by Helen Langdon After taking a week’s break last week so that BBC One viewers could watch Manchester United do badly in the FA Cup, The Musketeers were back to deal with issues of faith and mob rule. It all went a bit Joan of Arc as prophet Emilie told the people of France that it was their destiny to rise up against Spain and depose the antichrist King Philip. With Spaniards brutally lynched in the streets of Paris before the opening titles, it was easy to imagine that this was going to be an episode full of violence and action. by Helen Langdon The poor musketeers on The Musketeers: even when there’s multiple unconnected storylines in one episode, they’re still barely involved. And with so many things going on at once, no-one really had time to talk to each other, so no-one could warn the king against taking Milady as a mistress, or tell Constance that kidnapping the heir to the throne is a bad idea no matter what your motivations, or give Rochefort some romantic advice. This week, it was all about the side characters, with Porthos the only musketeer who got to do anything other than punch things. by Helen Langdon In "An Ordinary Man", it was time for Louis to do his "going secretly amongst the people" routine, a rite of passage all kings of note must endure. But of course everything went wrong, because otherwise there wouldn't be an episode. Kidnapped with d'Artagnan to be sold into slavery, it was time for Louis to actually listen to the common folk and see how little his rank means in the real world. Would that lead to a change in worldview, causing Louis to become a wiser and gentler king? Not so much. by Helen Langdon The musketeers are back! The perfect antidote to the cold, rainy evenings of January, Athos, Porthos, Aramis and d’Artagnan are back on BBC One to get your blood pumping and your face grinning as they swash their buckles. The Musketeers might have lost its main antagonist to Doctor Who, but in this first episode of season two, that didn’t seem to be holding them back, with a story combining political intrigue with daring rescues. With the Cardinal causing trouble from beyond the grave, and a treacherous new villain on the scene, it’s all systems go! by The I'm With Geek TV Team Another year has come and gone, and with it some fantastic TV series. Join the IWG TV Team as they pick their favourites of the past 365 days! by the I'm With Geek TV Team 'Tis the season to sit down in front of your TV and fill your eyeballs with as much saccharine sweetness physically possible. We here at the I'm With Geek TV Towers put all of our favourite Christmas specials into a hat and picked one at random to watch and comment upon. Click on to find out who was filled with Christmas cheer and who found naught but coal! by Helen Langdon Atlantis is off for a Christmas break and won’t be back until 2015, but before it went, it left us with a bit of an exciting episode, featuring the Grey Sisters (you might notice that their attribute of sharing one eye between three of them was nicked for the Fates in Disney’s Hercules), some man-eating birds (which were pterodactyls, honestly), and ending with a marriage proposal. by Helen Langdon Today, we’re talking about How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Let’s get this out of the way right at the start – not that abominable Jim Carrey film, which deserves to die in a Yule-Log-fuelled fire. No, this is the 1966 cartoon, which is half an hour of glorious technicolour cheesy fun. Half an hour, because the story isn’t bloated out with unnecessary characters, side plots, Jim Carrey in dodgy prosthetics and a badly attempted Tim Burton aesthetic (OK, that’s the last time we’ll mention That Film, honestly). by Helen Langdon Usually when Atlantis does death, the only victims are random extras with their faces out of focus. But “The Day of the Dead” saw the show kill off and seriously injure several of its named characters. Not entirely permanently, though, as this episode was Atlantis’ foray into horror movie territory, using the most Greek of monsters... zombies. |
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