TV Reviews
Doctor Who: Season 2 Episode 7: The Age of Steel
After the previous episode, I wasn’t really sold on the Cybermen. I’m still not blown away by them, but my opinion of them as foes of the Doctor has increased significantly.
Really though, this episode belongs to Mickey, who gets to shine after being left behind and then …
Gilligan’s Island - Physical Fatness TV Show
This episode is a bit comical, and I thoroughly enjoyed watching it. The Skipper shows his will power and his patience with Gilligan. As Gilligan not only does his usual goofing around, he also pokes insults at the Skipper. And the Skipper matches comments back sot his sets up more …
Gilligan’s Island - Lovey’s Secret Admirer TV Show
This time Gilligan is not the main character but instead Mrs. Howell. And she is enchanted for the first part of the episode and then learns a life lesson by the end. I do get to see Mrs. Howell’s sweet side and her compassion and attraction to love and …
Gilligan’s Island - Diogenes, Won’t You Please Go Home TV Show
After watching this, I have to admit there is a light hearted feel the whole way through. But in contrast the Castaways go through a phase of insecurity and doubt all because Gilligan decided to write in his diary that offsets the balance. I find a lot of Gilligan’s …
Gilligan’s Island - Will the Real Mr. Howel Please Stand Up TV Show
This episode is one of the least favorites of mine. I really can’t stand how the imposter Mr. Howell goes around trying to destroy Mr. Howell’s empire. Mr. Howell has a real challenge playing two different personalities, two different characters, one his usual caring self and the other a …
Gilligan’s Island - V is for Vitamins TV Show
This episode is one of the few were their food source, the jungle, actually does not keep up with their survival food needs and in this case the lack of citrus fruits causes problems. But the problem does give an interesting fairytale flavor to it. Perfect for a young …
Gilligan’s Island - Up to Bat TV Show
Here is another spooky episode more in gear towards Halloween than a normal Gilligan’s Island episode. This one kind of creeps me out to watch, since Gilligan and the Skipper freak out and think Gilligan has turned vampire. Of course the Skipper gets caught up into Gilligan’s paranoid state, …
Gilligan’s Island - Ring Around Gilligan TV Show
This is a switch to the normal Gilligan’s Island running. The Professor isn’t the one coming up with crazy inventions, this time a bizarre doctor, Dr. Boris Balenkoff, introduces hypnotic jewelry and in this case rings. The doctor has a completely sinister, but at times in a strange way …
Gilligan’s Island - Where There’s a Will TV Show
Mr. Howell takes center stage here which is like a breath of fresh airs so to speak, since Gilligan gets to take a step back from the main character. I was pleased with Howell’s acting skills in this episode despite the fact he ran around most of the show …
Gilligan’s Island - You’ve Been Disconnected TV Show
If you like talking on the telephone, you will just love this episode. Even if you don’t, the absolute hilarious scenes compensate for the main telephone theme. I really enjoyed watching the Professor come up with outrageous inventions and ideas to get them all rescued.
In the beginning there …
Gilligan’s Island - Gilligan’s Personal Magnatism TV Show
This is a great episode, lots of action, lightening strikes, and bizarre natural occurrences. The Professor has lots of challenges ahead of him. And I can almost see the gears turning in his scientific mind of his trying to help Gilligan. And this episode is definitely high up there …
Gilligan’s Island - Meet the Meteor TV Show
What a change, the actors actually face a survival situation not from man but from space, something that we face everyday. And in m opinion the producer did an excellent job making this episode well thought out. There is one scene that is completely unrealistic, again the Professor uses …
Doctor Who: Season 2, Episode 6: Rise of the Cybermen
An explosion in the TARDIS causes the crew to make an impromptu stop. The Doctor fears that since they were thrown out of the timestream, that they will be stuck in a void, but Mickey opens the door and finds that they are in London. Of course, …
Doctor Who: Season 2, Episode 5: The Girl in the Fireplace
From what I’ve seen, Doctor Who episodes fall into three categories: ones that take place in the distant past, ones that take place in the distant future, and ones that take place on an alien world. Of course, there are several that take place in the present, thus …
Doctor Who: Season 2, Episode 4: School Reunion
As the episode opens, we see that the Doctor is posing as a physics teacher. The role seems to suit him well, though it’s clear that something’s amiss as there are children who know far more than any child, or human for that matter, should.
