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Rowan
08-27-2008, 06:51 PM
Well, now that we're finally at the end of summer and new television seasons will be starting up again within the next month, are there any new ones you've seen advertised that appeal to you? Some you pray will bomb?
Other than the ones I've watched in the past, I'm glad to see Chuck will be back. I thought it was cute. I will also have a look at My Own Worst Enemy. On the downside, I sincerely hope that Kath & Kim BOMB horribly. What were they thinking with this load of c-rap?
SonjaMarie
08-27-2008, 06:55 PM
There are a few shows I wanted to check out but as I already watch WAY TO MANY, I had to narrow the field down, so of the new batch I'm checking out:
Crusoe
The Mentalist (That Simon Baker is a hottie)
My Own Worst Enemy
There's a miniseries on Coco Chanel starring Shirley McClaine on Sept 13th I plan to check out as well.
And I agree about "Kath & Kim", ugh!
SM
diamondlil
08-27-2008, 08:33 PM
They should have just showed the original Australian series which was very entertaining in the first few series.
Rowan
08-27-2008, 10:01 PM
There are a few shows I wanted to check out but as I already watch WAY TO MANY, I had to narrow the field down, so of the new batch I'm checking out:
Crusoe
The Mentalist (That Simon Baker is a hottie)
My Own Worst Enemy
There's a miniseries on Coco Chanel starring Shirley McClaine on Sept 13th I plan to check out as well.
And I agree about "Kath & Kim", ugh!
SM
You really think they can pull a whole season out of Crusoe??
Michelle2
08-27-2008, 10:04 PM
Can't wait for Dexter!!!
There's also a new show about vampires that will be on HBO; not into vampires but it's written by Alan Ball whom I love!
Divia
08-27-2008, 10:14 PM
Yeah I'm wondering how Crusoe will be. I saw an ad for it and it looked very POTC. Hmm. we'll see. Might be fun to watch.
TerriPray
08-27-2008, 10:44 PM
Looking forward to the Sword of Truth series which HBO will be doing and that starts in November.
SonjaMarie
08-27-2008, 10:59 PM
You really think they can pull a whole season out of Crusoe??
I was wondering that?! It looks he gets more people on that island then in the book, maybe like "Gilligan's Island" but much older of course.
SM
SonjaMarie
08-27-2008, 11:00 PM
Can't wait for Dexter!!!
I love me some Dexter! It's one of the many many shows I already watch and wondering how I'm going to fit them all in!
SM
Divia
08-28-2008, 03:17 AM
Looking forward to the Sword of Truth series which HBO will be doing and that starts in November.
Oh yeah! I dont have HBO so I'll have to wait until it comes out on DVD. but I do like fantasy type shows. :)
TerriPray
08-28-2008, 03:18 AM
I saw the trailer for it a couple of weeks ago and it's amazing. Same directors as Xena and Hercules.
diamondlil
08-28-2008, 09:28 AM
Can't wait for Dexter!!!
There's also a new show about vampires that will be on HBO; not into vampires but it's written by Alan Ball whom I love!
Do you mean True Blood? I am looking forward to that one. I read the series that it is based on so it will be interesting to see how it compares.
Rowan
08-28-2008, 01:19 PM
Yeah I'm wondering how Crusoe will be. I saw an ad for it and it looked very POTC. Hmm. we'll see. Might be fun to watch.
POTC :confused:
Divia
08-28-2008, 02:03 PM
My bad...Pirates of the Caribbean.
Some of the shots looked like that. For instance there was this girl in a fluffy dress looking back while she was running. And I know they showed a compus a few times and something else. I dont mind if they play off the POTC themes.
SonjaMarie
08-28-2008, 03:55 PM
Michael Phelps is hosting the season premeire of SNL this year, airing Sept 13th. Might be interesting to watch!
SM
TerriPray
08-28-2008, 03:59 PM
preview for the Sword of truth
http://www.terrygoodkind.com/lots/lots.mov
Hi there,
I'm dying to see Crusoe too, as some of it was filmed in and around in York. I missed Sean Bean down by the river :eek: Narrowly missed Sam Neill at Ryedale Folk Museum, where they were filming Crusoe's early life (will be looking out for the old buildings there!) and I was there with a re-enactment group. Unfortunately they didn't need our services (we're late Iron Age/Roman!)
Every time we trotted to visit the loo we had to be very careful and quiet as we were going right by the set. Have to say, we all paid more visits to the 'facilitiies' than we normally do :rolleyes: Anyway, the actors were in big hats, cuffs and ruffles, some were soldiers, and there was one middleaged lady in skirts. Think we sighted the young heroe, but none of us were sure ... Filming went on till the light faded. One of our number met Sam Neill in his night clothes - that is, our chap was in his shorts coming back from visiting the loo, and Sam Neill was wearing jeans:D. Our chap said 'Hello, are you Sam Neill?' Sam Neill merely grunted. Or at least our chap thought it was Sam Neill ... Perhaps it was his stand-in?
Anyway, viewing figures for Crusoe will be high in the York area, that's for sure. It's the biggest thing that's happened here since the Vikings invaded :cool:
Melisende
08-29-2008, 06:07 AM
Just finished watching Dexter (Season 1 & 2) on DVD - no spoilers from me if you haven't seen these already. BUT - edge of your seat - as always!
