Cool: November 2007 Archives
Cool Threadless SF T-Shirt #242
Has Heroes lost the plot? Should The Bionic Woman run off on her bionic legs into the sunset? Is Sarah Jane sorry she left the TARDIS?
Important questions, and one which until know required many words, sometimes even whole sentences. No more. I have developed a new TV show rating system for Big Dumb Object called Woah! or Oh... (I say "developed", actually I just had the idea this morning in a five second burst of inspiration.) Here's how it works, you can play along yourself if you want to.
If at the end of an episode of a TV show you say <keanu>Whoah!</keanu> then that show gets a woah point for that episode. If you say "Oh..." the show gets zero woah points for that episode. Then you calculate the percentage woah-ness like so:
Here's some current ratings:
Heroes season 2 : 1/7 = 14% Woah
Bionic Woman : 0/1 = 0% Woah
Spooks 2007: 1/2 = 50% Woah
Flight Of The Conchords: 7/7 = 100% Woah
In the future I'm looking forward to Lost which was over 90% Woah last series, and hoping that Doctor Who 2008 can raise itself out of the lowly 23% Woah depths.
Important questions, and one which until know required many words, sometimes even whole sentences. No more. I have developed a new TV show rating system for Big Dumb Object called Woah! or Oh... (I say "developed", actually I just had the idea this morning in a five second burst of inspiration.) Here's how it works, you can play along yourself if you want to.
If at the end of an episode of a TV show you say <keanu>Whoah!</keanu> then that show gets a woah point for that episode. If you say "Oh..." the show gets zero woah points for that episode. Then you calculate the percentage woah-ness like so:
Percentage Woah-ness = (Woah points / Number of episodes) * 100Easy. And now each show has one easy percentage rating (although you should probably also quote the number of episodes).
Here's some current ratings:
Heroes season 2 : 1/7 = 14% Woah
Bionic Woman : 0/1 = 0% Woah
Spooks 2007: 1/2 = 50% Woah
Flight Of The Conchords: 7/7 = 100% Woah
In the future I'm looking forward to Lost which was over 90% Woah last series, and hoping that Doctor Who 2008 can raise itself out of the lowly 23% Woah depths.
Everyone has linked to this video, SF Signal embedded it, but I feel it would be a crime if I did not also embed it here. Because it is Eddie Izzard and Star Wars and Lego. And it's funny:
"What's the Death Star?"
"This is the Death Star!"
"What's the Death Star?"
"This is the Death Star!"
Who needs a dog when you have a pack of AT-STs?
There are some films that, no matter how many times I have seen them before, I have to watch if I come across them on terrestrial television. Even if I own the DVD.
Yesterday it was The Empire Strikes Back. There's something about a Star Wars movie on a "normal" TV channel that still gets me excited. I think it's because I remember the first time that Star Wars on TV, before we owned a video recorder. It was shown at Christmas, of course, and the event is as memorable as seeing it at the cinema.
Other films that fall into this category include all the Back To The Future films, for which I always have to stop what I'm doing and watch.
Yesterday it was The Empire Strikes Back. There's something about a Star Wars movie on a "normal" TV channel that still gets me excited. I think it's because I remember the first time that Star Wars on TV, before we owned a video recorder. It was shown at Christmas, of course, and the event is as memorable as seeing it at the cinema.
Other films that fall into this category include all the Back To The Future films, for which I always have to stop what I'm doing and watch.
Strange Maps has a map of UFO sightings in the USA, showing where the hotspots are. Area 51 has the highest amount (although surely the aliens are imprisoned in Area 51? So it must be the government.)