It turns …
Alphas: Pilot Episode
I don’t usually watch or read science fiction; I find that far too often, the genre relies almost entirely on an idea for a science fiction story, book, or movie. This idea is often intriguing, but unfortunately in production falls short by using stock, one-dimensional, uninteresting characters with unpronounceable …
Gordon Ramsey’s Kitchen Nightmares
Even though Gordon Ramsey can be a bit abrasive, I love watching this show since it gives an in depth look at the other side of operating a restaurant business. Sometimes I do find the owners featured on this show to be funny because of their naivete, but …
Doctor Who: Season 2, Episode 3: Tooth and Claw
The teaser for this from the previous episode really had me hyped up. Doctor Who battling a werewolf in 19th Century Scotland alongside Queen Victoria seems like one of those cracktastic plots that are hard to screw up. I figured it would act as a spiritual successor …
Doctor Who: Season 2, Episode 2: New Earth
After saying her heartfelt goodbyes to Mickey and her mother, Rose departs again with the Doctor to continue their travels. When asked where they’re going, the Doctor simply says that they will be going farther than they ever have before.
They once again travel five billion years in the …
Gilligan’s Island - Mr. and Mrs. Who TV Show
What I first noticed about this episode is how completely the producer and screen writer can thoroughly turn people’s lives upside down, and they do a good job of it here. There is a whole lot of uncertainty throughout the show, uncertainty that causes other problems even the break …
Gilligan’s Island - Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow TV Show
I have to say this episode is quite fun to watch. Gilligan has to be the versatile character since he has different roles to play. Gilligan roles yes, but he performed each role of old man, bald man and Gilligan himself. There was that nagging unrealistic use of crude …
Gilligan’s Island -The Producer TV Show
Here we are again graced with another famous guest actor Harold Hecuba, a TV producer, played by Phil Silvers. So of course Ginger is second main actor in this show. I didn’t like the way this Hecuba character treated the castaways, more like they are lower than him instead …
Gilligan’s Island - Pass the Vegetables Please TV Show
This episode is rather interesting. I think the producer is presenting a real problem that we are fighting with in our world. The use of experimental growth experiments on our food. And he actually poses a real problem in an appropriate manner somehow intermingling the idea into a family …
Gilligain’s Islnad - Feed the Kitty TV Show
Here we go with Gilligan and his affinity towards all living things. This quality in Gilligan says a lot about his character, and his respect for life. I really like this episode even if his feelings towards the king of the beast introduce a danger element to everyone or …
Gilligan’s Island - Topsy-Turvy TV Show
I really liked this episode since we have actual headhunters on the island this time which is rare on this show. Again the Castaways are fighting for survival, and they actually prepare calmly and with some sort of order this time. But again Gilligan messes up, but his goof …
Gilligan’s Island - Ghost a Go-Go TV Show
This episode is supposed to be scary, but in the Gilligan’s Island world is more like Halloween for kids. The spooky booing of the ghost at the beginning actually helps me get into the ghostly feel of the show. Richard Kiel plays a Russian Spy dressed up as a …
Doctor Who: Season 2, Episode 1: The Christmas Invasion
So begins the era of Tennant. The guy had pretty big shoes to fill as Eccleston’s portrayal of the Doctor was highly praised (and rightfully so). Unfortunately, he spends a majority of the episode unconscious so it isn’t until the third act that we really get to …
Gilligan’s Island - Forget Me Not TV Show
Simple mistakes can always be taken the wrong way. And even though the Castaways are a family type group, there are still problems they have to face. Problems like jumping to conclusions to quickly and judging people too harshly. Even with these negative qualities, most of the
Castaways keep a …
Doctor Who: Season 1, Episode 13: Parting of the Ways
The season, as well as Eccleston’s run as the Doctor, wraps up as the Dalek’s plan to wipe out all life on Earth. As one Dalek was a formidable threat, thousands of them are a bit beyond problematic, even Rose points this out early on.
Just as one Dalek …
Doctor Who: Season 1, Episode 12: Bad Wolf
As the episode opens, the Doctor awakens to find himself on a reality show. Rose is both shocked and amused to find herself as a contestant on The Weakest Link and Jack is on a makeover show.
