The best tv show
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Ravel Joyce wrote:
Seinfeld's funny!
Not to most Brits! (and Friends is just repetitively boring. Personally, I'd rather jump into a mincing machine than watch an episode of it).
Ravel Joyce wrote:
What? I don't get it at all.
Kryten is a mechanoid, and specifically programmed to serve and obey humans. On the other hand, there is only one human on the ship - the slobby but fun Dave Lister (played by Craig Charles). The only other crewmembers are the Cat (a feline descendent of a pregnant cat smuggled onto the ship three million years earlier (Lister was put into stasis for that, hence his status as the last living human) and Rimmer - a hologram of the most annoying member of the crew, resurected by the ship's computer to keep Lister sane. Rimmer is a stuck up officious coward, and Lister dispises him. So, in Series III he make it his mission to teach Kryten to tell him what he thinks of him. "Smeghead" was an insult the BBC censors didn't know, so it made it into the series. Trust me - it's hilarious! :laugh: If you do get a chance to see the series, watch Polymorpth[^] from Series III. If that doesn't have you screaming with laughter nothing will. :)
Anna :rose: Linting the day away :cool: Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "If mushy peas are the food of the devil, the stotty cake is the frisbee of God"
Red Dwarf is great! I too can't stand most american comedy shows, the sort that need a laugh track to tell the audience when to laugh. That just seems lame to me. I find stargate (specially pre-season 8) incredibly amusing however, and House as well.
-- Real programmers don't comment their code. It was hard to write, it should be hard to understand.
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Stargate SG1 Stargate Atlantis Numb3rs Criminal Minds Supernatural House Battlestar Galactica many many more...
-- Real programmers don't comment their code. It was hard to write, it should be hard to understand.
Action : Prison Break Heroes 24 Lost Comedy: Friends Father Ted Cartoon: Family Guy South Park Simpsons Anime: Death Note
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Red Dwarf is great! I too can't stand most american comedy shows, the sort that need a laugh track to tell the audience when to laugh. That just seems lame to me. I find stargate (specially pre-season 8) incredibly amusing however, and House as well.
-- Real programmers don't comment their code. It was hard to write, it should be hard to understand.
That's pretty much my take on it too. Laugh tracks are just lame. I've not seen House. I'll keep an eye out for it. :)
Anna :rose: Linting the day away :cool: Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "If mushy peas are the food of the devil, the stotty cake is the frisbee of God"
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Off the top of my head I'd have to say Red Dwarf, Stargate SG-1, Trigger Happy TV, Doctor Who, Torchwood, Coupling and Father Ted. :) Unfortunately with the exception of Doctor Who and Torchwood none of them are being produced anymore. C'est la vie. :rose:
Anna :rose: Linting the day away :cool: Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "If mushy peas are the food of the devil, the stotty cake is the frisbee of God"
Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote:
Trigger Happy TV
Love that show! :laugh: Mark
"Do you know what it's like to fall in the mud and get kicked... in the head... with an iron boot? Of course you don't, no one does. It never happens. It's a dumb question... skip it." (Rex Kramer "Airplane!")
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That's OK. The British/Irish sense of humour is very different to that of most US citizens. Shows like Friends and Seinfeld leave me cold, for example - I just don't find them funny. On the other hand, show me a clip of Kryten[^] being taught by Lister[^] to call Rimmer[^]a "smeghead" and I'm in stitches. :laugh::laugh::laugh:
Anna :rose: Linting the day away :cool: Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "If mushy peas are the food of the devil, the stotty cake is the frisbee of God"
Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote:
On the other hand, show me a clip of Kryten[^] being taught by Lister[^] to call Rimmer[^]a "smeghead" and I'm in stitches.
I think that says all we need to know about you Anna :)
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Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote:
On the other hand, show me a clip of Kryten[^] being taught by Lister[^] to call Rimmer[^]a "smeghead" and I'm in stitches.
I think that says all we need to know about you Anna :)
Rob Manderson I'm working on a version for Visual Lisp++ My blog http://blogs.wdevs.com/ultramaroon/[^] My blog mirror http://robmanderson.blogspot.com[^]
It probably does at that! :laugh:
Anna :rose: Linting the day away :cool: Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "If mushy peas are the food of the devil, the stotty cake is the frisbee of God"
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Ravel Joyce wrote:
Seinfeld's funny!
