Listen Up You Primitive Screwheads!

Silly Season Begins

2009-09-29T10:52:09Z

Hi everyone, hope you're all keeping well. My first recap of the new series of Merlin is up on Snark and Fury. I'll catch up on the second one this week and hopefully recap it before Saturday.

I probably won't post any more recap pimping posts on here so either bookmark Snark and Fury and check each week, or subscribe using one of those funky RSS feeds.

Cheers!

Hiya!

2009-07-07T13:43:54Z

Haven't posted on here for a while, mainly because anything of interest gets posted on Twitter or Snark and Fury. I still watch my Friends list but I don't think I'll really be posting anything up on here for the forseeable future. Twitter has become the platform for my personal blogging as I generally tweet every day nonsense and interesting links.

And for those of you who like my particlar brand of snarky nonsense, I am reviewing Torchwood every single day this week.

Hi

2009-06-15T20:34:33Z

There's two recaps up on Snark And Fury. I will finish recapping this series on time!

Guess What?

2009-05-19T08:45:53Z

There's another recap up.

So Much For That Plan

2009-05-14T08:52:51Z

So yeah, another recap is up. I'm just going to produce these as and when at the moment as I'm trying to organise a house move. Hopefully I can catch up before the series ends.

Another One

2009-05-01T20:07:32Z

In a desperate attempt to catch up I've produced another recap.

I have to watch Whale Wars this weekend as someone sent me a preview disc, the fool.

I'm Still Here

2009-04-29T18:36:16Z

Been quite ill over the last few days so that's made my late snark recap even later than it already was. Gah. Anyway it's up now so take a look.

I Am Now Only One Week Behind

2009-04-16T08:40:49Z

Robin Hood episode two has been snark'd. You know the place.

I'll try and squeeze the third episode in by the weekend, although Crank 2 is out this week so I'm not promising anything.

Robin Hood Recap Will Appear...

2009-04-09T10:02:26Z

...soon. If you've been following me on Twitter you'll know that this week has been a bit busy work-wise so I haven't had the energy to snark. I should be able to summon up the will power tonight though.

Special Announcement

2009-03-31T22:48:32Z

I will be making an announcement tomorrow morning at 8.00am. You won't want to miss it. It's super important.

EDIT: Announcement delayed due to a technical hitch, it's there now though.

EDIT: Although I could claim that making you all visit my other site to see nothing at all was an April Fool's prank. There is something there now though. Honest.

I've Done It

2009-03-31T21:56:23Z

Phew, that was hard work but here it is. Robin Hood snark'd.

Return of the Snark

2009-03-23T13:16:46Z

Robin Hood season three starts this Saturday on BBC One at 6.50pm. Join me in watching the show so you can read my angry, angry words afterwards on Snark and Fury.

For those of you who like Twitter you can follow me on there as SnarkandFury. I will be posting quotes from my own recaps for the rest of this week so we can all remember how terrible the show is.

Is This Thing Still On?

2009-03-13T14:04:12Z

Oh yeah, I still have this livejournal thing. My reviews and whatnot all go up on Snark and Fury now but I like to keep this place open to throw links and videos on.

I've been playing Empire Total War recently so I found this Onion article most amusing:

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/redcoat_holdouts_still_fighting?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Duncan Brothers Again

2009-02-16T10:09:11Z

Yes it's time for not one but THREE Duncan Brothers videos. Enjoy.

The Thing With The Stuff

2009-02-09T20:26:18Z

Demons is over. Head over to Snark and Fury for the recap of the worst episode yet.

Belated Demons Recap Up

2009-01-28T21:57:28Z

Yes it's finally here on http://snarkandfury.blogspot.com/

I hope Phil Glennister is getting paid a lot of money for this show.

The Agony of Recap Writing

2009-01-21T14:52:27Z

This week's mini recap of Demons is up on Snark and Fury. I've noticed that Demons is so bad, it's damaging my ability to write cohesive sentences and avoid typos. I had to perform a few rewrites on it this morning to tidy it up. Thank God it's only six episodes long.

Criminal Masterminds

2009-01-20T16:46:25Z

Lock up your mints!

What's Robin Hood Without Robin Hood? Spoilers

2009-01-08T10:19:29Z

There are some spoilers over here about season three of Robin Hood. I'm going to talk about them in the next paragraph so if, for some reason, you don't want Robin Hood season three spoiled stop reading. Take a look at my new not-quite-a-recap-of-Demons post on Snark and Fury instead.

Obviously this is one of my favourite shows to recap but is it going to be worth recapping if the main character doesn't bother to turn up? Actually, that would probably make it even more worthy of snark... The absence of the main character in season four will surely be the deathknell for the show. The 80s ITV show, Robin of Sherwood, managed to replace Robin but that led to Jason Connery. No one should have to endure another Jason Connery. If the rumours are correct and Richard Armitage leaves too, then not only have we lost the best Sean Bean impression from our screens but the show loses Guy of Gisburne. I also read a rumour a few months ago that Keith Allen was going to be leaving at the end of season three too. I've enjoyed Keith's pantomime performance as the Sheriff as he seemed to be the only actor that looked at the script and thought, "This is quite clearly crap. Sod it, I'm going to have a laugh with this and ham it up!"

