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  • A True and Accurate Account of Some Things I Have Been Watching Lately

    A True and Accurate Account of Some Things I Have Been Watching Lately

    A brief rundown of shows currently or recently airing around the world. Probably a few minimal spoilers.

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  • A series of events

    A series of events

    To begin with, let me explain that I am looking after a baby bird.

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  • I’ve Got To Break Free

    I’ve Got To Break Free

    September 13, in little over a month, is affectionately known by some cult sci-fi geeks as “Breakaway Day”. Its the anniversary of the date (in 1999) when the moon broke from orbit and took the crew of Moonbase Alpha on two seasons of kitsche 1970s...

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  • Dollhouse

    Dollhouse

    I’ve finally gotten around… Is gotten even a word? I finally got around… It must be. I’ve finally gotten around to watching Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse. I was told it was a bit average until the sixth episode, and then it got kind of awesome. I...

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  • You thought it was gold, but it was bronze.

    You thought it was gold, but it was bronze.

    A clip from one of my new favourite shows, Snuff Box, with Matt Berry (Sanch from Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace).

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  • Plagiarism

    Plagiarism

    “Will there ever be a boy born who can swim faster than a shark?”Season three, episode six of Veronica Mars is all about Veronica trying to clear her name from plagiarism allegations. Meanwhile, her awesome boyfriend Logan keeps writing a few seconds after an exam...

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  • Sensing Ratings

    Sensing Ratings

    Sensing Murder is a presumably popular television show here in New Zealand. That means that people watch it, so advertisers pay TVNZ, so TVNZ pays the production company, so the production company pays its employees and the ‘psychics’ featured. The idea is fairly simple –...

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