Wasn't Southland a possible title for one of Tim's shows? The Inside maybe?
Anya: We should drop a piano on her. It always works for that creepy cartoon rabbit when he's running from that nice man with the speech impediment. Giles: Yes, or perhaps we could paint a convincing fake tunnel on the side of a mountain.
'Touched'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
aurelia - Apr 17, 2009 12:56:30 pm PDT #15681 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Jesse - Apr 17, 2009 12:57:58 pm PDT #15682 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
My coworker was raving about Southland, but I don't need one more thing to get into!
I am back from Spa Day, which was Very Nice. And no one tried to sell me anything! I heard other people being sold to, so maybe I just had a vibe. The only vibe I actually had going on was trying-to-stay-awake, since I was so relaxed and mellow. Good times.
Steph L. - Apr 17, 2009 1:00:32 pm PDT #15683 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I just told my cat that she's an opportunist. She seemed unconcerned with that assessment.
Cats' egos never seem to suffer from their humans' opinions of them.
msbelle - Apr 17, 2009 1:25:25 pm PDT #15684 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Blisters on feets. Ugh.
Connie Neil - Apr 17, 2009 1:25:46 pm PDT #15685 of 30000
brillig
I've never heard of the phrase "Grey Gardens" in regard to people, places, or things, so I was intrigued by the HBO movie that's going to be running. And the picture at the head of this NYT article
of Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange made me go, "Oh, yeah, that's a Barrymore." Her ancestors would be proud.
Burrell - Apr 17, 2009 1:26:39 pm PDT #15686 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I did not, sorry sumi, but yeah she did look familiar.
My coworker was raving about Southland, but I don't need one more thing to get into!
Its tone was just so interesting to me, Jesse. Far more realist, less mannered than the other shows I watch. It reminded me a bit of Homicide, but that is probably just wishful/wistful thinking.
msbelle - Apr 17, 2009 1:30:27 pm PDT #15687 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I've been thinking about summer. I've been bummed that we really can't swing a vacation. It turns out we may have several visitors. My cousin and family (2 adults, 2 kids) over july 4th, then my parents either late july or early august, then another cousin and fam (2 adults, 1 toddler) in late aug or early sept, then friend in late sept. Add to that, a memorial day wknd trip to dc and another wknd trip to b'more in either may or early june, and we are really quite busy.
Burrell - Apr 17, 2009 1:34:26 pm PDT #15688 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I've been trying to plan summer too. My sister books all her vacations a year or so in advance, but I just don't think that way, and lord knows neither does my husband.
§ ita § - Apr 17, 2009 1:35:44 pm PDT #15689 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I hear Southland was very very white wrt the good guys and regulars, and all the ethnic types were baddies and incidentals. Did that persist past the pilot?
Burrell - Apr 17, 2009 1:44:53 pm PDT #15690 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I hear Southland was very very white wrt the good guys and regulars, and all the ethnic types were baddies and incidentals. Did that persist past the pilot?
I would say no, but I only saw the one episode. I'm not sure yet how directly one can plot out good guys=cops, but I think the main pair of partners are white. The show itself seems very ensemble based, and several of the key characters (both in the station and in the community) were black or hispanic.
I think I'd want to watch a few more episodes before I gave a definitive answer, but my first reaction wasn't to think "egad!"