Just for a change I thought I’d go all
consumer and make some recommendations for your Christmas viewing.
Even with the plethora of digital TV
channels, finding stuff to watch over the festering period can be difficult. So
why not buy yourself some DVD/Blu-Ray entertainment? I list here my selection
of the best programmes I’ve seen this year and which you can order for TV
consumption before Christmas.
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The
Almighty Johnsons
Imagine: you have reached the age of 21 and
your brothers take you out to the woods, strip you naked and tell you that you
are a reincarnated god.
This is one of the funniest and most
bizarre series I’ve seen in many years, and a it’s major TV achievement for New
Zealand. It is currently in its second season on the SyFy channel. It gets
better every week.
Synopsis
In the 1800s, the Norse gods placed
themselves in exile for reasons not yet divulged. It was obvious that they
would, in their human form, emigrate to New Zealand: where else would they go.
Since then, each of the gods is reborn. In the modern day, Odin is in the
unlikely form of the rather innocent and well-meaning Axl Johnson. His brothers
are gods, his parents were gods, and a fair number of the people he bumps into
on his quest to find his true love, the Frigg, turn out to be gods.
The Almighty Johnsons - Season 1
The Almighty Johnsons - Season 2
Grimm
This is a great series that is being shown
in the UK on digital channel, Watch. It’s thrilling and funny, and brought to
you by David Greenwalt – he who worked closely with Joss Whedon on Buffy and (mainly) Angel.
Synopsis
Grimm’s Fairy Tales were not stories: they
were warnings.
Supernatural beings live amongst us, but
only they and descendents of the Grimms can see them for what they are unless
they transform in anger. It is the role of the Grimm to hunt down and eliminate
these creatures, but Nick Burkhardt is a little unorthodox...
Grimm Season 1
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Continuum
A thrilling time travel drama, aired on the
SyFy channel. Not the most original plot line, but remarkably well done.
Synopsis
Change history – protect the future.
In 2077 the corporations run everything
(bit like now, then?). A terrorist organisation, Liber8, is fighting back. A
force of ‘protectors’ – cyber-enhanced police – are fighting the terrorists. The
leader of Liber8 and some of his top operatives are facing execution. At the
point when they should die, they and one protector – Kiera Cameron (played by
the lovely – Rachel Nichols) - are thrown back in time to 2012. Can Keira stop
the terrorists from changing history – and should she even try?
Continuum Season 1
Continuum Season 2
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Haven
Based on a Stephen King story, The Colorado
Kid, this quirky and novel series is now in its second season. It was a bit of
a slow starter in season 1, but as soon the over arching story line kicks in, the
viewer is left begging for more. I want more, and season 4 is currently in production.
Synopsis
The New England town of Haven is exactly
that to people who suffer from afflictions known as the Troubles. Some can kill
with a single stare, others just need to think it to make it happen. Audrey Parker
is on secondment from the FBI and assisting the local police department, but there
is more to Audrey than meat the eye. Why does she appear, almost unchanged, in
photographs taken nearly thirty years before, and why is she immune to the
Troubles?
Haven – Season 1 – 3
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So if you like me enough to buy me a Christmas pressie, any of the above will do!
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