Subj : Re: Anyone watch Threshold? To : alt.tv.farscape From : weirdwolf Date : Sun Sep 18 2005 04:33:08 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Chaya wrote in news:Xns96D4EE1557345chayaruth@204.153.244.170: > weirdwolf wrote: > >> 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 am not. Yeah you are, but in a good, like two puppies in a sack kinda way. > >>> 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. > > I like Newcastle a lot, actually. Did you drink it from the bottle though? If you can get the TOP you should try it, it was what I use to drink when I was a student. Or at least I think it was, it's all a little hazy. > >>> And I think you should stick with "gas guzzling small-penis mobile". >> >> One little webcam session and you have to tel the whole world! > > > Well, the giant piercing made it seem bigger... > > (and it wasn't a comment about YOU, silly.) Well I suppose Nick did surprise us both and I don't mean it's christmas morning and I got a pony surprise but more of a OH my god, why are you not in a medical museum way. > I hate to ask, but have you slept yet tonight? > No. Ted -- Stare too long into the abyss and the abyss looks like a nifty place to hide the bodies .