A Message To All Britons

[Busyman]

The Supreme Court of Florida has instructed me to post the following to ensure strict balance in these turbulent times.

DECLARATION OF ANNEXING THE BRITISH ISLES AS PART OF THE USA

To the imperialist British colonizers.

In the light of your indecision over joining a common European Currency, your dissatisfaction with the European Union, your bickering with European Governments and the fact that you already almost speak our language and refuse to speak any other European languages, you are to be annexed as a State of America. Your state code will be GB. Zip codes will be assigned to replace your old postal districts. The state capital will be Stratford-upon-Avon which is a lot prettier than London. Princess Diana will be declared a saint. You have already assimilated so much American culture that you are unlikely to notice the transition. To aid in the assimilation, the following rules are introduced with immediate effect:

1. Look up "aluminum" in any good American Dictionary. Check the spelling and pronunciation guide. We discovered it, we named it, you are mispronouncing it. Learn to live with it. You are, of course welcome to your idiosyncratic and illogical place-names such as Edinburgh, if you wanted it pronounced 'Eddinburra' you have spelled it that way in the first place. You will quit using words such as "fortnight". The correct term is "a two week period". You will learn words such as "credenza", "intern" and "chad".

2. There is no such thing as "UK English". UK English is the relic of a defunct colonialist power which attempted to impose British English linguistic superiority on a nation which has a higher number of English speakers.

3. Your film-makers should learn to distinguish the American and Canadian accents. American accents are not limited to redneck drawls or New York accents. Mainland Americans have more than enough accents to cope with in our own country, so all British dramas will now bear subtitles, especially those made in impenetrable dialects such as Scottish, Scouse or Geordie. To make life easier for mainland America, all British films and TV programs must use American vocabulary and accents; Scotch characters will wear plaid, Irish characters will have shamrocks on them, Welsh characters will not be used since we don't have Welsh Americans, and English characters will wear bowler hats and pinstripes.

4. The British film industry will no longer portray all Americans as cowboys, rednecks, trailer trash or Beverly Hills billionaires. Hollywood will continue to use "Mockney" and "Posh" British accents as this makes it easier for viewers to identify which characters are British. You can have Hugh Grant back. He's a lousy actor and we don't want him either. All British films will be made in Hollywood where the weather and scenery are better. Your film industry is already unable to make a halfway-decent film which doesn't contain a American in the starring role. All American characters should be 'good guys'.

5. You will learn your new national anthem "The Star Spangled Banner". It shall be sung every morning at kindergarten, high school, university and your places of work. Your Union Flag will be hung up any damn way we wish so stop bitching about it being upside down. If there was meant to be a right way up you should have made it simpler. All Union flags will be replaced by the Stars and Stripes over a 12 month period of time.

6. You should stop playing soccer and rugby. There is no need to have two games, one of which is confusingly like Football and one of which is called football but patently isn't real football. If it doesn't require 45 pounds of padding, it isn't football. You should also stop playing cricket. Americans can't understand the rules. If you insist on playing this game which is only played by former British colonies, you will introduce a simplified scoring system, timeouts, colored strips and cheerleaders to make it more interesting. Any match which takes longer than 90 minutes will be declared a draw.

7. In films, as in real life, we decide who the bad guys are. The bad guys are those guys who don't do as we tell them. They are also the guys who attract the biggest audiences into movie theaters. You will cease using the word "cinema". They are "movie theaters". The snippets of forthcoming films are not "trailers" they are "teasers".

8. November 5th is no longer a day for fireworks. July 4th is the appropriate fireworks festival. If you want a big fireworks party on November 5th, we will help you to blow up your Houses of Parliament. You won't be needing them any longer; Disneyland London will be situated there. Hunting with packs of dogs is also banned. Instead, you will go hunting with a pick-up truck, some six-packs of beer, two coonhounds and enough guns and ammo to equip a private militia. There is also no such activity as "caravanning". It is properly called "camping". The thing boy scouts do with tents and bedrolls is called "tenting".

9. Roundabouts will be banned. What is the point of turning left in order to turn right? They are confusing to Americans and are death traps. You will start driving on the right with immediate effect. Most of the world drives on the right already. You will be allowed to turn right on a red light if safe to do so though you must check local county legislation as this is not permitted in all areas.

10. Those things which you call chips are cholesterol-soaked abominations. You will start to eat fries - light fluffy potato in crisp coating. If you want to eat British-style fried potato sticks you will need a certificate from your doctor and good medical insurance. Beer is to be served cold. The warm, flat drink you call beer is properly termed 'ale' and the FDA have determined it to be unfit for human consumption. You will also learn the difference between crackers, cookies and biscuits to avoid causing unnecessary confusion to mainland Americans.

11. All inter-personal communications between family members, even if resident in the same house, must be through a lawyer. It is compulsory to sue somebody at least once per year - be inventive. It is compulsory to have therapy three times each week and to recover false memories of your childhood which allow you to sue your parents and/or your therapist. Therapy will take the place of speaking to family members. You will be given compulsory courses on how to become dysfunctional. Name your children after interesting medical conditions.

12. You will not have guns. In the eyes of Mainland Americans you are wayward children. Children are not permitted to play with firearms unless they have a legitimate reason to do so i.e. they plan to gun down the population of a small town (self-defense) or slaughter every living creature within a mile radius (hunting).

Thank you for your co-operation. You will be assimilated.


SUBJECT: NOTICE OF REVOCATION OF INDEPENDENCE

To the citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland:

We welcome your concern about our electoral process. It must be exciting for you to see a real Republic in action, even if from a distance. As always we're amused by your quaint belief that you're actually a world power. The sun never sets on the British Empire! Right-o chum!

However, we regretfully have to decline your offer for intervention. On the other hand, it would be amusing to see you try to enforce your new policy (for the 96.3% of you that seem to have forgotten that you have little to no real power). After much deliberation, we have decided to continue our tradition as the longest running democratic republic. It seems that switching to a monarchy is in fact considered a "backwards step" by the majority of the world.

To help you rise from your current anachronistic status, we have compiled a series of helpful suggestions that we hope you adopt:

1. Realize that language is an organic structure, and that you aren't always correct in your pronunciation or spelling. Let's use your "aluminium" example. Sir Humphrey Davy (an Englishman) invented the name "aluminum" (note spelling) for the metal. However, in common usage the name evolved into "aluminium" to match the naming convention of other elements. In 1925 the United States decided to switch back to the original spelling and pronunciation of the word, at which point we dominated the aluminum industry. We'd also like to point out that the process of actually producing aluminum was developed by an American and a Frenchman (not an Englishman).

However, we'd like to thank you for the Oxford English Dictionary. It's an interesting collection, considering that over 10,000 of the words in the original edition were submitted by a crazy American civil-war veteran called Dr. William Charles Minor.