Oh, and looking forward to CSI: Gold Coast (aussie viewers will know what I mean) :)
SonjaMarie
08-29-2008, 06:10 AM
Jimmy Smits is joining "Dexter", this should be interesting!
One month to go! Sept 28th.
SM
Virgulina
08-29-2008, 09:41 AM
Do you mean True Blood? I am looking forward to that one. I read the series that it is based on so it will be interesting to see how it compares.
I'm really curious about this series, I want to see if it's any better than the books, I really didn't like Charlaine Harris' writing, it got on my nerves. Maybe they'll manage to make something like Dexter, I love the series and hate the books!
Ana
sweetpotatoboy
08-29-2008, 09:50 AM
preview for the Sword of truth
http://www.terrygoodkind.com/lots/lots.mov
Oh, Terry Goodkind. I've read the first of his series. It wasn't bad and I've pondered reading more but never felt compelled to do so.
alice
08-30-2008, 08:29 PM
Ooh this is news to me, the Crusoe programme. Sean Bean and Sam Neill in the same programme? It doesn't get any better than that! :o I'm looking forward to a programme in the UK this week called Lost in Austenwhere a girl who is besotted with Pride and Prejudice ends up going back in time and into the novel. I'm not a fan of time-travel type things, but it does look quite fun, with her meeting the characters from the book.
sweetpotatoboy
08-30-2008, 09:10 PM
I'm looking forward to a programme in the UK this week called Lost in Austenwhere a girl who is besotted with Pride and Prejudice ends up going back in time and into the novel. I'm not a fan of time-travel type things, but it does look quite fun, with her meeting the characters from the book.
Yes, I'm looking forward to that one too. Plus I'm a fan of the actress playing the lead character. Have loved her in everything I've seen her in. (though knowing me, I'll probably tape the series and get round to seeing it in about a year's time)
SonjaMarie
08-30-2008, 11:52 PM
I think that's based on the book "Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict" by Laurie Viera Rigler or it's just a similar plot line.
http://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Austen-Addict-Laurie-Rigler/dp/B000Z4GQ3G/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1220140280&sr=8-2
SM
alice
08-31-2008, 12:32 AM
I don't think it's based on that book, Sonja, but it does sound similar. I've just looked at the Radio Times (listings mag) for this week, only to see that Hugh Bonneville is playing Mr Bennett, who apparently steals the show, as usual. Great stuff. :D
SonjaMarie
09-01-2008, 03:22 AM
For Brits and anyone who ends up downloading it, I'm not sure when it airs yet:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1199099/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/merlin/
TV show about Merlin as a young man.
SM
Alaric
09-01-2008, 10:33 AM
I'm most looking forward to the returns of Heroes, Prison Break, Dexter, Battlestar Galactica ... oh there's so much to watch.
Jimmy Smits is joining "Dexter", this should be interesting!
It's hard to know if that's a good thing or not. :confused: Most things Jimmy Smits has touched lately have been decidedly second rate. I really wasn't a fan of him on The West Wing. Plus, his casting and the big pay packet that went with it partly contributed to a lot of the problems that plagued the last two years of the show, namely Aaron Sorkin leaving.
Alaric
09-01-2008, 10:37 AM
For Brits and anyone who ends up downloading it, I'm not sure when it airs yet:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1199099/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/merlin/
TV show about Merlin as a young man.
SM
I just hope it isn't Geoffrey of Monmouth-esque with all the fanciful nonsense often synonymous with Arthur. If it's more like like Cornwell's Arthur series with the end of the Roman control and invasion of the Saxons, then great. I'll definitely end up watching anyway - I'm a sucker for Arthurian lore.
Madeleine
09-01-2008, 05:37 PM
Merlin looks quite good. Not sure if I'm looking forward to the new season of Heroes or not, the last one was pretty boring and I ended up watching quite a lot of it on fast-forward.
SonjaMarie
09-01-2008, 05:48 PM
I just hope it isn't Geoffrey of Monmouth-esque with all the fanciful nonsense often synonymous with Arthur. If it's more like like Cornwell's Arthur series with the end of the Roman control and invasion of the Saxons, then great. I'll definitely end up watching anyway - I'm a sucker for Arthurian lore.
I think it might be from what I saw of the trailer (the Monmouth-esque), not sure, Arthurian lore isn't my cuppa really. The actor who played Giles on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" plays Uther Pendragon.
SM
boswellbaxter
09-03-2008, 05:34 PM
Very jealous that the Brits here get a TV adaptation of Little Dorrit:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/05_may/06/dorrit.shtml
SonjaMarie
09-04-2008, 06:08 AM
"Merlin" is going to be airing on NBC eventually, when I find out more I'll let people know.
SM
SonjaMarie
09-04-2008, 06:11 AM
The "Sword of Truth" show is being called "Legend of the Seeker" here and start November 1st.
SM
diamondlil
09-04-2008, 07:09 AM
Is anyone watching the new 90210?