So, we'll have a show called Robin Hood that won't feature Robin Hood, Guy of Gisburne, Maid Marian, or the Sheriff. They may as well rename it Generic Medieval Fantasy Adventure Show (and I believe that was the working title for Merlin until they decided to use the Merlin brand name *shudder*). At one point do the BBC decide to pretend that the first three seasons didn't happen and start again from scratch? If you remove the four main characters from the Robin Hood legend, you haven't really got much of a story, or at least not a Robin Hood story and that's kind of the point of a show titled Robin Hood.

Of course the other option is that the show just merely recasts everyone and give the viewers new actors in the iconic roles. This is always jarring for any show that's not Doctor Who but it could be a way of relaunching the show and jettisoning some of the baggage. The problem would be that the actors would still be inhabiting a series that has always been hamstrung by poor writing, costume and those Hungarian extras that don't react to anything.

Despite the article mentioning the appointment of a showrunner, I would be very surprised if Robin Hood was commissioned for a fourth season if it lost half its cast. A new start would probably be for the best, perhaps a couple of years hiatus whilst all the parts are recast and the filming relocated and the sets rebuilt? Obviously this would be an expensive option in these times of financial apocalypse. Plus, we may not even be watching TV in a couple of years, we'll probably be forming tribes and fighting each other over supplies of Sunny D and Extra Value beans in the burning ruins of Tesco.

Before the apocalypse occurs we will have season three and that should at least threaten to be interesting towards the end as we all wait for the farewell/death scenes of certain characters...

Listen, This Is Important

2009-01-02T19:08:00Z

The Eleventh Doctor will be announced tomorrow.

Help! I've Been Mugged (Virtually)

2008-12-27T19:45:55Z

Yes after five years of happily shopping online I have become a victim of internet fraud. Some punk stole all of my personal details and transferred #150 Euros from my account. Fortunately I discovered the fraud almost as soon as it occurred and it was a relatively small amount considering they could have cleaned me out completely. Still, it's annoying as I now won't have a debit card until sometime next week. My current theory is that it was one of those criminal cartels that hang around call centres waiting to steal your details, as the information required to do what they did was of a personal nature that wouldn't be available on the front or back of my card. So Monday will now be a fun day of going to the bank and filling in a fraud form and generally moaning to the disinterested bank clerks.

Grrr.

Still, I've had trifle now so I'm feeling much better.

Overlooked Again

2008-12-17T15:07:10Z

Blackburn have their new manager. It's not me.

Good News Blackburn Rovers Fans!

2008-12-16T12:15:21Z

Paul Ince is gone. I know it's early and that we should really give him time to mold his own team and blah, blah, blah, but the guy was clearly out of his depth in the Premier League.

His first signing: Robbie Fowler - 33 years old, broken down and was struggling with a hip injury when he signed.

Ince also signed Keith Andrews, a 28 year old lower league player who seemed to have been signed because Ince was fond of him from his days of managing MK Dons. Unfortunately the dude's just not very good and is out of his depth at the Premier League level.

Ince did sign Paul Robinson at a bargain price considering his age and number of England caps. Unfortunately Robinson is also well known for several high profile mistakes that have cost teams games. So far Robinson has been solid for Rovers but hasn't had much luck playing behind a defence that concedes an average of 2 goals a game. You do not win football matches if you concede that many goals per game.

Ince has been tactically naive but this shouldn't come as a shock really. Ince has only been in management for two or three seasons, all at lower league level. Simply put, Ince has never learned how to manage a side that is expected to battle against world class players and managers with a team that is good but not great. At no point did Rovers show any of the attitude and determination displayed in previous seasons where results were ground out against superior teams.

The 3-0 loss to Wigan was the final straw and rightly so. Wigan are the kind of team that Rovers should expect to take points off whenever they play. They certainly shouldn't lose to a team that plays Emile Heskey up front and has Titus Bramble in defence.

I am prepared to take up the post so long as it doesn't interfere with my management of my Football Manager Live team. That said, I'll probably lose out to someone 'qualified' like Sam Allardyce or Graeme Souness.

Merlin's Over

2008-12-15T00:00:13Z

And so are my recaps for now. Read the last one here.

Now I can have a little rest until Robin Hood returns, or Torchwood, whichever rears its ugly head first.

This Looks Great

2008-12-10T20:47:46Z

Also I've been blogging for five years as of today! Have a look at my awkward early posts and marvel at how I managed to keep going before I decided to be all snarky n' stuff.