Not to most Brits! (and Friends is just repetitively boring. Personally, I'd rather jump into a mincing machine than watch an episode of it).
Ravel Joyce wrote:
What? I don't get it at all.
Kryten is a mechanoid, and specifically programmed to serve and obey humans. On the other hand, there is only one human on the ship - the slobby but fun Dave Lister (played by Craig Charles). The only other crewmembers are the Cat (a feline descendent of a pregnant cat smuggled onto the ship three million years earlier (Lister was put into stasis for that, hence his status as the last living human) and Rimmer - a hologram of the most annoying member of the crew, resurected by the ship's computer to keep Lister sane. Rimmer is a stuck up officious coward, and Lister dispises him. So, in Series III he make it his mission to teach Kryten to tell him what he thinks of him. "Smeghead" was an insult the BBC censors didn't know, so it made it into the series. Trust me - it's hilarious! :laugh: If you do get a chance to see the series, watch Polymorpth[^] from Series III. If that doesn't have you screaming with laughter nothing will. :)
Anna :rose: Linting the day away :cool: Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "If mushy peas are the food of the devil, the stotty cake is the frisbee of God"
Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote:
"Smeghead" was an insult the BBC censors didn't know
That brings back lots of good memories. "Smeeeeeeee!!!.... Smmeeeeeeeee Heeeeeeeea!!!.... I'm sorry, sir. I just can't do it." Brilliant!
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Right now I'm watching a show called Ugly Betty (it's an ad break) its such a good show and I wanna know what people's favourite tv shows are. My favourite shows are Seinfeld, The Simpsons, and the Chaser's war on everything (it's an australian show).
By Ravel. Confused, but learning (or trying my best at least).
Ravel Joyce wrote:
Ugly Betty
I watched that once. I got as far as the first ad break. It is just another generic American show. They take a pretty girl and do something to make her look plain and less appealing and at some point in the future the ugly duckling will become a beautiful swan. In those transformations I usually find that I preferred the ugly duckling. Comedies: The Simpsons Have I Got News For You (UK polictical quiz/comedy) Mock the Week (UK political quiz/comedy) Action/Drama: Doctor Who Torchwood Star Trek (all incarnations) Judge John Deed Informational: Dispatches Panorama
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Right now I'm watching a show called Ugly Betty (it's an ad break) its such a good show and I wanna know what people's favourite tv shows are. My favourite shows are Seinfeld, The Simpsons, and the Chaser's war on everything (it's an australian show).
By Ravel. Confused, but learning (or trying my best at least).
Ones I grew up with. In order of remembering them; which may have some meaning: Hogan's Heroes F Troop Bob Newhart M*A*S*H But I don't watch much now, unless it's with my kid, hmmm... Thomas the Tank Engine Bob the Builder The Emperor's New School Clifford / Clifford's Puppy Days The Backyardigans Caillou
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Currently, my top shows are: Numbers, Man vs Wild, Smallville, Good Eats, Nova, American Idol, Family Guy oops, I forgot Heroes. -- modified at 19:49 Sunday 25th February, 2007
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-- Neil Peartand wasn't it great seeing Stan Lee (creator of Spider-Man...etc...as the bus driver) in last weeks episode? Steve
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Ravel Joyce wrote:
Ugly Betty
I watched that once. I got as far as the first ad break. It is just another generic American show. They take a pretty girl and do something to make her look plain and less appealing and at some point in the future the ugly duckling will become a beautiful swan. In those transformations I usually find that I preferred the ugly duckling. Comedies: The Simpsons Have I Got News For You (UK polictical quiz/comedy) Mock the Week (UK political quiz/comedy) Action/Drama: Doctor Who Torchwood Star Trek (all incarnations) Judge John Deed Informational: Dispatches Panorama
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Colin Angus Mackay wrote:
I watched that once. I got as far as the first ad break. It is just another generic American show. They take a pretty girl and do something to make her look plain and less appealing and at some point in the future the ugly duckling will become a beautiful swan. In those transformations I usually find that I preferred the ugly duckling.
Actually it's not. The first episode may tread the mill a bit, but after that it contains a whole host of stuff from illegal immigrants, homophobia, gender changing, and frequent sightings of a near-naked Selma Hayek. All this wrapped up in camp slapstick.