Vanessa
09-04-2008, 07:11 AM
I watched Lost in Austen last night (UK) and it was quite fun. 'Mr Darcy' did a good impression of Colin Firth. I'm waiting in anticipation for the 'wet shirt' scene maybe next week. :D
My secret guilty pleasure is The View. I record it on our DVR every day! I just love it!
Also, I'm obsessed with E! and Bravo's reality TV show's, esp. The Real Housewives. I really hope the New York ladies make it back for a second season! I loved that show.
Yes, I have very juvenile TV tastes! Hey, this is the girl busted by my advisor in grad school for listening to Brittany Spears! :o
I watched Lost in Austen last night (UK) and it was quite fun. 'Mr Darcy' did a good impression of Colin Firth. I'm waiting in anticipation for the 'wet shirt' scene maybe next week. :D
I thought it was very funny. The characters are so over the top. Looking forward to the next instalment as well. Wonder what the ending will be...
SonjaMarie
09-05-2008, 03:37 AM
If you know how to download torrents and want to, I found the first episode of "Lost in Austen", I downloaded it and it's the real thing:
http://www.torrentportal.com/details/3541529/Lost+in+Austen+E01+3rd+September+2008.html
SM
SonjaMarie
09-06-2008, 02:23 AM
Jeopardy back Monday, Yeah!
SM
SonjaMarie
09-09-2008, 04:01 AM
Interesting, Shirley Manson, lead singer of Garbage is now one of the actors on "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles". Garbage has some really good songs.
SM
Madeleine
09-13-2008, 04:42 PM
"Merlin" is going to be airing on NBC eventually, when I find out more I'll let people know.
SM
I think Merlin is starting on BBC1 next week, looks quite good.
SonjaMarie
09-13-2008, 05:06 PM
I think I plan to download it instead of waiting for it on NBC.
SM
Telynor
09-13-2008, 11:27 PM
I confess, I like some of the reality tv out there, such as Project Runway and America's Toughest Jobs. More than a year now I was busy watching a Korean historical drama on one of the foriegn channels that was pretty good and impressive -- it concluded last Saturday and now my weekends are free again. And of course, House starts up again soon. I don't know what PBS has in store for Masterpiece yet, but it's usually pretty good.
alice
09-14-2008, 01:53 PM
I'm really looking forward to Tess of the D'Urbervilles tonight on the Beeb. I bought the ITV version a few months ago, which I loved, so it will be interesting to see if the Beeb's version is as good. But then again, they have a great reputation with the Classics. Can't wait. It's up against a new Poirot on the other side, so I'll have to dig out a video. It's so frustrating that they put the quality stuff against each other, when there's not much on at other times.
I'm also loving Lost in Austen although I'm finding it a bit confusing in parts. Of course it doesn't make sense, after all a 21st century girl has entered the fictional world of a novel, so it's hardly fair to nitpick at things. However, I did find myself thinking, where did she get the paracetomol from, and the make-up? She didn't have them on her when she entered the world, or did she, did I miss something?
Watched one of my favourite films last night on tv, Shakespeare in Love. Great film.
Divia
09-14-2008, 02:00 PM
I'd love to see Tess of the D'Urbervilles too. But I dont have that channel. :(
Telynor you are not alone. I also like project runway, Deadliest Catch, flip that house and house hunters :)
SonjaMarie
09-14-2008, 05:19 PM
I've been downloading "Lost in Austen", I haven't watched Ep 2 yet. There's been new Poirot's?! I miss that show, I haven't seen an new ones in ages! It's still David Suchet right?
The only reality shows I watch are Dancing With the Stars, So You Think You Can Dance, American Idol (but I'm not sure if I'm watching it this year or not), and Greatest American Dog.
PS. Tely, I love "House", Hugh Laurie is so wonderful in the role, and very sexy but only if he keeps the stubble, without it, eh not as much.
SM
alice
09-14-2008, 07:53 PM
I've been downloading "Lost in Austen", I haven't watched Ep 2 yet. There's been new Poirot's?! I miss that show, I haven't seen an new ones in ages! It's still David Suchet right?
SM
Yes, it's still David Suchet, and I believe we have 3 new ones to look forward to. Incidentally, he's the subject of this week's Who Do You Think You Are? which is a fascinating series on family history. I don't know if you get it outside of the UK, but if you can take a look, it's a really interesting programme, tracing back family roots. There's often not a dry eye in sight, when people find out their lineage.
Telynor
09-14-2008, 09:47 PM
PS. Tely, I love "House", Hugh Laurie is so wonderful in the role, and very sexy but only if he keeps the stubble, without it, eh not as much.
SM
I'll gleefully watch Hugh Laurie in just about anything -- he was on Jay Leno the other night, and mentioned that he has an awful time with some of the technical terms that he uses in "House". Have you seen him in the "Jeeves and Wooster" adaptations? A scream.
SonjaMarie
09-14-2008, 11:18 PM
I'll gleefully watch Hugh Laurie in just about anything -- he was on Jay Leno the other night, and mentioned that he has an awful time with some of the technical terms that he uses in "House". Have you seen him in the "Jeeves and Wooster" adaptations? A scream.
I have his Leno on DVR, will watch later today. I really haven't watched much of his previous work because I just prefer his look as "House", but I did love "Blackadder" but not for Hugh.