2. Learn to distinguish the American and Canadian accents, and then we'll talk about the English and Australian accent issue.

3. Review your basic arithmetic. (Hint 100 - 98.85 = 1.15 and 100 - 97.85 = 2.15)

4. If you want English actors as good guys, then make your own movies. Don't rely on us for your modern popular culture. We liked "Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels", "Trainspotting", and "The Full Monty". We've also heard good things about this "Billy Elliot". But one good movie a year doesn't exactly make a cultural powerhouse. However, you're doing pretty well with music, so keep up the good work on that front.

5. It's inefficient to have a national anthem that changes its title whenever your monarch dies. Let's not forget that your national anthem has an extremely boring tune. We suggest switching to that Rule Brittania ditty, it's toetapping. Or maybe Elton John could adapt "Candle In The Wind" again for you guys.

6. Improve at your national sport. Football? Soccer? This just in: United States gets fourth place in men's soccer at the 2000 Summer Olympics. United Kingdom? Not even close. By the way, impressive showing at Euro 2000. You almost managed to get through the tournament without having your fans start an international incident.

7. Learn how to cook. England has some top notch candy. Salt 'n' Vinegar chips are quite yummy. However, there's a reason why the best food in your country is Indian or Chinese. Your contributions to the culinary arts are soggy beans, warm beer, and spotted dick. Perhaps when you finally realize the French aren't the spawn of satan they'll teach you how to cook.

8. You're doing a terrible job at understanding cars. The obvious error is that you drive on the wrong side of the road. A second problem is pricing, it's cheaper to buy a car in Belgium and ship it to England than to buy a car in England. On the other hand, we like Jaguars and Aston Martins. That's why we bought the companies.

9. We'll tell you who killed JFK when you apologize for "Teletubbies".

Thank you for your time. Yu can now return to watching bad Australian soap operas.

P.S. — Regarding WW2: You're Welcome.

[Skiz]

:lol:

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[Mr. Mulder]

I saw an episode of Friends once, it wasn't very funny at all :ermm:

[Busyman]

I saw an episode of Friends once, it wasn't very funny at all :ermm:
Oh really? You'd kick yourself without American television. Face it. Hollywood, for all the bad it has, still kicks all other "cinema" in the arse.

It's so much to choose from that if there's 500 bad there'd be 300 good....and ya still can't watch it all.

Watch some more Lost why don'tcha.
Turn on CSI
The Shield
Nip/Tuck
Battlestar Galactica
24
Prison Break
The Simpsons

Fact is our cinema is downloaded by you more than we dl your cinema, so there. :snooty:

(I do like Dr. Who and Extras though :unsure: )

[Samurai]

I'll give them that one...

... now where was that letter to the states that someone posted :shifty:

[JPaul]

I saw an episode of Friends once, it wasn't very funny at all :ermm:
Oh really? You'd kick yourself without American television. Face it. Hollywood, for all the bad it has, still kicks all other "cinema" in the arse.

It's so much to choose from that if there's 500 bad there'd be 300 good....and ya still can't watch it all.

Watch some more Lost why don'tcha.
Turn on CSI
The Shield
Nip/Tuck
Battlestar Galactica
24
Prison Break
The Simpsons

Fact is our cinema is downloaded by you more than we dl your cinema, so there. :snooty:

(I do like Dr. Who and Extras though :unsure: )


The Simpsons is quality.

I don't watch any of the other ones.

American Chopper is also good.

[Mr. Mulder]

Turn on CSI = gay.
The Shield = quality.
Nip/Tuck = uber gay.
Battlestar Galactica = quality of the highest order.
24 = quality.
Prison Break = a bit gay :ermm:
The Simpsons = gay with nobs on.


:snooty:

[Guillaume]

Watch some more Lost why don'tcha.
Of course. Weird people on a weird island, how much more British can you get? :P

[Gripper]

:lol: :lol: :lol: As for WW2,you guys were coming down on Germany's side till the Japs caught you napping.
Some very good American series out I'll give you that,but stop nicking Japanese and European films and remaking them into shite.
And stop taking liberty's with historical facts!!!
Have you got any buildings older than 300 years over there or has Mother nature sucked 'em all up and spat them all out,or shook them all down,or flash fried them. :)

[Busyman]

:lol: :lol: :lol: As for WW2,you guys were coming down on Germany's side till the Japs caught you napping.
Some very good American series out I'll give you that,but stop nicking Japanese and European films and remaking them into shite.
And stop taking liberty's with historical facts!!!
Have you got any buildings older than 300 years over there or has Mother nature sucked 'em all up and spat them all out,or shook them all down,or flash fried them. :)
No one nicks Japanese and European films but when a single decent non-American film or TV show comes along, it seems it is regarded as the second coming of filmmaking to be held in the highest regard. I personally think that they are considered gems 'cause they don't come along often. It's popular to bandwagon on anything halfway good that's non-American.

I remember when SnnY pitched his top ten films, he went out of his way to pick non-American ones and cited one movie, The Returner. Good movie, but he knew that there were tons of American films that trounced it and he thought I hadn't seen it 'cause of some of you guys ongoing subtitle jokes.

As far as historical facts, there is one in particular (U-571, that I still haven't watched) that is shameful.

I think before filesharing you guys didn't really have cinema (unless ours were imported). You had the shit you settled for 'cause you didn't know better. :P

Btw, we were never on Germany's side (maybe some arms dealers). We stayed out it besides embargos until, as you say, the Japs caught us napping. :( Talk about an unprovoked ass-kicking.

[Busyman]

Watch some more Lost why don'tcha.
Of course. Weird people on a weird island, how much more British can you get? :P
Too bad it's American filmmaking. :O

[DanB]

And there was me thinking it was about the 'shoot first question later' law about to come into effect in Florida :rolleyes:

[HeavyMetalParkingLot]

Have you got any buildings older than 300 years over there or has Mother nature sucked 'em all up and spat them all out,or shook them all down,or flash fried them. :)

You do realize they were building pyramids in the Americas at the same time the Egyptians were, right? :-p

[Samurai]

Have you got any buildings older than 300 years over there or has Mother nature sucked 'em all up and spat them all out,or shook them all down,or flash fried them. :)

You do realize they were building pyramids in the Americas at the same time the Egyptians were, right? :-p

Casino's don't count! :P

http://www.fyvie.net/photos/Travel/USA%20Nov%202003/Las%20Vegas/slides/IMG_2062.JPG

[HeavyMetalParkingLot]

You do realize they were building pyramids in the Americas at the same time the Egyptians were, right? :-p

Casino's don't count! :P

http://www.fyvie.net/photos/Travel/USA%20Nov%202003/Las%20Vegas/slides/IMG_2062.JPG

I'll have you know the Luxor it a MUCH better casino than the Excaliber next door, with their cheesy dragons and wizard's towers!

