From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V14 #113 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Thursday, May 5 2005 Volume 14 : Number 113 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Lucky I'm a family guy.... [Eb ] American Idol [BLATZMAN@aol.com] RE: Lucky I'm a family guy.... ["Bachman, Michael" ] RE: Lucky I'm a family guy.... ["Jason R. Thornton" ] Re: Lucky I'm a family guy.... [Tom Clark ] RE: Lucky I'm a family guy.... [Jeff Dwarf ] RE: Lucky I'm a family guy.... ["Bachman, Michael" ] Re: Lucky I'm a family guy.... [Jeff ] RE: Lucky I'm a family guy.... [Jeff Dwarf ] Re: Lucky I'm a family guy.... [Jeff Dwarf ] RE: Lucky I'm a family guy.... [Capuchin ] Re: Lucky I'm a family guy.... [Jeff ] Re: fegmaniax-digest V14 #112 [James Dignan ] KEXP Alert ["Revolutionary Army of the Baby Jesus" ] Re: KEXP Alert [Eb ] Re: KEXP Alert [Capuchin ] Doctoroo ["Matt Sewell" ] Re: Doctoroo [Tulloch ] Re: KEXP Alert [Dolph Chaney ] Re: Doctoroo [Sumiko Keay ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 13:30:24 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: Lucky I'm a family guy.... I'm wondering whose brilliant idea it was to resurrect "A Current Affair." Yeesh. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 16:52:11 EDT From: BLATZMAN@aol.com Subject: American Idol Is it just me or does anyone here know of anyone who has ever even voted for Scott??? Really, how on earth does this guy stick around??? I hope hope hope the guy gets booted tonight. I don't think I can take it anymore!!!!!!!!!! Blatzy! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 16:57:42 -0400 From: "Bachman, Michael" Subject: RE: Lucky I'm a family guy.... - -----Original Message----- From: Jason R. Thornton [mailto:jthornton@ucsd.edu] Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 3:58 PM To: Fegism Subject: Re: Lucky I'm a family guy.... At 12:03 PM 5/4/2005 -0700, bayard wrote: >>Thanks for that, Ed. A friend of mine actually threw a party so we could >>all watch the premiere. I don't think that kind of thing has ever >>happened to me before. But the less said about "American Dad," the better >>(looks like the show creators are trying to punish Fox with that >>one...) So this one and the original Star Trek, (they had an aborted 3rd >>season, yes?) what other shows have been brought back from the dead? Jason came back with: >Star Trek was cancelled during the second season (ie, everyone was told >there would not be a third season) and then renewed for a third season >DURING the second season, after a letter writing campaign to NBC. So, it >never really got a chance to die before being resurrected. >Coincidentally, I was over at my buddy's place last night, and he had the >third season on DVD, and just had to show me the bonus featurette on the >third season. Best part was, they referred to a woman who helped organize >the letter writing campaign as a "Star Trek Activist." Didn't the budget get slashed though for the 3rd season? And the sets compromised as a result of the tightened purse strings? Michael B. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 16:59:36 -0400 From: "Lauren Elizabeth (gmail)" Subject: Re: Lucky I'm a family guy.... Michael says: > "Twin Peaks" was halted half way into the second season, then > brought back after several months of no new shows. I'm curious as to whether this was 'transparent to the user'? I was glued to 'Twin Peaks' when it aired, and either it wasn't apparent when the season aired, or perhaps I was fooled by a mid-season run of repeats. Or I am just not all that bright. xo Lauren - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 17:04:59 -0400 From: "Lauren Elizabeth (gmail)" Subject: Re: Lucky I'm a family guy.... bayard says: > what other shows have been brought back from the dead? I believe "Designing Women" was brought back from the dead. I likely should not admit to knowing that. xo Lauren - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "I hate all music. Except 'Roadrunner' by The Modern Lovers." - John Lydon ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 17:05:45 -0400 From: "Lauren Elizabeth (gmail)" Subject: Re: Lucky I'm a family guy.... bayard says: > what other shows have been brought back from the dead? I believe "Designing Women" was brought back from the dead. I likely should not admit to knowing that. xo Lauren - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "I hate all music. Except 'Roadrunner' by The Modern Lovers." - John Lydon ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 13:59:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: Lucky I'm a family guy.... Eb wrote: > I'm wondering whose brilliant idea it was to resurrect "A > Current Affair." Yeesh. If you're gonna count it, you might as well count the myriad gameshows that have been revived over the years ($xxx,000 Pyramid, Jeopardy!, Match Game, Family Feud, etc). Though none of them are anywhere near as noxious. At least _Hard Copy_ is still dead. "I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." -- Mitch Hedberg . Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 04 May 2005 14:07:00 -0700 From: "Jason R. Thornton" Subject: RE: Lucky I'm a family guy.... At 04:57 PM 5/4/2005 -0400, Bachman, Michael wrote about Star Trek: > Didn't the budget get slashed though for the 3rd season? And the sets >compromised as a result of the tightened purse strings? Yes. There was an episode, for instance, where they wrote in a line about Romulans using Klingon ships because they couldn't afford to build the Romulan ones, and already had the Klingon ones sitting around. And they got moved from a Monday at 8pm timeslot to Fridays at 10pm for the third season, making Al Gore and his college roommates the only viewers. - --Jason "Only the few know the sweetness of the twisted apples." - Sherwood Anderson ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 14:13:52 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: Lucky I'm a family guy.... On May 4, 2005, at 1:30 PM, Eb wrote: > I'm wondering whose brilliant idea it was to resurrect "A Current > Affair." Yeesh. > Hey, that show won two Peabody awards! ;) - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 14:08:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: RE: Lucky I'm a family guy.... Michael.Bachman@fanucrobotics.com wrote: > Didn't the budget get slashed though for the 3rd season > [of "Star Trek"]? And the sets compromised as a result of > the tightened purse strings? On the DVDs for the second season of "Sledge Hammer!," Alan Spencer talks about how the production company (not ABC) slashed the budget, so he would alternate between having episodes that practically took place inside the precinct so that he could then use the the saved money and apply it to other, more ambitious episodes. "I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." -- Mitch Hedberg . Discover Yahoo! Use Yahoo! to plan a weekend, have fun online and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 17:23:55 -0400 From: "Bachman, Michael" Subject: RE: Lucky I'm a family guy.... Michael says: >> "Twin Peaks" was halted half way into the second season, then >> brought back after several months of no new shows. Lauren came back with: >I'm curious as to whether this was 'transparent to the user'? >I was glued to 'Twin Peaks' when it aired, and either it wasn't >apparent when the season aired, or perhaps I was fooled by a >mid-season run of repeats. Or I am just not all that bright. You probably don't remember about the gap in the airing of the second season episodes. The show was cancelled in early 1991, then brought back in May after several months of no episodes. ABC aired the shows that were already in the can, but never shown, in May. The last few episodes were then written and produced durring the airing of the can episodes. Michael "Twin Peaks junkie" B. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 16:24:52 -0500 From: Jeff Subject: Re: American Idol On 5/4/05, BLATZMAN@aol.com wrote: > > Is it just me or does anyone here know of anyone who has ever even voted > for > Scott??? Really, how on earth does this guy stick around??? I hope hope > hope the guy gets booted tonight. I don't think I can take it > anymore!!!!!!!!!! I voted for Quisp, not Quake. About as fucking relevant...to anything at all. - -- ...Jeff The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 16:30:22 -0500 From: Jeff Subject: Re: Lucky I'm a family guy.... On 5/4/05, Lauren Elizabeth (gmail) wrote: > > Michael says: > > > "Twin Peaks" was halted half way into the second season, then > > brought back after several months of no new shows. > > I'm curious as to whether this was 'transparent to the user'? > > I was glued to 'Twin Peaks' when it aired, and either it wasn't > apparent when the season aired, or perhaps I was fooled by a > mid-season run of repeats. Or I am just not all that bright. I don't think the show was officially cancelled; I think they were just trying to kill it, slowly, by jerking it around and not broadcasting new eps for weeks at a time. ironically, a month, even two months, between new eps is pretty standard over on the WB. Yes, Gilmore Girls, I'm looking at you. it would be appropriate if there were a Frankenstein show that got cancelled and then brought back. or a Jesus