What Did You Watch? 2013-03-08 (Friday)

[Obveeus]

I watched:

GRIMM: this series relies way too much on the plot device of having
characters not communicate with each other. Nick doesn't tell Juliette what
is going on. Renard doesn't tell Nick what is going on. Nick doesn't tell
Monroe what is going on. Nick doesn't tell hank what is going on. Rosalee
doesn't tell Nick what is going on. It took 3/4th of the episode for
Captain Renard to finally break through that plot device wall and start
talking to Nick. Yeah! Who knows, maybe Renard will even tell Nick what
the key is for or Nick will tell Hank that Renard is a mafia family leader
or Rosalee will tell Nick what else breaking the spell involves or someone
will tell Juliette anything or Nick will tell Monroe that he was seen on the
hotel's video surveillance with the 4 dead people. Oddly, though, the 'next
week on' segment looked like everything is going to switch gears next
episode and all of this will be set aside...along with the pregnancy.

CULT: our heroes find the first hints that there really are hidden messages
within the show as they decode the college campus gameplay that some of the
less informed fans are dabbling with. We see an example of why the secret
cult doesn't even know how many members it has. We get an ongoing plotline
involving the main actor on the show being stalked by a superfan/cult
member.

PITCH PERFECT: A theatrical film about college glee clubs. This film had
boatloads of singing, but not much of it was particularly good. In fact,
the only person that I felt did a good job was the lead male 'potential
boyfriend' character. Meanwhile, the lead female, who also stars as the
lead female on CULT's show within a show, showed up here to take up space
and be uninspiring. Lots of the characters in this show had no purpose and
lots of the subplots went nowhere. In short, lousy film.

What did you watch?

[icebreaker]

"Obveeus" <Obv...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:khff34$qnm$1...@dont-email.me...
> I watched:

> >
> PITCH PERFECT: A theatrical film about college glee clubs. This film had
> boatloads of singing, but not much of it was particularly good. In fact,
> the only person that I felt did a good job was the lead male 'potential
> boyfriend' character. Meanwhile, the lead female, who also stars as the
> lead female on CULT's show within a show, showed up here to take up space
> and be uninspiring. Lots of the characters in this show had no purpose
> and lots of the subplots went nowhere. In short, lousy film.

I thought this was a pretty good movie. I'm not sure who you are referring
to as the lead, but the lead in Pitch Perfect was brunette Anna Kendrick who
doesn't appear on Cult to the best of my knowledge (and imdb) although I
really don't watch it. The lead in the show within a show on Cult is Alona
Tal and she didn't appear in Pitch Perfect. You may have her mixed up with
Anna Camp who played the blonde group leader that hurled in the opening
setup of the movie.

[icebreaker]

Last Man Standing (ABC) -- Eve is faltering at soccer and at the rate she's
going won't get a scholarship to college. Mike hires her a coach that sends
the ladies swooning. Eve proves to be her Daddy's girl when the coach tells
Mike she'll never be scholarship material. Mandy is mad at Kyle because he
doesn't argue with her or show jealousy. An episode without the Kid and Baby
Dad. Maybe someone finally got through to the producers just as the show
ends its run and heads to probable cancellation.

Nikita -- I really hate that Amanda is the supercriminal that never loses in
this cat and mouse game they play. Even when Nikita wins, she loses. It's
either Alex or Michael in the crossfire.

Golden Boy -- this really isn't a very interesting show. They cover up
mundane writing for their uninteresting cases with babble between the Boy
and Chi and flashforwards to Boy Commissioner. Gaw. I'm sort of looking
forward to Vegas in this slot now.

Blue Bloods -- so the Commish tries to get a little something something with
a younger lady Erin's age and she goes into biotch mode. He should just plow
ahead since the press will dog him whether he's seeing someone or not. Erin
seemed to be the only one against it. Danny and new partner (Marisa
Ramirez), with FBI hindrance, track down a Bonnie and Clyde couple who took
a cop's gun during a bank robbery attempt. I assume Ramirez is only a
temporary partner to run out the season as they put out a casting call for a
female as smart as Danny (not hard) to keep him in his place. She did a
pretty good job of trying to hold the line until the inept FBIs crossed her.
Anyway, I liked Ramirez and she can stay if she wants afaiac. I also liked
Ian's idea of bringing over Natalie Martinez from CSI NY as she's on the
force already.

[Arthur Lipscomb]

On 3/9/2013 5:58 AM, Obveeus wrote:
> I watched:
>
> GRIMM: this series relies way too much on the plot device of having
> characters not communicate with each other. Nick doesn't tell Juliette what
> is going on. Renard doesn't tell Nick what is going on. Nick doesn't tell
> Monroe what is going on. Nick doesn't tell hank what is going on. Rosalee
> doesn't tell Nick what is going on. It took 3/4th of the episode for
> Captain Renard to finally break through that plot device wall and start
> talking to Nick. Yeah! Who knows, maybe Renard will even tell Nick what
> the key is for or Nick will tell Hank that Renard is a mafia family leader
> or Rosalee will tell Nick what else breaking the spell involves or someone
> will tell Juliette anything or Nick will tell Monroe that he was seen on the
> hotel's video surveillance with the 4 dead people. Oddly, though, the 'next
> week on' segment looked like everything is going to switch gears next
> episode and all of this will be set aside...along with the pregnancy.

