GLEE - A guilty pleasure....

I'm quite new to watching Glee...

I only started watching it late last year....They were showing the 3rd series on Sky One and I caught a bits of a few episodes and thought I actually like this!!

So I made Stu get me all the episodes right from the start and over about a week and a half we watched all 66 episodes....Quite an achievement I think considering we only watched them on a night time....We had some late nights....

So tonight the new series starts....I've cheated!! I have already seen the first 10 episodes....It's been playing in America for a while...hehehe

Won't spoil if for any watchers....It's still fab! Strange with all the regular's not being in every week but when they are it makes it all the more special....I screamed at the TV when Puck appeared one episode because it seemed ages since I'd last seen him!! I've also screamed at the end of a few episodes...WHY! Did it finish there...lol

Wine Flu......

That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it...!

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey!!

Last night we did a stupid thing....

We went to bed at Midnight and decided to watch The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey!! We had all intentions of just watching half an hour of it then going to sleep....

Nooo.....At nearly 3am we had watched it all.....Not for one minute did I regret it....It was worth being tired for this morning.....

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey follows title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor, which was long ago conquered by the dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself joining a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior Thorin Oakenshield. Although their goal lies to the East and the wastelands of the Lonely Mountain, first they must escape the goblin tunnels, where Bilbo meets the creature that will change his life forever... Gollum. 

It is hard not to compare this film to the Lord of The Rings films but you can't help it especially when the film starts preparing for the party at the beginning of the first LOTR films....This is not Lord of The Rings though....Yes there is Gandalf & the elves but it is so much more it is a whole separate story!....

Martin Freeman as Bilbo is a highlight...The guy knows how to act...As much as I like Frodo and co. from Lord of the Rings, Bilbo is much, much easier to like and root for...Bit of a fanny at the beginning but man's up a bit by the end!

The first 40 minutes could of been hurried up a bit more....Seemed to really drag before anything happened...There was a couple of funny moments and songs but that's about it....But after the 40 minute mark it really picked up!! The film flew over....It ended way too soon....The last scene I screamed at the TV!! Why did they have to end it there....I wanted more!!

I'd never actually thought, how Bilbo got the most famous ring but this film explains it....Loved Gollum of course....Crazier than ever!!

One thing I did think....There was too many Dwarfs!!
Dwalin, Balin, Kili, Fili, Dori, Nori, Ori, Oin, Gloin, Bifur, Bofur, Bombur, and Thorin.....lol You just couldn't make a connection with them all....To me they were just there many characters!!

Overall, the Hobbit delivers....It's beautiful, it's fun, it's entertaining, it's a great film, and if you can forgive some pacing issues and accept the fact that it's a new series of films....You'll love it, that's for sure!!!

CITV set for classic kids TV weekend!!

ITV is to celebrate 30 years of its children's programming by screening classic TV shows for two days this weekend on the 5th and 6th of January...Starting at 9.25am!.....I for one can't wait!! 

Programmes including Rainbow, Funhouse, Knightmare, Super Gran, Press Gang, The Raggy Dolls, Count Duckula, Art Attack, The Tomorrow People, Puddle Lane, Rosie & Jim and Children's Ward will all be broadcast...

Digital channel CITV will clear its to screen almost nine hours of old favourites each day.....I will get to show the girls all the tv I used to watch!!

 I'm most looking forward to Children's Ward and Rainbow!!

Tune in tomorrow....9.25am on the CITV channel!!