one. (My shift key isn't working well today) - -- ...Jeff The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 15:01:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: RE: Lucky I'm a family guy.... "Jason R. Thornton" wrote about Star Trek: > And they got moved from a Monday at 8pm timeslot to > Fridays at 10pm for the third season, making Al Gore and > his college roommates the only viewers. You seriously believe Tommy Lee Jones was sitting at home on a Friday night watching Star Trek? "I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." -- Mitch Hedberg . Yahoo! Mail Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour: http://tour.mail.yahoo.com/mailtour.html ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 15:07:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: Lucky I'm a family guy.... Tom Clark wrote: > Eb wrote: > > > I'm wondering whose brilliant idea it was to resurrect > > "A Current Affair." Yeesh. > > > > Hey, that show won two Peabody awards! ;) A Current Affair:Inside Edition::Maury Povich:Bill O'Reilly. Dog vomit either way. Inside Edition has never actually been off the air -- Deborah Norville assumed the reigns when O'Reilly left (it was under her anchorship that IE won the Polk Award that O'Reilly takes credit for, even though he had been gone over a year) and has actually made herself a career after being reviled for the capital crime of not being Jane Pauley. "I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." -- Mitch Hedberg . Discover Yahoo! Stay in touch with email, IM, photo sharing and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/stayintouch.html ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 16:37:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Capuchin Subject: RE: Lucky I'm a family guy.... On Wed, 4 May 2005, Jeff Dwarf wrote: > "Jason R. Thornton" wrote about Star Trek: >> And they got moved from a Monday at 8pm timeslot to Fridays at 10pm for >> the third season, making Al Gore and his college roommates the only >> viewers. > > You seriously believe Tommy Lee Jones was sitting at home on a Friday > night watching Star Trek? You beat me to that one by mere seconds, damnit. J. [Do you need any more evidence that opportunity and fame come almost entirely from privilege in youth?] - -- _______________________________________________ Capuchin capuchin@bitmine.net Jeme A Brelin ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 22:22:18 -0500 From: Jeff Subject: Re: Lucky I'm a family guy.... On 5/4/05, Bachman, Michael wrote: > > Michael says: > > >> "Twin Peaks" was halted half way into the second season, then > >> brought back after several months of no new shows. > > > The show was cancelled in early 1991, then brought back in May > after several months of no episodes. ABC aired the shows that were > already in the can, but never shown, in May. The last few episodes were > then > written and produced durring the airing of the can episodes. > Almost. I remembered it a little differently...and so I checked _Full of Secrets: Critical Approaches to Twin Peaks_ (a collection of academic essays), which also includes a broadcast chronology. Season 2's premiere was broadcast Sunday, 9/30/90, and then ran weekly on Saturdays from 10/6/90 through 11/17/90, took two weeks off over Thanksgiving, ran for three weeks from 12/1 through 12/15, took three weeks off over Christmas and New Years, then ran three more weeks from 1/12/91 through 1/26, took a week off, returned on 2/9 and 2/16, went missing for more than a month and came back on Thursday 3/28 and ran for four consecutive weeks through 4/18. Here's what happened next, according to David Lavery: "[The move to Thursday night] did not [bring back the show's ratings]. Even in its new (old) time spot, the audience continued to decline...After four weeks, _Peaks_ was again placed on hiatus, and the two remaining episodes were reluctantly scheduled for a joint airing as an _ABC Monday Night at the Movies_ on June 10. With no opportunity to film a final episode, the show was quietly cancelled by ABC during its nearly two month disappearance" (3). One of the coolest things about this book is that it contains a TP calendar mapping out the dates of all the events. For instance: Feb. 5, 1989: Laura Palmer gives JH half of her necklace (earliest event of the series proper); Feb. 9, first anniversary of Theresa Banks' murder...etc. - up through March 27 (the day after Easter), the events of the final episode with Dale in the Black Lodge (and brushing his teeth, here) and the explosion at the S&L that killed (?) Audrey Horne. Yes, I'm a geek - why do you ask? - -- ...Jeff