Subj : Re: Anyone watch Threshold? To : alt.tv.farscape From : Chaya Date : Sun Sep 18 2005 04:39:16 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape weirdwolf wrote: > 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. Ha ha. I am overwhelmed by your wit and humor this evening. >>>> 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 > .