the a team - lego reconstruction

this is a reconstruction of the intro to the bad ass 'a team' - lego style

omar - the wire

omar - the wire





after watching some of the episodes online, i discovered that omar doesnt swear. he's one of the few that don't in the hit series. his attitude towards life as well is a good reason that would explain why hes a likable character. hes very big headed and stuck up, making him amusing to watch. he's also very good at his job, which he puts first. he's a good marksmen and good at surveilance, the clip i found is omar going undercover to hit a stash house. he doesn't like people in the drug underworld. to him, there scum, and he's the bug spray
- i thought of all of that, not copied and pasted -

Ongar to West Ruislip

ongar has been closed since 1994 and doesnt appear on the new underground maps so i wouldn't really expect anything to be on ongar if 'the grove family' was on west ruislip.

if you were talking about an older tube map, one whick ongar appeared on it, then i would expect another bbc soap opera such as eastenders.

the grove family was the first ever soap opera for the bbc. started in 1954. im full of facts.

Blind Boys of Alabama to Steve Earle in five steps

step 1: 'Blind Boys of Alabama' did the opening theme song to the wire (season 1)
step 2: 'tom waits' did the opening theme song to the wire (series 2)
step 3: 'The Neville Brothers' did the opening theme song to the wire (season 3)
step 4: 'DoMaJe' did the opening theme song to the wire (season 4)
step 5: 'steve earle' did the opening theme song to the wire (season 5)

all were different versions of 'way down in the hole'

the link to the creative tube maps

http://mapmaking.wikidot.com/the-great-bear
this is the link to the great bear map that we studied in class

subway system task

television dramas drawn on the london underground

the task we were assigned was to come up with as many television dramas as we could think of and catagorize them so they would fit on the underground map. each station for each drama. each line would be a different genre and if a line overlapped the drama would have to have multiple genres to fit the criteria of the map.

to start of with we listed as many dramas as we could and then had to put them in catagries. we sorted them out and then made a subway system shape on the whiteboard connecting each of the dramas together. to begin with we weren't sure what we were achieving but soon realised what the task was asking of us. finding dramas that would fit multiple genres was the most challenging aspect.

we then researched the amount of dramas we would need for each line. some lines had 60 stations on. in order for the task to be successful we would have to come up with 60 dramas of a certain genre.

as a group we realised that we would need to work around kingscross station because it had 5 lines passing through it. we would need a drama that had 6 possible genres. we came up with afew ideas and in the end we decided on eastenders. we would now work around eastenders filling in the gaps. this made it easier in the long run. it was still a difficult task to do.

everyone got assigned jobs. although it didn't start out like this, we realised it would be the easiest way to approach such a difficult task. i was the one who assigned everyones jobs. people didn't seem to mind, in fact we worked quite well together. afew people had laptops out and were researching there assigned genre, finding as many dramas as they could. other people were writing down the dramas on A1 paper in a more clear and organized way. other people were writing on the interactive whiteboard suggestions that could fit the map. the map was enlarged on the screen. i made sure everyone had something to do and kept an eye on the map to make sure everything was fitting together. communication skills were exellent during the task. apart from when people all talked at once but im pleased to say that those moments were few and far between.

although we didn't finish the task, or should i say havn't finished it yet, we managed to give most of the lines a genre and worked out numerous dramas that could go where lines overlapped. we put those on the map as soon as we found them. theres still alot to do. give us afew more days and it should be working.

american detective dramas

detective dramas - american
private investigator was a very popular genre on american tv in the late 1950's. over the years though the genre adapted and changed considerably. including the first female private eye appearing in honey west (1965-1966).


TJ Hooker (1982-1985) - The show starred William Shatner

honey west (1965-1966) - one of the first female private detectives in popular fiction

Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1958-1960) - followed the adventures of fictional private detective Mike Hammer

77 Sunset Strip (1958-1964) - based on Warner Brothers 1958 film Girl on the Run

kojak (1973-1978) - based around New York City Police Department Detective Lieutenant Theo Kojak

The Adventures of Ellery Queen (1950-51)- american sherlock holmes

Boston Blackie (1951-53) - syndicated in 1951, it ran for 58 episodes, set in Los angeles. and the character enjoyed the use of a several exotic sports cars.

The Rockford Files (1974-80) - James Garner starred as Jim Rockford, and had an agile Pontiac Firebird.

Perry Mason (1957-66) - The theme song was Park Avenue Beat by Fred Steiner

Peter Gunn (1958-61) - A total of 114 thirty-minute episodes were produced

The Untouchables (1959-64) - Based on the memoir of the name by eliot ness and oscar fraley

Charlie's Angels (1976-81) - about three women who work for a private investigation agency, and is one of the first shows to showcase women in roles traditionally reserved for men.

Tenafly (1973-74)- centred around a black private eye

hi James