I'm watching the Peacekeeper Wars on tv even though I have the dvds.
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'Trash'
Boxed Set, Vol. V: Just a Hint of Denial and a Dash of Retcon
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sumi - Oct 11, 2008 4:44:08 pm PDT #5056 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
evil jimi - Oct 11, 2008 7:03:01 pm PDT #5057 of 30001
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
Going back to US LoM for a moment. For those who ahem these things, there is a copy of the preair pilot doing the rounds. This one starred Colm Meaney as Gene Hunt and apparently followed the UK pilot script more closely. The network didn't like it, so they recast and rewrote and reshot the pilot.
tiggy - Oct 11, 2008 7:10:10 pm PDT #5058 of 30001
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
(and it sucked.)
sumi - Oct 11, 2008 7:10:14 pm PDT #5059 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
I heard that the opposite was true: the Kelley pilot was less like the original and the new one is more like it.
The one they used is very like the original.
Jon B. - Oct 12, 2008 8:05:19 am PDT #5060 of 30001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
(and it sucked.)
The original? The aired version? Both?
tiggy - Oct 12, 2008 8:21:14 am PDT #5061 of 30001
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
the pre-air pilot was awful, Jon. the aired one was...eh. nothing will compare to the original for me.
Jon B. - Oct 12, 2008 8:41:56 am PDT #5062 of 30001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Thanks. I forgot the first ep was on the other day and didn't record it. I loved the UK version, but was wondering if I should bother with this one. I think I'll wait. I still haven't gotten around to watching Ashes to Ashes, even though I ahemmed the series.
sumi - Oct 12, 2008 8:46:39 am PDT #5063 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
I think that they need to get away from strict reproduction of the British original.
I'm going to say the same for Eleventh Hour- I'm watching the British version and it's excellent and the US first episode is exactly the same. . . only not as good.
Dana - Oct 12, 2008 9:09:09 am PDT #5064 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
The aired pilot of LoM was...fine, but it made me long for John Simm and Philip Glennister.
brenda m - Oct 12, 2008 9:12:35 am PDT #5065 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I haven't seen the Brit version of this, but it reminds me of how the US Coupling was nearly unwatchable if you were familiar with the original. And not for being objectively bad necessarily, but you just can't get into it with both tracks running in your head.