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My Review of The Spider Woman
the 7th entry in Basil Rathbone’s series of Sherlock Holmes adventures is available at Amazon.com here.
Holmes is always best when facing a foe worthy of him and this picture provides that sort of foe.
Given the choice between the special effects and gay overtones of the current movie or the dull tones of a B movie from the World War 2 era, give me WW2 every time.
Had a good time at my mother’s on Christmas Eve, one small snafu on Christmas Day (water overflowed from the tree got some of the books under the tree wet), but other than that is was very pleasant.
The 2nd day of Christmas (Boxing Day) is upon us and the countdown to the open house has begun. Seven days from today the open house will be on.
If you are a friend of mine and didn’t receive an invitation consider yourself invited. If you need a hard copy of one e-mail me or comment on the post.
As before if you are a reader of this blog I offer this challenge, if you can find my house and show up and introduce yourself as a reader you will be admitted and welcome.
The BBC decided to wise up concerning the Dr. Who special The end of Time.
Instead of a 3-6 month delay causing fans to play with proxy servers and or post copy after copy on youtube etc just so people outside of England could watch it, they scheduled it on BBC America with only an 18 hour delay from the base broadcast.
Incidentally as this will be the last story of the 10th doctor played by David Tennant and the introduction of the 11th doctor played by Matt Smith, this is a good choice for an entry point to the series.
If you read this blog at all you know I’m a big doctor who fan but being a graybeard I had no problem waiting till tonight to see the show, my 18 year old son being 18 thought otherwise so of course he watched using a proxy server and of course I watched it with him and of course my wife watched it when he offered to replay it.
I like it a lot more than The Nerd Blog did but from reading his review that wasn’t hard. (I disagree with him on the specials, I enjoyed them all even though Waters of Mars had a huge hole in it.) He had some points concerning the plot and the Masters “powers” but I very much liked the ending and am willing to withhold judgment until I see part two next week.
There was one thing however that annoyed me:
I presume it was meant as a plot device but the climatic moment of the show comes during a worldwide broadcast where president Obama is about to release his plan to end the worldwide recession. It’s a theme throughout the show.
I don’t know how long ago this was written, but the idea of a bunch of brits waiting for Barack Obama to save them strikes me as condescending to them. If I was a British subject I’d be insulted.
There is every probability that this was written just after his election and that Russell T. Davies was and/or is a member of the hopey-changey Obamacult. I suspect British actors are even farther left than Hollywood so it would be no surprise. It is also possible that he is making fun of said cult but I doubt it.
Alas the shooting schedule and the filming didn’t account for the crash and burn of international opinion of the president, it gives the episode an anachronistic quality will make many conservatives laugh at the reminder of those foolish messianic days.
My personal reaction was to think of this:
If you want to watch it to see what I mean, tune into BBC America tonight at 9 p.m. The two previous Doctor Who Specials: Planet of the Dead and Waters of Mars will be showed immediately before starting at 6:30 EST.
My review of Sylvester Stallone’s return as Rambo, is available at Amazon.com here.
One interesting note from the special features. They submitted their first cut of this movie for a rating fulling expecting to get an “NC-17” rating due to the military style violence. They were shocked to get the “R” so this is in theory the directors cut.
There is quite a bit of plot in here, you will enjoy it.
