Rick Rolling, MILF Island, Battlestar Galactica's return and Iron Man are discussed. We have reports of Peter Berg making DUNE, Tom Cruise ON drugs and Jason Beghe escaping Scientology. We also speak of Edward Norton vs Marvel and iTunes becoming the bane of Walmart!
Also some rumblings about Austin Powers 4, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 2 and a new Greatest American Hero? And bear witness to Mark rummaging through The Colonel’s DVDs (again).
In this exciting episode: We discuss more insane religious self-help nutbags and the folks who have been deluded by them.
What is the fate of the Bionic Woman? HD-DVD is dead! A fourth Bourne? No Thanks! Shazam delayed.
Michael Bay writes Transformers 2 Script/Outline/Template. Woody Allen to film erotic lesbian love scene! Takei in Trek? No more Underworld for Bekinsale and Shatner almost died!
Plus: Experience the sounds of one of The Colonel's dreams!
The Strike is Over!
In this episode: Experience what The Colonel has been doing through during the writers strike and discover his prophecy of President McCain. As an added bonus: hear Mark sing!
Down to business and we have a comprehensive list of shows and information on when they’ll be returning. We have news on some of the latest movie corporation lawsuits and distressing new concerning the beloved pastime of downloading in the UK.
Also hear about Teeth, Knight Rider, Wizards First Rule and Star Wars: The Clone Wars. We discuss Heath Ledger, Roy Scheider and Jack Nicholson.
It’s all here. Download it now!!!
In this, the first episode of 2008 we open with a high tech discussion about Apple, The Hi-Def format war and DRM.
We update you on the WGA strike, Wesley Snipes in court, South Korean pirates, Cruise and Scientology, the years upcoming movies and the US Presidential Election.
We also have exciting news on Star Trek and The A-Team and update you on some happenings in the 2IGTV forums.
All this and much more here: Download it now!
In this special Christmas episode Mark and The Colonel discuss the gloom of no new television but we discuss some of what this short season held for some shows.
Directors have been announced for Terminator Salvation and The A-Team only neither is whom you would ever guess. Peter Jackson has been given a lot of cash judging from his next project and we have news of The Hoff and Knight Rider.
We dig up more on the never ending HD format wars and we discover what the great Michael Bay's latest drunken rant on the subject is. The evil French have invented a new way to suck all the fun out of life by sucking all the fun out of the internet, learn about it here.
All this and much more that wasn't scripted so I forget what it was we were discussing, but it's all here.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! from 2IGTV
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In our first Mega-Monthly episode we've got so much stuff that we'll never fit it all into this post... ...but we'll try:
Bad news for Brett Ratner fans, good news for sane people. God is assembling Star Wars writers to bring his religion to Television. AT&T attempt daylight robbery. Tara Reid ain't stupid like Hilton and Lohan. A release date is set for Wolverine but Bubba Nosferatu falls off our radar. Turok to returns and both the Green Lantern and Max Payne are coming to Hollywood. Stallone to butcher a sacred franchise and more news on the WGA strike and it's bleak future.
All this and much more, PLUS an announcement you've all been waiting for: we've given into your incessant demands.
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Heroes came upon us in 2006 as one of the freshest and unique TV shows we had ever seen. The cliffhanger each week kept everyone who enjoyed it in anticipation of the next episode. Who couldn't live in fear of the evil Mr. Bennet? - true evil didn't need a superpower! Who couldn't laugh at Hiro and his bizarre antics? And what male could not have fantasized about Claire even though she's only seventeen or something?
I will say that I wasn't 100% impressed with the final episode but that couldn't have prevented it from taking it's place as my favourite show, knocking Battlestar Galactica off it's perch (although a light breeze would have done that to BSG after it's woeful 3rd season).
-"30 L 90000" was a number plate on a parked car, this would have been the 90000th car registered in Co.Limerick in the year 1930 - was there even 90000 cars in the whole USA back then? Let alone Co. Limerick!