How did it end? My DVR cut off on either a final scene in front of the
hotel.

>
> CULT:
Saved for later

>
> PITCH PERFECT: A theatrical film about college glee clubs. This film had
> boatloads of singing, but not much of it was particularly good. In fact,
> the only person that I felt did a good job was the lead male 'potential
> boyfriend' character. Meanwhile, the lead female, who also stars as the
> lead female on CULT's show within a show, showed up here to take up space
> and be uninspiring. Lots of the characters in this show had no purpose and
> lots of the subplots went nowhere. In short, lousy film.

I think I'd rate it higher. It's at least a mediocre film.

>
> What did you watch?
>
>


Degrassi - The 2nd half from a couple of weeks ago dealing with the
suicide and "Ray of Light" part 1 & 2. I was a little amused when they
removed the character who committed suicide from the opening credits
then during the episode one of the plot points was the character was
removed from a video montage and another character commented it was a
bad idea to cut him from the montage as if he never existed.


Switched at Birth - The very special episode with no audible dialogue
but lots of loud background music.


Nikita - Last week's episode dealing with Nikita vs. domestic terroists.


Toys in the Attic (Netflix rental) - I haven't finished this yet and I'm
ambivalent about watching the rest. It's sort of like the Czech version
of Toy Story but done with stop motion. The basic plot seems to be a
doll gets kidnapped by an evil toy and the other toys set out to rescue
her. The foreignness is definitely bleeding through and not in a good
way IMO. I'm finding it overall tedious but I can see how the weirdness
of it all could appeal to some people.

[EGK]

On Sat, 9 Mar 2013 08:58:22 -0500, "Obveeus" <Obv...@aol.com> wrote:

>I watched:
>
>GRIMM: this series relies way too much on the plot device of having
>characters not communicate with each other. Nick doesn't tell Juliette what
>is going on. Renard doesn't tell Nick what is going on. Nick doesn't tell
>Monroe what is going on. Nick doesn't tell hank what is going on. Rosalee
>doesn't tell Nick what is going on. It took 3/4th of the episode for
>Captain Renard to finally break through that plot device wall and start
>talking to Nick. Yeah! Who knows, maybe Renard will even tell Nick what
>the key is for or Nick will tell Hank that Renard is a mafia family leader
>or Rosalee will tell Nick what else breaking the spell involves or someone
>will tell Juliette anything or Nick will tell Monroe that he was seen on the
>hotel's video surveillance with the 4 dead people. Oddly, though, the 'next
>week on' segment looked like everything is going to switch gears next
>episode and all of this will be set aside...along with the pregnancy.

Maybe I'm wrong but it seemed obvious to me that the writers changed their
mind and retconned Renard. He was the one who sent Adalind to kill Nick's
aunt. It sure didn't seem to be about the key at that time. Now they
appear to be setting Nick and Renard up as allies of some sort.

Remember Juliette never believed Nick when he told her the truth about what
was going on before and she still doesn't really remember him. Them not
communicating at least makes sense but in general you're right they did rely
on that crutch a lot with the rest of it.

[Mason Barge]

PARADE'S END (Hours 3, 4, and 5)
Well if this doesn't win or get at least careful consideration
for movie/miniseries of the year, the Emmys need to just give up. I
don't know WHY they combined these two categories when there are so
many ridiculously specific awards given.
A number of reviews have said that it goes downhill after the
first two hours (David Barnett mentioned a review that said this), but
it just ain't so. There is considerably less humor in the final 3
episodes; in fact, it gets pretty grim at times, so someone with no
soul or capacity to watch and enjoy a really compelling and
intelligent human drama won't like it.
For my money, the show was a complete success. I read "The
Good Soldier" by Ford Madox Ford back in my college days and liked it,
but I'd never even heard of the series of four novels this was based
on.
Acting was fantastic, the production values were surprisingly
good, the script was a great job boiling down so much material, and
the pacing was just right.
Bravo, BBC!

Grade: A

[Arthur Lipscomb]

On 3/9/2013 5:58 AM, Obveeus wrote:

> I watched:
>
> GRIMM: this series relies way too much on the plot device of having
> characters not communicate with each other. Nick doesn't tell Juliette what
> is going on. Renard doesn't tell Nick what is going on. Nick doesn't tell
> Monroe what is going on. Nick doesn't tell hank what is going on. Rosalee
> doesn't tell Nick what is going on. It took 3/4th of the episode for
> Captain Renard to finally break through that plot device wall and start
> talking to Nick. Yeah! Who knows, maybe Renard will even tell Nick what
> the key is for or Nick will tell Hank that Renard is a mafia family leader
> or Rosalee will tell Nick what else breaking the spell involves or someone
> will tell Juliette anything or Nick will tell Monroe that he was seen on the
> hotel's video surveillance with the 4 dead people. Oddly, though, the 'next
> week on' segment looked like everything is going to switch gears next
> episode and all of this will be set aside...along with the pregnancy.