[Cheese]

I saw an episode of Friends once, it wasn't very funny at all :ermm:

Was it the one when Chandler was sarcastic and Joey acted like a dope and at the end they all learned an important moral lesson and Flipper saved them from terrorists?

[Cheese]

Turn on CSI


Good show. You only need to watch any one episode and you have effectively watched the entire series (spin offs included).

[GepperRankins]

our tv can survive without merkin stuff. we'd just hae to squish it into one channel and shutdown for twelve hours a day :unsure:

[peat moss]

Some of my favorite comedies are the old British ones ,but how come some of the American ones are a rip off of them. The British just seem to have a dryer sence of humor that I enjoy .

[DanB]

:)

[Mr. Mulder]

I saw an episode of Friends once, it wasn't very funny at all :ermm:

Was it the one when Chandler was sarcastic and Joey acted like a dope and at the end they all learned an important moral lesson and Flipper saved them from terrorists?

That's the one, I saw it last year when Channel 4 was known as "Channel Friends" :ermm:

[Peerzy]

About our TV theres hundreds of quality shows you Americans don't even get on your TV which rival you're shyte. Don't suppose you've heard of Little Britton?

[Busyman]

About our TV theres hundreds of quality shows you Americans don't even get on your TV which rival you're shyte. Don't suppose you've heard of Little Britton?
Nope. But the UK is notorious for watching our TV shows but not vice-versa.

There are some I like though.

I like(d)

Extras
Mr. Bean (sometimes)
Benny Hill
Dr. Who

Many of your shows are not bust your gut laughing but a kinda "Aha".."ha"..."ha" laughter. I watched the fag guy on Showtime and he was dry as fuck..wtf is name? He wears lipstick. edit: Ediie Izzard. :dry:

You think Weebl is hilarious ffs. :ermm:

Anyway name your quality shows. I'll probably dl them and give them a spin (if there's even a torrent for it). I'll have to watch it at work though 'cause at home, when I watch TV, I'm watching one of numerous quality American TV shows that I've TIVO'd. :)

(btw, I stopped watching sitcoms awhile back) I never watched Friends. Candian humor is very good here. I think they have comedy in their blood.

I did like

Seinfeld
The Cosby Show
Family Ties
It's Your Move
Different Strokes
What's Happening
Good Times
The Facts Of Life
Silver Spoons
Punky Brewster
Who's The Boss

And then sketch comedies

The Richard Pryor Show
In Living Color
Chappelle's Show
The Sketch Show
Kids In The Hall
Mr. Show With Bob and David
Flip Wilson
Saturday Night Live
Mad TV

What are your shows again?

[Busyman]

Turn on CSI


Good show. You only need to watch any one episode and you have effectively watched the entire series (spin offs included).
Why 'cause it has formula that works? :blink:

You know, showing how the crimes happen (even if disgusting).

Other than that, the crimes happen differently. The the showing of the visual aspects are the same.

What are your crime shows btw? :rolleyes:

[Busyman]

Some of my favorite comedies are the old British ones ,but how come some of the American ones are a rip off of them. The British just seem to have a dryer sence of humor that I enjoy .
Hmmm...some of them have been remade but they still weren't hits.

The Office is hit and miss.
There was some DVD box set I saw collecting dust for this other series...shit I'll come back to that.

Please name some American rip-offs of Brit comedies. I doubt it's that many.

[Mr. Mulder]

Good show. You only need to watch any one episode and you have effectively watched the entire series (spin offs included).
Why 'cause it has formula that works? :blink:

You know, showing how the crimes happen (even if disgusting).

Other than that, the crimes happen differently. The the showing of the visual aspects are the same.

What are your crime shows btw? :rolleyes:

Taggart, Inspector Morse, Midsummer Murders, Messiah if you can include that? Personally I think they're all very boring, but many would disagree :ermm:

CSI sucks donkey balls because of the way Grissom and Co are portrayed as superheroes, and as Chebus was saying, they're all as boring as fook :ermm:

[Busyman]

Why 'cause it has formula that works? :blink:

You know, showing how the crimes happen (even if disgusting).

Other than that, the crimes happen differently. The the showing of the visual aspects are the same.

What are your crime shows btw? :rolleyes:

Taggart, Inspector Morse, Midsummer Murders, Messiah if you can include that? Personally I think they're all very boring, but many would disagree :ermm:

CSI sucks donkey balls because of the way Grissom and Co are portrayed as superheroes, and as Chebus was saying, they're all as boring as fook :ermm:
You gotta be kidding me. Last season's 2 hour finale (directed by Quentin Tarantino) was good as shit.

Admittedly, if you don't like detective work then it isn't a show for you. Evidence collecting is boring but their formula is to show the visual aspect of how the crime unfolds. I don't get superhero allusion though. They are evidence collectors ffs.

I will dl those shows you mentioned though. I hope they're good. :angry: Messiah sounds like a good title at least. :ermm:

[Mr. Mulder]

Last season's 2 hour finale (directed by Quentin Tarantino) was good as shit.

Slow boring and predictable, like most of his films and the show it's self :01:

[Busyman]

Last season's 2 hour finale (directed by Quentin Tarantino) was good as shit.

Slow boring and predictable, like most of his films and the show it's self :01:
Cool. Name some Brit crime shows that you actually like.

[Mr. Mulder]

Slow boring and predictable, like most of his films and the show it's self :01:
Cool. Name some Brit crime shows that you actually like.

There are none :01: NYPD Blue and The Shield are the only crime shows I like, heard good things about The Wire too but not seen any yet :ermm:

[GepperRankins]

About our TV theres hundreds of quality shows you Americans don't even get on your TV which rival you're shyte. Don't suppose you've heard of Little Britton?
Nope. But the UK is notorious for watching our TV shows but not vice-versa.

There are some I like though.

I like(d)

Extras
Mr. Bean (sometimes)
Benny Hill
Dr. Who

Many of your shows are not bust your gut laughing but a kinda "Aha".."ha"..."ha" laughter. I watched the fag guy on Showtime and he was dry as fuck..wtf is name? He wears lipstick. edit: Ediie Izzard. :dry:

You think Weebl is hilarious ffs. :ermm:

Anyway name your quality shows. I'll probably dl them and give them a spin (if there's even a torrent for it). I'll have to watch it at work though 'cause at home, when I watch TV, I'm watching one of numerous quality American TV shows that I've TIVO'd. :)

(btw, I stopped watching sitcoms awhile back) I never watched Friends. Candian humor is very good here. I think they have comedy in their blood.

