Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Sunday Night's TV (5/1/06)

How can I disappointed at the end of CBB when I have TV like Animal Winter Olympics (BBC1) to replace it? The BBC seems to be coming in for quite a lambasting in this blog, and maybe it's because they're increasingly s**t. This latest offering ludicrously pitted humans against CGI -generated mammals, reptiles, fish and birds in a variety of sub-zero sporting arenas to see who would triumph. Funnily enough, the beasts didn't have the same concentration levels as humans, nor the instilled notion of competition, nor the sporting techonology to really be effective adversaries, so the humans were usually victorious. Animal Winter Olympics fits squarely into a growing body of ridiculously conjectural programming by the BBC, like their What If...? season. What if.........Essex exploded? What if........seagulls ruled the world? What if.......the BBC didn't feel the need to insert the CGI technology they so clearly spent a lot of money on into every pseudo-scientific commission they produce? Now there's a thought. An expert actually imparting information rather than a mock-up of bioluminescent, maneating, opium-addicted porpoises in the year 4025. Actually, that was the only part of Animal Winter Olympics which was of any interest whatsoever. Apparently reindeers like to snack on magic mushrooms as they roam the tundra, giving a whole new dimension to Rudolf's shiny red nose. I think somebody in the BBC's Science Department must be partaking too - how can Animal Winter Olympics be anything else but the product of a very fevered brain? Someone needs a sabbatical, REAL bad.......

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