tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post7845967293519554294..comments2024-02-23T13:00:04.071+00:00Comments on Kaliyuga Kronicles: Vicus Scurrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13731007799031343701noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post-74291849260048515332006-09-27T14:02:00.000+01:002006-09-27T14:02:00.000+01:00Ken Stott is a fucking rubbish Rebus. Nowhere near...Ken Stott is a fucking rubbish Rebus. Nowhere near as good as John Hannah. Also, they have fucked with the plots mightily.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05633525967964663945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post-53551419764141892672006-09-21T14:30:00.000+01:002006-09-21T14:30:00.000+01:00any time Vicus...but have a word with Beloved firs...any time Vicus...but have a word with Beloved firstgranny phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10208296185844897146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post-74695440004366479392006-09-20T20:51:00.000+01:002006-09-20T20:51:00.000+01:00Cherrypie! Guys and Dolls? For heaven's sake. Plea...Cherrypie! Guys and Dolls? For heaven's sake. Please take that sort of comment to a girly blog.<br />Geoff. Opening episode of the Shield - one of the best opening episodes in the history of this or any other universe. Sopranos is maintaining the high standard in the current series.Vicus Scurrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13731007799031343701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post-37052336093516903262006-09-20T20:19:00.000+01:002006-09-20T20:19:00.000+01:00We've got The Sopranos on DVD and watch it with (E...We've got The Sopranos on DVD and watch it with (English) subtitles.<br /><br />Got a hell of a lot of catching up to do - the Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes box sets plus the first two series of The Shield. Haven't seen any of The Wire yet but will probably get that on DVD eventually. <br /><br />We always seem to miss the reviews at the beginning of things which are unmissable, except for Deadwood which wasn't particularly to our taste anyway. <br /><br />buypim - what you do for your garden party if you can't pronounce your s's.Geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00340519450159428760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post-24745138346983633092006-09-20T20:05:00.000+01:002006-09-20T20:05:00.000+01:00Phew! I was beginning to worry what might be happe...Phew! I was beginning to worry what might be happening on the TV since I last watched ( I think it was June '05 apart from that wonderful Mr Attenborough). Thanks to you I can continue to avoid all such drivel for the foreseeable future.<br /><br />Did anyone watch Guys & Dolls? I didn't but I wish I hadCherrypiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01601809750914618402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post-17832855173920169832006-09-20T18:04:00.000+01:002006-09-20T18:04:00.000+01:00I know what you mean, Richard. I prefer those with...I know what you mean, Richard. I prefer those with subtlety and wit, but am not averse to those that require very little brainwork. The better ones (in my view) like "The Wire" are more drama than cop show.Vicus Scurrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13731007799031343701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post-79590177593485486252006-09-20T17:22:00.000+01:002006-09-20T17:22:00.000+01:00I've just had to look up The Wire. I think I may f...I've just had to look up The Wire. I think I may find that one too depressing as a series. To be honest, I don't really go for the US ones as I find them too over-dramatised. Personal taste, obviously.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post-13584585464106426982006-09-20T17:00:00.000+01:002006-09-20T17:00:00.000+01:00On the TV series, the best by far in the last coup...On the TV series, the best by far in the last couple of years has been "The Wire" even though I only understood about one word in three.<br /><br />And we are about 27 years behind getting NYPD Blue over here. Bastards.<br /><br />I watched Cracker, but found it more than a little silly. Not necessarily a bad thing, but I don't think the silliness was intentional.Vicus Scurrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13731007799031343701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post-64446816274816436532006-09-20T16:18:00.000+01:002006-09-20T16:18:00.000+01:00(Beta Blogger doesn't appear to like me posting le...(Beta Blogger doesn't appear to like me posting lengthy comments)<br /><br />FE, you'll be glad to know there's a new series of Cracker with Robbie Coltrane starting v.soon. <br /><br />I was in the Phoenix in Cavendish Square once after work about 13 years ago and Robbie Coltrane walked in, stood at the bar next to us, ordered a whisky, slugged it back, said hello and walked out. Big bloke. Very big bloke.