I did like

Seinfeld
The Cosby Show
Family Ties
It's Your Move
Different Strokes
What's Happening
Good Times
The Facts Of Life
Silver Spoons
Punky Brewster
Who's The Boss

And then sketch comedies

The Richard Pryor Show
In Living Color
Chappelle's Show
The Sketch Show
Kids In The Hall
Mr. Show With Bob and David
Flip Wilson
Saturday Night Live
Mad TV

What are your shows again?


see if you can get some peter kay standup. if you don't ROFL you aren't human (or didn't gorw up in the north of england :ermm: ). i swear his DVDs need a govenment health warning.

also see if you can find black books, taht rocks.


the thing about good british comedies is they only ever do two six show seasons whereas in america they do 15 seasons at 30 shows a peice :shutup:

[Busyman]

Cool. Name some Brit crime shows that you actually like.

There are none :01: NYPD Blue and The Shield are the only crime shows I like, heard good things about The Wire too but not seen any yet :ermm:
Oh yes, you'll love The Wire. It's set just 30 miles north of here in Baltimore, Maryland.

The first season was straight hood
The second was about the hood and the dock workers. (the worst season imo)
The third season was about the hood and local government.
The 4th will be on next year I think.

I never liked NYPD Blue or The Law And Order series. They always seemed to generic. I like shows that stand out. The Shield is verrrry different.

[Biggles]

I had a look through Busy's list and only recognised a couple of shows. I think it would be fair to say that only a fraction of each countries output crosses the pond.

I like some US shows

Simpsons
Futurama
South Park
X Files
Taken (thought that was excellent)
Scrubs
Dead like Me

I liked Cheers when it was on (especially with Shelley)
Roxanne (early episodes)
Never really clicked with Friends etc.,

Never really liked US crime drama shows although the one about Vampires (Knight something??) was quite good ... actually, might have been Canadian when I think about it.

Some US standup is brilliant. I like Emo Phillips, Ryan Styles etc., but I find Pryor incomprehensible (not saying he isn't being funny but it is hard to get the joke if you only understand one word in five).

I think there is probably less US stuff than there used to be on UK TV. I think they are being a lot more selective and bringing across stuff that has already been a solid hit in the US. No more endless daft cop programmes with cowboys riding horses through New York, blind detectives, scruffy detectives (although he was good), bald detectives, hip detectives. - this can only be good. :lookaroun

I do like the UK crime series such as Taggart, Messiah (which is well weird) Frost etc., but I think that is probably a culture specific thing.

[Cheese]

Good show. You only need to watch any one episode and you have effectively watched the entire series (spin offs included).
Why 'cause it has formula that works? :blink:

You know, showing how the crimes happen (even if disgusting).

Other than that, the crimes happen differently. The the showing of the visual aspects are the same.


The Tarantino episode was quite good, the rest all blend into one another. I realise they have different crimes but it just always seems like I'm watching the same episode over and over and over and over...

Also the overwhelming smugness of the central characters makes me want to kill them all brutally, and I wouldn't leave any evidence.:shifty:

Yawn.

America has some great crime shows I have to watch, CSI defiently isn't one of them. I'm glad it is stuck on Channel 5 over here, where it belongs.

"Yeah, that's it. Lots of flash and no meaning." - Chief Wiggum

[Cheese]

daft cop programmes with cowboys riding horses through New York

Sounds good, I'd watch it.:01:

[Biggles]

daft cop programmes with cowboys riding horses through New York

Sounds good, I'd watch it.:01:


Alas I can't recall the title, otherwise I am sure you could probably download it. :unsure:

[Busyman]

Why 'cause it has formula that works? :blink:

You know, showing how the crimes happen (even if disgusting).

Other than that, the crimes happen differently. The the showing of the visual aspects are the same.


The Tarantino episode was quite good, the rest all blend into one another. I realise they have different crimes but it just always seems like I'm watching the same episode over and over and over and over...

Also the overwhelming smugness of the central characters makes me want to kill them all brutally, and I wouldn't leave any evidence.:shifty:
They are some smug bastards...on all three shows. :angry:

If you don't like CSI, how do you know about all the other episodes? :huh:

I've seen bad episodes and good ones...'cause I watch it. However, I wouldn't watch it at if I didn't like the series as a whole...which it seems you don't. :huh:

Btw, the Tarantino episode was hardly the best one by a long shot. I know people (especially in the UK) like to bandwagon on him.

[Mr. Mulder]

daft cop programmes with cowboys riding horses through New York

Sounds good, I'd watch it.:01:

Due South was leet! :01:

[GepperRankins]

Also the overwhelming smugness of the central characters makes me want to kill them all brutally, and I wouldn't leave any evidence.

make sure you do get them all, if two survived they'd probably find out exactly who you are and where you're hiding from a broken pencil, some windolene and something very loosely based on forensic science from other tv shows. leaving just one to survive would be fun though, how would they solve a crime without someone to finish their sentances :unsure:

[Busyman]

I had a look through Busy's list and only recognised a couple of shows. I think it would be fair to say that only a fraction of each countries output crosses the pond.

I like some US shows

Simpsons
Futurama
South Park
X Files
Taken (thought that was excellent)
Scrubs
Dead like Me

I liked Cheers when it was on (especially with Shelley)
Roxanne (early episodes)
Never really clicked with Friends etc.,

Never really liked US crime drama shows although the one about Vampires (Knight something??) was quite good ... actually, might have been Canadian when I think about it.

Some US standup is brilliant. I like Emo Phillips, Ryan Styles etc., but I find Pryor incomprehensible (not saying he isn't being funny but it is hard to get the joke if you only understand one word in five).

I think there is probably less US stuff than there used to be on UK TV. I think they are being a lot more selective and bringing across stuff that has already been a solid hit in the US. No more endless daft cop programmes with cowboys riding horses through New York, blind detectives, scruffy detectives (although he was good), bald detectives, hip detectives. - this can only be good. :lookaroun

I do like the UK crime series such as Taggart, Messiah (which is well weird) Frost etc., but I think that is probably a culture specific thing.
Some of the shows I mentioned are severely old. I did love Cheers, Taxi (Danny Devito), Mork and Mindy (Robin Williams), Bosom Buddies (Tom Hanks), Welcome Back Kotter (John Travolta), etc.

Richard Pryor was severely black. His comedy reflected it.

[Biggles]

I had a look through Busy's list and only recognised a couple of shows. I think it would be fair to say that only a fraction of each countries output crosses the pond.

I like some US shows

Simpsons
Futurama
South Park
X Files
Taken (thought that was excellent)
Scrubs
Dead like Me

I liked Cheers when it was on (especially with Shelley)
Roxanne (early episodes)
Never really clicked with Friends etc.,

Never really liked US crime drama shows although the one about Vampires (Knight something??) was quite good ... actually, might have been Canadian when I think about it.