How did it end? My DVR cut off on either a final scene in front of the
hotel.

>
> CULT:
Saved for later

>

> PITCH PERFECT: A theatrical film about college glee clubs. This film had
> boatloads of singing, but not much of it was particularly good. In fact,
> the only person that I felt did a good job was the lead male 'potential
> boyfriend' character. Meanwhile, the lead female, who also stars as the
> lead female on CULT's show within a show, showed up here to take up space
> and be uninspiring. Lots of the characters in this show had no purpose and
> lots of the subplots went nowhere. In short, lousy film.

I think I'd rate it higher. It's at least a mediocre film.

>
> What did you watch?
>
>

Degrassi - The 2nd half from a couple of weeks ago dealing with the
suicide and "Ray of Light" part 1 & 2. I was a little amused when they
removed the character who committed suicide from the opening credits
then during the episode one of the plot points was the character was
removed from a video montage and another character commented it was a
bad idea to cut him from the montage as if he never existed.


Switched at Birth - The very special episode with no audible dialogue
but lots of loud background music.

Nikita - Last week's episode dealing with Nikita vs. domestic terrorists.

[KoshN]

Arthur Lipscomb wrote:

On 3/9/2013 5:58 AM, Obveeus wrote:

>> I watched:

>> GRIMM: this series relies way too much on the plot
>> device of having characters not communicate with
>> each other. Nick doesn't tell Juliette what is going on.
>> Renard doesn't tell Nick what is going on. Nick doesn't
>> tell Monroe what is going on. Nick doesn't tell hank
>> what is going on. Rosalee doesn't tell Nick what is
>> going on. It took 3/4th of the episode for Captain
>> Renard to finally break through that plot device wall
>> and start talking to Nick. Yeah! Who knows, maybe
>> Renard will even tell Nick what the key is for or Nick
>> will tell Hank that Renard is a mafia family leader or
>> Rosalee will tell Nick what else breaking the spell
>> involves or someone will tell Juliette anything or
>> Nick will tell Monroe that he was seen on the hotel's
>> video surveillance with the 4 dead people. Oddly,
>> though, the 'next week on' segment looked like
>> everything is going to switch gears next episode
>> and all of this will be set aside...along with the
>> pregnancy.

> How did it end? My DVR cut off on either a final scene in front of the hotel.

It just showed Adalind looking at her positive pregnancy test.

KoshN

[Ian J. Ball]

In article <khff34$qnm$1...@dont-email.me>, "Obveeus" <Obv...@aol.com>
wrote:

> PITCH PERFECT: A theatrical film about college glee clubs. This film had
> boatloads of singing, but not much of it was particularly good. In fact,
> the only person that I felt did a good job was the lead male 'potential
> boyfriend' character. Meanwhile, the lead female, who also stars as the
> lead female on CULT's show within a show, showed up here to take up space

> and be uninspiring...

Icebreaker has already schooled you on this, though it occurs to me that
maybe you were trying to make a joke - remember: humor does NOT come
through on Usenet without the accompanying emoticon!! (a branch of the
Decepticons!!!)

> What did you watch?

House of Blood (recorded) - I recorded this off Chiller some weeks back.
This was trippy. It must have been a German co-production, because I
swear half (or more!?!) the actors in this were German (J�rgen Prochnow
cameos), and I'm not even sure it was filmed in the Pacific Northwest
(it may have filmed in German too).
Anyway, it was also problematic. First, I'll flag it for unnecessary
use of non-linear storytelling (an issue that might have been compounded
by poor editing, actually). Second, it was plenty gory (which is good!),
but Chiller cut out a lot of the gore which is *bad* (Chiller is way up
the dial - why the heck are they bothering to edit for content?!).
Overall, a mixed bag.

The Big Bang Theory (recorded) - "The Contractual Obligation
Implementation". Sheldon, Leonard and Wolowitz have to do science
outreach to high school-aged girls; Raj tries to date. This was a *very*
weak effort, I thought.

soaps - Pass...

The Lost (Chiller) - Chiller goes off-script again, and gives us another
"true crime" flick masquerading as horror (they did this previously with
"Vampire Clan"). (Actually, this flick is only loosely 'true crime', as
it's actually based on a novel by Jack Ketchum...)
Anyway, I don't think this was quite as good as the IMDb reviews
would have you think, though it was still pretty good, and the ending
does pack a wallop.
But there are some surprising actors in here (e.g. Katie Cassidy is
in here, early in her career, in a cameo; Shay Astar, completely
unrecognizable from her "3rd Rock From The Sun" days, is virtually the
second lead - WEHT her, anyways??!!) - for example, you think the
actress who plays the "bad girl", Katherine, is a lousy actress, until
the scene where she gets a phone call about a tragedy, and then you
realize that she can really act. The lead, who plays the movie's main
protagonist/psycho is also quite good.
I'd give this one a "recommend".

