Friday, September 15, 2006

Wire Robots Announcement

Bob Byrne's Robots Don't Cry is available to buy. Bob's the guy who did our last Valentines cartoon and someone still thought it was a good idea to let him do a book for children. If you know any children, you should buy this book for them - it can only be good for them.

It seems everyone's talking about The Wire, some more often than others. Season Four hasn't reached these shores yet but repeats of season three have just finished, so it won't be too long. The Wire has evolved from an exceptional cop show into probably the finest television ever made. It's just the most fascinating and well constructed show you'll ever find. It's a very rare thing to watch a show and actually dread the final credits coming. There are, and have been before, good shows that you walk away from with a great sense of satisfaction. The dialogue is crisp, the characters are engaging and the storyline keeps you interested. But when they're over, they're over and that's fine. The Wire, however, is that rare animal that you just wish they'd run every episode back to back, once a week. Chances are TG4 are going to repeat at least season two of The Wire again and I'll watch it again. If they show season one again, I'll watch that too. Because even though I've seen it before, more than once, it's still streets ahead of most new television. And yet, having said all that, the viewing figures for the show are pretty poor. I don't think I've met anyone yet who watched the show without my prompting or, at least, the promting from someone I prompted. No terrestrial British station picked it up. Over here only TG4 took to it. How on earth could that be? Some try to suggest that it's just too clever or complex but The West Wing was a smash and fuck knows what they were even talking about half of the time. I don't get it. I really don't. Either way, a fifth series has been commisioned and that'll keep me happy for now.

How an honest in-flight announcement would go. And Keyword Cartoons.