Tuesday 18 November 2008

TV: Watchdog - PUNNED TO DEATH

Christ almighty, will someone please tell the team at Watchdog to go easy on the puns! Monday's show reached an almost unbearable level of pun-ishment (oops, sorry), with over 5 puns per report. Now I understand that some serious subjects need to be presented with a little bit of Pathos to lighten the mood, but this was ridiculous. There really is no need for it, and to be honest, the humour seems to devalue the seriousness the of the material they are presenting. Whoever edits the programme should realise that the general public can find a subject interesting, without presenting it like an article in The Sun.

Tuesday 4 November 2008

TV: American elections

Is it just me, or has Yoda been writing copy for the Obama campaign?
Every time I see Barack pictured at one of his rallies, he is surrounded by signs that read,
"Change we need." Now I see why this has been done, but it doesn't work. And all you need to add 
to the end of this is a "hmmmm" and you've got something straight from the Jedi master's mouth.
Anyway, it looks like Obama may have the force with him as he's surely due to triumph over the evil sith warlord John McCain. And about time to I say. This election seems to have been running forever. I'm just hoping it won't turn into a trilogy.