Posts by Graeme Edgeler
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Doesn't Ron Mark's Bill call for a 12 year age of criminal responsibility? Do you seriously think that will squeak through ?
Kind of.
Ron Mark's bill aims to lower the age of youth criminal responsibility to 12. That is, the age at which children can be brought before the youth court.
It doesn't affect the age of adult criminal responsibility - 17.
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So what's with the order we're getting The Power of Art in?
It's not chronological.
It's not the order they aired in the UK.
But it is the order they're listed in on the menu on the BBC page of the series...
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Names are not supposed to be published until the court first reviews the issue.
Grey area at best Andrew - there's also nothing actually preventing publication until a court first reviews the issue.
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The Reuters article on Stuff carried this entertaining bit:
The finale, aptly titled "Made In America," will likely go down as one of the most memorably offbeat in TV history, alongside the trial of "Seinfeld" and the conclusion of Bob Newhart's second sitcom, in which he awoke from a dream in bed with the wife from his first sitcom.
How hilarious does the final of Newhart sound? Wikipedia tells me it was named "most unexpected moment in TV history" by TV Guide in 2005. Who thinks this tops it? Or is Keith wrong, and he's just dead?
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Well - the list of links to comment at TV t a t t l e certainly runs the gammut - from "Worst. Ending. Ever." to "I want to have David Chase's babies!"
Starting with the bad:
David Chase proves he's a TV hack with his "screw you" to "Sopranos" fans
Angry "Sopranos" fans crash HBO Web site
We waited 8 years for this!
A big, raised middle finger: This was Chase's passive-aggressive shot at all of us
What a &%#@! gyp!: "Sopranos" whacks its fans
Left viewers screaming
What the . . . ?: Finale was spectacularly disappointing
What a cop-out!
Ambiguity is fine, pointless manipulation is not
Most exasperating ending
Abrupt finale was almost like a prank, a mischievous dig at viewers
And moving to the good:
David Chase crafted the most perfect "Sopranos" ending
Why wouldn't a show that's taken such pleasure in rewriting the rules of storytelling go out in the least conventional way possible?
Genius ending: Set up every sign of mafia doom, without pulling the trigger
Right ending: More violent, more disturbing, more unfair than a savage murder
Imagine how David Chase feels: Ending a cultural phenomenon ain't easy
Think of it as the "Sopranos'" final dark joke -- with a fitting ending
Finale seemed dedicated to thwarting all the theories that had sprung up about it"Fill in the blank," Chase seemed to be saying, leaving the ending up to viewers
David Chase WANTED us to be mad
Perhaps the most original final scene ever
That "power failure" may go down as the 2nd most-TiVoed moment in TV history
Upon closer inspection, the final scene was brilliant
Perfect: Unsentimental, underplayed
No hugging, no moral lesson, no pat ending
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Keep 'em coming.
Yay for Jericho (and How I Met Your Mother - but on Saturday).
Naturally, however, Baldrick's series screened on TV One last year - 11am on Saturday mornings. And for a guy who watches a lot of Saturday and Sunday morning documentaries (Sunday afternoons on three now too) I was underwhelmed - not the hidden gem I'd hoped I find (and sometimes do).
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So ... more than original Trekkies 30+ years ago, or the Browncoats of Firefly (or whatever them who wanted Everwood renewed called themselves), it looks like Jericho has the nuttiest, best-organised fanbase of all.
Cancelled in the US (still playing on TV3 Sundays) Jericho fans have gotten what other fans have only dreamed of - their cancelled show uncancelled.
And all it took was 25 tons of nuts sent to CBS (from a line in the final episode taken from a line in WW2).
I'm pretty happy - it's up there with Heroes in my weekly "must watch", but I really can't imagine getting so steamed up that I'd want to send nuts somewhere. Anyone else?
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Even the placebo effect is worth having. Unfortunately for me, it doesn't work when you know it's a placebo.
I have a flatmate who disagrees. He asserts benefit from the placebo effect, even when he know's what he's taking can't work (e.g. near instant relief from anti-hay fever stuff). Immediate benefit, even though it cannot work that fast, and he knows it cannot work that fast.
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So how 'bout that Power of Art?
I surprised myself and enjoyed it more than A History of Britain. One episode in, Schama seems to have taken the opportunity to pick and choose artists and works of particular personal interest that enable a truly engrossing discussion - something never really possible with History.
Rough Crossings next?
Or something truly controversial from Niall Ferguson?
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What would I do without you, Graeme?
Have no-one to ask this question either, that's for sure - finally saw the TV3 article on the Parliamentary Prayer (had a look after reading comments last night, but could only seem to find TV3's footage of the prayer itself).
A bit of a beat up - especially with the review out there for a while - but the question remains open: why does the House of Representatives have a Speaker, who has held that office for somewhere around five years, who does not know the difference between a session of Parliament and a sitting of Parliament?