Elvis Gump wrote:
>> Elvis Gump wrote:
>>> Fat Sam wrote:
>>>> Elvis Gump wrote:
>>>>> Doc Martian wrote:
>>>>>> "Luke"
wrote
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Any other thoughts for the rest of the crew?
>>>>>> george takei as sulu. he's had enough plastic surgery to pass for
>>>>>> 30s.
>>>>> I thought he looked older than Shatner on the premiere of "Heroes"
>>>>
>>>> George Takei was in Heroes?
>>>
>>> He plays the samurai sword welding father of Hiro. And it's been a
>>> role he was born to play. I just wish they'd had a double for him go
>>> from that stern calm he has to whirling dervish samurai sort of like
>>> Obi-Wan but they didn't do that yet.
>>
>> Oooooh.
>> This sounds good. I'm looking forward to seeing that now.
>> In the UK, Hiro hasn't even acquired the sword yet.
>> Him and his mate have just stolen the replica from the museum and
>> discovered the real one is being held by Linderman, and Nathan
>> Petrelli has just sort of offered to get it for him.
>> Oh, and we've just encountered Christopher Ecclestone's (the last Dr
>> Who) character briefly for the first time.
>> I do think Hiro and his confused pal are the best characters in the
>> whole show.
>> I count the days for Wednesday nights to come around. Hahaha
>>
>> Out of interest, how far behind the US screenings is the UK at the
>> moment?
>
> That sounds about half to three quarters the way through season one.
> I got confused by missing or half seeing some episodes. Remember the
> little girl that Parkman finds in the closet at the beginning of the
> season where he first meets the plucky FBI chick? The little girl
> will pop up again and is very important. And there's a great bit
> later where Hiro and the sidekick Ando go to the post-apocalyptic
> future and meet bad-ass Future Hiro and pretty much all the other
> 'heroes' .
Ooooh. So I take it from the words "post-apocolyptic" that they don't
actually manage to stop the explosion.
Actually, no. Don't tell me any more. I don't want to spoil it. LOL.
>>>> I've been following it religiously, but haven't noticed him.
>>>> Having said that, here in the UK, we're probably a good few months
>>>> worth of episodes behind the US networks, so if you're in America
>>>> I've probably got quite a wait until I see the episode you're
>>>> talking about.
>>>
>>> Major characters that seem to die so far have turned up again so I
>>> don't know if anyone on the series ever actually dies.
>>
>> Interesting twist.
>>
>>>>>> although if the studio really wants to do 'star trek babies' a
>>>>>> crowd pleaser would be john cho from harold & kumar go bananas.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> dylan moran from shaun of the dead as chekov.
>>>>> I don't know who that is, but then I can't think of anyone in that
>>>>> film that reminded me of Chekov.
>>>>>
>>>>> Love Simon Pegg though. That and "Hot Fuzz" were hilarious.
>>>>
>>>> Dylan Moran quite often works with Simon Pegg, so you might have
>>>> seen him in things without realising it was him. I'm not sure if he
>>>> was in Hot Fuzz though. I've still not gotten round to seeing that.
>>>> I'm not sure Dylan Moran would make a good Checkov to be honest.
>>>> He's way too tall and painfully thin. Checkov had quite a round
>>>> face, whereas Moran looks like he's been on a hunger strike.
>>>
>>> I don't know what part he played in Shaun of the Dead, but all of
>>> Pegg's supporting cast were smashing in that one. I loved the girl
>>> that played his girlfriend as well as the woman who played his
>>> character's doppelganger of sorts who also played the love interest
>>> of Doctor Who in "Human Nature" this past season.
>
> Okay I know which one you mean now.
>
>
> Well in the states if it's not on BBCAmerica or bittorrent it don't
> exist.
It should be on Bit Torrent.
> I'd like to know what Brits are obsessed with Footballer's wives and
> what's in their dusty old attics and why they need to have some fey
> nutters tell them What To Wear. There's a lot of crap on BBCAmerica
> I'm fraid...
Eurgh. Footballers Wives...I hate shows like that.
We do have a vast prolifferation of extremely bad TV shows here, and it's
not just the BBC to blame. ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, Sky, and all teh other
independents are producing a lot of dross.
Hundreds of antiques shows, Garden and home makeover shows, Buy a bigger
house shows, Cookery shows, Celebrity dance contests, X-factor type
shows....The list is endless.....
But there's still a good range of quality shows too like Dr Who and
Torchwood, Robin Hood, Spooks, Some pretty good cop shows. The BBC is famed
for it's dramas, especially historical ones. And comedies like Father Ted,
The IT Crowd, Alan Partridge, Saxondale, and loads of others.
Having said that, the crap does flow both directions across the Atlantic.
I mean, you guys inflicted things like Lost, Baywatch, Americas Next
Supermodel, Ugly Betty, Will and Grace and other stuff on us.
I was ready and prepared to apologise to you and your fellow Americans for
inflicting Simon Cowell on you all.
But then I remembered shows like Quincy MD and Diagnosis Murder.
Shall we just admit that both nations have committed televisual attrocities,
and dedicate our energies to thanking the man who decided to put an
off-button on the TV remote control?