Some US standup is brilliant. I like Emo Phillips, Ryan Styles etc., but I find Pryor incomprehensible (not saying he isn't being funny but it is hard to get the joke if you only understand one word in five).

I think there is probably less US stuff than there used to be on UK TV. I think they are being a lot more selective and bringing across stuff that has already been a solid hit in the US. No more endless daft cop programmes with cowboys riding horses through New York, blind detectives, scruffy detectives (although he was good), bald detectives, hip detectives. - this can only be good. :lookaroun

I do like the UK crime series such as Taggart, Messiah (which is well weird) Frost etc., but I think that is probably a culture specific thing.
Some of the shows I mentioned are severely old. I did love Cheers, Taxi (Danny Devito), Mork and Mindy (Robin Williams), Bosom Buddies (Tom Hanks), Welcome Back Kotter (John Travolta), etc.

Richard Pryor was severely black. His comedy reflected it.


As did his accent. :rolleyes:

I did like Taxi ... Jim was my favourite.

[Cheese]

The Tarantino episode was quite good, the rest all blend into one another. I realise they have different crimes but it just always seems like I'm watching the same episode over and over and over and over...

Also the overwhelming smugness of the central characters makes me want to kill them all brutally, and I wouldn't leave any evidence.:shifty:
They are some smug bastards...on all three shows. :angry:

If you don't like CSI, how do you know about all the other episodes? :huh:

I've seen bad episodes and good ones...'cause I watch it. However, I wouldn't watch it at if I didn't like the series as a whole...which it seems you don't. :huh:

I've watched a fair bit of it in the past due to the lack of TV channels on terrestial television. Though, these days I'm only forced to watch it if I visit friends or family and there is nothing better on at the time.*

*I mean, it's not as bad as Pop Idol or any of the other crappy reality shows that infest TV these days...

[peat moss]

Don't watch much tv anymore except things like Rome . Wife has been looking for old British comedy vhs tapes for me , like Benny Hill ,Two Ronnies and Carry On movies.

The Brit comedians don't have to say anything just that look and I laff. The Americans and Canadians shine in Stand up routines .

[Busyman]

Some of the shows I mentioned are severely old. I did love Cheers, Taxi (Danny Devito), Mork and Mindy (Robin Williams), Bosom Buddies (Tom Hanks), Welcome Back Kotter (John Travolta), etc.

Richard Pryor was severely black. His comedy reflected it.


As did his accent. :rolleyes:
Absolutely. Black American comedy is lost on the UK audience...and just the accents.

Like the time he referenced his mother making him good get a stick for her from a tree to beat his own ass. He said that would be longest walk he took.....and if he took too long, she'd go out there and get the entire tree to beat his ass.

He said when he'd get the stick, as he brought it back, he could hear it cutting the wind...so it he knew it'd hurt.

Then when she got the stick he'd start whippin' him with every syllable...DIDDNT...I...TELL...YOU...NOT...TO...DO...IT....

He then says the best thing to do is shut-up or else you add extra licks...don't ever say, "I won't do it no more."

I...KNOW...YOU...NOT...GONNA...DO IT...NO....MORE....'CAUSE'....YOU...SHOULDNT...HAVE...DONE...IT....THE....FIRST...TIME....AFTER....I....TOLD....YOU....NOT...TO...DO IT.

I related 'cause I had been through that exact same same scenario.

[Busyman]

They are some smug bastards...on all three shows. :angry:

If you don't like CSI, how do you know about all the other episodes? :huh:

I've seen bad episodes and good ones...'cause I watch it. However, I wouldn't watch it at if I didn't like the series as a whole...which it seems you don't. :huh:

I've watched a fair bit of it in the past due to the lack of TV channels on terrestial television. Though, these days I'm only forced to watch it if I visit friends or family and there is nothing better on at the time.*

*I mean, it's not as bad as Pop Idol or any of the other crappy reality shows that infest TV these days...
I'm guilty of watching pieces of American Idol in season 2 when Ruben Studdard won and this last one when that white girl won. I liked Bo Bice, the rocker.

Weird though that how I started watching it in season 2 (on at 8pm)was 'cause 24 came on right after (9pm) it and I was too lazy to set my VCR timer and I'd be leaving to play b-ball at 7pm. So I popped my tape in and just pressed record.

When I fast forwarded one time I had to stop the tape to answer the door (didn't want to go to far) when I came back, I pressed play and it was half-way through an American Idol episode (final round). It had some decent singing so I watched.

[Busyman]

Don't watch much tv anymore except things like Rome . Wife has been looking for old British comedy vhs tapes for me , like Benny Hill ,Two Ronnies and Carry On movies.

The Brit comedians don't have to say anything just that look and I laff.
Benny Hill used to trip me out. :lol: :lol:


The Brit comedians don't have to say anything just that look and I laff.
True. :lol: :lol: :lol:

[GepperRankins]

only the first 4 or 5 pop idol shows are good, for the losers. never watch it when it goes capitalist though :snooty:

[JPaul]

So we are comparing our artistic output by a "who makes the best TV shows" competition. What an interesting idea.

Scrubs is fantastic BTW. One of the few series ever to make over 25,000 episodes and still maintain it's funnity.

It did fall foul of the American disease in later series. Where every episode had to have some sort of moral, but that happens to most good American TV comedy.

[lynx]

Laugh Now!
As invented for US comedy shows.

'nuff said.

[Gripper]

CSI is feckin brill,thet one Tarintino did was superb,Richard Pryor is hilarious loved him in See no evil,Hear no evil.
Don't think the yanks did a very good remake of Cracker
Forever Knight (http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0103417/) ,this is what you was thinking of Biggles

[Biggles]

CSI is feckin brill,thet one Tarintino did was superb,Richard Pryor is hilarious loved him in See no evil,Hear no evil.
Don't think the yanks did a very good remake of Cracker
Forever Knight (http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0103417/) ,this is what you was thinking of Biggles

That is the one :01:

It was rather good, as I recall. Lots of angst.

[GepperRankins]

prison break is the best thing (almost) on tv at the moment, bet it's written by a brit though :ermm:

[Gripper]

prison break is the best thing (almost) on tv at the moment, bet it's written by a brit though :ermm:
Yep got to agree its captivating viewing :01:

[Busyman]

Yep got to agree its captivating viewing :01:
...and totally American...as is Lost and 24.

[Gripper]

Yep got to agree its captivating viewing :01:
...and totally American...as is Lost and 24.
I concede you have got some most excellent TV series running at the mo. :P
Have you tried Spooks

[Busyman]

...and totally American...as is Lost and 24.
I concede you have got some most excellent TV series running at the mo. :P
Well...that's all I was saying. :snooty:

Hey what do you mean "at the moment"?