SM
princess garnet
09-15-2008, 11:07 PM
"New Amsterdam" (FOX) won't be coming back in the fall. I liked the history bits about NYC.
chuck
10-02-2008, 01:44 PM
Enjoying the 2ND season of "Life" starring Damian Lewis(excellent UK actor) playing a Detective who is framed and sent to prison for Life....with the help of his attorney he is given his freedom.....He goes back to his old L.A. Detective job....Because of his experience in prison (5years) he finds Zen and has taken on a whole new quirky healthy attitude about his new Life and job.... Trying to find out who framed him and doing Detective work with a very intense and serious female partner.....This series is not your typical Crime series....Give it a try.....The characters will grow on you......
I watched Eleventh Hour tonight, Rufus Sewell, really good compared to what I thought it would be, we'll watch it again.
Telynor
10-10-2008, 11:33 PM
It was a hard choice between Life on Mars and Eleventh Hour. I ended up watching Life on Mars -- much better than I thought it would be, and the recreation of 1970's New York was damn spooky -- the shot of the Twin Towers made my heart stop.
SonjaMarie
10-11-2008, 01:27 AM
It was a hard choice between Life on Mars and Eleventh Hour. I ended up watching Life on Mars -- much better than I thought it would be, and the recreation of 1970's New York was damn spooky -- the shot of the Twin Towers made my heart stop.
You're not the only one! I was born in 73, and it was finished in 73, so we were both babies, so to speak and I started to tear up.
In one scene Sam is looking at the Daily News and it says "U.S Announces Suspension of Offensive Action in North Vietnam", I looked it up, it happened Jan 15, 1973, that didn't look like Jan in NY, unless I dated it wrong.
SM
Divia
10-11-2008, 03:46 AM
I watched part of it, but was flipping between that and another show.
I thought it was interesting, espically the way they treated the female cop. Man, we have made some progress ladies, though, not as much as I would like.
SonjaMarie
10-11-2008, 04:15 AM
In the first episode of the new season of "The Starter Wife", titled "The 40 Year Old Virgin Queen", Debra Messing has a dream that she's Elizabeth I and swearing off men forever. I can't find an image of it.
Edit: Found footage of it here: http://www.tv.com/the-starter-wife/the-forty-year-old-virgin-queen/episode/1230584/summary.html
SM
alice
10-11-2008, 11:00 AM
After watching the end of the excellent Tess last Sunday, (and sobbing even though I knew what was coming) we Brits are in for another treat this Sunday, but of the comedy variety. We have a very funny comedian/writer/comedy actor called Peter Kay, who is giving us his gentle send-up of reality tv in Britain's Got the Pop Factor and Possibly a New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice!!!! As you can guess from the title, he's having a pop at a lot of these shows, but he's usually very funny and hits the targets brilliantly, without cruelty. I can't wait. :D
In the first episode of the new season of "The Starter Wife", titled "The 40 Year Old Virgin Queen", Debra Messing has a dream that she's Elizabeth I and swearing off men forever. I can't find an image of it.
Edit: Found footage of it here: http://www.tv.com/the-starter-wife/the-forty-year-old-virgin-queen/episode/1230584/summary.html
SM
lol, how funny in a dry humor kinda way.
Hoopking
11-07-2008, 01:02 AM
If just started watching The Legend of the Seeker on the CW and so far the first two episodes are very good.
Also, the kids and I are waiting for the third season of Kyle XY in January.
KingEricCantona7
11-07-2008, 02:06 PM
These are the shows I watch:
The Office - US Version
30 Rock
Top Gear - UK version - Best show on TV.
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Venture Bros.
Robot Chicken
Family Guy
The Simpsons
Fox Football Fone In
Christina
11-07-2008, 02:52 PM
Perhaps this is only being shown in England, but I wonder if anyone has seen the current episodes of 'Little Dorrit'? There have been something like 4 or 5 episodes so far and - not having read the book, I'm ashamed to say - it's still very difficult to work out how the characters inter-connect. At the moment there seem to be 3 or 4 separate strands to the story, and the connection between them isn't clear. There is a family secret, a mysterious woman who keeps following a young girl around, a murderer and an Italian man who is afraid of him...and then Little Dorrit herself...It's all a bit confusing and intriguing at the same time. I hope it doesn't end like "Our Mutual Friend" which began with so many intrigues and then came to a hugely disappointing conclusion.
Vanessa
11-07-2008, 05:36 PM
I haven't been watching it, Christina, but I've heard it's quite confusing. In fact, a friend of mine went out to buy a copy of the book just so she could understand it better. Not sure how that will work out as Dickens is quite a long winded author. Great stories, though. Great Expectations is my favourite.
diamondlil
11-07-2008, 06:31 PM
I love Top Gear UK. They have made an Australian version of the show, which is nowhere near as good, but it's getting better.
KingEricCantona7
11-07-2008, 06:35 PM
I love Top Gear UK. They have made an Australian version of the show, which is nowhere near as good, but it's getting better.
They have plans on making a US version and it is going to be terrible. I don't think Ford will take to kindly to having the hosts bash their cars after the test drive.
Madeleine
11-07-2008, 07:42 PM
I tried to watch Little Dorrit and couldn't get on with it at all, although I loved Bleak House a couple of years ago and had no trouble following that - LD just seemed to have too many characters and loads of talking!
