Damn, I wish I'd seen that show.
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Betsy HP - Apr 23, 2003 5:32:04 pm PDT #4058 of 9843
If I only had a brain...
Cindy - Apr 23, 2003 5:33:11 pm PDT #4059 of 9843
Nobody
A year or two ago, Court TV was rerunning Homicide. I wonder if it's ever come on out DVD. I would buy those DVDs. Might be a good way to get over Buffy going away.
Theodosia - Apr 23, 2003 5:35:30 pm PDT #4060 of 9843
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Cindy, it's been mentioned several times on the board that Homicide is scheduled for DVDs! You must not have been in those topics those days....
Cindy - Apr 23, 2003 5:36:49 pm PDT #4061 of 9843
Nobody
Or I skipped. Or I skimmed. Or I'm incredibly forgetful. Cool, Theo. Thanks. I loved that show. The cancellation of it bred in me an irrational hatred of NBC.
Cindy - Apr 23, 2003 5:54:26 pm PDT #4062 of 9843
Nobody
cereal...
Any of our British Buffistas live in or near Sussex?
Angus G - Apr 23, 2003 10:16:19 pm PDT #4063 of 9843
Roguish Laird
Of course, I'l still waiting to see "The Bill" and it comes highly recced.
Well, I love The Bill but it's not in the same league as Cracker or Homicide. It used to be a very straightforward, utilitarian police procedural--closest US equivalent perhaps Law and Order?--but lately it's been getting more and more melodramatic (and hence more enjoyable)--closest US equivalent perhaps Melrose Place?
So it used to be a worthy but rather boring watch; these days (to the horror of many of its old fans) it's become over-the-top camp fun.
deborah grabien - Apr 23, 2003 10:20:06 pm PDT #4064 of 9843
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
it's become over-the-top camp fun.
That's the bit that was recced to me, courtesy of Roz Kaveney, who adores it. She says it has the meanest nastiest villain out there, but until she's seen H:LOTS and Luther Mahoney? Nuh-uh.
Never been a L&O fan. Far too much on the "ripped from the headlines!" thing.
§ ita § - Apr 23, 2003 10:29:08 pm PDT #4065 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I love procedurals. Kinda like melodrama too, but I adore procedurals. They never seem to last, though. Even L&O is self-infatuated.
Sean K - Apr 23, 2003 10:48:23 pm PDT #4066 of 9843
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Never been a L&O fan. Far too much on the "ripped from the headlines!" thing.
See, but they weren't always quite as bad as all that. The best episodes are the old Matt Stone (Michael Moriarty) cases.
Leigh - Apr 23, 2003 11:06:25 pm PDT #4067 of 9843
Nobody
So it used to be a worthy but rather boring watch; these days (to the horror of many of its old fans) it's become over-the-top camp fun.
I love that it has become so campy since a friend of mine who hates all things BtVS with a vocal passion has developed quite the shame complex over watching it. Personally, I find just it all too unsettling, especially when the June Ackland character (who has been an authoritative older woman figure on The Bill since as long as I can remember) is suddenly participating in a lipstick smearing makeout session atop her office-desk. Not that she doesn't have the right to have as many such sessions as she wants, but my mum also has that right and it doesn't mean I wanna see either of them getting all "tongues in new places!" on my television screen.