Nikita - This really was like a return to the good old days! - Nikita
and Alex go out (alone) on a mission to retrieve Ari Tasarov's son
(played by the kid from "Awake") before Amanda and her crew does. The
other thing that was fun about this is that Division and Amanda actually
go up against someone who's even better than they are - Ari's son's
bodyguard (Andrew Divoff) who kicks their butts several times!
Anyway, fun episode I though. And it sports a shocking twist, re:
Alex (though it looks like they're going to waste the opportunity in
just the next episode... :/ ).

Cult - OK, this show isn't as interesting as they think it is.
To add insult to injury, I finally see Stacey Dash, and she's in this
episode/show for like 2 seconds. At least this episode sported Elizabeth
Rice as the guest-star (though she looks so old now - too old to be a
believable college student :( ). And once Spencer Locke, who will
always live in infamy as the irredeemably evil Bitsy from "Ned's
Declassified...", showed up, it was pretty obvious who this episode's
"bad guy" was.
Again, I can't help but shake the feeling that they took the wrong
tact with this one - frankly, their overall theme of "social media run
amuck" just isn't very compelling. There are other ways they could have
gone with this (e.g. something much more in the vein of "Videodrome" or
"The Signal") that would have been a lot more interesting. As it is, I
find their show-within-a-show a *lot* more watchable, yet that only
shows up for seconds each episode - heck, just drop this boring
conspiracy nonsense with Jeff and Skye, and just give us Agent Kelly vs.
Billy, please!!

After that, I watched the last half of "Transporter 3" - it's quite
derivative of "Transporter 1" (and it's been a while since I've seen
that one...), but I think "Transporter 3" sports a more compelling
'transportee' this time, and better set pieces.

Recorded for later: The Sadist (off TCM), and Walk All Over Me (off
LMN).

--
"Surf-crazed aliens... Of course." - Amber, "Alien Surf Girls",
Episode #1.1, "Wipeout".
Wait a minute... "Of course"?! "*Of course*"?!! Did I miss a step here??!!

[Ian J. Ball]

On Mar 9, 10:47 am, "Ian J. Ball" <ijball-NO_S...@mac.invalid> wrote:

> Cult - OK, this show isn't as interesting as they think it is.

>    To add insult to injury, I finally see Stacey Dash...

Grrrr - make that Stacey *Farber*, not Stacey Dash... :/

[icebreaker]

"Ian J. Ball" <ijb...@mac.com> wrote in message
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Is this last night's or the one before 'cause Farber was in last week's
'sode. I haven't watched this week's yet. It's not a must watch for me.

[Ian J. Ball]

On Mar 9, 11:06 am, "icebreaker" <icebrea...@anywherebuthere.com>
wrote:
> "Ian J. Ball" <ijb...@mac.com> wrote in messagenews:2033605e-ac76-4ea7...@w2g2000pbw.googlegroups.com...

It was last night's episode - Farber is in the very beginning of the
episode, but that's it. :/

(I did miss the earlier episode in which Farber's character was
introduced, though...)

[anim8rFSK]

In article
<ijball-NO_SPAM-CF3...@news.eternal-september.org>,

"Ian J. Ball" <ijball-...@mac.invalid> wrote:

> The Big Bang Theory (recorded) - "The Contractual Obligation
> Implementation". Sheldon, Leonard and Wolowitz have to do science
> outreach to high school-aged girls; Raj tries to date. This was a *very*
> weak effort, I thought.

Very. The idea that the three of them went to find out what girls want
without asking their scientist girls was just stupid. Can you actually
do adult princess makeovers at Disneyland and take the outfits home?
What did THAT cost? And why didn't Raj just, you know, drink a beer?
All he needs is one sip, or the thing in his hand. Carry a damn flask.

--
"Every time a Kardashian gets a TV show, an angel dies."

[Obveeus]

"icebreaker" <icebr...@anywherebuthere.com> wrote:

> "Obveeus" <Obv...@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:khff34$qnm$1...@dont-email.me...
>> I watched:
>> >
>> PITCH PERFECT: A theatrical film about college glee clubs. This film
>> had boatloads of singing, but not much of it was particularly good. In
>> fact, the only person that I felt did a good job was the lead male
>> 'potential boyfriend' character. Meanwhile, the lead female, who also
>> stars as the lead female on CULT's show within a show, showed up here to
>> take up space and be uninspiring. Lots of the characters in this show
>> had no purpose and lots of the subplots went nowhere. In short, lousy
>> film.
>
> I thought this was a pretty good movie. I'm not sure who you are referring
> to as the lead, but the lead in Pitch Perfect was brunette Anna Kendrick
> who doesn't appear on Cult to the best of my knowledge (and imdb) although
> I really don't watch it. The lead in the show within a show on Cult is
> Alona Tal

Ah, ok...they just look similar except for the hair color. They also both
'act' by offering up the same confused blank stare, so seeing them back to
back last night got me thinking that it was the same person..

