The main storyline this week involves Sarah going to a UFO convention to pick up any hints of terminator technology. She hears about a mysterious guy who put photos of some advanced drone aircraft (that kind of have a "three dot" design) on a blog and then stopped posting.
A woman with a deep manly voice offers to tell Sarah more about the photos. They go to the mobile home that the woman with the deep manly voice lives in. It turns out that the woman with the deep manly voice is actually a man in disguise and now living off the grid. He worked on the drones for a company but as he was driven there in a van with blacked-out windows he doesn't know where it is.
Sarah takes the man (disguised as a woman with a deep manly voice) to a hypnotherapist to remember what he can about the journey in the van. Sarah records the session using a cell phone. Suddenly there are gunshots. The man and the therapist have both been assassinated. But Sarah has enough information on tape to lead her to a warehouse outside of town.
Inside is a guy who claims no knowledge of what goes on on the warehouse. He says he just rents it out. But when Sarah lowers her gun he produces one and wounds her. In the struggle the man gets killed. Sarah crawls outside and sees a "three dot" drone hovering.
This episode also contains a flashback where Riley and "Kendra" travel back from the future to the present on their mission to stop John depending too much on Cameron. (Why do I think there's more to it than that?) When Riley wants out "Kendra" slaps her and tells her to suck it up.
Ellison plays chess with "John Henry" (Cromartie). He doesn't seem convinced that the machine is benign. Very wise I think...
Saturday, 28 February 2009
Thursday, 26 February 2009
Rebecca Hall in Tatler - Scans!
A little bit belated, but here are my scans of Rebecca Hall as she appeared in the February 2009 issue of Tatler magazine.
Tuesday, 24 February 2009
Red Riding on Radio Times cover
I just picked up the new issue of the Radio Times after spotting the striking Red Riding cover that screams 1970s.
There is quite extensive coverage of the series but no Rebecca Hall content that I can see, despite her presence in the first episode. Most of the focus seems to be on Sean Bean and David Morrissey.
By the way, the magazine describes the series with words such as "strong", "bleak" and "controversial". So we've been warned...
There is quite extensive coverage of the series but no Rebecca Hall content that I can see, despite her presence in the first episode. Most of the focus seems to be on Sean Bean and David Morrissey.By the way, the magazine describes the series with words such as "strong", "bleak" and "controversial". So we've been warned...
Law & Order UK actually quite good shock!
One of my favourite TV shows is Law & Order. I've been watching it since Carey Lowell and Angie Harmon were the ADAs. (Perhaps I should introduce a new time measurement system based on the cast of L&O...)
When a UK version was announced I mentally shrugged and promptly forgot all about it. That is until last night when the first episode was broadcast. I actually recorded it to watch later as I decided to watch the deeply mediocre Heroes. (Sucessfully continuing its mediocre streak in case you're wondering.)
When I did settle down to watch L&O UK I discovered it was not bad. Hey, it was actually quite good. The format actually seemed to work with English accents and shots of Kings Cross train station.
Unfortunately they changed the theme music, but thankfully they retained the "doink doink" sound between scenes. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OlCVNn9ZeY) Oh, and there's still the cheesy but essential shot of the grinning cast walking towards the camera at the end of the credits. Wouldn't be the same without it.
Jamie Bamber gets to use his English accent after years playing Lee Adama on Battlestar Galactica. Freema Agyeman from Doctor Who was a CPS person. Ben Daniels got the Sam Waterstone part. The excellent Bill Patterson played the equivalent of the DA but didn't get much to do.
I think I recognised Mrs Fairfax from Jane Eyre 2006 playing the unscrupulous landlord.
When a UK version was announced I mentally shrugged and promptly forgot all about it. That is until last night when the first episode was broadcast. I actually recorded it to watch later as I decided to watch the deeply mediocre Heroes. (Sucessfully continuing its mediocre streak in case you're wondering.)
When I did settle down to watch L&O UK I discovered it was not bad. Hey, it was actually quite good. The format actually seemed to work with English accents and shots of Kings Cross train station.
Unfortunately they changed the theme music, but thankfully they retained the "doink doink" sound between scenes. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OlCVNn9ZeY) Oh, and there's still the cheesy but essential shot of the grinning cast walking towards the camera at the end of the credits. Wouldn't be the same without it.
Jamie Bamber gets to use his English accent after years playing Lee Adama on Battlestar Galactica. Freema Agyeman from Doctor Who was a CPS person. Ben Daniels got the Sam Waterstone part. The excellent Bill Patterson played the equivalent of the DA but didn't get much to do.
I think I recognised Mrs Fairfax from Jane Eyre 2006 playing the unscrupulous landlord.
All in all an enjoyable hours entertainment from ITV. That in itself is something. I shall watch the next episode.