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post-26033789778198387902006-09-20T16:17:00.000+01:002006-09-20T16:17:00.000+01:00No, not a huge crime follower although I've read a...No, not a huge crime follower although I've read a couple of Peter Robinson's Inspector Banks books. 'Aftermath' scared me shitless and I had to warn my Mum about it when I saw it laying about unread in her kitchen. I've read some Rebus short stories and they left me totally cold. <br /><br />Like you, there is a certain amount of contradiction. I appreciate a well constructed, intricate storyline with well voiced characterisations. In a book. Yet I won't answer the door if Midsomer Murders or Heartbeat is on, preferring them to 24 or CSI.<br />Inspector Barnaby could take Jack Bauer any day. I think it's something to do with TV being entertaining, I don't need it to intellectually challenge me because I can do that elsewhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post-58104656638318314142006-09-20T14:34:00.000+01:002006-09-20T14:34:00.000+01:00I dabbled with the Grafton books, but had no urge ...I dabbled with the Grafton books, but had no urge to get into them. I may have the urge, but not the ability, to get into your hammock.Vicus Scurrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13731007799031343701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post-25789758136822884492006-09-20T14:23:00.000+01:002006-09-20T14:23:00.000+01:00Lucky me/us - nothing like that accessible here - ...Lucky me/us - nothing like that accessible here - though I have been known to sneak a look at D and P when in your latitudes. Not a patch on the books. Anyway can lie in a hammock here and read the latest Kinsey Malone, so don't complain. (Oh and watch Bleak House on DVD after dark. One of the splendid W Clarke's better choice of roles, even though it is odd to see him jolly.) Keep on being dyspeptic VS. I love it.granny phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10208296185844897146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post-36677654123496077622006-09-20T12:15:00.000+01:002006-09-20T12:15:00.000+01:00Yes Mike, but what you were doing last night was s...Yes Mike, but what you were doing last night was so much less interesting than the latest episode of celebrity colonoscopy.<br /><br />cwmusalc - welsh vegetable.Vicus Scurrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13731007799031343701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post-32121766277851307602006-09-20T12:05:00.000+01:002006-09-20T12:05:00.000+01:00If you keep on updating us with what's on the box ...If you keep on updating us with what's on the box I can avoid it completely and get on with my life.Mike Da Hathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04775632289173183048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post-16906650313399083992006-09-20T09:52:00.000+01:002006-09-20T09:52:00.000+01:00I'll get the missis to read this Vicus - she is a ...I'll get the missis to read this Vicus - she is a compulsive reader and watcher of this sort og thing. As you know I only watch reality shows myself.<br />Having said that I did like Inspector Morse's Jag; that was in the days before 12mpg was totally unacceptable, of course.tom909https://www.blogger.com/profile/03379818222923297356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post-86460025356418040832006-09-20T07:05:00.000+01:002006-09-20T07:05:00.000+01:00I'm afraid this genre is one that does little for ...I'm afraid this genre is one that does little for me. PD James wrote one of her stories about a murder in a Theological College, so I read it from professional interest. It was rubbish. the same actors keep appearing in it too.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08403853324345062446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post-34288680459033669882006-09-20T01:06:00.000+01:002006-09-20T01:06:00.000+01:00I must be a twat :-(
sxugbaci - a tobacco suckin...I must be a twat :-(<br /><br /><br />sxugbaci - a tobacco sucking hick.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post-25053037821004947522006-09-19T23:38:00.000+01:002006-09-19T23:38:00.000+01:00Actually, I preferred "Cracker" long before Coltra...Actually, I preferred "Cracker" long before Coltrane got the "Harry Potter" gig, and I always had the pseudo-intellectual hots for Helen Mirren before "Prime Suspect."<br /><br />I only wish that someone would make some really good adaptations of the "Fletch" books.Frontier Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04891697493412161849noreply@blogger.com