No, no, I'm not going there on holiday. I somehow managed, within the space of 3 days or so, to become the editor of the UK comedy show called Benidorm 
and after watching it, I'd never even consider going there on holiday 
It didn't have a single quote and had incomplete cast and crew listings, so I started adding quotes and I've been fixing the credits and became its editor. Still loads to do, as far as I can tell, almost all episode summaries were copied from other sites (I edited one, but need to edit the others as well). It's been a while since I've gotten a new guide so YAY
This is a picture from it, featuring the 'lovely' Garvey family including orange-tanned, chain-smoking Madge LOL
In other me-related news it's glorious weather here and it's a long weekend too. Monday is Whit Monday, i.e. a day off and Sunday is Mothering Sunday over here. It's already been in the UK, not sure about the US, but being the dutiful son that I am 
I will drive to the Netherlands and visit my parents and have a BBQ YUM
What I have been watching:
Flood
A disaster movie, made for TV (make that ITV 
) that hasn't made in to either movietome or tv.com. It's wasn't bad as such, but it wasn't great either. It was fun to see familiar bits of London flooded though
A lovely coming-out, surfer movie.
Hollow Man 1 and 2
1 was better than I remembered and 2 was hardly worth the name sequel and I bet Christian Slater only did it for the money.
As a fan of the original series, I long avoided this but the DVD was on sale, very cheaply, so I couldn't resist. Not a Knoxville fan but he was bearable in this, the same goes for Ms Simpson. I've always liked Sean William Scott and he was good in this one too.
Deceit
OK thriller with surprise twist at the end. Again, this one did not make it to either movietome or tv.com
Enjoyable teen comedy very loosely based on snow white
The latter two movies I watched because they featured an actor from one of the tv shows I watched, namely Matt Long, who starred in:
This is a brilliant series that, unfortunately only lasted one season. It's smart, intelligent, well written and stars great actors. Unmissable and thus recommended !!!
As usual, continued to watch some other series as well, but you all know them by now They are: The Tudors, Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, Doctor Who, Battlestar Galactica, Gossip Girl and Greek. Oh yeah, Obviously I should add Benidorm to that list, but there's only one episode of season 2 left 
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Having just finished writing two recaps I was wondering. As mentioned in a previous blog, I think writing one is a lot of work so I'm curious to see how other people do this.
I write the recap while watching the episode for the first time and I wonder whether that doesn't spoil some of the enjoyment of watching the show. Basically, I watch a scene and write it down; sometimes I watch the scene again to write down a quote or to listen to a name again. Then on to the next scene, etc. ec. etc. Do people watch it in full first and write a recap during their second time watching it? Do people take notes while watching it first before writing the recap?
How do YOU do it??
What shows and movies did I watch, you ask?
Well
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Despite some glowing reviews, I don't get this movie. It's too artsy for my taste. Some funny moments but not enough to endure this movie. It is however, the first time I've seen Owen Wilson act
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - The Beginning
Surprisingly enjoyable, if you like this kind of movie, of course
Another quirky movie, it seems to be my favourite word to describe movies Maybe that says something about my taste in movies LOL Ryan Gosling was very good in this though !!
Part one had the better script (relatively speaking) but part 2 had the better dance moves.
Unsirprisingly, they don't make this kind of movie any more. Some odd turns in the script but enjoyable, if only to see a part of history.
While beautifully shot and featuring good acting, this is another movie that I simply don't get. What was the script writer or the director trying to say ??? There are so many mixed messages in this movie that it's hard to make sense of it. BTW, it's difficult to imagine this little girl growing up to become a diva in The O.C.
The Leage of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Melodramatic and grandiose but fun at times if you ignore the odd mish-mashof literary characters combined in this movie.
Another Spielberg gem and even though I''m not the bigggest Tom Hanks fan, he was OK in this. Leo was great.
Phew, I'm surprised I've got time to go to work and watch telly but I do I watched the usual tv shows, which I'm not going to link to because I've done that a few times already. They are: The Tudors, Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, Doctor Who, Battlestar Galactica and Greek,
I'm glad the staff at tv.com listened to its members and decided not to duplicate guides. I think most editors can certainly live with the interim solution. I hope CNET makes a bit more money available to get more DEV staff and implement a proper solution soon !!
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Everyone, please read this thread in the "UK shows on tv.com" forum. The same sentiment and issue is being discussed in Lin's Blog, in DJ's blog and in TheOldBill's blog and possibly quite a few others as well. :!
Basically tv.com staff seems to think it's OK, contrary to all existing guidelines, to duplicate guides and the information they contain for a US broadcast of a UK show. Yes, you read that right, it's not a remake but the original British version shown on US television and apparently that warrants a new guide 
Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to warrant new information because they approve submissions that copy and paste info from the guide for the original UK show. Some shows now have two guides, the original version (now labelled UK) and the new, copied version (which, of course 
, lacks a US label).
I think that's disgraceful!! and a clear signal to the editors of the original guides that their work is, somehow, not good enough for the US
A few solutions have been suggested and I hope that, for a change, tv.com staff listen to the voice of their members. Their faithful members who spent lots and lots of time on their guides which suddenly can be duplicated and plagiarised without so much as peep from our esteemed staff members.
As an editor of both UK and US shows, I feel this duplication of guides is a very, very bad idea. It will confuse people searching for information on these shows and that makes a return visit to this site unlikely (reducing ad revenues), surely not the intention of CNET.
Support originality, refrain from duplicating guides and information and let your voice be heard!
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