Posts by Robyn Gallagher
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Is is just me or is the last section - "The Actual Sports" - displaying as one long sentence that doesn't really make any sense? It looks like it's meant to be a bullet list or something, but... I'm confused.
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And the shock / horror in the lip-synching by the 9 year-old who happened to be more telegenic than the real singer has been nothing short of xenophobic.
People are conveniently forgetting that sports stadiums don't typically have fantastic acoustics and it's normal for singers at sports events to lip sync.
What's sad is that the singer was rejected because she had crooked teeth, and now has evidence of her dental imperfection hitting the front pages of the world's newspapers and websites.
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and yet for some reason the beach volleyball girls still have to wear bikinis
The front page of this morning's Dom Post had a small pic of two female volleyball players hugging after (I assume) winning their game. That might sound fairly ordinary, but one of them had her hand on the other one's bare arse cheek.
But, you know, it's sport, not cheesecake.
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Welcome to Public Address, Hadyn - just in time for the Olympics!
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Reception offered to shift me to the Quality for an extra 60 bucks. I agreed, and the room turned out to be a tasty corner suite with 90-degree views and a verandah.
The Quality is totally P.I.M.P. I stayed there last year and got a great room rate, those lovely 90-degree views *and* intarwebs. What more could a girl or boy want?
Oh, I know - better art in the lobby. But that's all.
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Jeremy also queried in passing why they didn't extend the concept and do shows on Sensing Aggravated Assualt and Sensing Agravated Burglary. Heh.
I can just see it...
"Spirit is telling me, 'I am high on P. I need some money, ow. I'm gonna do a burg.'"
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The only thing that video should be banned for is the shocking lack and misuse of punctuation in the subtitles. That distracted me and spoiled the video.
"Her name was Carolyn man" No, thedownlowconcept, it wasn't. Her name was Carolyn, man.
Or perhaps it was actually meant to look like some kids had written the subtitles.
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It was interested to learn that while Sensing Murder was originally a Dutch format and based on an Australian version, both those versions have long since been cancelled, while the NZ one goes from strength to strength.
Sensing Murder is like Crimewatch, but with the psychics' visions providing dialogue to make the re-enactments more dramatic. But the programme is just called "Sensing Murder" - not "Solving Murder". All the psychics need to do is sense something about the murder!
And why is it that the psychics can pick up very clear sentences from the victim ("She's saying, 'Get off me! Leave me alone!'") but they can't pick up the victim saying, "The murderer was John Smith of 1234 Criminal Street.")?
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The winning post is a short review of the Little Bushman show with the Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra.
Argh! That review is in desparate need of a subeditor! I almost cried when I read this bit: "although in my opinion i think the show was easier to appreciate when seated." Using both "in my opinion" and "I think" shows he has a lack of confidence in his writing. And then the one commenter who dares to point out a punctuation slip gets slagged off by Mort's fans.
And are there any good parties in Wellington?
Of course there are - it's Wellington! Um, not that I actually know where any of them are...
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The Hollow Men (co-written by Rob Sitch aka Mike Moore in the classic media parody Frontline) is one of the most incisive political satires around.
I did some googling and was delighted to discover that the ABC's The Hollowmen isn't just Rob Sitch - it's the brilliant Working Dog team!
And if The Hollowmen did get shown here, do you think they'd need to change the name? Cos I'm sure there are many New Zealanders who'd think it was just another piece of the successful Hollow Men franchise (book! play! movie!), and wonder why the ABC would be making a TV series about Don Brash.