[Obveeus]

"Arthur Lipscomb" <art...@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:

> On 3/9/2013 5:58 AM, Obveeus wrote:

>> GRIMM:

> How did it end? My DVR cut off on either a final scene in front of the
> hotel.

The Nick/Renard plotline really didn't end. Nick underwent the
'purification ritual' of drinking the magic concoction, but we have yet to
see what else he/Renard may have to do to complete the spell breaking.

The 'big reveal' at the end was Adiland looking at a positive pregnancy
test, but we don't know if her being pregnant with Renard's offspring will
give her a Hexenbiest hybrid offspring or if the blood sharing with the baby
will restore her to hexenbiest-ness.

[chicagofan]

icebreaker wrote:
> Blue Bloods -- so the Commish tries to get a little something
> something with a younger lady Erin's age and she goes into biotch
> mode. He should just plow ahead since the press will dog him whether
> he's seeing someone or not. Erin seemed to be the only one against it.
> Danny and new partner (Marisa Ramirez), with FBI hindrance, track down
> a Bonnie and Clyde couple who took a cop's gun during a bank robbery
> attempt. I assume Ramirez is only a temporary partner to run out the
> season as they put out a casting call for a female as smart as Danny
> (not hard) to keep him in his place. She did a pretty good job of
> trying to hold the line until the inept FBIs crossed her. Anyway, I
> liked Ramirez and she can stay if she wants afaiac. I also liked Ian's
> idea of bringing over Natalie Martinez from CSI NY as she's on the
> force already.

I'd much prefer Martinez over Ramirez, but either one of the blondes are
preferable to her for me. I think I liked the first blonde best, but I
can't remember her name. :-[

What's the consensus here? Who prefers which actress of those we've
seen so far?
bj

[icebreaker]

"chicagofan" <m...@privacy.net> wrote in message
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The first one was Megan Ketch and the second was Megan Boone leading into
this week's Marisa Ramirez.

>
> What's the consensus here? Who prefers which actress of those we've seen
> so far?
> bj

They've all been OK. It's probably not fair to even rank them as the
storylines can make a difference and Ramirez has only appeared once. In
reality it doesn't make much difference as BB has no competition in that
slot for my eyes whether I'm watching live or recording.

[Ian J. Ball]

On Mar 9, 3:24 pm, "icebreaker" <icebrea...@anywherebuthere.com>
wrote:

> "chicagofan" <m...@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:khgc8o$lgn$1...@dont-email.me...
> > icebreaker wrote:
>
> >> Blue Bloods -- so the Commish tries to get a little something something
> >> with a younger lady Erin's age and she goes into biotch mode. He should
> >> just plow ahead since the press will dog him whether he's seeing someone
> >> or not. Erin seemed to be the only one against it. Danny and new partner
> >> (Marisa Ramirez), with FBI hindrance, track down a Bonnie and Clyde
> >> couple who took a cop's gun during a bank robbery attempt. I assume
> >> Ramirez is only a temporary partner to run out the season as they put out
> >> a casting call for a female as smart as Danny (not hard) to keep him in
> >> his place. She did a pretty good job of trying to hold the line until the
> >> inept FBIs crossed her. Anyway, I liked Ramirez and she can stay if she
> >> wants afaiac. I also liked Ian's idea of bringing over Natalie Martinez
> >> from CSI NY as she's on the force already.
>
> > I'd much prefer Martinez over Ramirez, but either one of the blondes are
> > preferable to her for me.  I think I liked the first blonde best, but I
> > can't remember her name. :-[
>
> The first one was Megan Ketch and the second was Megan Boone leading into
> this week's Marisa Ramirez.
>
> > What's the consensus here?  Who prefers which actress of those we've seen
> > so far?
>

> They've all been OK. It's probably not fair to even rank them as the
> storylines can make a difference and Ramirez has only appeared once.

I thought Megan Boone (the second one, and NOT a blonde) was awful
(really uninteresting) - luckily, IIRC, Boone has been cast in a pilot
project, so hopefully she's not coming back to BB.

After a really awkward and awful introduction, Megan Ketch (the first
one) grew on me, though I never thought she was "great" or anything.

I didn't see last nite's epie, but I am quite familiar with Ramirez,
and I can't imagine she'd bug me.

And I really wish they'd consider the ex-Hasidic Jewish guy from a few
episodes back, as I thought he was the best "temp" partner to Danny
we've seen so far.

Still, the best option would still seem to be Natalie Martinez, as
between "Detroit 187" and "CSI:NY", she's aptly demonstrated that
she'd be great on BB.

> In
> reality it doesn't make much difference as BB has no competition in that
> slot for my eyes whether I'm watching live or recording.

It matters to me - if they pair Danny with some real stinker, I'd drop
watching BB's, as it's pretty marginal with me as it is.

