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NakedDex · 09-06-2011 11:13PM

And risk the embassy gates going missing while O'Bama is off having a pint?

Firekitten · 09-06-2011 11:16PM

Well it is D4... They have to pay for that coke habbit somehow.

NakedDex · 10-06-2011 12:45AM

That's such a stereotype. Just because coca-cola sells well in certain postcodes, doesn't mean everyone there has chronic barrier-acquisition issues.

MagicIRL · 10-06-2011 08:42AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciHmB8P02uo

Can't waaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiit!

Harveey · 10-06-2011 01:08PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Edkc8XE3hMI

Can't wait to get a shot of this

CpcRc · 10-06-2011 02:42PM

Harveey wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Edkc8XE3hMI

Can't wait to get a shot of this

The first time I've ever been tempted by motion gaming

And it's not about trying to dance or jump around in your living room

T4RGET · 11-06-2011 04:45PM

Harveey wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Edkc8XE3hMI

Can't wait to get a shot of this

sweeeeeet

MerryDespot · 11-06-2011 06:16PM

http://humansvszombies.org/

Ha ha - class.
Naturally nerf guns are less threatening than airsoft stuff - being all day glow etc... but good practical training for the inevitable Z Day Event...

MagicIRL · 12-06-2011 10:53AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muVfidujxRg

Oh Physics

Spooky-Vinny · 12-06-2011 04:13PM

I learned how to spell 'Pterodactyles'... who woulda known there was a silent P huh?
xXx

ronan keane · 13-06-2011 10:15PM

I'm in love with "The Walking Dead"

MagicIRL · 13-06-2011 11:14PM

Please, I've been waiting on S2 since last year. FXHD iirc.

Spooky-Vinny · 14-06-2011 12:18AM

ronan keane wrote: »

I'm in love with "The Walking Dead"

Funny you would mention that, I just watched the first season 2 days ago! thought it was absolutly amazing!
xXx

CpcRc · 14-06-2011 12:54AM

I've heard good things about the comics and the TV show but unfortunately haven't read/watched the Walking dead yet.

But I have started watching the one and only season of Firefly by Joss Whedon. I'm sci-fi fan and had heard about how some people loved it although it was cancelled and wanted to see for myself. I'm enjoying what I've seen so far and can see why people liked it.

I did watch the later movie Serenity first and then wanted to see the show.

NakedDex · 14-06-2011 01:10AM

Firefly is better than Serenity, but Serenity does show how far they thought out the characters/universe/story before Firefly was canned. Incredible shame. Wasted potential.

That happens a lot with good shows in the US though. Unless they're immediately top-dollar earners that explode to popularity (like How I Met Your Mother did when it debuted) they barely make it to a second season. Classic example is Life, a brilliant little twist on a cop show with good writing and a sense of humour about itself. Only made it to the second season, and you can tell about half way through the second one, they had to push the storyline harder to finish it before the season ended, obviously after being told the plug was pulled.
Look at The Unit too. That was held steady popularity with good ratings, but because it didn't hit superstar status, they tanked it abruptly after the fourth season ended.

I honestly think, had they made Firefly in Britain, they'd have gotten six or seven seasons out if it. The British production companies are a lot more pragmatic about these things. They got 8 years out of Spooks despite average-at-best ratings and high cast turnovers (although that meant they could randomly kill any main character they wanted, which added to it if anything).

Firekitten · 14-06-2011 01:28AM

such is the us capitalism that drives thier media industries... The sarah conor chronicles... only just getting good... canned.
Stargate universe... getting GREAT.... canned.
Firefly... canned
Drivel like Lost allowed to continue... abomination.

NakedDex · 14-06-2011 01:50AM

And then they bastardise various British shows into brutally mutated "American audience friendly" (read: humour/wit/irony removal) variations and claim them to be their own until they flop through bad writing and terrible production.
Life On Mars is a classic example. British original with John Simm and Glenn Hollister (?), clever (if a little odd in sub-plot) show about hard-ass cops in old Fords. The Gene character became iconic by himself, despite being the supporting actor.
American version? Add in a brand-name actor, increase the violence beyond "believable hard-ass cop" to "characture/pastiche", change the affordable classic Ford for pointless muscle car and remove all wit, intelligence and subtle political comment.

They fund that dirge, but they won't fund a second season of Firefly or a third season of the relatively inexpensive Life.

Firekitten · 14-06-2011 01:54AM

Americans ruin everything... admitedly its because most of thier audiences cannot understand the inteligent british comedy... it goes right over thier heads. Plus, if it doesn't have 'american' in the name, its unpatriotic, and thus, a terrorist. And as such, the good patriotic population cannot be found to be supporting terrorism by watching its tv shows.

