Going back to where it all began

7:51 pm, January 16th, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Posted in boythings, cuteness, girlthings, idiotbox by Jarod

After lamenting the loss of David Tennant as Doctor Who for a week or so, Liz and I have decided to go back to where it all began…

… David Tennant in his pyjamas!

Movie Review: Cloudy with a Chance of Meat Balls

11:24 am, December 22nd, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Posted in boythings, idiotbox, mooovies by Jarod

A few weeks ago Liz and I watched Cloudy with a Chance of Meat Balls.

We like the occasional kids movie, having also watched (and liked) Up and a few others (which I can’t remember just now). I can safely say that Sony’s attempt at a Pixar’ish feature film was up there with the best.

Now, as I suck at analysing things and developing those thoughts into prose, this movie review will be written in ever popular bullet points. Firstly, the parts Liz and I enjoyed:

1. The animation and special effects. After diving into Modo in the last few weeks, I was flabbergasted.
2. The adult in jokes. The comedy works great on both adult and kid level.
3. The main character’s monkey… Steeeeeeeeeeeeeevee.
4. The mayor and his ever increasing waist line.
5. The cartoonic look and feel.
6. The town’s cop, voiced by Mr T. Brilliant I say. Brilliant.
7. The Gummy Beaaaaaars.

Now the parts that weren’t that great:

1. The predictable love story that took too much of the front seat.
2. The way the ending made us tear up slightly (though Liz will never admit it).
3. The (fairly) predictable story line. Aside from the small details, you always knew what was going to happen.
4. The way the weather reporter chick was a geek, but pretending she wasn’t. We got it the first time guys.

As there are 7 yays to only 4 nays, Cloudy with a Chance of Meat Balls can be considered a good, almost great movie. Jarod and Liz recommended.

To A Current Affair, Today Tonight and…

6:43 pm, December 11th, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Posted in boythings, idiotbox, whinging by Jarod

… all the other news/current affairs/newstainment shows on television. I really really really don’t care about Tiger Woods. If she was an outside cat, Train would surely track you down, then bite you on your collective asses for continually broadcasting bullshit soap opera dramas of a golfing dude’s life.

Leave the crappy drama to Home and Away. Leave Tiger Woods alone. And more importantly, leave me and Liz alone.

Traaaiiiiinnnn….

11:23 pm, September 12th, 2009 | No Comments »
Posted in girlthings, idiotbox, internets by Liz

That bit at the end where Glenn’s voice breaks? (4:10) That’s exactly how I yell it when she bites me.

(feed readers, click here)

Amusing.

9:57 pm, July 3rd, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Posted in girlthings, idiotbox, internets by Liz

Of course the Today show is entirely credible. Who would ever suggest they’re not?

(Found via Laura @ LR Kane).

That’s our fucking house!

7:51 am, May 17th, 2009 | No Comments »
Posted in boythings, geekery, girlthings, idiotbox, local by Jarod

Last night Liz and I were watching old reruns of The Chaser’s CNNNN and were super surprised to see that the house we now live in was in the background of one of the shots.

In 2003, Liz used to watch CNNNN religiously while living in Queensland and attending High School. I watched it in downtown Bankstown while chilling with my homies. 6 years later we’re together, and living in a place that’s in the background of something we both enjoyed watching. I mean, what the freaking hell are the chances of that?!?!

Truly random++.

Homer Votes 2008

9:05 pm, November 1st, 2008 | No Comments »
Posted in comedy, girlthings, idiotbox, internets, roundups by Liz

Not good birthday news…

6:14 pm, October 30th, 2008 | No Comments »
Posted in geekery, girlthings, idiotbox, internets, roundups by Liz

Thanks (or no thanks) to ABC News

Doctor Who star David Tennant has announced he is quitting the hit science-fiction series.

Tennant, who has played the 10th incarnation of the Time Lord since 2005, says he will leave the role after completing production on the four special episodes to be screened in the UK in 2009.

“When Doctor Who returns in 2010 it won’t be with me,” he told the National Television Awards.

“The 2009 shows will be my last playing the Doctor.

“I love this part and I love this show so much, and if I don’t take a deep breath and move on now I never will and you will be wheeling me out of the Tardis in my bath chair.”

There has been no word as to who will replace Tennant.

No fair :(

Sleepy thinking…

8:28 pm, October 5th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Posted in geekery, girlthings, idiotbox, local by Liz

Sometimes, just sometimes, when the night air is still, the final planes are coming into land overhead and Jarod is snoring, it sounds like The Doctor* is landing his TARDIS in the lane below our bedroom window. Sometimes I even get momentarily excited before I remember it’s just a TV show.

*the David Tennant kind.

The Debut of Top Gear Australia

6:49 am, October 2nd, 2008 | No Comments »
Posted in boythings, idiotbox, local by Jarod

It was with a lot of cringing that Liz and I watched the (recorded) debut of Top Gear Australia last night. Now we’re pretty big fans of the original, so our main motivation in watching it was to see if the highly acclaimed and very successful template could be shoehorned into another market.

Enter Top Gear Australia. What appears to be a duplicate of the British version, minus Jeremy, Richard, James and million dollar european sports cars…. replaced with Charlie, Steve, Warren and a bunch of local Holden and Fords. Who are Charlie, Steve and Warren? Exactly!

Before the BBC version of Top Gear, Jeremy Clarkson had done a smattering of car related DVDs. This earnt him street cred when talking about things with four wheels. To the average viewer of Top Gear Australia (I’ll use myself as an case study) only one of the Australian presenters is known at all, and that was more for his cartoons than his ability behind a steering wheel (or in front of a tv camera).

All the boxes were ticked. There were crazy stunts in the form of a mini moke chucked into a shark feeding frenzy. A three way roadtest/comparison was done. Star in a reasonably priced Proton. The local car news. Single sports car review, which ended in the Australian Stig driving around a random aerodrome on a random track. But due to the lack of charisma brought to the table by the presenters, almost everything they said and did came off as trying too hard.

The fact that it wasn’t a complete trainwreck is promising. The presenters will surely loosen up in the next few episodes and start to work better together. I’ll tune in again for next week’s Holden vs Ford battle, but if it’s the same’ish thing again, it’ll most likely be the last episode I watch for a while.

What I’ve taken away from watching Monday night’s debut is that it proves that you can copy the set, slick graphics, format and even the cinematic style, but at the end of the day it’s the presenters that make the show. And they’ve got a steep uphill climb to win over the Australian audience… and all too little time to do it in.

It’s Survivor Time!

8:00 pm, September 25th, 2008 | No Comments »
Posted in boythings, idiotbox by Jarod

The only stupid reality show I get into is Survivor**. There. I said it.

Jeff Probst is hosting his millionth^^ season of Survivor and my three survivors in the sweep are going to kick ass. Despite two of them being the usual flirty girl types, and the dude I got is a lawyer.

Hmmm, maybe I won’t do so well after all, but it’s worth it to hear Jeff say “Previously… on Survivor” and “[Random Tribe], got nothing for ya, head back to camp”. Damn Jeff Probst is dreamy.

** And some seasons of the Amazing Race.
^^ Actually, it’s only the 17th, but that’s still a lot.