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I think one of the main reasons it took me so long was the fact that Firefly has not yet had a terrestrial or freeview airing in the UK - to the best of my knowledge, its only been shown on the UK Sci-Fi channel which, even when I had satellite, I didn't tend to watch as it was, on the whole, pretty poor viewing (most days the highlight was the 1999 TV version of 'The Lost World'). However, three main names piqued my interest. Joss Whedon, of course - I've been a big fan of Buffy since it first aired on BBC2 and, every now and agin, I'll dig out my DVDs and give them a spin. Nathan Fillion - his performance as Caleb in Buffy Season 7 was brilliant. Of course, at the time, I didn't realise that Buffy Season 7 was following on after Firefly had been cancelled but there you go. Gina Torres - likewise with Nathan Fillion, she came to my attention post-Firefly when she appeared in Angel, Season 4 as Jasmine. However, like I said, I'm totally hooked now and the various DVDs are on almost continuous rotation at home (except when my kids come round as its a bit adult for them. Finally, I'd just like to say that those who cancelled it are a load of 脑子死的非法蠢人

I'm almost embarassed to say how long its taken me to finally getting around to watching this. However, I finally got hold of both the Firefly box set and the Serenity DVD and I'm totally hooked. Let's just hope that someone sees the light and brings its back in some form or other soon.

QUOTE (Fridge @ Feb 3 2008, 07:54 PM) British people who use American slang whilst talking or writing. I'm definitely with you on that one (Get With the Program being a particular bug-bear of mine). One really insiginifican one I've noticed at work is people who write 'off' when they mean 'of' (as in, three off these five parts were faulty). Cyclist who go at full speed along pavements and footpaths and nearly clip your ankles when they pass you. However, perhaps my most thing (silly really, but it annoys me so much) is when, at a set of double doors with people moving in both directions, someone, instead of opening the second door, will stand and wait for the people going the opposite direction to pass through.

QUOTE (missionman @ Feb 21 2008, 06:20 AM) I love story time with my kids So do I. The only problem is that I only get to read them a bedtime story once a week now

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGC_265mkpQ James telling some of his favourite dinosaur jokes

Growing up too fast for my liking. Just a shame that I don't see them for more than a few hours at a time (except for weekends)

I've finally got around to grabbing some screen caps from the DVD of the nativity play from James and Mary's school, which both of them took part in. Here's some of James as the first narrator: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v110/Jimyyz2112/kids/PDVD_001.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v110/Jimyyz2112/kids/PDVD_002.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v110/Jimyyz2112/kids/PDVD_003.jpg and here's Mary, miscast in my opinion, as one of the angels: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v110/Jimyyz2112/kids/PDVD_004.jpg Once again, last weekend, Mary brought one of her Princess costumes round with her. Here she is as Jasmine: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v110/Jimyyz2112/kids/100_1629.jpg Finally, here is James with his Dinosaur collection: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v110/Jimyyz2112/kids/100_1628.jpg If you manage to count them, you'll see that there are 68 there. He does have 69 at present, but his T Rex skeleton fell apart as I was moving it to the table. I think even beats the collection Alex had on top of his amps during the last tour.

A new addition for me is 'Serenity'

If you're talking about at the cinema, I have a vague recollection of my parents taking me to see 'Diamonds Are Forever' back in 1971. I can't actually remember goping (I was only 4 at the time) but I clearly remember telling my friends about it at school the next day. The first I actually remember seeing the film was the disney adaptation of 'Robin Hood' in 1973

I'm going to have to say Moving Pictures mainly because S&A has really struck a chord with me

At least no-one has mentioned the remake of TDay the Earth Stood Still with keanu Reeves

Having missed the last half of Who S3, I din't know about that

I don't know if anyone else watched it, but Season 2 of Torchwood started last night. Here are my thoughts on the episode: As one who quite enjoyed Season, I had high hopes of the new Season pushing Torchwood into 'must see' territory. Sadly, if Ep 1 is a taste of things to come I'm going to be sadly disapointed. I think the episode was put in a nutshell with a poster on a SF forum who declared that... QUOTE ... the whole episode ... came across as RTD's bisexual lifestyle propoganda show. More specifically: 1) I've found James Marsters to be an actor of such charisma that he can tend to rise above the shortcomings of the script and direction shortcomings. Here he managed to do that and, even if he didn't retain his dignity, al least he didn't come across as a complete prat. 2) The idea was intriguing - an old associate of Jack's turning up out of the blue and launching the story. However, the chance to explore Jack's history was squandered by some trite comments about the two of them being partners in some sort of plot device. 3) The idea of the rest of them forming a cohesive whole in Jack's absence was another plot idea that was squandered. Maybe it would have been better to keep Jack's return until episodeallowing an exploration of how the team operated without him and providing some much needed character development. 4) A couple of amusing moments ("Bloody Torchwood being the one that sticks in the mind) but, for the most part, the attempts of humour were clumsy and, simply, not funny. 5) The fight between John and Jack was pretty good but, then again, James Marsters, while in Buffy, excelled in a lot of the fight scenes. So, on the whole, a pretty poor and insipid start to Season 2. However, don't think the crew should be hung, drawn and quartered, like some people because, to be honest, it didn't stir that much emotion in me.

Couple more Tesco bargains this week: Deep Impact (Bruce who?) and the Battlestar Galactica Mini Series

I'm going to have to put my hand up and say I quite enjoyed Heavy Metal last time I saw it (although that was about 10 years ago). Not the best animation but far from the worst

QUOTE (Jack Aubrey @ Jan 9 2008, 05:23 PM) QUOTE (Slaine mac Roth @ Jan 8 2008, 02:05 PM) One of the commentaries I would like to give a spin to is one of the one's on Bubba Ho-Tep where, apparently, Bruce Campbell does it as Elvis. Oh man, it's hilarious! Definitely one for my list then

QUOTE (Jack Aubrey @ Jan 7 2008, 08:39 PM) Oh, and the commentary on the 'Hellboy' special edition is really cool because they actually show the actors as they're doing the commentary with the movie shrunk down and in a window on the bottom left of the screen. I wish that more of them would do it like that. The Goonies commentary is the same. what's nice about that is seeing what the actors look like now - although Cory Feldman doesn't seem to have changed. One of the commentaries I would like to give a spin to is one of the one's on Bubba Ho-Tep where, apparently, Bruce Campbell does it as Elvis. As for the Shaun of the Dead DVD, you've actually got four commentaries - Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright; Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield, Lucy Davis and Dylan Moran; Bill Nighy and Penelope Wilton and a 'Zombie' commentary featuring some of those who played the Zombies (including John the Landlord and the Spinster in the Winchester). All of these are great to listen to, especially the one with Pegg on. In addition, there's also a trivia subtitle option which is quite interesting as well

I've definitely got to get myself a turntable in the near future. I've got a whole shelf of my old vinyl just sitting there gathering dust at the moment and there is some stuff I've not listened to for years (I think a lot may not even be available on CD)

One of the major selling points about DVDs is when they manage to feture a cast/crew/film historian commentary. For a long time, it was something I never bothered with until listening to the cast commentary on Fellowship of the Ring and the cast commentary on Goonies - both of which I found equally as entertaining as the film itself. My addiction has been made total when I recently got Shaun of the Dead on DVD and listened to the four different commentaries on the disc. they have got to be among the funniest things I have ever heard. So, is anyone else here a commentary junkie?

I was watching 'Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow' the other day and a couple of little things caught my eye. At one point, there is a view of the New York skyline, including the Empire State Building with a giant ape at the top. Later, during the underwater sequence, look closely and you'll see that the name of the wrecked ship they pass is called 'The Venture'. Obviously someone involved with the film is a fan of King Kong.

And here he is showing how happy he was at getting the DVD. Superman