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What We're Watching

What We’re Watching: April Update

18th April 2012 – 10:00 AM

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I’d be lying if I said I got this show straight away, but I persevered and thank god I did. After three series this show, that many have dubbed “Arrested-Development meets James-Bond“, has evolved in to nothing short of genius.

After losing the majority of its main cast, Being Human series 4 was always going to struggle. And while this series definitely varied in quality, like all the previous series, this was all the about the finale. Next year will be interesting as the show appears to heading down the soft-reset root.

Whilst Hank Moody is still the man, this show has definitely seen better days. Weak story-lines aside, this series featured some horribly written characters not the least being the cliché-ridden rapper Samurai Apocalypse (portrayed by RZA).

Looking for a simple sit-com to fill that post-Friends void but like me, can’t stand How I Met Your Mother? Then look no further than Happy Endings. It doesn’t re-write the book by any means but it’s features a cast of super-likeable people including Eisha Cuthbert (24) and Eliza Coupe (Scrubs).

I’ve sung the praises of this show before, and I’ll do it again. I defy any man, woman or child, to sit through this show and not find something to like. Much like Happy Endings above, this show doesn’t bring anything new to the table but that doesn’t stop it from being bloody funny.

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Theme Tune Tuesdays

THEME TUNE TUESDAYS: Vol. 1

13th March 2012 – 10:00 AM

A few months back, I wrote a piece on the current state of TV show theme tunes. If you haven’t read it here’s a spoiler: it’s terrible. Nowadays studios are more content with taking two alternating chords than attempt to give a show a musical identity. What happened to the days when the theme tune is what explained the whole show to us? This is why we’ve started a new weekly feature: Theme Tune Tuesdays, in which we take a moment to highlight some the best and most memorable theme songs from television history.

Full disclaimer: expect a lot of shit from the 90s, they just don’t make ‘em alike they did back then.

For our first Theme Tune Tuesday selection we’ve got a classic for you in the shape of David Lynch’s infamous Twin Peaks. Whilst Twin Peaks has quite a reputation as piece of classic television, Angelo Badalamenti’s theme music (and the entire soundtrack in general) has, in my view, been criminally overlooked. Chilling, emotional, sad, dreamy, and I’d even go far as to use the word “trippy”. The soundtrack also reminds me of one of my favourite video games, Final Fantasy VII.

If this kind of thing tickles your fancy, you can listen to the whole soundtrack over on Spotify.

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