a good guest star in dollhouse

Last week i said this about Dollhouse (my blog) and then in another double helping this week it finally moved from a single perspective on the merits of fishing rods (or something like that), to some heavy-duty ethics/thought on mind control.

Naturally most of you won’t have tuned in, but hey thats your loss.

It was interesting to see an indication of the size of the operation, a revisit (my blog) of old clients, and the topher/Adelle spat. Alpha’s appearance also should get some kudos.  Cool.

The change is palpable and despite some really dire episodes with interference from Rupert Murdoch and staff means that despite being canceled theres proof that writing in this series should have worked without being brainwiped by some idiot at fox each week prior to filming.

5/5 bananas.

Koala (9.10) i have to revise my opinion on the updates, what used to work i find does not work after updates to some core components on a ubuntu box – namely open office 3.1 and the spreadsheet app.

The botched build of oo in repo finally pushed me back to Debian Lenny, i dont have sound, but its faster and all my spreadsheets (as .ods files) load and can also be saved.  The machine also makes an ok x hoster something that ubuntu isnt interested in.

Whatever the failure of the oo build in the repo is probably due to some strange ubuntu community update nit picking for the latest build – it was the issue that decided i was to change distros.

When i have to use a server running debian to edit a small spreadsheet  that i could open and save on 9.10 pre update then all is not well in ubuntu land.  The base might be stable, the oo app implemented in 9.10 sucks.

If Tiger Woods kept chickens he would need a black cock

Apparently the sporting pervert/drug addict and with other likewise issues known as tiger woods (guardian) has employed Schillings to stop him selling consumer products as well as to try to gag the press. Schillings is a name familiar to the monkey house as they gave Craig Murray (see blogs i read) some really healthy publicity.

If you cannot print any pictures of mr woods, then surely that means companies who stupidly pay him to advertise crap are clearly in technical default if his image appears in any product packaging/display or television advert.

That’s great business sense Schillings, it reinforces my image that all sport is nazi inspired.  The moral – sports people in the public eye should not be used to sell consumer goods.

If bananas in the falklands sold a similar product where my competitor used an image of his – I’d be informing courts and getting those competing items off the shelves and just leaving only my products on sale.  Muse on that.

is isbn 9780593061923 and Mr Elton writes a book about the failures of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, not very interesting except that a left winger wrote it.

0/5 bananas.

number 2

Bananas in the Falklands does like some tv, but in general the quality of most television is pretty dire. Take for example the remake of the prisoner, which i have never seen but heard of.

The prisoner is an abstract tale, there will be people who plain dont do weird, or insist that the 1960 version was way better. It is a suffering of the remake syndrome though.

Ian McKellen (blessed be the white suit) is genius, as is the set design.  I did not grok the white ball things but the thing has a pulse and deserves a nod to modernity rather than being stuck to a single generations perception even with Jim Caviezel as number 6.

The props might change but theres a lesson fo all in the prisoner, See

about time as i see a number of like minded msm articles (an example from the bbc) and an very old example from (my blog)

Bananas was here first ook! – However observe happens when an american is convicted of murder in Italy.

buying a senator

When jumping in as guest stars you get Alexis Denisof & Summer Glau.  Nothing wrong except that Ms Glau is veteran of being canceled by the evil baron Rupert Murdoch.

Dollhouse has the occasional moments of brilliant, and the double combination of guest stars  left one in the lurch.

The writing in Dollhouse remains good, its cancellation and speed up to it affected the Summer plot which i know where it might have been set but left alot of it in the lurch.

Thought wise i like Dollhouse, and the secondary stars are really beginning to shine through. Perhaps it is a good thing that most dont get this idea*.

5/5 bananas.

* its scheduling sucks

imdb tt0416220 great fun 5/5 bananas.

also by the drector Memories Of Matsuko imdb: tt0768120 very touching 5/5 bananas

A happy ending for Miyuki

Your Under arrest (my blog) is Japanese anime. and rather fun and Miyuki Kobayakawa finally finds love in the end.

If you have not seen it – your missing out.  It is an interesting look at Japan.

It does not always work, but it has moments of brillance for example the scooter lady singing opera on a low powered motorbike, failures included strike man for me as rather drawn out and unnecessary.

It has some great drawing in, and the detail on the larger set piece car chases has to be admired.  Naturally there are bikini episodes, and the other cast members have had interesting tales notable is one about the honor guard, and the rivals from some another police district.

Its not full on ticketing cars for fines (and stuff) and it shows a side of Japan most will not see.

Investigate.

Sir Rake is the chairman of British India (british telecom)  who lives in a broadband desert country area in england between High Wycombe and Henley (where the regatta is held)

He is the only man with broadband in the area, to anybody else a connection would cost you £ 68000 pounds sterling.

Oddly the economics and civil service ethics clash – apparently nobody in Hambeldon wants broadband and thus nobody gets it, but if an employee like Sir Rake moves in it is ok, British Telecom (britsih india) also want a .50 pence tax (half of a pound sterling)  on all phones line to pay for Hambledon areas.

The moral of the tale – monopolies are bad and that  bt.plc is no  business (my blog). Thus if in a desert Michaels your man.