The Prisoner Re-make/boot

As I was young and the British TV Channel 4 was in it's infancy,  I was lucky enough to see the re-runs of The Prisoner with Patrick Mcgoohan.  This styled semi-sci-fi TV program played on a Big Brother type fear, and one man's fight because he had been taken out of Society.  Admittedly  he was an Agent of the Government but it still made for good TV.  In November on US Channel AMC the Series gets a re-boot/make so I'll have to wait until it hits the EU.
But for the meantime please enjoy the 9m15s embedded Trailer.

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The Half Blood Prince

I've been looking forward to this film for so long.
Of all the Potter Books it's the one I know probibly best and have listened to or read the most. Mainly because of Harry's romantic involvements, and to the fact that I had read the Deathly Hallows and needed to piece together what had happned.
As a Film it works but I made a mistake. I read the Book first!!! If you are new to the World of Harry Potter then I can say only this, watch the Films first then read the Books it gives you more pleasure to read about what didn't appear in the Film than seeing the Film after Reading the Books.
Reading the Books first and knowing them too well means that you cannot sit back and enjoy the Film as presented, which is something you should allways try. OK there are extra scene's to cut down on time, but you will inevitivly only ever be constantly compairing One to the other.
Don't get me wrong the Film was good, but the delay was not worth it, some CGI events like the destruction of the London millenium Bridge were very CGI and with the extra Time I had expected that at least the effects would be smoothed out. Well I expected wrongly. The effects at the begining of the Film were on par with the effects from the First Potter Film and at this Stage in the game it shouldn't be so. All in all a brilliant Film made to shine a little less than it should have. But no doubt Potter fans of all ages will enjoy this Film.

B-Movie Invasion The Classic Sci-fi Podcast

I've just finished recording and uploading B-Movie Invasion a Podcast dedicated to classic Sci-Fi and their reboot or remakes.  A little nerve racking experience, due to my In-experience with Talkshoe recording.
But Never the less I am a Mac owner and do have Garageband so I recorded it Manually offline which gave nobody a chance to join in, but anyhoo it's finished and uploaded, so if you follow the link underneath you should be able to hear it including all my UMMMs and AAHHHS.

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Torchwood, Children of Earth the Aftermath.

Torchwood Homophobic???, How about this, in an effort to show that ALL people can be affected by such things, Ianto died, don't forget ALL PEOPLE. It doesn't matter about, Sexual direction, Skin colour or Religion. If some big disaster hits the earth and if you are in the way you are more than likely dead. If this upsets people, then I suggest they try living in Cloud Cuckoo Land, until the big nasty thing sends them on their way.
The point is life is unfair and treats ALL PEOPLE the same in the end, and Torchwood Children of earth was just this. A story about how all are affected by such dramatic events, and dramatic events are always such levelers.
10 years ago I took part in the military Operation to stop the Serbs performing Genocide in Kosovo. The Bombs that our Aircraft dropped did not care as to which religion or sexual direction the enemy had, in the face of the explosion that enveloped them there after they were all the same DEAD. This might seem a little off point to some but my point is that when it comes to Death and Dying we are all the same, Torchwood, Children of Earth, showed this. And despite that I was shocked by the event and Liked the Ianto Jones character, just as he was beginning to bloom in the show. I must congratulate the writing team on portraying in a Sci-Fi show real life, as close to the bone as it gets.
After all, Despite, Money, religion, Skin colour, Sexual direction, position in life I find we are all the same.  And in the face of Death WE ARE ALL THE SAME. 

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Torchwood

At the moment there seems to be a bit of a Torchwood firestorm going on.  First of all on BBC Radio 4 3 plays were broadcast http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/torchwood/download/ , starting on the 1st. of July going up until the 3rd, These are still available to listen to for seven days after broadcast through the iPlayer function from the BBC which as radio is available out side the UK.  Unfortunately what is not available is the Direct Download if you live outside of the UK or have I.P. Problems inside of the UK.  Each of the plays were very distinctive, even allowing for a trip to India which thanks to the power of radio is no problem what so ever, no need to even leave the Studio.
And Starting Next Monday everyday on BBC 1, is the five part story Children of the Earth.  Which will get broadcast Two week later in the US and in Australia, any guess as to when it will be available to the rest of the world, but seeing as Series two is by episode Five in Germany as a comparison it may be a while in coming. 
On the BBC website http://www.bbc.co.uk/torchwood/ there is the latest OFFICIAL news and a few making of video's which appear to unlock day by day after broadcast.  The first one is though is available to watch now but only for UK Residents.

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