Barry from EastEnders

So, my wife and I finished watching the series Extras, the follow-up comedy by the creators of The Office (they created the original U.K. version, and are executive producers on the U.S. version).  If you liked The Office, you will absolutely cringe at Extras.  It's Ricky Gervais at his best, which is him being an obtusely horrible person (as opposed to his friends in the show, who are horribly obtuse).

Once again HBO fails to disappoint me by providing excellent programming.  It's too bad the season (and series) runs are so short.  Although I've recently picked up Carnivale Seasons 1 and 2, and From the Earth to the Moon.  So those should be fun to watch.

With the new X-Files movie out, the wife and I are going to have to play catch-up on the series.  We stopped watching midway through Season 8, I believe.  I need to write a primer for her to keep up with all the plot elements so we can pick up where we left off.

Finally, I just heard from my friend Pat that Ray Stevenson, the actor who played Titus Pullo in Rome will be the next actor to play The Punisher in the new movie Punisher: War Zone.

I don't know what to say about that.

(I'm expecting a big order this week, so I'll have another post soon)