It’s revealed that after the TARDIS crew dropped the Slitheen egg off …
Doctor Who: Season 1, Episode 11: Boom Town
I wasn’t really looking forward to seeing the Slitheen again as their first appearance didn’t really blow me away. Surprisingly enough, this episode was much improved. We learn that one of the Slitheen from “Aliens of London” and “World War Three” managed to teleport to safety at …
Gilligan’s Island - Quick Before It Sinks TV Show
This episode is interesting, yes another survival scenario which I find they are more thought out than other shows. Especially with all the inventions the professor comes up with. Like in this episode not just the professor comes up with the hut ark, but also the women do too. …
Gilligan’s Island - Home Sweet Hut TV Show
This is episode two and the castaways have decided to build a hut, only one hut to live in. I love how the castaways are optimistic even at the thought of having to live on a deserted island for years and years. Gilligan always causes crazy accidents and this …
Gilligan’s Island - New Neighbor Sam TV Show
There are only a handful of Gilligan Island episodes that includes real animals, and this is one of them. The parrot voice was play acted by Mel Blanc, so I was impressed how much this animal’s voice did sound like a parrots. Besides this I was impressed how the …
Gilligan’s Island - The Matchmaker TV Show
Can you believe this time Gilligan was not the trouble maker, but Mrs. Howell was. And in this episode we see the vulnerable and sentimental side of her. She focuses on her matchmaking talents which is not the best for the welfare of the Castaway group. Here she does …
Gilligan’s Island - The Return of Wrongway Feldman TV Show
I really liked this episode even better than the first Wrongway Feldman episode. This second show gives an explanation why Wrongway is the way he is. His name Wrongway suggests he instinctively takes the opposite direction so there really is not too much surprise he does not like the …
Way Too Early with Willie Geist TV Show
I love watching Way Too Early. It’s a TV show that comes on on MSNBC. It comes on at 5:30 am. I very rarely am able to catch it when it initially comes on due to the fact that it comes onb so early. I …
Oprah Winfrey Network
The Mainstream Media is considered to be any news organization that delivers news. Conservatives try to portray the media as having a bias against conservatives. One of the first things that I would like to say about this is that I don’t see how you can shape …
Doctor Who: Season 1, Episode 8: Father’s Day
As the episode opens, Rose gets a sudden urge to go see her father. He died when she was young and Rose was told that he died by himself. As she now has a time machine, she asks to be taken to him so that she can …
Gilligan’s Island - Erika Tiffany Smith to the Rescue
Erika Tiffany Smith to the Rescue is my least favorite Gilligan’s Island episode out of all of them. There was very little attention grabbing scenes and the show ran more like a bad soap opera. Zsa Zsa Gabor guest stars in this show as Erika Tiffany Smith. Zsa Zsa …
Gilligan’s Island - Hi Fi Gilligan TV Show
This episode is great! You know there is not even one dull moment in the whole show, full of surprising events that keeps you guessing what will happen next. It plays as more an outrageous show and yes is unrealistic, but still good. Gilligan of course gets into trouble, …
Gilligan’s Island - So Sorry, My Island Now TV Show
This episode was ok to watch. It delves yet again into the history in the Gilligan’s Island world with the arrival of a lost Japanese sailor. So we get a glimpse of yet again more history which in turn broadens our view a little more. I was not impressed …
Doctor Who: Season 1, Episode 9: The Doctor Dances
Now this is more like it. With all of the plot setup out of the way, this episode manages to deliver everything you’d want in an episode of Doctor Who. All the things that were missing have come back here to deliver a very enjoyable conclusion to …
Doctor Who: Season 1, Episode 9: The Empty Child
The episode opens with the TARDIS in pursuit of a mysterious object that’s racing through the time stream. They follow it to Earth and soon learn that they are in 1941 London. The duo splits as Rose goes to help what looks like a frightened child.
She attempts to …
Gilligan’s Island - St. Gilligan and The Dragon TV Show
Here we have chaos again. Chaos everywhere. The Castaways split apart into two groups, women and men. The men think the women will learn a lesson of humility and that women should be subservient to men. This kind of made me a little upset the kind of mental thought …
Gilligan’s Island - Gilligan Meets Jungle Boy TV Show
Ok, I was in for another treat here. The episode is one of the best because Kurt Russell guest acts as a 15 year old jungle boy. My, I can not believe how young he is in this show. And Gilligan finally finds someone more playful and active as …
Gilligan’s Island - X Marks the Spot TV Show
This episode really impresses the fact the castaways are alone and isolated. There is the world and then the castaways. The world has no idea where they are or even know about their island, uncharted. So I also feel a bit alone while watching it. The representation of the …
Gilligan’s Island - Plant You Now, Dig You Later TV Episode
While watching this Plant You Now, Dig You Later episode, I saw this whole as an attempt to evade boredom and to have some sort of connection and normalcy to the operations to the world off the island. So here we go again just like in the President Gilligan …
Gilligan’s Island - Water, Water Everywhere TV Episode
This episode is a bit boring. There is not a lot of exciting scenes to pick up the pace in this show. So I find myself getting bored and start wandering my attention span in the middle of the show. The pace is uniform and progresses naturally for on …
Gilligan’s Island - Sound of Quacking TV show
After watching this episode, I found it to be rather depressing and sad. I did not enjoy watching most of this show except for the dream sequence near the end which was kind of funny. But still the suffering the castaways have endured and the uncertainty of their fate …
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