There was a time when the opening titles of a film were just that – titles at the start of a film: What the film is called, maybe who is in it, maybe who made it, and some legal notice about copyright. They did a job, but they weren’t much fun. It wasn’t long, though, … Continue reading
Author Archives: pieceofpinkpie
Who’s holding whom? My problem with a song lyric
Songs aren’t just tunes, are they? As someone who’s made his living with words, the lyrics really matter to me. I’ve always been uneasy when a lyric doesn’t quite make sense or say what it’s supposed to. Toto’s Georgy Porgy, for instance. Continue reading
Comedy / sitcom / Television
Serious comedy – Dr Miller’s big three
Get two people together and you’ll probably have at least three opinions on the greatest TV comedies of all time. Continue reading
Fantasy / Film / Serials / Superheroes / Television
Who was the first Batman in the movies?
Who was the first movie Batman? Most will remember that TV’s Adam West starred in a jokey big-screen spin-off in 1966, which pre-dated the darker Tim Burton version by a couple of decades. Continue reading
