Subj : Re: Anyone watch Threshold? To : alt.tv.farscape From : weirdwolf Date : Sun Sep 18 2005 04:22:54 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Chaya wrote in news:Xns96D4ECCD68BF8chayaruth@204.153.244.170: > weirdwolf wrote: > >> Chaya wrote in >> news:Xns96D4EADD2A6D8chayaruth@204.153.244.170: >> >>> weirdwolf wrote: >>> >>>> Chaya wrote in >>>> news:Xns96D4E86BED704chayaruth@204.153.244.170: >>>> >>>>> weirdwolf wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Chaya wrote in >>>>>> news:Xns96D4E711E3F3Achayaruth@204.153.244.170: >>>>>> >>>>>>> weirdwolf wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Chaya 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. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> 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? >> > > Totally. Arse. > I try not to drink the pisswater beer. My favorite is Guinness, but I > have to drink it in moderation (too many carbs). If you ever get the chance try Theakstones Old Peculiar, or even a bottle of Nexcastle brown ale. You need to drink the Newkie brown from the bottle though. > And I think you should stick with "gas guzzling small-penis mobile". One little webcam session and you have to tel the whole world! Ted -- Stare too long into the abyss and the abyss looks like a nifty place to hide the bodies .