Telynor
11-07-2008, 10:47 PM
I love Top Gear UK. They have made an Australian version of the show, which is nowhere near as good, but it's getting better.
I got to see several of the Top Gear episodes when I was in NZ, and I was hooked. It looked like great fun to watch.
diamondlil
11-07-2008, 11:59 PM
I don't watch it for the car stories, I watch it for the comedy. I often find myself crying laughing watching some of the very silly things they do!
Christina
11-08-2008, 01:05 PM
I tried to watch Little Dorrit and couldn't get on with it at all, although I loved Bleak House a couple of years ago and had no trouble following that - LD just seemed to have too many characters and loads of talking!
I am persevering with "Little Dorrit" but, I agree, it doesn't live up to the wonderful "Bleak House" which was thoroughly absorrbing! I agree, too, about the number of characters and not knowing who is related to whom or their relevance to the story.
Vanessa
11-19-2008, 07:23 AM
Tonight in the UK there is a new series starting called The Devil's Whore (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/11/15/nosplit/bvtvsatfeat15.xml). Looks promising and I'm hoping to remember to watch it!!
Amanda
11-19-2008, 09:24 AM
Tonight in the UK there is a new series starting called The Devil's Whore (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/11/15/nosplit/bvtvsatfeat15.xml). Looks promising and I'm hoping to remember to watch it!!
That looks great!
Perdita
11-19-2008, 10:09 AM
Tonight in the UK there is a new series starting called The Devil's Whore (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/11/15/nosplit/bvtvsatfeat15.xml). Looks promising and I'm hoping to remember to watch it!!
It's on tonight, I can't wait!
oh how I wish I could get british televison, can you see it online I wonder
Perdita
11-19-2008, 12:41 PM
oh how I wish I could get british televison, can you see it online I wonder
I think you could get it online.. I know the BBC has this real player thing where you can watch things again online if you missed it but the Devil's Whore is on Channel 4. I've got a feeling they might have a similar 'watch again' service as well though.
Vanessa
11-19-2008, 12:46 PM
Here's the link the Channel 4 Catch Up (http://www.channel4.com/watch_online/index.html?cntsrc=ppc_cu_google_channel+4+catch+up ).
oh thanks! when does it regularly air?
Vanessa
11-19-2008, 02:10 PM
Tonight, Wednesday, at 9pm - there are four altogether and tonight's is the first one.
so is it a four part series or a movie? sorry all the questions.
Perdita
11-19-2008, 03:08 PM
It's a 4 part series
SonjaMarie
11-19-2008, 05:12 PM
Just to warn you, some of those if not all of them do not allow people from other countries to watch the shows online. I.E, you have to be in the UK to watch the UK shows.
SM
chuck
11-19-2008, 05:25 PM
Rumour has it.... a German TV production company bought the rights to Follet's "Pillars of the Earth"..8-9 part mini-series....
Carine
11-19-2008, 05:42 PM
Just to warn you, some of those if not all of them do not allow people from other countries to watch the shows online. I.E, you have to be in the UK to watch the UK shows.
SM
It's true, I tried it before and always get the message "you have to be within the UK to watch ....." BBC has it and Channel4 as well.
Pity !
Carine
11-19-2008, 05:43 PM
Rumour has it.... a German TV production company bought the rights to Follet's "Pillars of the Earth"..8-9 part mini-series....
Interesting !!! I hope, if they do it, that they do it good !!
diamondlil
11-19-2008, 06:32 PM
I will definitely be keeping an eye out for when that show is on TV here.
Amanda
11-19-2008, 08:09 PM
I'll have to search out a download..... :;)
SonjaMarie
11-21-2008, 12:21 AM
Sigh, "Pushing Daisies" has been cancelled and it apparently so has "Eli Stone", grr argh!
SM
alice
11-22-2008, 07:16 PM
Just about to watch TDW on repeat, as I fell asleep on the first showing :(. It looked really good.
Divia
11-23-2008, 03:37 AM
I just watched An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving. It was written by Lousia May Alcott...I thought as much, but wasnt sure until her name came up on the credits. It was nice enough. Its amauzing to see how her early stuff set the tone for Little Women.
Madeleine
11-25-2008, 02:37 PM
Have just seen that a TV version of Sarah Waters' book "Affinity" is due to be shown over Xmas.
It's not upcoming or even airing but did any of you watch Xena, Cleopatra 2525 or Hercules? I know they were cheesy but as a teenager I loved them and I ran across them searching the internet the other day.
SonjaMarie
11-30-2008, 03:00 AM
I used to watch some of Xena, Hercules and a few of Cleo. But I wasn't a big fan.
SM
I remember trying to stay awake so I could watch them, I didn't have cable so watched re-runs on tv late at night, lol funny how you loved something then looking back you think 'wow what a dork".
Divia
11-30-2008, 03:24 AM
Have just seen that a TV version of Sarah Waters' book "Affinity" is due to be shown over Xmas.
The cover of this book always looked so cool to me. I've been meaning to read it.
Madeleine
11-30-2008, 11:46 AM
I used to watch some of Xena, Hercules and a few of Cleo. But I wasn't a big fan.
