Subj : Re: Anyone watch Threshold?
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Chaya
Date : Sun Sep 18 2005 04:16:44

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

weirdwolf wrote:

> Chaya <chayaruthNOSPAM@gmail.com> wrote in 
> news:Xns96D4EADD2A6D8chayaruth@204.153.244.170:
> 
>> weirdwolf wrote:
>> 
>>> Chaya <chayaruthNOSPAM@gmail.com> wrote in 
>>> news:Xns96D4E86BED704chayaruth@204.153.244.170:
>>> 
>>>> weirdwolf wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Chaya <chayaruthNOSPAM@gmail.com> wrote in 
>>>>> news:Xns96D4E711E3F3Achayaruth@204.153.244.170:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> weirdwolf wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Chaya <chayaruthNOSPAM@gmail.com> wrote in 
>>>>>>> news:Xns96D4E5EABEDC5chayaruth@204.153.244.170:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> RR wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> weirdwolf wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I bailed on SG-1 last night to watch it (and I probably
>>>>>>>>>>>>> won't go back to SG-1 unless Claudia comes back.  I
>>>>>>>>>>>>> watched the first 30 minutes this morning and just gave
>>>>>>>>>>>>> up). 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Pretty formulaic, but I'm going to give it another chance
>>>>>>>>>>>>> next week.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> What do you get if you cross Jaws with close encounters of
>>>>>>>>>>>> the third kind?
>>>>>>>>>>>>  A load of steaming rancid chum apparently.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Ted
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> mmmmmmmchummmmmmmmm
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Oh, wait.  That's bad.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> ;)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Mind you the same could be said of that surface show.
>>>>>>>>>>  I don't know what it is recently but a lot of the
>>>>>>>>>>  shows/screeners 
>>>>>>>>>> that are about really seem to have their roots in the 50's
>>>>>>>>>> red menace form of sci-fi. Now watch Ross's head explode when
>>>>>>>>>> I say that sort of movie does nothing for me.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> No way, man. I concur. I've seen all three of the new sci-fi
>>>>>>>>> pilots and they are alarmingly similar in various ways.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Hated what I saw of "Threshold". Turned it off about 15
>>>>>>>>> minutes in. The fact that Braga (or whoever) had to toss a
>>>>>>>>> "Trek" in-joke 10 minutes in was about the time my blood
>>>>>>>>> started to boil. That and a horny lothario dwarf? Gimme a
>>>>>>>>> break.. 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I watched it out of loyalty to Brent Spiner.  He's why I'm
>>>>>>>> giving it 
>>>>>>> one
>>>>>>>> more chance next week. 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> As for the lothario little person, his casting is perfect given
>>>>>>>> his 
>>>>>>> role
>>>>>>>> in Tiptoes.  I know you didn't see it, but he rocked.  The
>>>>>>>> casting agents for Threshold must have seen his performance and
>>>>>>>> asked for him. 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> What pisses me off about Threshold is there's only one woman on
>>>>>>>> the 
>>>>>>> "red
>>>>>>>> team".  I mean, women are molecular biologists, and engineers,
>>>>>>>> and linguists...  why just the one?  
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>  I would watch a show with a female cunning linguist in it, the
>>>>>>>  more the 
>>>>>>> merrier.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> "Surface", despite the overwhelmingly negative press, I liked
>>>>>>>>> quite a bit. It's got potential to go cool places. Most of all
>>>>>>>>> though I totally dug on the underwater photography.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Did I miss this pilot already?  I meant to catch it.  Let me
>>>>>>>> check Tivo... 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> D'oh!  On at the same time as Arrested Development.  No
>>>>>>>> contest. 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>> "Invasion" is probably the best of the lot, despite having a
>>>>>>>>> seemingly weak "Body Snatcheresque" premise. It's got a great
>>>>>>>>> cast and well-written characters which is probably it's saving
>>>>>>>>> grace. 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> <sigh>  That's on the same time as the CSI season finale that I
>>>>>>>> MISSED, directed by Quentin Tarantino.  I guess I'll have to
>>>>>>>> spark up the VCR. 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>  Watch the C.S.I. trust me on this.
>>>>>>>   
>>>>>>>>> But the real truth is that it's highly unlikely that any of
>>>>>>>>> these shows will be appointment TV for me. None of them blew
>>>>>>>>> me away and made me ache for the next installment.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> "Nip/Tuck" S3 starts on Tuesday. There is no better TV
>>>>>>>>> currently available than N/T. *That's* appt. TV.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I was going to watch it, but the teaser for the pilot had some 
>>>>>>> squirting
>>>>>>>> blood in the OR and I decided against it. 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Did you watch the first in the new series of House?
>>>>>>>  Ted
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> No, I've decided to stick with my current shows for the most
>>>>>> part. But my students were raving about House the other day. 
>>>>>> That and "Prison Break". 
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Add house to your list,go on, go and do it now, we'll wait. Prison
>>>>> break has been ok but it's no great shakes. Oh and whoever
>>>>> commisioned supernatural should have the complete Buffy box set
>>>>> inserted anally, with no lube, sidewards.
>>>>>  Ted
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> lol.  I'll try to catch it, but I'm gonna get shit from the husband
>>>> for watching so much tv. 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Tell him it's research,besides what's there not to love about a
>>> sarcastic antisocial English cripple?
>>>  Ted
>> 
>> 
>> Yes, but he plays an American on TV.
>> 
> 
> YEeahaw, Say baby fancy coming for a ride in my gaz guzzling penis
> mobile we'll stop off and get some piss water beer that has to be that
> cold otherwise, god forbid, you might actually taste it and a meal
> that makes tofu look appetizing, we'll sit and watch the sunset over
> the stripmall and wonder which is going to kill us first, the morbid
> obeisity or rampant guncrime.
>  So how was that could I pass for American?
> Ted
> 

Totally.  

I try not to drink the pisswater beer.  My favorite is Guinness, but I
have to drink it in moderation (too many carbs). 

And I think you should stick with "gas guzzling small-penis mobile".

.