[Arthur Lipscomb]

I guess they could do that but if she's not a hexenbiest any longer her
offspring shouldn't be either. Then again maybe she is still a
hexenbiest but her magic is just diluted.

[Obveeus]

Regardless of her own status as hexenbiest (or not), why don't you think
that her child would be one, given Renard's input?

[Arthur Lipscomb]

Good point. I wasn't sure he was a hexenbiest. When you said hybrid I
thought you meant half hexenbiest from her and half whatever he is.

[JRStern]

On Sat, 9 Mar 2013 10:41:40 -0500, "icebreaker"
<icebr...@anywherebuthere.com> wrote:

>Golden Boy -- this really isn't a very interesting show. They cover up
>mundane writing for their uninteresting cases with babble between the Boy
>and Chi and flashforwards to Boy Commissioner. Gaw. I'm sort of looking
>forward to Vegas in this slot now.

Y'know, I dozed off with this on the air, and sort of half woke up and
looked at it, and my impression was guys standing around yakking.
Which we already have far too much of for my taste in Elementary.
There's some decent concept here, but the show leaves me cold.

BTW Chi was on Ferguson last night and was *much* more interesting
than his character.

>Blue Bloods -- so the Commish tries to get a little something something with
>a younger lady Erin's age and she goes into biotch mode. He should just plow
>ahead since the press will dog him whether he's seeing someone or not. Erin
>seemed to be the only one against it. Danny and new partner (Marisa
>Ramirez), with FBI hindrance, track down a Bonnie and Clyde couple who took
>a cop's gun during a bank robbery attempt.

I liked the robbery story, which I guess was the A thread for the
story, I liked them dabbling with the "Occupy" sort of backstory and
characters in the robbers though they didn't really take it anywhere
and it looks like they're mostly dropping it, well maybe continuing it
with the (C thread) website tracking the Reagans (based on actual NYC
controversies today?). Nice if they can make it work, but tricky to
do and bad when it fails. Spoiler ...... Clyde shooting it out wasn't
really consistent with the theme, if you ask me, the cops shooting him
down, maybe, but not him asking for it. For that matter Bonnie going
to the hospital to check on their victim, was a plot convenience too.

J.

[Obveeus]

They still haven't said what he is exactly, I don't think. He is a
'bastard' son of one of the royal families. His mom was hexenbiest, but I'm
not sure that they have revealed what his father was (what the brother is).

[Ubiquitous]

In article <khfl4t$q35$1...@dont-email.me>, icebr...@anywherebuthere.com wrote:

>Golden Boy -- this really isn't a very interesting show. They cover up
>mundane writing for their uninteresting cases with babble between the Boy
>and Chi and flashforwards to Boy Commissioner. Gaw. I'm sort of looking
>forward to Vegas in this slot now.

Every time I hear this show's title I am reminded of a bad ep from the 2nd
season of the 1980's Buck Rogers show.

--
"Re-electing Obama is like backing The Titanic up and hitting the
iceberg a second time."

[anim8rFSK]

In article <khhuo3$7rk$2...@dont-email.me>,

Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:

> In article <khfl4t$q35$1...@dont-email.me>, icebr...@anywherebuthere.com wrote:
>
> >Golden Boy -- this really isn't a very interesting show. They cover up
> >mundane writing for their uninteresting cases with babble between the Boy
> >and Chi and flashforwards to Boy Commissioner. Gaw. I'm sort of looking
> >forward to Vegas in this slot now.
>
> Every time I hear this show's title I am reminded of a bad ep from the 2nd
> season of the 1980's Buck Rogers show.

There was a good ep?

[Ubiquitous]

anim...@cox.net wrote:

> Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>> icebr...@anywherebuthere.com wrote:

>> >Golden Boy -- this really isn't a very interesting show. They cover up
>> >mundane writing for their uninteresting cases with babble between the Boy
>> >and Chi and flashforwards to Boy Commissioner. Gaw. I'm sort of looking
>> >forward to Vegas in this slot now.
>>
>> Every time I hear this show's title I am reminded of a bad ep from the 2nd
>> season of the 1980's Buck Rogers show.
>
>There was a good ep?

Relatively-speaking.

[Ubiquitous]

In article <khff34$qnm$1...@dont-email.me>, Obv...@aol.com wrote:

>What did you watch?

THE O'REILLY FACTOR
• Disturbing situation involving John Kerry and Michelle Obama
• Inside the GOP's dinner with Obama
• Have the facts on your side when preparing for a debate

KITCHEN NIGHTMARES:
Part two of last week's ep. I wasn't paying full attention, but what a
deluded fool that owner is!

[David Barnett]

In article <ufrmj8t32asadqdi2...@4ax.com>,
mason...@gmail.com says...

I am yet to see the last 3 hours.
2 hours next Wednesday, & final hour the following
Wednesday.

--
David Barnett

[Jim G.]