We always have the best TV. Hmmph :snooty:

What is Spooks?

[DarthInsinuate]

Yep got to agree its captivating viewing :01:
...and totally American...as is Lost and 24.
errrm, Naveen Andrews is English and there's a couple of South Koreans in there somewhere

[Gripper]

Spooks is a series all about our secret service over here so that terrorists can learn how to avoid being caught:)

[Busyman]

...and totally American...as is Lost and 24.
errrm, Naveen Andrews is English and there's a couple of South Koreans in there somewhere
The writers are American but apart from that, writers of TV episodes are international.

Most importantly however, the creator is American as are the producers.

America is a melting pot. Hollywood is not.

[JPaul]

Spooks is a series all about our secret service
I thought it was about MI5, tho' I concede I haven't actually watched it.

[Gripper]

Yeah it is MI5 but I was trying to dumb it down a bit

[Busyman]

Yeah it is MI5 but I was trying to dumb it down a bit
I've seen MI5. It's ok. :ermm:

[Santa]

Britonia is rather pleasant place, but a trip to the bahamas is even more refreshing

[JPaul]

Yeah it is MI5 but I was trying to dumb it down a bit
Good idea, but MI5 is the "Security Service", MI6 is the "Secret Service", as I understand it. So I think you may have "dumbed it down" a wee hair too much.

Just a small and rather esoteric point.

[manker]

errrm, Naveen Andrews is English and there's a couple of South Koreans in there somewhere
The writers are American but apart from that, writers of TV episodes are international.

Most importantly however, the creator is American as are the producers.I must disagree, the most important thing is that it's good.

When I watch TV, read a book - or indeed browse thro' posts on an interweb forum - the most important thing is that the content is good.

I really don't care about the nationality of the creator.

[GepperRankins]

what kind of secret service calls themselves a secret service? should they be called jays furniture removals or something.

[JPaul]

It's actually the Secret Intelligence Service. I believe the word secret refers to the nature of the intelligence, rather than the organisation themselves.

Matters of national security (which is primarilly what they deal with) are generally classified as secret.

[Gripper]

MI5 (http://www.mi5.gov.uk/) just had a wee browse around,Mulder you still looking for a job?

[brotherdoobie]

Last season's 2 hour finale (directed by Quentin Tarantino) was good as shit.

*Slow boring and predictable, like most of his films and the show it's self :01:


*the X-Files after the first five seasons...

Peace bd

[Busyman]

*Slow boring and predictable, like most of his films and the show it's self :01:


*the X-Files after the first five seasons...

Peace bd
:lol: :lol: :lol:

...and on a different note......Tarantino films predictable? :blink:

[Barbarossa]

UK TV is seemingly obsessed by crime dramas, and so-called "reality" shows, both of which bore the pants off me.

The volume of US shows we get over here means we get some good stuff, 24, The West Wing, Nip/Tuck, etc. But we also get some crap as well.. (Desperate Housewives, anyone?)

Give me sci-fi any day; The US and the UK both have a go, but I think Canada makes the best sci-fi... :01:

[Busyman]

UK TV is seemingly obsessed by crime dramas, and so-called "reality" shows, both of which bore the pants off me.

The volume of US shows we get over here means we get some good stuff, 24, The West Wing, Nip/Tuck, etc. But we also get some crap as well.. (Desperate Housewives, anyone?)

Give me sci-fi any day; The US and the UK both have a go, but I think Canada makes the best sci-fi... :01:
Like what?

A TV series filmed in Canada doesn't Canadians made it btw.

Hollywood likes to film there on the cheap. Don't know of many Canadian productions though.

[Cheese]

Wow, Canadians pwn:unsure: :


Alienated (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alienated)
Andromeda (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromeda_%28TV_series%29)
Code Name: Eternity (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Code_Name:_Eternity&action=edit)
Dans une galaxie près de chez-vous (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dans_une_galaxie_pr%C3%A8s_de_chez-vous)
Earth: Final Conflict (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth:_Final_Conflict)
First Wave (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Wave)
Highlander (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlander#Television)
Lexx (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexx)
The Lone Gunmen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lone_Gunmen)
The Outer Limits (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Outer_Limits)
Prisoners of Gravity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoners_of_Gravity)
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psi_Factor:_Chronicles_of_the_Paranormal)
Stargate Atlantis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate_Atlantis)
Stargate SG-1 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate_SG-1)
The Starlost (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Starlost)
TekWar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TekWar)
The X-Files (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_X-Files)

[Barbarossa]

Wow, Canadians pwn:unsure: :


Alienated (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alienated)
Andromeda (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromeda_%28TV_series%29)
Code Name: Eternity (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Code_Name:_Eternity&action=edit)
Dans une galaxie près de chez-vous (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dans_une_galaxie_pr%C3%A8s_de_chez-vous)
Earth: Final Conflict (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth:_Final_Conflict)
First Wave (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Wave)
Highlander (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlander#Television)
Lexx (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexx)
The Lone Gunmen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lone_Gunmen)
The Outer Limits (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Outer_Limits)
Prisoners of Gravity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoners_of_Gravity)
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psi_Factor:_Chronicles_of_the_Paranormal)
Stargate Atlantis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate_Atlantis)
Stargate SG-1 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate_SG-1)
The Starlost (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Starlost)
TekWar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TekWar)
The X-Files (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_X-Files)


Nice list! ;)

(I think I can predict Busy's reply tho'... :unsure: )

Anyway, that's quite funny, because when I posted I thought Farscape was Canadian, but it turns out its Australian! Doh! :frusty:

So I was wrong, Australia makes the best sci-fi... :01:

[Busyman]

Wow, Canadians pwn:unsure: :


Alienated (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alienated)
Andromeda (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromeda_%28TV_series%29)
Code Name: Eternity (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Code_Name:_Eternity&action=edit)
Dans une galaxie près de chez-vous (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dans_une_galaxie_pr%C3%A8s_de_chez-vous)
Earth: Final Conflict (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth:_Final_Conflict)
First Wave (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Wave)
Highlander (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlander#Television)
Lexx (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexx)
The Lone Gunmen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lone_Gunmen)
The Outer Limits (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Outer_Limits)
Prisoners of Gravity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoners_of_Gravity)
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psi_Factor:_Chronicles_of_the_Paranormal)
Stargate Atlantis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate_Atlantis)
Stargate SG-1 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate_SG-1)
The Starlost (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Starlost)
TekWar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TekWar)
The X-Files (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_X-Files)


Nice list! ;)

(I think I can predict Busy's reply tho'... :unsure: )
...and the post that preceded it says it....
1.
A TV series filmed in Canada doesn't mean Canadians made it btw.

