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I've been watching a bunch of the old John Pertwee Doctor Who series lately:
Carnival Of Monsters
Spearhead From Space
The Green Death

Pertwee really grows on you after a while. Carnival Of Monsters is a surprisingly complex story.

Netflix added one of my all time favorite series, Veronica Mars:
Season 1
Season 2

Veronica Mars is a perfect combination of the Rockford Files, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Beverly Hills 90210, if you can imagine such a thing.

There's also the wonderful Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, season 1, alas cut down in its prime. (With a BH90210 tie in as well)

The other day I was listening to Serge Gainsbourg in the van and remembered where I had first heard him, in the insane and wonderful satire, Irma Vep. If you love and/or hate French cinema, then this will certainly make you laugh hysterically.

Ren & Stimpy

All three seasons of Ren & Stimpy are available on Netflix!
Ren & Stimpy: Vol. 1
Ren & Stimpy: Vol. 2
Ren & Stimpy: Vol. 3

Otherwise I don't have much, been way too busy. I did set up a PC in the kitchen, the LCD TV has a PC input so I figured what the heck? I'm trying out Clicker for finding stuff to watch while doing the dishes, etc. It works well, although there are too many options.

Roku did add the Tech Podcast Network but I haven't spent much time checking it out.

Latest Instant Watching

Besides working my way through "24", I watched a few other things recently.

"Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention: In the 1960s". is a cut rate documentary on one of my favorite musicians. The footage and history was interesting but there wasn't enough music and no sources from within the Zappa corporation.

"Party Down, Season 2" is the work of Rob Thomas and follows the continuing story of the hilarious, raunchy and depressing lives of a team of caterers in Hollywood. Obviously watch the fist season if you haven't. They're rolling out a new episode of season 2 every week as it airs on Starz.

Max has been watching "The Hilarious House of Frightenstein" on the Wii Netflix interface. Demented early 70's Canadian children's show. Has Vincent Price!

Blubrry, BOL, 24

All I've been watching lately is episodes of 24 on Netflix. It's a ridiculous show but incredibly addictive. So that's why I haven't posted lately.

Roku has a new channel, Blubrry. It's a lot like Blip.tv, with a variety of medium to poor quality podcasts. Haven't found anything compelling on it so far. But hey, it's free...

I have been enjoying cnet's Buzz Out Loud on Mediafly, easiest to search for it or add it to your Mediafly account. There's an audio and a video version.

We also got the Wii Netflix disk. It's perfect for the kids.

Instant Watch I've Watched Already

Some new Instant Watch releases I've watched prior to their release but you may want to watch. Or not.

A huge dump of Joss Wheedon's ouvre:
Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Season 1
Vampires and valley girls...
Angel, Season 1
Buffy spinoff, watch Buffy first
Firefly, the Complete Series
Best sci-fi TV show ever.
Dollhouse, Season 1
Misunderstood. It builds slowly and by the second season takes us in a very dark direction.
My one quibble is the unaired episode "Epitaph One" isn't available except on DVD.

Arrested Development, Season 1
One of the funniest shows on TV this decade.
Better Off Ted, Season 1
Sort of like Dilbert and Arrested Development mashed together. It even has Portia Del Rossi.

The Riches, Season 1
Well done series about a family of Travellers (not actually Irish...) who try and make a new life.
Lost, Season 1
What? You haven't watched LOST? The only sci-fi Felice will watch with me. Trust me, nothing in season one makes any sense until you get to season 10, and even then I have no idea what's going on. But it's a heck of a ride.

Rocky & Bullwinkle & Friends, Season 1
I'd never seen the earlier episodes. Boris and Natasha are far more sinister.

Mongol
An interesting and somewhat brutal movie about Ghengis Khan. I can hardly wait for the sequels.

They've also released most of the seasons of 24 which I haven't watched yet as I was waiting for them to release it.

Netflix Instant Watch Activity

Latest Netflix Choices

Arj Barker: LYAO
It wasn't funny enough. Barely a chortle.

Green for Danger
A good mystery.

Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor
Classic Who.

Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang
Even classic-er Who. Giant rat puppet and Deep Roy as a homunculus.

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More of the latest.

Dirty Love
You would probably hate it. For whatever reason, we enjoyed it although I thought it lost steam towards the end. Don't blame me if you find it unwatchable.
Creature Comforts America: Season 1
The US version of the British series. Hilarous in small doses.
Wrong Is Right
Half thriller, half satire. Without Connery it would have sucked.
First Men in the Moon
Didn't finish it, maybe I will. Victorian Sci-fi.
Bad Company
Average thriller made better with Rock and Hopkins. The CIA is completely incompetent.

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Latest movies I've watched:

John Caparulo: Meet Cap
I enjoy his style of lowbrow comedy.

World War II: When Lions Roared
Basically a play built around Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill, set against newsreel footage. Not exciting but well acted and interesting.

The Call of Cthulhu
I haven't watched it all yet as silent films tend to make me fall asleep. I enjoyed what I saw before I saw the inside of my eyelids.

Overlord
A maudlin, depressing movie from 1975 about a young british lad inducted into the army just in time for D-Day. It is redeemed by the fact that there's a bunch of cool newsreel footage in it that I haven't seen before.

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Latest instant watch movies I've, um, watched:

The Night of the Generals
A clever crime movie, with more than a few twists, great acting.

The Anderson Tapes
Sean Connery, a very young Christopher Walken, exceptionally 70's movie. Soundtrack is a bit irritating.

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
It worked because it was only about 45 minutes. Longer would have grated. Cheesy and well sung.

The Strip: The Complete Series
Fell asleep ten minutes into it last night. Because I was tired. Terrible camera effects, like a drunk Miami Vice.

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These types of posts will be pretty terse.

We watched Zach Galifianakis: Live at the Purple Onion over the past two nights. Not bad, he can be funny but there's a certain laziness to his comedy.

Just added Green For Danger to my instant watch queue. Which means I haven't watched it yet.

I did not add The World of Suzie Wong as I've already watched it twice, but I recommend it. At the very least for the wonderful views of Hong Kong.