SM
We didn't have Cleo over here but I used to love Xena and Hercules, great fun to watch:)
Leyland
12-01-2008, 05:20 PM
Sigh, "Pushing Daisies" has been cancelled and it apparently so has "Eli Stone", grr argh!
SM
Oh no, not Eli! I like that series more this season than I did the first. I'm looking forward to series 3 of Torchwood in 2009 and hopes it starts in February on BBC America.
Madeleine
12-02-2008, 04:32 PM
Oh no, not Eli! I like that series more this season than I did the first. I'm looking forward to series 3 of Torchwood in 2009 and hopes it starts in February on BBC America.
We haven't even had this in the UK yet! Apparently it's going to be shown in 5 parts, all in the same week. There should be some info about it on the BBC's website.
Leo62
12-03-2008, 02:11 PM
Anybody in the UK watching the English Civil War drama "The Devil's Whore"?
http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/technology/tx/2008/11/tx_the_devils_whore.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/tvandradioblog/2008/nov/27/devils-whore-episode-two
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Devil's_Whore
It's fab :D
And who knew John Simm could be sexy? ;)
Madeleine
12-03-2008, 02:59 PM
Anybody in the UK watching the English Civil War drama "The Devil's Whore"?
It's fab :D
And who knew John Simm could be sexy? ;)
I'm watching it, quite enjoying it although finding the history a bit confusing. John Simm is very good, quite like Cromwell too though I don't think I'm meant to!
Madeleine
12-03-2008, 03:02 PM
For anyone in the UK who can get ITV3, there's a nice little series this week at 8.00 each night about costume dramas. I missed Monday's and saw half of last night's, it's basically actors, producers etc reminiscing about their time in these shows but there are some nice anecdotes and good clips - tonight's is about romances so there will be Poldark, the usual Austens etc. Looks quite good.
Leo62
12-03-2008, 03:05 PM
I'm watching it, quite enjoying it although finding the history a bit confusing. John Simm is very good, quite like Cromwell too though I don't think I'm meant to!
LOL you mean Dominic West? Last seen sporting a Baltimore accent in The Wire ;)
Leo62
12-03-2008, 03:06 PM
For anyone in the UK who can get ITV3, there's a nice little series this week at 8.00 each night about costume dramas. I missed Monday's and saw half of last night's, it's basically actors, producers etc reminiscing about their time in these shows but there are some nice anecdotes and good clips - tonight's is about romances so there will be Poldark, the usual Austens etc. Looks quite good.
Missed the first 2 :( And tonight it clashes with Little Dorrit :mad:
Madeleine
12-04-2008, 10:40 AM
LOL you mean Dominic West? Last seen sporting a Baltimore accent in The Wire ;)
yes, I've never seen The Wire though. But I did watch the film 300 a couple of weeks ago, he's in that as well.
Leo62
12-05-2008, 04:43 PM
yes, I've never seen The Wire though. But I did watch the film 300 a couple of weeks ago, he's in that as well.
He was in 300? Totally passed me by in that one...
The Wire is great, and he's great in it :cool:
Madeleine
12-06-2008, 02:26 PM
He was in 300? Totally passed me by in that one...
The Wire is great, and he's great in it :cool:
He was the traitor - he attacked Leonidas's wife, but then she killed him and revealed him as a traitor.
Leo62
12-06-2008, 04:52 PM
He was the traitor - he attacked Leonidas's wife, but then she killed him and revealed him as a traitor.
Ah...thanks :)
I don't think I made it that far...
AuntiePam
12-07-2008, 10:13 PM
With the networks so quick to cancel new shows, I don't like to get hooked and then be disappointed, so I don't watch until the show's been renewed and then I catch it on repeats.
It's different with the premium channels like HBO and Showtime. They'll at least let a show have its full run.
This season the only new show I watched every week was True Blood. Old favorites: The Office, Supernatural, Dexter, Friday Night Lights, Boston Legal -- that's it. I liked Pushing Daisies but it drove me nuts that Ned and Chuck could never be together.
HBO has ordered a pilot of A Game of Thrones, the first book in George R. R. Martin's epic fantasy series. It will remind you of Tudors and Plantaganets, only there'll be magic, witches, and dragons.
I wish I liked The Tudors on Showtime, but they made it even more of a soap opera, only with more nudity.
I long for the days of Poldark, The Six Wives of Henry VIII, Elizabeth, and those wonderful Masterpiece Theater adaptations.
Leyland
12-07-2008, 11:42 PM
This season the only new show I watched every week was True Blood.
I watched all the True Blood episodes, too, but haven't read any of Harris' novels. I don't plan to read them even though I like some of the urban fantasy by Patricia Briggs, Ilona Andrews and CE Murphy.
I loved the Blood Ties series and was really disappointed when it was cancelled. I read all Tanya Huff's Victoria Nelson series just before watching the TV series. Gotta love Henry FitzRoy, vampiric bastard of Henry VIII; living, writing romance novels and chasing evildoers in modern Toronto.
Christina
12-12-2008, 02:03 PM
Can anyone help me, please? I am feeling rather stupid and am too lazy to go and read the book but I was confused by the end of Little Dorrit, which finished last night. After waiting for weeks to hear the family secret, I didn't understand it???