Hollywood likes to film there on the cheap. Don't know of many Canadian productions though.

2. Many of those shows sucked.

[Barbarossa]

Nice list! ;)

(I think I can predict Busy's reply tho'... :unsure: )
...and the post that preceded it says it....
1.
A TV series filmed in Canada doesn't mean Canadians made it btw.

Hollywood likes to film there on the cheap. Don't know of many Canadian productions though.

2. Many of those shows sucked.

Lexx is a Canadian/German production, and didn't suck (...at least the first 3 series didn't suck...) :P

[manker]

I didn't know that Lexx was Canadian/German.

I really don't see it as important either. Probably because it's not important.

[Busyman]

...and the post that preceded it says it....
1.
A TV series filmed in Canada doesn't mean Canadians made it btw.

Hollywood likes to film there on the cheap. Don't know of many Canadian productions though.

2. Many of those shows sucked.

Lexx is a Canadian/German production, and didn't suck (...at least the first 3 series didn't suck...) :P
Yeah I liked Lexx. The Brunin-Gee man..The Brunin Gee. Mantrid....

I'm not saying any of them weren't produced by Canadians. I'm saying many shows are made in Canada simply 'cause it's cheap. A show and movie can be made in the deserts of the Egypt yet that doesn't make it an Egyptian production.


Anyway, that's quite funny, because when I posted I thought Farscape was Canadian, but it turns out its Australian! Doh! :frusty:

So I was wrong, Australia makes the best sci-fi... :01:

That production credit goes to the Sci-Fi Channel and Jim Henson Company.. :rolleyes: ..........shot in Australia.

[Busyman]

I didn't know that Lexx was Canadian/German.

I really don't see it as important either. Probably because it's not important.
True. If it's good it's good.

It sometimes is important 'cause it gives a show a different feel.

I always figured Lexx wasn't American...but that's partly what made it different and subsequently appealing.

[manker]

I don't think where it was made gives a series a different 'feel'.

Star-Trek, Firefly and Battlestar Galactica are all American productions, afaik, but they each have totally different feels to them.


Btw, I've watched the first 4 of series one of Battlestar Galactica over the last coupla days -- does it get better :unsure:

It's, like, pretty fecking boring atm.

[Cheese]

I've never watched Tekwar. Is it any good?

The rest of the shows on that list I consider are pretty poor/boring, Stargate being the worst of the bunch. Yuck.

[Guillaume]

I've never watched Tekwar. Is it any good?
Absolutely awful.

[Cheese]

My fave American shows:

Sealab 2021
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Lost
Family Guy
Farscape
Angel
WWE
Firefly

*Weeds, which is in its first series, is growing on me.

My fave British shows:

Green Wing
The Office
I'm Alan Partridge
Doctor Who
Extras
Teachers
Monkey Dust
Soccer AM

[Cheese]

I've never watched Tekwar. Is it any good?
Absolutely awful.

But Captain Kirk is in it...:O

[Barbarossa]

I don't think where it was made gives a series a different 'feel'.

Star-Trek, Firefly and Battlestar Galactica are all American productions, afaik, but they each have totally different feels to them.


Btw, I've watched the first 4 of series one of Battlestar Galactica over the last coupla days -- does it get better :unsure:

It's, like, pretty fecking boring atm.

I remember being really into the original ones when I was like about... 9.

I always wanted to be part of a rag-tag fugitive fleet too...

Now when I see them I go like... oh dear... :huh:

[Barbarossa]

My fave American shows:

Sealab 2021
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Lost
Family Guy
Farscape
Angel
WWE
Firefly

*Weeds, which is in its first series, is growing on me.

My fave British shows:

Green Wing
The Office
I'm Alan Partridge
Doctor Who
Extras
Teachers
Monkey Dust
Soccer AM

Farscape's Australian. They've all got Australian accents n' shit... :snooty:


P.S. Teachers sucked when Andrew Lincoln left.

[Guillaume]

I don't think where it was made gives a series a different 'feel'.
No, the robot-whore and the horny plumber-turned-starship-captain did that.

[ahctlucabbuS]

Season two of Battlestar Galactica is better.

I skipped all of season one, beside the mini series. :01:

I should mention though that I thought the mini series itself were season 1 :rolleyes:

Still, I figure it was worth it.

[Busyman]

I don't think where it was made gives a series a different 'feel'.

Star-Trek, Firefly and Battlestar Galactica are all American productions, afaik, but they each have totally different feels to them.


Btw, I've watched the first 4 of series one of Battlestar Galactica over the last coupla days -- does it get better :unsure:

It's, like, pretty fecking boring atm.
I wasn't referring to where it was made....but that can have an obvious affect on it (the setting).

I was referring to who makes it. Sometimes it feels "foreign" sometimes it doesn't. Lexx felt foreign as did Farscape.

Battlestar Galactica took getting used to 'cause it's way different than the old TV series. It has more drama in it. It does get better...wayyy better. Did you already watch the mini? I thought the very first one of the regular series (33) was pretty good.

That series is also different than any other sci-fi I've seen. It's a sci-fi show that's drama based.

[Busyman]

I've never watched Tekwar. Is it any good?

The rest of the shows on that list I consider are pretty poor/boring, Stargate being the worst of the bunch. Yuck.
Stargate is one of my favorites but it taken slide with Season 9.

Tekwar sucked. It needed better production.

[Busyman]

My fave American shows:

Sealab 2021
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Lost
Family Guy
Farscape
Angel
WWE
Firefly

*Weeds, which is in its first series, is growing on me.
[/i]
The lady fucking that Hispanic drug dealer competitor (that wanted to beat her ass) in the alley was a little unbelievable though. :unsure:

My favorite American shows:

CSI
CSI: Miami
The Shield
The Sopranos
Battlestar Galactica
Lost
Invasion
Threshold
Medium
Real Time With Bill Maher
Surface
Monk
The Dead Zone
Nip/Tuck
House
The Wire
Weeds
Stargate SG-1
Stargate Atlantis
60 Minutes
and more...

Bones and Ghost Whisperer suck. Ghost Whisperer is a more family oriented severe Medium rip-off. I never like Jennifer Love Hewitt.

My favorite British shows

Extras
Dr. Who

[Cheese]

The lady fucking that Hispanic drug dealer competitor (that wanted to beat her ass) in the alley was a little unbelievable though. :unsure:


I think the show risks going down the Scrubs route of absurdity but we'll see, I like the fact that none of the main characters seem to suffer from any morals. Even the lead seems pretty heartless getting the college kids to deal for her...