The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 May 2005 17:19:10 +1200 From: James Dignan Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V14 #112 > > Thanks for that, Ed. A friend of mine actually threw a > > party so we could all watch the premiere. I don't think > > that kind of thing has ever happened to me before. But > > the less said about "American Dad," the better > > (looks like the show creators are trying to punish Fox > > with that one...) So this one and the original Star > > Trek, (they had an aborted 3rd season, yes?) what other > > shows have been brought back from the dead? > >"Cagney & Lacey" No-one seems to have mentioned Dr. Who yet... James - -- James Dignan, Dunedin, New Zealand -.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.- =-.-=-.-=-.- You talk to me as if from a distance .-=-.-=-.-=-. -=-. And I reply with impressions chosen from another time .-=- .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=- (Brian Eno - "By this River") -.-=-.-=-.-=-.-= ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 04 May 2005 22:21:02 -0700 From: "Revolutionary Army of the Baby Jesus" Subject: KEXP Alert gang o' four, friday, 2:00. you have been warned. well, if you don't care for butt rock, that's...while that's your cross to bear, i can't hold the above against you. HOWEVER: if a given human person were to (for example) greatly admire (ahem) rush, but not also greatly admire TOOL, i would find this difficult to accept. speaking of TOOL, has anybody ever made a mix tape composed wholly of selections with answering machine messages that have either been incorporated into songs, or otherwise included on albums? let's see, we've got "Message To Harry Manback", by TOOL. we've got "Providence", by sonic youth. we've got "Heartbeat", by mike watt. we've got the bonus track from the squirrels' *What Gives?*. we've got robyn's answering machine *greeting* from *Jewels For Sophia*. we've got "Empire", by queensryche. we've got the *Better Read Than Dead* version of "The Only Good Fascist Is A Very Dead Fascist", by propagandhi. what else we got? maybe he wants you to play the ol' process-of-elimination game. see, you'd post links to sites devoted to nudity and near-nudity, and when you'd got the right one (after all, how many could there be?), capuchin would ring your bell. you'd feel a greater sense of accomplishment that way. i'll just take this moment to trot out my pet you-can't-hardly-ever-go-wrong-when-you-love-the-singer's-voice theory. anybody seen *Space Jam*? i got the impression, at the time, that there was not even the slightest pretense that it was anything *other* than a feature-length commercial. which is not quite the same thing, i realise... i thought there were one or two good laughs (which is about seven or eight good laughs more than the funniest-ever *Futurama* episode). my recollection is that it began as "laugh 'n' cry", and became "effin' cry" between the second and third seasons. they talked about this on one of the DVD commentaries, but i can't remember what they said. kansan, step aside: . "'Ken' is the pupa stage of a male human person in which he has not yet realised that he is" THE KENSTER ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 22:34:00 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: KEXP Alert > speaking of TOOL, has anybody ever made a mix tape composed wholly of > selections with answering machine messages that have either been > incorporated into songs, or otherwise included on albums? let's see, > we've > got "Message To Harry Manback", by TOOL. we've got "Providence", by > sonic > youth. we've got "Heartbeat", by mike watt. we've got the bonus track > from the squirrels' *What Gives?*. we've got robyn's answering machine > *greeting* from *Jewels For Sophia*. we've got "Empire", by > queensryche. > we've got the *Better Read Than Dead* version of "The Only Good > Fascist Is > A Very Dead Fascist", by propagandhi. what else we got? Countless rap acts.... Eb, still waiting for Congress to introduce a "No 'Skits' on Rap Albums" bill ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 23:07:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: KEXP Alert On Wed, 4 May 2005, Revolutionary Army of the Baby Jesus wrote: > speaking of TOOL, has anybody ever made a mix tape composed wholly of > selections with answering machine messages that have either been > incorporated into songs, or otherwise included on albums? let's see, > we've got "Message To Harry Manback", by TOOL. we've got "Providence", > by sonic youth. we've got "Heartbeat", by mike watt. we've got the > bonus track from the squirrels' *What Gives?*. we've got robyn's > answering machine *greeting* from *Jewels For Sophia*. we've got > "Empire", by queensryche. we've got the *Better Read Than Dead* version > of "The Only Good Fascist Is A Very Dead Fascist", by propagandhi. > what else we got? Dead Kennedys -- Kinky Sex Makes The World Go 'Round You could also end the thing with the thirteenth track from They Might Be Giants' Miscellaneous T collection. > see, you'd post links to sites devoted to nudity and near-nudity, and > when you'd got the right one (after all, how many could there be?) I have a friend that built and maintains a master proxy filter list for the public school district. He has what is quite likely the largest list of sexually explicit websites in the world. He used to like to say, "My job is to bookmark every pornsite in the world." J. PS. It's nobody you know. - -- _______________________________________________ Capuchin capuchin@bitmine.net Jeme A Brelin ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 05 May 2005 11:39:04 +0100 From: "Matt Sewell" Subject: Doctoroo Well, perhaps it's time... The new Doctor Who... is fantastic. Chris Ecclestone, though reinventing the role to an extent, is definitely The Doctor, something I was worried about. Billie Piper (and I still really can't believe this) is an excellent companion. The adventures so far have been very good - Russel T Davies is clearly a talented writer and has brought to the series a new emotional dimension, though I would say he's not necessarily a sci-fi writer per se. Best of the series so far has been The Unquiet Dead - set in Dickensian Cardiff and written by The League Of Gentlemen's Mark Gatiss. The most recent episode featured the return of the Daleks - done with aplomb... Daleks can now levitate (no more going upstairs to escape them) and are in general far more convincingly formidable opponents. Overall, it's definitely Doctor Who as we know it, even if it's far less dialogue-driven than it used to be (though I think this has a lot to do with its budget over the years), and it's a little frustrating that most of the stories are concluded within one 45-minute episode. I'm slightly worried though as Ecclestone's leaving at the end of the series and The Doctor will soon be played by Christopher Tennant... hmm... not sure about that one. Cheers Matt >From: James Dignan >No-one seems to have mentioned Dr. Who yet... > >James >-- > James Dignan, Dunedin, New Zealand > -.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.- > =-.-=-.-=-.- You talk to me as if from a distance .-=-.-=-.-=-. > -=-. And I reply with impressions chosen from another time .-=- > .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=- (Brian Eno - "By this River") -.-=-.-=-.-=-.-= ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 May 2005 12:10:26 +0100 (BST) From: Tulloch Subject: Re: Doctoroo Cor, lumme guvnor! At last a telly programme we get in dear ol' Blighty! (drops fake cockney accent). I couldn't agree more, Matt. I was very sceptical about the new Who, particularly as I'm a fellow (time) traveller when it comes to sci-fi, but I was won over from the first episode as, genres apart, it's a great piece of television. I think the weakest episode so far has been the one where the aliens take over the government as I thought they were cliched "green monsters from outer space". Having said that, the sequence where the spaceship crashes into the Houses of Parliament is stunning. I'm also dubious about David Tennant as he seems to be the Beeb's flavour of the month, but then again, he was excellent in Blackpool and I'm naturally biased towards a Scottish Doctor (but not Finlay!). Roit, time to get me ol' 'ansome cab aht an' get darn the Old Kent Road fer some jellied eels... Matt Sewell wrote: Well, perhaps it's time... The new Doctor Who... is fantastic. Chris Ecclestone, though reinventing the role to an extent, is definitely The Doctor, something I was worried about. Billie Piper (and I still really can't believe this) is an excellent companion. The adventures so far have been very good - Russel T Davies is clearly a talented writer and has brought to the series a new emotional dimension, though I would say he's not necessarily a sci-fi writer per se. Best of the series so far has been The Unquiet Dead - set in Dickensian Cardiff and written by The League Of Gentlemen's Mark Gatiss. The most recent episode featured the return of the Daleks - done with aplomb... Daleks can now levitate (no more going upstairs to escape them) and are in general far more convincingly formidable opponents. Overall, it's definitely Doctor Who as we know it, even if it's far less dialogue-driven than it used to be (though I think this has a lot to do with its budget over the years), and it's a little frustrating that most of the stories are concluded within one 45-minute episode. I'm slightly worried though as Ecclestone's leaving at the end of the series and The Doctor will soon be played by Christopher Tennant... hmm... not sure about that one. Cheers Matt >From: James Dignan >No-one seems to have mentioned Dr. Who yet... > >James >-- > James Dignan, Dunedin, New Zealand > -.