Obveeus sent the following on Sat, 9 Mar 2013 08:58:22 -0500:

> GRIMM: this series relies way too much on the plot device of having
> characters not communicate with each other. Nick doesn't tell Juliette what
> is going on. Renard doesn't tell Nick what is going on. Nick doesn't tell
> Monroe what is going on. Nick doesn't tell hank what is going on. Rosalee
> doesn't tell Nick what is going on.

I think a lot of it is understandable, and I think that you're reaching
with a couple of your examples. Nick and Monroe? What
critical-to-the-plot stuff is Nick keeping from him? Nick and Hank?
Nick's just trying to keep Hank from putting his career at stake.
Rosalee and Nick? Again, what critical-to-the-plot stuff is she keeping
from him?

In short, there are definitely times and shows that I think do the sort
of thing that you're talking about in a stupid way (what was the show
with Ritter's son in it a year or two ago, for example?), but I just
don't it as a major pattern or problem here. The one *major* exception
would seem to be Renard keeping Nick in the dark.

--
Jim G. | A fan of the good and the bad, but not the mediocre
"Good evening. I'm a lizard woman from the dawn of time, and this is my wife." -- Madame Vastra, DOCTOR WHO

[Jim G.]

Obveeus sent the following on Sat, 9 Mar 2013 08:58:22 -0500:

> What did you watch?

GRIMM (NBC, 8 PM) / Face Off
[Nick deals with the consequences of learning the truth about Juliette
and Capt. Renard; Nick must investigate his own crime; Wu responds to a
shooting at Nick's house.]

Had I been Nick, I would have gone with a third option that fell
somewhere between (a) leaving the house after seeing Renard and Juliet
together and (b) killing Renard. For example, how about just concocting
a story that would require Renard to leave? Instead, Nick leaves--and
then seems *awfully* casual in subsequent scenes, given that he has
every reason to think that Renard is banging away at his girlfriend (and
vice-versa) at that very moment. Oh, well. In better news, we get ...
Monrosalee! Yay! And getting back to Renard, how about a little safe
sex, dude? Seriously, even if all of this other stuff wasn't in the
equation, put a cap on it, and all that. All in all, there was enough
goodness here to fill three or four eps of a typical show that loves
padding. But it was full steam ahead here, and it was awesome. The
dialogue was equally awesome, especially from Monroe throughout.
Excellent comic relief. In short: damn, I missed this show more than I
realized, and I am *so* glad that it's back.

Grade: A (it loses the + because it had too little of Hank in it)

CULT (CW, 8 PM) / Being Billy
[When Jeff finds a surprise visitor in Nate's apartment, he discovers
that Nate was hosting a dangerous game; E.J. learns that Nate has been
active online.]

Question of the night: why was no APB put out on the psycho girl? I can
understand that campus police wouldn't initially bite at what they
thought was another game scam, but after the fact? And then there's the
LA cops to call. Instead, our psycho chicklet is free to thumb her way
to ... wherever. Other than that, though, it was another solid and
creepy and original outing, with Knepper at his creepy best. And Skye
continues to be as lovely as ever. I'll miss her, in particular, when
the show inevitably gets yanked.

Grade: B+

[Jim G.]

Ian J. Ball sent the following on Sat, 09 Mar 2013 10:47:53 -0800:

> Cult - OK, this show isn't as interesting as they think it is.
> To add insult to injury, I finally see Stacey Dash, and she's in this
> episode/show for like 2 seconds. At least this episode sported Elizabeth
> Rice as the guest-star (though she looks so old now - too old to be a
> believable college student :(

Dude. She does *not* look old. Seriously, if she looks old to you, how
old do women *our* age look to you?

[Jim G.]

KoshN sent the following on Sat, 9 Mar 2013 10:16:47 -0800 (PST):

Whether it was a desired outcome or not, I can't think of many guys who
would think that a positive pregnancy test result was a "just" anything.
:)

[Obveeus]

"Jim G." <jimg...@geemail.com.invalid> wrote:
> Obveeus sent the following on Sat, 9 Mar 2013 08:58:22 -0500:
>> GRIMM: this series relies way too much on the plot device of having
>> characters not communicate with each other. Nick doesn't tell Juliette
>> what
>> is going on. Renard doesn't tell Nick what is going on. Nick doesn't
>> tell
>> Monroe what is going on. Nick doesn't tell hank what is going on.
>> Rosalee
>> doesn't tell Nick what is going on.
>
> I think a lot of it is understandable, and I think that you're reaching
> with a couple of your examples. Nick and Monroe? What
> critical-to-the-plot stuff is Nick keeping from him?

Hey Monroe. Just as a heads up, I'm investigating the murder of four
people and right now you are the main suspect because they were seen on
video surveillance following you from the hotel.

> Nick and Hank?

Hey Hank, Renard appears to be the local 'head of family' which is
equivalent of the wesen mafia.

> Nick's just trying to keep Hank from putting his career at stake.
> Rosalee and Nick? Again, what critical-to-the-plot stuff is she keeping
> from him?