[Busyman]

The lady fucking that Hispanic drug dealer competitor (that wanted to beat her ass) in the alley was a little unbelievable though. :unsure:


I think the show risks going down the Scrubs route of absurdity but we'll see, I like the fact that none of the main characters seem to suffer from any morals. Even the lead seems pretty heartless getting the college kids to deal for her...
Sadly I don't watch Scrubs or any sitcoms anymore. :(

I hope Weeds doesn't go there. The show is highly different. It's like Desperate Housewives....on weed. :lookaroun

Many shows like The Shield are in the moral toilet nowadays. It gives it more shock value.

In The Shield, Anthony Anderson shoots a tied up/mouth taped 14 year-old girl dead if front 2 dirty cops (main characters btw) with those cops guns, tells the cops that are under his boot that if they say anything that their precinct will get a call advising where to locate a burnt up 14 year-old girl(that will have those cops cards laying next to her), and also tells them, "The next time I tell you to suck my dick I want you to say...'Do you want your balls licked too'". :O

[Cheese]

I think the show risks going down the Scrubs route of absurdity but we'll see, I like the fact that none of the main characters seem to suffer from any morals. Even the lead seems pretty heartless getting the college kids to deal for her...
Sadly I don't watch Scrubs or any sitcoms anymore. :(

I hope Weeds doesn't go there. The show is highly different. It's like Desperate Housewives....on weed. :lookaroun

Many shows like The Shield are in the moral toilet nowadays. It gives it more shock value.

In The Shield, Anthony Anderson shoots a tied up/mouth taped 14 year-old girl dead if front 2 dirty cops (main characters btw) with those cops guns, tells the cops that are under his boot that if they say anything that their precinct will get a call advising where to locate a burnt up 14 year-old girl(that will have those cops cards laying next to her), and also tells them, "The next I tell you to suck my dick I want you to say...'Do you want your balls licked too'". :O

Haven't watched The Shield since series one, I loved that series but just haven't gotten around to watching anymore. I think it was probably the moral ambivalence of the characters in that as well that I liked, that's probably a reason I don't get on with CSI.

What was that show with each episode split between different viewpoints of its central characters (policeman, lawyer, poltician, etc)? I liked that as well, was shown around the same time on Channel 5 for us Uk'ians.

[Busyman]

Sadly I don't watch Scrubs or any sitcoms anymore. :(

I hope Weeds doesn't go there. The show is highly different. It's like Desperate Housewives....on weed. :lookaroun

Many shows like The Shield are in the moral toilet nowadays. It gives it more shock value.

In The Shield, Anthony Anderson shoots a tied up/mouth taped 14 year-old girl dead if front 2 dirty cops (main characters btw) with those cops guns, tells the cops that are under his boot that if they say anything that their precinct will get a call advising where to locate a burnt up 14 year-old girl(that will have those cops cards laying next to her), and also tells them, "The next I tell you to suck my dick I want you to say...'Do you want your balls licked too'". :O

Haven't watched The Shield since series one, I loved that series but just haven't gotten around to watching anymore. I think it was probably the moral ambivalence of the characters in that as well that I liked, that's probably a reason I don't get on with CSI.

What was that show with each episode split between different viewpoints of its central characters (policeman, lawyer, poltician, etc)? I liked that as well, was shown around the same time on Channel 5 for us Uk'ians.
Boomtown?

[manker]

So, the mini-series of Battlestar Galactica ... I watched a three hour long (omfg, it was tedious) episode, is that the mini-series merged for easier downloading? I think it must be.

Glad to hear it gets better, I'm going to stick with it 'cos Mulder said it's quality.

Btw, I'm going to see Serenity (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379786/) on Thursday :happy:

[Busyman]

So, the mini-series of Battlestar Galactica ... I watched a three hour long (omfg, it was tedious) episode, is that the mini-series merged for easier downloading? I think it must be.

Glad to hear it gets better, I'm going to stick with it 'cos Mulder said it's quality.
Yup, right now we are midway through the second season.

[manker]

Thanks.

I had noticed that the second series is underway, which is good because by the time I've gotten around to watching all of the eps in the 1st series, the second one will be finished.

I hate waiting a whole week for the next one - Lost is killing me.

http://img309.imageshack.us/img309/816/dabs5sy.gif

[sArA]

Haven't watched The Shield since series one, I loved that series but just haven't gotten around to watching anymore.

Gotten???? gotten!!!! Mr Cheese, I am surprised at you, being an English Degree student and all...

Ah...wait, I see....you were just making it easier for Busyman to understand you right??? :rolleyes:

[manker]

Haven't watched The Shield since series one, I loved that series but just haven't gotten around to watching anymore.

Gotten???? gotten!!!! Mr Cheese, I am surprised at you, being an English Degree student and all...

Ah...wait, I see....you were just making it easier for Busyman to understand you right??? :rolleyes:It's English Lit.

Fannying about, reading poems, doing needlepoint and suchlike.

[sArA]

Gotten???? gotten!!!! Mr Cheese, I am surprised at you, being an English Degree student and all...

Ah...wait, I see....you were just making it easier for Busyman to understand you right??? :rolleyes:It's English Lit.

Fannying about, reading poems, doing needlepoint and suchlike.

Still no defence for the use of gotten...sorry Cheese, you are going to have to do better than that. :snooty:

edit...bollocks...reminds self to check who actually replied before doing own reply....:twat: :lol:

[manker]

edit...bollocks...reminds self to check who actually replied before doing own reply....:twat: :lol:

[JPaul]

Gotten???? gotten!!!! Mr Cheese, I am surprised at you, being an English Degree student and all...

Ah...wait, I see....you were just making it easier for Busyman to understand you right??? :rolleyes:It's English Lit.

Fannying about, reading poems, doing needlepoint and suchlike.
Did I write that :blink:

[manker]

Is this a Miyagi-Danielson moment.

[JPaul]

Wax on - Wax off.

Noice attempted roddage with the "son" btw.

[manker]

Ah, is it spelled 'Danielsahn'.

Damn, I always spell these Asian names incorrectly :(

[JPaul]

Ah, Is it spelled 'Danielsahn'.

Damn, I always spell these Asian names incorrectly :(
See, that's just V Poor.

You've spoiled it now.

[manker]

Well, yeah - but I'd welcome some chaff on the end of my rod atm.

http://img309.imageshack.us/img309/816/dabs5sy.gif

[JPaul]

OK, I'll do it.

Ooer missus.

Satisfied.

[Busyman]

Haven't watched The Shield since series one, I loved that series but just haven't gotten around to watching anymore.

Gotten???? gotten!!!! Mr Cheese, I am surprised at you, being an English Degree student and all...

Ah...wait, I see....you were just making it easier for Busyman to understand you right??? :rolleyes:
I still would have got or gotten what he was talking about. It's only a difference of ten, not 1000. :ermm:

Sighhhh.....English geeks. :snooty: