419153030490653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249939222074893010.post-50490674558571196802010-01-30T04:12:44.878+00:002010-01-30T04:12:44.878+00:00I am mid-way through season two of SPIRAL and my f...I am mid-way through season two of SPIRAL and my feelings are much the same as yours. I'm enjoying it...but not quite as much as season one. I also don't know why they've totally ignored the season one cliff-hanger (what was the story behind the body in the bushes? What was the secret the judge wanted to share with the prosecutor? What happened with the corrupt minister?)<br /><br />LeeLee Goldberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13442268370192897461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249939222074893010.post-6279715290645339662010-01-29T23:55:32.296+00:002010-01-29T23:55:32.296+00:00Brilliant, wasn’t it? The closest thing to compare...Brilliant, wasn’t it? The closest thing to compare <i>Spiral</i> to is, I guess, <i>The Wire</i>, insomuch that it doesn’t go for the easy/obvious option and continually defies expectations. What I love about the show is that after watching the first couple episodes of each series all the assumptions I made in terms of where the characters and plot were completely wrong. <br /><br />Interesting to see that the third series runs to twelve episodes instead of the usual eight. I can’t wait.Good Doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10789861569691613179noreply@blogger.com