Saturday, December 31, 2011

The Twilight Zone Marathon New Year's Eve 2011

I submit to you for approval: the time is upon us once again, the end of an exhausted hour leading into the rejuvenation of a new year. What will this new clock count down to? A brighter tomorrow or the end of the world? The future is uncertain but, what is certain (for now) is that the SyFy Channel will be airing The Twilight Zone Marathon once again. The SyFy Channel's decisions are as uncanny as some of the stories in this beloved anthology series. Instead of starting at midnight on December 31st like recent years, the marathon will start at 9am (4hrs later than last year). There won't be a wrestling break this time and the marathon is scheduled until 6am January 2nd. That's actually not bad this time around for the channel for Sci-Fi that hates Sci-Fi. Even their official site is obnoxious with autoplaying ads:

I'm only linking this for info on The Twilight Zone Marathon:
syfy.com/twilightzone


UPDATE:
Click on the link below for information on The 2012 New Year's Eve Twilight Zone Marathon:


Last year, I compiled a list of The Best and Worst of The Twilight Zone. Check it out and see if you'd agree with me:

The Celtics Are Back!


The NBA is back! Actually, it was back on Christmas Day but, my home team, the Boston Celtics lost against the New York Knicks during the season opener. So, I didn't feel like writing about it. Then 2 days later they lost against the Miami Heat. Then a few days ago they lost against the New Orleans Hornets... A very bad start. Local sports writers are saying that the last time the Boston Celtics started with 0-3 was back in the 90's which, is a very very bad sign. BUT tonight! They finally won! At the home opener! 96-85 against the Detroit Pistons! Despite some of the problems with the bench near the end of the game, I'd still take that victory. A win is a win! And I can finally use this video:

grog1138 (ME! )

Sunday, December 25, 2011

12 Nastyass Days of Christmas

Hello Youtubes!
(please don't get me a Honey Badger for Christmas)
CZG123
Happy Holidays!

Doctor Who: The Prequel to The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe

Merry Christmas everyone! If you frequent my blog I guess you already know what will be on BBCA at 9pm EST tonight. Anyway, here's the prequel to the Doctor Who 2011 Christmas Special: The Doctor, The Widow And The Wardrobe. Me excited? Ah...no... well, maybe a little... Also, after the "JUMP!" check out a nicely edited video of last year's Doctor Who Christmas Special: A Christmas Carol and a link to Abigail's (Katherine Jenkins) full song, Silence Is All You Know.



A different trailer from what I'd posted previously:


A look back at the 2010 special, Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol after the "JUMP!"

Saturday, December 24, 2011

Doctor Who: Night And The Doctor

The Doctor Who 2011 Christmas Special: The Doctor, The Widow And The Wardrobe will be on BBCA, here in states, at 9pm on Christmas Day. That's a couple of hours away! In the meantime BBCA is marathoning Doctor Who episodes on certain time slots. They are showing The End of Time right now. But here on groggybot, I found a video of the Doctor's first and last night with River Song, Doctor Who: Night And The Doctor. This mini-sode is included on the Series 6 blu-ray (DVD) set. The set also includes the excellent Doctor Who: Space and Time mini-sode.

UPDATE 12/27/12
Ever since Night and the Doctor was taken down from youtube, it's been tough to find it online. Tudou's version is HD but that's if it'll load. I found Night and the Doctor on Tumblr which is a bit laggy but, it actually loads! Then there's the Dailymotion uploads, which is the best version so far. I wonder why the BBC hasn't posted it on their youtube site? Check out Night and the Doctor in the links below which includes all five nights of the Doctor (instead of just having First Night and Last Night):

Here's the Dailymotion uploads. These are the ones I recommend:







Here's Tumblr's:







Then there's Tudou's. It's in HD but a lot of times the video doesn't load. It's flipped because of copyright issues.



When I first started this post I didn't realize how much of this would be a post about Night and the Doctor. Originally it was just a post of that one video and this ident. Right now, this Christmas ident featuring David Tennant's 10th Doctor seems out of place but, I hope you still like it. There's more of David Tennant's Doctor Who idents on the BBC youtube channel:

Friday, December 23, 2011

Prometheus Trailer

I got to admit, I was tentative when I first heard about a prequel to the Alien Series. I still enjoyed the hell out of Alien 3 and Alien: Resurrection despite their problems. Not so much the The Alien vs. Predator movies. They were pretty bad. After hearing that Ridley Scott will be directing the prequel, I was still iffy about the idea. His last few movies since American Gangster were not that good. But the recently released trailer for Prometheus got me excited. I take back all my complaints about Prometheus' trailers for the official trailer. I need to save up money for all these great movies coming out in 2012. Prometheus might still be bad but, I'm sold by the imagery in the trailer. Prometheus also stars a couple of actors whom I like:
  • Charlize Theron
  • Michael Fassenbender
  • Patrick Wilson
  • Idris Elba
  • Guy Pearce

What is that noise in the background?

Is that the Space Jockey to the far right at 0:44?!

Does the Prometheus trailer look familiar?

Happy Festivus!

I wish everyone a Festivus Miracle!
apackerfan
The youtube snowflakes makes it even more Festivus for the rest of us!