Sunday, 22 February 2009
Rebecca Hall in Observer magazine
Rebecca Hall is on the cover of today's Observer magazine. Inside is a five page article looking at her recent projects including the upcoming Red Riding Trilogy based on books by David Peace. It will be shown on Channel 4 starting 5 March. Rebecca plays the mother of a missing child in the 1970s set story.
Now that my scanner is working here is the cover:
The article can be read at www.guardian.co.uk
Now that my scanner is working here is the cover:
The article can be read at www.guardian.co.uk
There's a number of photos in the magazine but the following one was found on the website:
Saturday, 21 February 2009
Terminator: TSSC Episode 2.12
Three stories for the price of one this week. In the "present" Sarah sends Derek to meet up with a gal who's (soon to be deceased) pregnant mother is injured. Terminators were after the family. Derek remembers the gal in a bio-hazard suit in the future.
"6 months ago" Sarah and Cameron meet the family for the first time. A terminator has targeted the family and they don't know why. At first they think it's because the father has some shady dealings with a firm connected with cybernetics technology. Later Sarah discovers that the wife is pregnant and the machine wants to stop the child from being born.
In the "future" Derek meets "Kendra Shaw" for the first time. (That's the name of the character the actress played in BSG so I'm sticking with it here!) We discover that she arrived on a nuclear sub that the humans use to travel between Perth and LA. The sub uses a "metal" captain.
Derek and "Kendra" are looking for the sole survivor from a terminator bio-warfare attack. One girl called Sydney survived because of a natural immunity. This lets the humans develop an antidote to the bio agent.
It turns out that Sydney is the newborn sister of the woman he's protecting in the present.
In the future "Kendra" also relates the happy story of how bunnies were accidentally introduced to Australia and many attempts were made to wipe them out including using a deadly bunny virus. The bunnies lived on which is perhaps a good omen for humans in the future!
In the present Derek tells the gal and her new baby sister Sydney that they can join the gang, however the gal takes off while he phones Sarah with an update.
"6 months ago" Sarah and Cameron meet the family for the first time. A terminator has targeted the family and they don't know why. At first they think it's because the father has some shady dealings with a firm connected with cybernetics technology. Later Sarah discovers that the wife is pregnant and the machine wants to stop the child from being born.
In the "future" Derek meets "Kendra Shaw" for the first time. (That's the name of the character the actress played in BSG so I'm sticking with it here!) We discover that she arrived on a nuclear sub that the humans use to travel between Perth and LA. The sub uses a "metal" captain.
Derek and "Kendra" are looking for the sole survivor from a terminator bio-warfare attack. One girl called Sydney survived because of a natural immunity. This lets the humans develop an antidote to the bio agent.
It turns out that Sydney is the newborn sister of the woman he's protecting in the present.
In the future "Kendra" also relates the happy story of how bunnies were accidentally introduced to Australia and many attempts were made to wipe them out including using a deadly bunny virus. The bunnies lived on which is perhaps a good omen for humans in the future!
In the present Derek tells the gal and her new baby sister Sydney that they can join the gang, however the gal takes off while he phones Sarah with an update.
New Cussler novel by Justin Scott
I made a nice discovery on Amazon UK last night. Justin Scott, one of my favourite authors, is co-writing a new novel with Clive Cussler called The Wrecker. It's due out later this year but there are no details yet.
It was during the 1990s that I started reading novels by Scott. Among my favourites were A Pride of Kings (A Pride of Royals in the US) set in revolutionary Russia, The Man Who Loved the Normandie (Normandie Triangle in the US) set in New York during the early years of WW2 and The Empty Eye of the Sea, a modern day sea adventure that only seems to have been published in the UK. Scott went on to write some entertaining mysteries set in New England.
Then in 1998 I read a book called Fire and Ice by an author called Paul Garrison. The characters and situations reminded me strongly of characters from a Justin Scott novel called The Shipkiller. It turned out to be Justin Scott writing under a pen-name.
His website can be found at http://www.seastoriesbypaulgarrison.com/
If I find a "blurb" or cover image for The Wrecker I will post it here.
It was during the 1990s that I started reading novels by Scott. Among my favourites were A Pride of Kings (A Pride of Royals in the US) set in revolutionary Russia, The Man Who Loved the Normandie (Normandie Triangle in the US) set in New York during the early years of WW2 and The Empty Eye of the Sea, a modern day sea adventure that only seems to have been published in the UK. Scott went on to write some entertaining mysteries set in New England.
Then in 1998 I read a book called Fire and Ice by an author called Paul Garrison. The characters and situations reminded me strongly of characters from a Justin Scott novel called The Shipkiller. It turned out to be Justin Scott writing under a pen-name.
His website can be found at http://www.seastoriesbypaulgarrison.com/
If I find a "blurb" or cover image for The Wrecker I will post it here.
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