2000s
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The Shakespeare Code (Doctor Who Season 3, Episode 2, 2007)
(A Bunnee Hates Television Review) bunnee liveblogs doctor who season 3 because galen iz too chicken to watch it himself episode two THE SHAKESPEARE CODE well bunnee will get straight into it first: a cold open straight out of the first episode of buffy we iz in LONDON 1599 with a lot of buildings on… Continue reading
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Smith & Jones (Doctor Who Season 3, 2007)
(A Bunnee Hates Television Review) & now a new thirteen part series of EXCELLENT BUNNEE POSTS it’s bunnee in “bunnee liveblogs doctor who season 3 from 2007 because galen iz too chicken to watch it himself” episode one SMITH & JONES ah a title with resonances yes indeed who can forget alias smith and jones… Continue reading
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Once More With Feeling (2001)
OK, I’m going to avoid commenting on the success of the plot aspects of this, because I haven’t watched it, and I see from Wikipedia (which is not the same as wanting to hear from anyone else, in the considerable detail I’m sure could be supplied 😉 that this episode of “Buffy The Vampire Slayer”… Continue reading
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Passing Strange (2006)
“I let my pain fuck my ego and I call the bastard art”… It’s difficult to tell exactly what’s going on in this one. From the songs, you can tell that a musician goes off on a journey, taking in Amsterdam, where he spends some time getting high, and he has some relationships which help… Continue reading
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The Pirate Queen (2007)
I refer you to the plot summary here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pirate_Queen – got that? OK, now I refer you to Grainne Ni Mhaille’s bio here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gr%C3%A1inne_N%C3%AD_Mh%C3%A1ille – compare and contrast. Oh OK, I’ll do it for you. God, talk about rewriting history. In the show, the seafaring daughter of an Irish chieftain falls for an attractive young… Continue reading
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Priscilla – Queen Of The Desert (2006)
Bah. This soundtrack is basically an album of camp classics, so you can pick your own rating for it. You all know I don’t usually care for covers of pop songs, particularly when musical theatre gets hold of them (it’s mostly down to the instrumentation) and this doesn’t really change my mind on that. I’m… Continue reading
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The Producers (2001)
You probably know the plot. Fifty words or less: crap Broadway producer meets corruptible accountant, a plan is hatched to raise money for a deliberate flop, the appalling musical “Springtime For Hitler” is evolved, the audience loves it as a satire, and the producers end up in prison… doing the same thing again. Wikipedia says… Continue reading
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Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)
Every so often I’m privileged (I believe that’s the word) to listen to something like this, and a healthy combination of enthusiasm and WTF stylings leads me to appreciate it against my better judgement. I don’t know that this is necessarily a recommendation, but it wasn’t dull… How to describe this? It’s a sung-through sci-fi… Continue reading
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Ring Of Fire (2006)
This is a jukebox musical featuring songs by Johnny Cash. (And possibly others – Windows Media Player kept giving me composer information about some of the songs, like I would know. I’m not at all an expert on country music, not even a novice… I just tend to avoid it on uninformed principle. After all,… Continue reading
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Seussical (2000)
So, Ahrens and Flaherty are back at GHM to work their magic. “Seussical” is their musical from 2000 based on the work of Dr. Seuss… you know who that is, right? If not, you are the living definition of Late To The Party; go discover him right now, no matter how old you are, and… Continue reading