Oh, yay! The third season! Must make sure to bump Slings & Arrows to the top of my queue! Glad to hear it ended the show well. I must thank whomever recc'd this series (Thank you!) when I was looking for good Paul Gross material (Men with Brooms turned me off from picking them at random myself).
Well, then, this is a day I'll feel good to be me.
Mal ,'Trash'
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Juliebird - Aug 25, 2007 2:41:43 pm PDT #1135 of 10000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
DebetEsse - Aug 25, 2007 2:52:50 pm PDT #1136 of 10000
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Aw, Men with Brooms was fun.
But, yeah, S&A is actually good. Great, even.
Laga - Aug 25, 2007 3:23:01 pm PDT #1137 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Must make sure to bump Slings & Arrows to the top of my queue!
And be patient. I've had season three at the top of my queue since a week before the release date and it still says "very long wait".
Juliebird - Aug 25, 2007 3:46:12 pm PDT #1138 of 10000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
MwB was not only too much of a shock to see my Benton Frasier (and Leslie Nielson) talking like that, but I think the movie was too crass for my tastes period. Everytime he swore it sounded like he was saying "See?! I'm NOT a f***ing sweet Mountie who helps old ladies cross the f***ing street. F***ing got it? F***ing right."
(fuzzy memory may lead to hyperboles)
Slings & Arrows and Rome are both eyeing me with their teasing "very long wait". Might break down and check out Blockbuster.
DavidS - Aug 25, 2007 3:51:47 pm PDT #1139 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Slings and Arrows is worth buying because (a) relatively cheap; and (b) rewards multiple instances of rewatching.
I'm pretty sure I've seen Season 1 at least 8 or 9 times now.
S3 really did have a great, dark, tart, smart, funny, heartbreaking arc.
DebetEsse - Aug 25, 2007 3:52:18 pm PDT #1140 of 10000
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Well, Geoffrey's very not Ben, as well, although less heavy with the swearing, I believe. I'd agree with the notion that he's more himself and less Not!Frasier
Dana - Aug 25, 2007 3:53:41 pm PDT #1141 of 10000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Another movie I would recommend with both Paul Gross and Callum Keith Rennie (and Sandra Oh, and other Canadians) is Wilby Wonderful.
DebetEsse - Aug 25, 2007 3:55:59 pm PDT #1142 of 10000
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Oh, yes, that one's lovely. I might not have watched it if not for the cast, but I think I'd have liked it if I had (which is, what, triple subjunctive?)
Dana - Aug 25, 2007 3:57:17 pm PDT #1143 of 10000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
You'd have liked it even if you hadn't liked it.
Juliebird - Aug 25, 2007 4:02:51 pm PDT #1144 of 10000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
It actually amuses me that PG was yet again talking to dead people. I found Geoffrey in the first two seasons to be a great role all on it's own, without feeling like it was an anti-Frasier statement (and I'm not saying that his role in Men with Brooms was, just that's what it felt like when watching it).
Will definitely check out Wilby Wonderful. I so want to see Snow Cake, but I don't see it coming my way anytime soon.
I also wanted to ask, after having been left feeling Nothing, Nothing at all, after seeing PotC2, whether I should check out the third installment, because my completist urge isn't there, but if it is actually a fun frolic (unlike 2), I'd like to know.