Arthur's grandfather had left his business to Little Dorrit - is that right - simply because she happened to be born on the same day as his son's child (by a dancer) who died?? Or did h/she die?
The why, at the end, did Little Dorrit have nothing? Just because the house fell down, did all the business collapse, too? And what was the business in the first place?
Then, who was Arthur?? He wasn't his 'mother's' son?? Was he his 'father's' son?? Who was his mother?? She can't have been the dancer that his father had an affair with because that child was born on the same day as Little Dorrit, and Arthur was 10 years older than Little D.???
Why did they choose Little Dorrit to leave the money to, anyway?? And why didn't Arthur's father see to it that the will was honoured, no matter what his wife said?
Arthur's assumed mother was so apologetic to Little D...and yet what was she apologising for? What happened to all the family money - they didn't invest in the collapsed bank??
Hmm...I am utterly confused. Please can anyone help??
Gotta love Henry FitzRoy, vampiric bastard of Henry VIII; living, writing romance novels and chasing evildoers in modern Toronto.
Please fill me in as I've heard nor seen none of this but sounds interesting enough that I should.
alice
12-12-2008, 04:51 PM
Can anyone help me, please? I am feeling rather stupid and am too lazy to go and read the book but I was confused by the end of Little Dorrit, which finished last night. After waiting for weeks to hear the family secret, I didn't understand it???
Arthur's grandfather had left his business to Little Dorrit - is that right - simply because she happened to be born on the same day as his son's child (by a dancer) who died?? Or did h/she die?
The why, at the end, did Little Dorrit have nothing? Just because the house fell down, did all the business collapse, too? And what was the business in the first place?
Then, who was Arthur?? He wasn't his 'mother's' son?? Was he his 'father's' son?? Who was his mother?? She can't have been the dancer that his father had an affair with because that child was born on the same day as Little Dorrit, and Arthur was 10 years older than Little D.???
Why did they choose Little Dorrit to leave the money to, anyway?? And why didn't Arthur's father see to it that the will was honoured, no matter what his wife said?
Arthur's assumed mother was so apologetic to Little D...and yet what was she apologising for? What happened to all the family money - they didn't invest in the collapsed bank??
Hmm...I am utterly confused. Please can anyone help??
You're not the only one :D! I thought I was being particularly thick, because I didn't understand it either. But a colleague sought me out today to see if I could explain it, and I couldn't, I was no wiser than her. I started reading the book but it will take me ages to finish it. I also taped it, so I can go back and watch again, but it's not very good, if people are left wondering. How did the murderer, Rigaud know all this, what was the deal with Tattycoram, how was she involved, how come Amy's sister speaks Cockney, and Amy who was born in prison, has a posher accent, and why aren't I in a relationship with Arthur Clennam? (That last question was a joke, ;) but he is rather lovely :D). If I find out any answers, I will let you know.
boswellbaxter
12-12-2008, 05:13 PM
You're not the only one :D! I thought I was being particularly thick, because I didn't understand it either. But a colleague sought me out today to see if I could explain it, and I couldn't, I was no wiser than her. I started reading the book but it will take me ages to finish it. I also taped it, so I can go back and watch again, but it's not very good, if people are left wondering. How did the murderer, Rigaud know all this, what was the deal with Tattycoram, how was she involved, how come Amy's sister speaks Cockney, and Amy who was born in prison, has a posher accent, and why aren't I in a relationship with Arthur Clennam? (That last question was a joke, ;) but he is rather lovely :D). If I find out any answers, I will let you know.
Can't be of any help, but I was excited to see that this is coming to the US in April!
Arthur Clennam does look rather pleasing to the eye.
Christina
12-12-2008, 11:08 PM
and why aren't I in a relationship with Arthur Clennam?
Isn't it obvious, Alice? He's so smitten with me, he hasn't time for anyone else!!! LOL - He was rather lovely...if a bit slow on the uptake!! LOL
Well, we're none of us any the wiser and I am mightily relieved that I wasn't being super-stupid in not getting it. When you eventually plough through to the end of the book, please reveal all!! Miss Waide and Tattycoram seemed to be a bit of an irrelevance...as did the story of the marriage of the girl from Tattycoram's original family - and the artist...it all just fizzled out.
I absolutely love Dickens but I have to say some of his stories seem to get so far, filled with brilliant plots but then lose their way. The most disappointing of all was "Our Mutual Friend" - it had a brilliant build-up; a couple who were kind but then came into a lot of money and became very nasty...and then, at the end, they basically said, "We were only pretending to be nasty to test other people."??? It reminded me a bit of how we write as children, with great ideas, then run out of steam and say, "And it was all a dream..."
Can't be of any help, but I was excited to see that this is coming to the US in April! Perhaps you will understand the end and can explain it to us...because we obviously don't get it :-) John Alderton makes an unsual appearance as a 'bad guy' pretending to be good - and that was a bit of an irrelevance as well...Hmm...
Arthur Clennam does look rather pleasing to the eye.
Indeed ;-), and it was worth watching just for him :-).
Carine
12-15-2008, 05:15 PM
Christina & Alice :
You are not the only ones to be left with a lot of questions on Little Dorrit !
