A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much any other "genre" show that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
Whitefont all unaired in the U.S. ep discussion, identifying it as such, and including the show and ep title in blackfont.
Blackfont is allowed after the show has aired on the east coast.
This is NOT a general TV discussion thread.
As I understand it, 'chav' was Gypsy slang for 'child', that became cockney slang for 'child', so before the emergence of chav culture, it was pejorative when applied to an adult. The word is loaded with a heck of a lot of racial and class connotations and when it's thrown around in a derogatory manner is quite queasy-making.
Huh. It seems to have entered into the popular lexicon while I was abroad. Or possibly just while I wasn't paying attention. The Scottish word is 'Ned', but I can't think of what the Northern equivalent would be. Um. Possibly it's redundant, inasmuchas the vasty vast majority of us ARE Chavs or Neds, and it's the middle class ones who are the picked-on minority in schools. (...er, or that could just be my issues. Carry on. Nothing to see here. Um.)
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Sorry, sorry! HAD planned to ask if anyone knew anything about
Heroes.
From the imdb blurb it sounds like
X Men
or
Mutant X,
but pitched at the lycraphobic non-comic book crowd.
I'll let you know as soon as I hear.... one more to go...
Thanks CFerg! Crossing fingers and toes and settling in for the marathon tomorrow.
HAD planned to ask if anyone knew anything about Heroes. From the imdb blurb it sounds like X Men or Mutant X, but pitched at the lycraphobic non-comic book crowd.
I'm really loving it. It's not so much like
X-Men
as, say,
The 4400,
in that it takes a more realistic, down-to-earth approach of how regular people would deal with superhuman powers.
Kristen, that's a nice article to wake up to.
I've got my fingers and toes crossed on a
Eureka
pickup, too. Which makes typing a little bit harder, but it's worth it, you know?
Sorry, sorry! HAD planned to ask if anyone knew anything about Heroes. From the imdb blurb it sounds like X Men or Mutant X, but pitched at the lycraphobic non-comic book crowd.
Heroes is great fun. The second episode dragged a little in spots (some scenes were repeated from the first episode) but overall it was good.
There's some discussion of the first ep here:
Frankenbuddha "Boxed Set, Vol. III: "That Can't Be Good..."" Sep 25, 2006 8:04:21 pm PDT
The Scottish word is 'Ned', but I can't think of what the Northern equivalent would be
'Townie', as my Northern friends tell me.
Heroes
kept my interest for the second hour, not in a way that the first hour did. Although, I still haven't caught most of the character names, except Super-Hiro, and the Flying Peretti Brothers. Oh, and Claire is the cheerleader....
We're all on the same page about what worked and what didn't.
This is as good to hear as the talk of next season.
I'll also re-afirm my enjoyment of HEROES and hope the ratings are on par with last week's (which I heard were good).
One thing that does bug about Heroes is Claire's dad and (what appears to be) his crew. On one hand they seem incredibly omniscient and adept (obtaining Claire's video tape), while at the same time adding new meaning to the term "unstealthy" (the guy in Mohinder's apartment, and taunting Mohinder in the cab).