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.- > =-.-=-.-=-.- You talk to me as if from a distance .-=-.-=-.-=-. > -=-. And I reply with impressions chosen from another time .-=- > .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=- (Brian Eno - "By this River") -.-=-.-=-.-=-.-= Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 05 May 2005 07:59:28 -0500 From: Dolph Chaney Subject: Re: KEXP Alert At 12:21 AM 5/5/2005, Revolutionary Army of the Baby Jesus wrote: >has anybody ever made a mix tape composed wholly of >selections with answering machine messages that have either been >incorporated into songs, or otherwise included on albums? let's see, we've >got "Message To Harry Manback", by TOOL. we've got "Providence", by sonic >youth. we've got "Heartbeat", by mike watt. we've got the bonus track >from the squirrels' *What Gives?*. we've got robyn's answering machine >*greeting* from *Jewels For Sophia*. we've got "Empire", by queensryche. >we've got the *Better Read Than Dead* version of "The Only Good Fascist Is >A Very Dead Fascist", by propagandhi. what else we got? Soul Coughing, "Janine" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 May 2005 08:18:46 -0500 From: Sumiko Keay Subject: Re: Doctoroo I've been lucky enough to have seen the first three episodes (thanks to a friend who lives close enough to Canada to get CBC) -- and I LOVED it. I cannot wait to see the rest. Sumi On 5/5/05, Tulloch wrote: > Cor, lumme guvnor! At last a telly programme we get in dear ol' Blighty! (drops fake cockney accent). I couldn't agree more, Matt. I was very sceptical about the new Who, particularly as I'm a fellow (time) traveller when it comes to sci-fi, but I was won over from the first episode as, genres apart, it's a great piece of television. I think the weakest episode so far has been the one where the aliens take over the government as I thought they were cliched "green monsters from outer space". Having said that, the sequence where the spaceship crashes into the Houses of Parliament is stunning. I'm also dubious about David Tennant as he seems to be the Beeb's flavour of the month, but then again, he was excellent in Blackpool and I'm naturally biased towards a Scottish Doctor (but not Finlay!). > > Roit, time to get me ol' 'ansome cab aht an' get darn the Old Kent Road fer some jellied eels... > > Matt Sewell wrote: > Well, perhaps it's time... > > The new Doctor Who... is fantastic. Chris Ecclestone, though reinventing > the role to an extent, is definitely The Doctor, something I was worried > about. Billie Piper (and I still really can't believe this) is an > excellent companion. The adventures so far have been very good - Russel T > Davies is clearly a talented writer and has brought to the series a new > emotional dimension, though I would say he's not necessarily a sci-fi > writer per se. Best of the series so far has been The Unquiet Dead - set > in Dickensian Cardiff and written by The League Of Gentlemen's Mark > Gatiss. > > The most recent episode featured the return of the Daleks - done with > aplomb... Daleks can now levitate (no more going upstairs to escape them) > and are in general far more convincingly formidable opponents. > > Overall, it's definitely Doctor Who as we know it, even if it's far less > dialogue-driven than it used to be (though I think this has a lot to do > with its budget over the years), and it's a little frustrating that most > of the stories are concluded within one 45-minute episode. I'm slightly > worried though as Ecclestone's leaving at the end of the series and The > Doctor will soon be played by Christopher Tennant... hmm... not sure > about that one. > > Cheers > > Matt > > >From: James Dignan >No-one seems to have > mentioned Dr. Who yet... > >James >-- > James Dignan, Dunedin, New > Zealand > > -.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.- > > =-.-=-.-=-.- You talk to me as if from a distance .-=-.-=-.-=-. > > -=-. And I reply with impressions chosen from another time .-=- > > .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=- (Brian Eno - "By this River") -.-=-.-=-.-=-.-= > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V14 #113 ********************************