As I understood it : Arthur's so called mother wasn't his mother, she took him away from his mother and never told him. Little Dorrit was the illegitimate child of the old lady (so called Arthur's mother) 's husband.
The money didn't go to little dorrit at first but to her father (well the man she believed to be her father) when he died it was supposed to go to her and her sister Fanny but since he had invested all of it in the bank that went bust it was all gone.
And uhm ..... yes isn't Matthew Macfadyen gorgeous !!
http://tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:X7exLkdo7spGOM:http://baike.baidu.com/pic
Christina
12-16-2008, 02:01 PM
Oh...thank you for this, Carine :-)...And now I am even more confused!! LOL
So Little Dorrit would have been Arthur's half-sister, except his father wasn't his father?? Ho-hum, sounds to me like Dickens began the story with them being half-siblings but then the love interest came in and he had to change it and make Arthuir someone else's to avoid the incest! (Come to think of it, wasn't Dickens close to his sister...or am I just confusing him with Lord Byron??). I suppose Fanny's dancing thing suggests she inherited that from her mother, and the illegitimate child was the child of a dancer...so that would make sense of that. But why had the old lady taken Arthur? And whose child was he? And why did the house suddenly fall down?? LOL!!! And what was the relevance of Miss Waide and...and...and...
I guess I shall have to make my New Year Resolution be to read the book!
alice
12-16-2008, 05:02 PM
Christina & Alice :
You are not the only ones to be left with a lot of questions on Little Dorrit !
As I understood it : Arthur's so called mother wasn't his mother, she took him away from his mother and never told him. Little Dorrit was the illegitimate child of the old lady (so called Arthur's mother) 's husband.
The money didn't go to little dorrit at first but to her father (well the man she believed to be her father) when he died it was supposed to go to her and her sister Fanny but since he had invested all of it in the bank that went bust it was all gone.
And uhm ..... yes isn't Matthew Macfadyen gorgeous !!
http://tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:X7exLkdo7spGOM:http://baike.baidu.com/pic
I watched the repeat, and I think that what happened was.......
Arthur's father was the man he called father, who urged him to put things right. Mrs Clennam was not his mother, but had taken him away from his real mother, who had had a liaison with his father. The real mother was forced into a workhouse, where she died, but not before Arthur's grandfather, (his father's father) found out the whole story. He, (I think) made the legacy to LD, bestowing an inheritance on a child born in the Marshalsea on the same day, (but a few years later) than Arthur. So they are not related. However, old Mrs Clennam had obviously kept this from the Dorrits, hence her appeal to forgive her. I'm still not sure about where/how the Dorrits got their money, as Pancks did all the detective work there, didn't he, and I don't think that that inheritance was to do with the Clennams, but I could be wrong. I still don't know how Rigaud knew it all. I will have to finish the book.
And yes, MM is lovely. Funny how his initials spell mmmmmmmm! :D
Carine
12-16-2008, 05:06 PM
Hahaha, I can imagine you are even more confused now Christina ! :-))
But even though I caught some of the story, I too was left with a lot of questions.
I haven't got a clue as to why the old lady had taken Arthur away from his real mother and I just assumed that the house fell down because it was in such a poor state and apparently the old woman didn't have any money to maintain it. Miss Wayde, well somehow she knew the old lady had taken Arthur because she had this box with baby socks at the ebd there didn't she, so I assumed she kept it a secret. Why ? I wouldn't know, and how ? I don't know either. Somehow this story seems to have an awful lot of loose ends !
I wonder whether the book gives any more explanations though, if it does then the BBC made a very bad job of it and that is something we're not at all used to from the BBC so I doubt it.
Anyway, if you read the book, will you let me know ? Cause I'm not planning on reading it .... too many books on my TBR pile already !! :D:D
chuck
12-22-2008, 04:09 AM
Raymond Khoury's "The Last Templar" is in production NBC is planning a 4-1 hour mini series planned for April 2009....I admit I read it last year.... a bit of a cheesy read....Khoury is a screenwriter and I sensed it when I read his novel...Oh well I'm a sucker for The Lost Legions/Eagles, Arthur, Vikings, the Crusades etc.....And yes I will watch "The Last Templar".......BTW Mia Sorvino is the lead actor
SonjaMarie
01-08-2009, 04:59 AM
For those of you who read the series and have HBO, starting March 29th "The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency" begins.
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diamondlil
01-08-2009, 08:14 AM
I am looking forward to watching this when it comes on here
Madeleine
01-08-2009, 11:21 AM
For those of you who read the series and have HBO, starting March 29th "The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency" begins.
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I'll be interested to hear what you think of this. It got mixed reviews when shown in the UK last Easter, personally I thought they changed it quite a bit from the book and most people I know didn't like it very much!
SonjaMarie
01-08-2009, 05:04 PM
I don't read the series and I have way too many shows I watch as it is, so I probably won't watch the show, sorry.
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SonjaMarie
01-09-2009, 09:12 PM
For fans of "Dexter": The actors who play Dexter and his adopted sister, Michael C. Hall and
Jennifer Carpenter have gotten married.
http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2009-01-09-michael-hall-carpenter_N.htm?csp=34
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