Pop Culture Podcast
Popspotting #135: “Battlestar Dancing” (Sept. 23, 2011)
Once again we celebrate the brilliance of our listeners in Feedback Friday. On tap, your needledrop movie soundtrack picks (including “Dirty Dancing,” “Reality Bites,” “The Jackal,” “Forrest Gump,” and “2001”). الدومينو على الانترنت And Lauren chimes in with a spirited defense of “Hackers.” Also, some different takes on “Battlestar Galactica” and its finale, from “loved it” to “couldn’t stick with it.” And we close with quick takes on “Sherlock” and “White Collar. مسيرة ميسي ” I think we’re going to have to set aside the time to give “White Collar” a fair shake. اربح 1000 دولار بمجرد التسجيل
Start from the beginning with Eureka. The pilot episode does a very good
job of setting up the premise of the series without feeling so
obviously like exposition, and it establishes the comic tone. Also, it’s
best to approach it less as a sci-fi show and more of a comedy,
especially since Colin Ferguson has some of the best comic timing and
delivery out there.
A few notes:Â
– Just caught an episode of Sherlock last Sunday, and I got sucked into it (even though I was surfing between that and Law & Order: UK, which stars BSG’s Jamie Bamber). I agree that Martin Freeman makes this a must-watch, along with the pacing and the great stories… and Benedict Cumberbatch, who plays Sherlock, is just as great too. The only quibble I have is that the ep I caught has Moriarty in it, and – without spoiling anything, since Moriarty has always been part of the original Arthur Conan Doyle novels – the way they integrated that villain into the present day was frustrating for me.Â
– My favorite track on the Reality Bites soundtrack is “Tempted ’94” by Squeeze, which is basically the band re-recording “Tempted” for the movie. Â And the mention of Reality Bites also reminded me of another Gen-X movie with a great soundtrack: Singles by Cameron Crowe, who also compiles great soundtracks for his movies (Say Anything, Almost Famous, and Vanilla Sky to name a few).Â
– The second season of White Collar, in my opinion, is better than the first. And yes, yes, YES to Modern Family!Â