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Ravel Joyce wrote:
Ugly Betty
I watched that once. I got as far as the first ad break. It is just another generic American show. They take a pretty girl and do something to make her look plain and less appealing and at some point in the future the ugly duckling will become a beautiful swan. In those transformations I usually find that I preferred the ugly duckling. Comedies: The Simpsons Have I Got News For You (UK polictical quiz/comedy) Mock the Week (UK political quiz/comedy) Action/Drama: Doctor Who Torchwood Star Trek (all incarnations) Judge John Deed Informational: Dispatches Panorama
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I think the writer's of Ugly Betty promised that she wouldn't 'evolve' into a beautiful swan at the end of it.
By Ravel. Confused, but learning (or trying my best at least).
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Colin Angus Mackay wrote:
I watched that once. I got as far as the first ad break. It is just another generic American show. They take a pretty girl and do something to make her look plain and less appealing and at some point in the future the ugly duckling will become a beautiful swan. In those transformations I usually find that I preferred the ugly duckling.
Actually it's not. The first episode may tread the mill a bit, but after that it contains a whole host of stuff from illegal immigrants, homophobia, gender changing, and frequent sightings of a near-naked Selma Hayek. All this wrapped up in camp slapstick.
Johnny ² wrote:
Actually it's not.
Since the series is still running how do you know the major story arc (that will likely span a few years) isn't that she goes from ugly duckling to beautiful swan.
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Right now I'm watching a show called Ugly Betty (it's an ad break) its such a good show and I wanna know what people's favourite tv shows are. My favourite shows are Seinfeld, The Simpsons, and the Chaser's war on everything (it's an australian show).
By Ravel. Confused, but learning (or trying my best at least).
Wild Wild West Futurama The Prisoner Outer Lijits Twilight Zone Thunderbirds
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Right now I'm watching a show called Ugly Betty (it's an ad break) its such a good show and I wanna know what people's favourite tv shows are. My favourite shows are Seinfeld, The Simpsons, and the Chaser's war on everything (it's an australian show).
By Ravel. Confused, but learning (or trying my best at least).
My favorites include (in no particular order): Battlestar Galactica Dr. Who Red Dwarf FLCL (Fooly Cooly) Paranoia Agent Ghost in the Shell Fullmetal Alchemist Trinity Blood Neon Genesis Evangelion Monty Python's Flying Circus I am a fan of Japanese animation (Anime). It's so different from American animation. Most animation in the US is aimed at children. The animation that is aimed at adults is usually rather juvinile. There are some exceptions (The Venture Brothers being a notable one). And, most shows rarely attempt any sort of continuity. The Japanese shows I watch tend to be short series -- usually about 24 - 50 episodes. There is a running storyline through the series, and often some pretty deep storylines. They can be bloody (Trinity Blood is about a war between vampires and the Vatican in a post-apocalyptic Earth), or there can be some sexual innuendo (FLCL is built around it). There are a ton of bad Anime as well -- some of the stuff aimed at kids is as bad as some of the stuff in the US. Flynn
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My favorites include (in no particular order): Battlestar Galactica Dr. Who Red Dwarf FLCL (Fooly Cooly) Paranoia Agent Ghost in the Shell Fullmetal Alchemist Trinity Blood Neon Genesis Evangelion Monty Python's Flying Circus I am a fan of Japanese animation (Anime). It's so different from American animation. Most animation in the US is aimed at children. The animation that is aimed at adults is usually rather juvinile. There are some exceptions (The Venture Brothers being a notable one). And, most shows rarely attempt any sort of continuity. The Japanese shows I watch tend to be short series -- usually about 24 - 50 episodes. There is a running storyline through the series, and often some pretty deep storylines. They can be bloody (Trinity Blood is about a war between vampires and the Vatican in a post-apocalyptic Earth), or there can be some sexual innuendo (FLCL is built around it). There are a ton of bad Anime as well -- some of the stuff aimed at kids is as bad as some of the stuff in the US. Flynn
Oooh, Ghost in the Shell is a good show! It's gotta be my favourite anime! Although Hayao Miyazaki films are always good (in fact, all Studio Ghibli films that I've seen).
By Ravel. Confused, but learning (or trying my best at least).
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Wild Wild West Futurama The Prisoner Outer Lijits Twilight Zone Thunderbirds
Ah, Thunderbirds is a cool show! It's so funny
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