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This is amazing!

Well finally Heroes has arrived on to Terrestrial TV in the UK and I advise anyone who has nothing to do on a Wednesday night or has access to a VCR or PVR (Sky+) to set it recording to BBC 2. It seems like quite a few people have watched it already and it could be a rating success for the channel. It’s nothing new in one sense as it is very close to the concept of the X-Men but it is done in a very different way so much so that my sister-in-law enjoys it. It’s action packed, plenty of twists and turns, a little gory in parts, good characters, some humour, suspense and there is even some interesting philosophies in there too. If you hate spoilers I’d avoid anything that even remotely mentions it on the internet.

Who are the people that have this footage on tape to upload it to Youtube in the first place? Just search on Eurovision it’s crazy. Well Woody meets Billy, it’s fluffy stuff but you can see a mutual respect. I’m not sure you get something like this on Television today. I can’t imagine Ricky Gervais sitting down with Rob Bell, though I’m sure Rob would enjoy it.

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Today we heard the terrible news that the BBC will not be renewing their contract to show Neighbours due to the high price being asked for the shows rights. No need to worry too much however, Channel 5 have bought the rights to the soap and will continue to show from next year.

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Box office records show us that millions of people love to see Will Farrell shout and go crazy like only Will Ferrell can, however, here is a clip of BBC reporter, John Sweeney in his Panorama documentary on the religion of Scientology freaking completely out.

I havn’t yet seen the programme so don’t fully understand what was behind the major freak out session, however this bit of tv is nothing short of amazing and had to be posted.

What a professional!

So I spent too much of this bank holiday weekend watching television, well actually video. I tend to watch a lot of US drama and I’ve recently been making my way through the new series of Battlestar Galactica. I apologise for those who may groan at the thought of science fiction but this series has really highlighted to me how good sci-fi can be. Science Fiction is a relatively modern genre but by it’s nature it allows you to pose lots of hypothetical ethical and philosophical questions. In the new Battlestar Galactica the enemy cylons who are robots now have the ability to create robots that behave and look like humans. I’ll try not to give too much away but the main philosophical theme of Battlestar Galactica is the nature of humanity. What does it mean to be human?

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As an Englishman living in Canada, I sometimes come across different areas of culture that I find difficult to adapt to. One of these areas has been the television.

Now don’t get me wrong, television over here is great. I don’t get time to watch too much right now, however do get the opportunity to watch some of my favourite American shows (24, Lost, Simpsons) without having to wait for them to air on Sky One. (By which time the story has been ruined for you by either the internet or some blabbing plot spoiler friend )

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