The_Joker · 14-06-2011 01:59AM

Spooky-Vinny wrote: »

I learned how to spell 'Pterodactyles'... who woulda known there was a silent P huh?
xXx

You mean your physician, psychiatrist or psychologist never told you that all psychologically unbalanced pseudo patients who get stung by psithyrus and suffer from ptyalism then pneumonia and pneogasteric swelling then phthisis could have prevented it by using pneumocystics in pill form
Holy crap!!

CpcRc · 14-06-2011 02:04AM

I do have to agree with you NakedDex, I'm enjoying watching the Firefly series more than I enjoyed watching Serenity.

I happened to stumble upon Serenity when I was trying to find a good movie that I hadn't seen before. Then I found Firefly, I had previously known that the movie was based off the series.

I'm currently eight episodes into Firefly, it is an outright shame that it was cancelled. The same can be said for other good to great series which were cancelled in America like the examples that have been given here.

I had enjoyed what little I got to see of the sarah conor chronicles and stargate universe.

I'm not sure if I saw Life (is that the one based on after the protoagonist is released from prison and what they do after?), I might have seen a small bit of it and what I saw I liked also.

As for Spooks, I got into that very late in the series (the last two I think) and found it quite good and enjoyed it. And I did find the way that the line-up could dramatically change while the show still managed to be good with good characters very interesting and stopped things from going stale.

Damn, now I know I watch too much TV, lol

Firekitten · 14-06-2011 06:26AM

The_Joker wrote: »

You mean your physician, psychiatrist or psychologist never told you that all psychologically unbalanced pseudo patients who get stung by psithyrus and suffer from ptyalism then pneumonia and pneogasteric swelling then phthisis could have prevented it by using pneumocystics in pill form
Holy crap!!

+1

CpcRc wrote: »

As for Spooks, I got into that very late in the series (the last two I think) and found it quite good and enjoyed it. And I did find the way that the line-up could dramatically change while the show still managed to be good with good characters very interesting and stopped things from going stale.

Liked spooks in general, good show, interesting developments and im informed, fairly realistic in certain aspects.
Though one paticular scene, within one paticular episode, will always jump to the forefront of my mind when someone mentions that show...
I still cannot watch that episode ever again... I think people may guess which I mean. at age... what? 14-15? that one has stuck with me in a bad way.

Of irelevant note...

Why do my crewmembers delight in injuring themselves? It seems whatever I do, workwise, I always end up with latex gloves on, cleaning up blood and fixing people >> *sigh*

NakedDex · 14-06-2011 08:00AM

I have no idea which scene you're talking about? I've watched everything from series 1-5 on DVD, but have seen nothing beyond that. I can't find them anywhere for sale.

CpcRc wrote: »

I'm not sure if I saw Life (is that the one based on after the protoagonist is released from prison and what they do after?), I might have seen a small bit of it and what I saw I liked also.

Yeah, that's the one. He's a cop that was frames for a murder and released after what was basically fifteen years of solitary, gets a massive, but secret, compensation settlement and requests to go back to the police as a detective.
While in prison he studied Zen and had developed his life in prison around it to cope with the beatings. So now we have a massively rich detective with alternate ideas, no material desires and a state of Zen.

Damian Lewis (Winters from Band of Brothers) plays lead, and does it bloody well. He needs more roles.

Shiva · 14-06-2011 10:48AM

Firekitten wrote: »

I still cannot watch that episode ever again... I think people may guess which I mean. at age... what? 14-15? that one has stuck with me in a bad way.

Only scene I can think of that it might be (although I haven't seen every episode) would be the deep fat fryer ?

Puding · 14-06-2011 10:51AM

that the one that instantly jumps into my head

NakedDex · 14-06-2011 12:00PM

Wasn't that the first episode?

Shiva · 14-06-2011 12:22PM

NakedDex wrote: »

Wasn't that the first episode?

Yeah, I think so.

bullets · 14-06-2011 02:23PM

I'm hoping falling skies may be OK. Alien invasion, Humans try and survive.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1462059/

Maybe it will be like Waking Dead but replace the Zombies with Aliens.

~B

Firekitten · 14-06-2011 03:42PM

Shiva wrote: »

Yeah, I think so.

Nah, it was mid to late seeason one, or start of season two if i recall. Deffinately not the first... but its one thats sorta... got me, Can watch anything else on the show, just not that.

CpcRc · 14-06-2011 03:43PM

NakedDex wrote: »

I can't find them anywhere for sale.

Are you talking about Spooks boxsets?

Have you checked HMV? I'm pretty sure I saw some sets in there because I saw earlier seasons for sale and didn't know that cast. I usually browse around there for boxsets because sometimes you might get lucky and find a good boxset for a good price, but usually a lot of them are more expensive than they're worth.

Had a little look on play.com too and found some here

NakedDex · 14-06-2011 03:46PM

I have seasons 1-5 in box sets, but the rest are always either unavailable or out of stock. I gave up trying a good while back to be honest. I felt like I'd have more luck finding Boondock Saints...

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