-Nowhere I've been in Ireland does steam come out of manhole covers in the road. This would cause a panic and the Army would be called in to investigate. When on holiday in New York I even took some photos of this phenomenon to show people back home that this actually happens and it's not just a special effect in movies!!
-No pub anywhere in Cork City is ever that empty.
-No Private Security Guards are licensed to carry guns, even our own police force don't carry guns.
-At least they got the amount of rain almost right- it's been raining for the past three episodes stopping only on order not to get Kristen Bell's hair wet.
Despite this, Heroes Season 2 is still substandard and not what I was hoping for. There has been some minor rumblings towards a plot in 5th/6th episodes (and thankfully they've left "Cork" and gone to Montreal (if you live in Montreal please tell us how inaccurate it is) but only time will tell if this pans out. They have an awful lot of work to do if they want to see their series last.
I must also report that NBC has dropped the Heroes: Origins mini-series that actually seemed like a stupid idea to begin with. It's not been officially shit-canned but it most likely won't happen according to insiders. It's unclear if it was the drop in ratings for Season 2 or the impending writers strike is the cause.
-The Colonel
The votes are in and the Writers Guild of America go on strike at 12:01am on Monday.
Where do I a rampant capitalist fall on all this? Well after listening to the media companies report massive earnings for the last quarter not paying writers for their work when it's distributed via new mediums such as the Internet is shameful.
As viewers lets look at the immediate damage.
The movie pipeline is pretty full right into 2008 so that drip feed of sub-par movies we've been experiencing will continue. Television is where we're going to get stung. Animated shows (Simpsons, South Park) have such a long development process they'll all continue as there's a mountain of episodes in production but shows such as The Daily Show, Conan O'Brien, Leno, Letterman and so on feel the pinch immediately.
Those joke writers won't be reporting for work on Monday.
24 has only about a third of season seven filmed. With the strike starting on Monday and running until whenever, FOX are now in the uncomfortable position of going ahead with the January air date then stopping when they run out of episodes or putting the pilot on hold until the strike resolves and cranking up production again so they can run it weekly.
When you look at the Reality TV garbage on FOX you'd think they'd be able to weather any strike easily. That might work for American Idol but it doesn't work for the most patriotic show on US TV. This strike could make the long delayed and not altogether bad Sarah Connor Chronicles since a lot of FOX's competitors will start running out of new episodes as that show just starts up.
A raft of other workhorse scripted dramas are all just going to dry up and blow away. The longer they're off the air the harder it is to get viewers watching again and that'll kill them off.
We're going to see shows just stop in the middle of plot lines and then be replaced with knock offs of America's Next Top Model and Big Brother so if there's anything you always wanted to see but haven't yet watched I'd advise you ask for the DVD box sets this Christmas.
It will be a dull TV winter my friends.
TONIGHT - ON 2IGTV:
Knight Rider, G-Force, Bionic Woman, Star Trek, Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins, Justice League, Escape From New York, EverQuest, Halo, Manhunt 2, Steven Spielberg and Donald Sutherland.
We also discuss the impending movie and TV industry strikes, Blu-Ray encryption and of course we have the results of our Episode 50 Competition.
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Prepare yourself for the 2IGTV 50th Episode Extravaganza!!! Well actually it's pretty much a normal episode, just with a milestone number, nothing to get more excited about than normal.
We talk about Heath Ledger, James Spader, Rose McGowan, Mike Bay and even Chris Crocker. On TV we mention Family Guy's tribute to Star Wars and some news for Battlestar Galactica fans. In Movies we have The Dark Knight, Thor, Iron Man, Magneto and Southland Tales.
PLUS: To celebrate our 50th Episode and the release of John Woo's Stranglehold game - you have a chance of winning The Colonel's very own copy of Woo's magnum opus: "Hard Boiled" (Region Free in Chinese with English Subs) plus some random tat.
What the fuck are you waiting for? Grab it now!
