One thing I noticed on Elementary. One particularly nasty character was an Arsenal fan,which apparently made him even worse. Can you explain the reference for non-Brits? What does being an Arsenal fan signify? Why is it especially appropriate for a brutal killer to be one?
I don't fancy spending the next month trying to get librarian out of the carpet.
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Typo Boy - May 04, 2013 6:47:04 pm PDT #9726 of 9843
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Fiona - May 04, 2013 9:47:01 pm PDT #9727 of 9843
The roles of the different football clubs is a bit hard to fathom, even for natives like me. Some clubs have more of a reputation for violence (e.g. Milwall), but I couldn't have sworn Arsenal were necessarily one of them.
Basically, the rule that any club which isn't yours is to be denigrated applies here as much as anywhere else. Maybe the writer supports Spurs or somebody.
Nick Hornby is an Arsenal supporter; I can highly recommend Fever Pitch as an introduction to all that this entails.
Fiona - May 04, 2013 9:48:53 pm PDT #9728 of 9843
[Side note: ita, I know you're a Graham Norton connoisseur. I don't always watch, but last Friday's episode with Chris Pine and Benedict Cumberbatch was an absolute classic.]
§ ita § - May 05, 2013 8:07:15 am PDT #9729 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Ooh, thanks, Fiona. I'm not going to lie--when I heard the lineup, I had a few moments of "there's an interesting pair--oh." Very curious now.
I figure they used Arsenal because Americans have heard of them? I mean, I think they have. In my day (you know) Chelsea was the oh-fuck-hooligans team. I had Saturday job in Chelsea, and there was one match scheduled that finished during shop hours and...all the shops locked their doors. We actually stood there stony-faced as passers-by tried to find stores to duck into, but I didn't even have keys.
I swear, I feared for my safety more often and more culturally in London than in Kingston (not upon Thames).
le nubian - May 05, 2013 12:41:29 pm PDT #9730 of 9843
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I just finished Broadchurch. It is really good, but a bit slow for the first 6 episodes (out of 8).I feel like the show could have been cut in half. Broadchurch is what the US "The Killing" should have been, but it is probably too short for AMC.
The last episode is just absolutely brutal.
I said to Beau during the 2nd ep, man the killer better not be "that person" and it was. But the way they handled it was devastating.
Strix - May 05, 2013 1:50:27 pm PDT #9731 of 9843
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
ita !, were you in Toronto in '93? That's the year I lived in London.
The only team I could name would be Manchester United.
§ ita § - May 05, 2013 2:27:59 pm PDT #9732 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
ita !, were you in Toronto in '93? That's the year I lived in London
Toronto?
93 was split between Montreal and Detroit. I lived in the UK from 81-87.
eta: I was a pretty solid Spurs fan, inasmuch as I liked football. I much preferred cricket, though, and was all Somerset all the time.
Strix - May 05, 2013 3:01:39 pm PDT #9733 of 9843
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
ARGH. Why did I say Toronto? I can remember McGill, but not the name of the city?!
Fred Pete - May 06, 2013 5:09:50 am PDT #9734 of 9843
Ann, that's a ferret.
There's also love for Liverpool on this board. (Although I believe they should (1) sell Luis Suarez, (2) use the money to buy a good defender, preferably one who won't lose a month or more every season to suspension, and (3) recall Andy Carroll from loan.)
evil jimi - May 19, 2013 5:36:04 am PDT #9735 of 9843
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
Blimey, 11 years later and we still haven't made it to 10,000 posts in here. :D