J/DB’s 12 Days of Lists – Day 1 – Best Shows of the Decade
I thought we needed something suitably big to cap off our 12 Days of Lists, so here you are! My criteria were simple, a) the show needed to have either exemplary quality or an aspect that altered the TV landscape, and b) it had to have started in the past decade. I preferred to put [...]
Thursday Three – when all else fails try alliteration
This morning I woke up to three exciting pieces of TV news. Considering that was about 12 hours ago you’ve probably heard all of these by now from other sources and because we have never pretended to be a breaking news source or a news source at all we’re okay with that. I’m merely here [...]
The Gospel According to Whedon
Last week I read an amazing interview by the futon critic with producer /creator Joss Whedon. I was really impressed with the interview and if you’re a fan of Joss’ work, I recommend you go check that out.
In the interview he was asked about coming back to television after the success of Dr Horrible’s online. [...]
Jerk's 10 Favourite Themesongs
It’s been a while since we’ve had a nice numbered list thread here on J/DB, so I decided to share what I consider to be the best themesongs ever. I have to point out though, it quickly became apparent that I could make a second list based solely on cartoon themes, so I didn’t put [...]
TV Toys, and how they Suck
I collect action figures. Not religiously, but I probably accumulate them at a rate of around half a dozen per year. So when DoubleBitch made the topic suggestion, I jumped on it. I think the title may have given away my feelings on the action figure lines most shows get, though.
Here we have some of [...]
Why Does Everything I Love Die?
Okay, so I may be being a tad overdramatic with that title, but it seems like over the years, far too many of the shows I’ve liked have ended with their first season. And I don’t just mean ’shows that I thought had potential.’ The following shows all range from ‘extremely good’ to ’some of [...]
