Nothing much today. Just a couple of recommendations.

TV-series

Sherlock, a new take on the old detective. A British mini-series with 3 90-minute long episodes. Breathes genuine quality in a different pacing than what you're used to from both British detective stories and american tv-series. SVT1 showed first episode in Sweden last Sunday.

Pillars of the earth, another British quality production. A bit fantasy-esque minus all the fantasy. It's set in 12th century England and full of fascinating and captivating characters that each plot, dream and hope. It's not 'the guys in black beating the guys in white'. Swedish tv3 just ran the series, but it should be available on DVD.

Both of these series are very 'full' in that that each episode leaves you satisfied and with a sense that they have been made with a purpose instead of filling a season.

Fringe, this is X-files, but with a more warmer, human attitude. Very loveable characters.

House, this is one for the cynics. For those not familiar with the series, it's basically CSI with the human body as a crime scene. It's a medical show, but very unlike ER. The main character is misanthropic, coleric and does things his way. He's bitter but with a twinge of humour.

True blood, vampires in southern USA, mingling with other people but preferring to keep to themselves mostly. Warning though, this is an HBO series and therefore does not hold back on either gore or sex. It is more than that though.

Movies

I'm a guy with pretty generic taste in movies... I think. I appreciate a good action movie as well as the next guy, I don't balk away from blockbuster movies just because they're blockbuster movies, although here I will try to recommend a couple of movies that you might not have heard of.

The man from earth, this is NOT an action movie, at all. It's a very talk-y movie in a cozy atmosphere that asks the question 'what if'. I won't give away more of the plot than that.

Pandorum, this on the other hand IS an action movie and has been likened to Aliens meets Event horizon. I think one of those two movies is good and the other scary as hell but not supergood.

The Prestige, a Nolan-movie that at least I missed when it played at the cinemas. But that could have been me hiding under a rock or something. Nonetheless it's a very good movie about two rivaling magicians and of course there is a Nolan-twist.

Sorry not very many bile-filled rants today. I hope I might convince you to watch at least some of them and I'd be extremely happy if those were Sherlock, Pillars of the earth or Pandorum. Oh and a pre-emptive recommendation. On 17th of April begins showing Game of thrones. It's a high quality book-series that I hope and expect HBO will turn into a high quality tv-series. From what this rabid fanboy has seen so far, he has no reason to complain.