What was with the silliness of telling him: drink this to undergo part one
of the process...without telling him what part two of the process was for
any other reason than to keep the knowledge away from the TV audience?

> The one *major* exception
> would seem to be Renard keeping Nick in the dark.

Renard waited too long, but at least he finally went for the truth...which
is more than Nick did. Nick, even knowing that Renard and Julliette were
trapped under a spell was still walking around plotting rather than trying
to talk with either of them.

[Ian J. Ball]

In article <muksj8hlqp2po44as...@4ax.com>,

Jim G. <jimg...@geemail.com.invalid> wrote:

> Ian J. Ball sent the following on Sat, 09 Mar 2013 10:47:53 -0800:
> > Cult - OK, this show isn't as interesting as they think it is.
> > To add insult to injury, I finally see Stacey Dash, and she's in this
> > episode/show for like 2 seconds. At least this episode sported Elizabeth
> > Rice as the guest-star (though she looks so old now - too old to be a
> > believable college student :(
>
> Dude. She does *not* look old. Seriously, if she looks old to you, how
> old do women *our* age look to you?

Reading comprehension is your friend, sport - what I said was "[she
looks] too old to be a believable college student", which she does.
(FTR, the actress is 27 years old.)

[BTR1701]

In article <dtksj81a4lhvhdk2s...@4ax.com>,

I still remember the scenes of her in a bikini on that ill-fated MELROSE
PLACE reboot. Best thing about the show.

[suzeeq]

EGK wrote:
> On Sat, 9 Mar 2013 08:58:22 -0500, "Obveeus" <Obv...@aol.com> wrote:
>
>> I watched:

>>
>> GRIMM: this series relies way too much on the plot device of having
>> characters not communicate with each other. Nick doesn't tell Juliette what
>> is going on. Renard doesn't tell Nick what is going on. Nick doesn't tell
>> Monroe what is going on. Nick doesn't tell hank what is going on. Rosalee

>> doesn't tell Nick what is going on. It took 3/4th of the episode for
>> Captain Renard to finally break through that plot device wall and start
>> talking to Nick. Yeah! Who knows, maybe Renard will even tell Nick what
>> the key is for or Nick will tell Hank that Renard is a mafia family leader
>> or Rosalee will tell Nick what else breaking the spell involves or someone
>> will tell Juliette anything or Nick will tell Monroe that he was seen on the
>> hotel's video surveillance with the 4 dead people. Oddly, though, the 'next
>> week on' segment looked like everything is going to switch gears next
>> episode and all of this will be set aside...along with the pregnancy.
>

> Maybe I'm wrong but it seemed obvious to me that the writers changed their
> mind and retconned Renard. He was the one who sent Adalind to kill Nick's
> aunt. It sure didn't seem to be about the key at that time. Now they
> appear to be setting Nick and Renard up as allies of some sort.
>
> Remember Juliette never believed Nick when he told her the truth about what
> was going on before and she still doesn't really remember him. Them not
> communicating at least makes sense but in general you're right they did rely
> on that crutch a lot with the rest of it.

Nick and Renard aren't talking with each other because they think
they're on opposite sides. You don't let your adversary in on what you
know or what you're doing.

[EGK]

Yes, I agree. At the start of the show they definitely did appear to be
adversaries. Renard was the one who ordered Adalind to kill Nick's aunt.

I'm saying now they appear to be retconning that by adding that line from
Renard saying it was always about the key, not his aunt. I would be
willing to bet that the writers hadn't even thought up the key back then.
They just need a way now to set it up for Renard and Nick to be allies
instead.

[Capricorne]

> EGK wrote:

>
> Nick and Renard aren't talking with each other because they think they're on
> opposite sides. You don't let your adversary in on what you know or what
> you're doing.

Nick sees when someone is a creature. How come he never suspected
Renard of being a whatever? :-?

[anim8rFSK]

In article <atropos-F4DD8F...@news-europe.giganews.com>,

http://www.puresexycelebs.com/daypics/200912/pic/J_Lucas-MelrosePlace02hd
-DL.jpg

[suzeeq]

Capricorne wrote:
>> EGK wrote:
>
>> Nick and Renard aren't talking with each other because they think they're on
>> opposite sides. You don't let your adversary in on what you know or what
>> you're doing.

I wrote that.

> Nick sees when someone is a creature. How come he never suspected
> Renard of being a whatever? :-?

Generally he only sees the creature side when they're under strong
emotions. Renard is a lot more controlled and doesn't 'flash' like the
others.

[BTR1701]

In article <anim8rfsk-8B4A2...@news.easynews.com>,

And boom goes the dynamite!

[David Johnston]

Nick sees when someone is a creature _and they lose control of their
emotions_ or deliberately reveal themselves. Up until last episode,
Renard never did that.

[icebreaker]

"Ian J. Ball" <ijball-...@mac.invalid> wrote in message
news:ijball-NO_SPAM-3B5...@news.eternal-september.org...

> In article <muksj8hlqp2po44as...@4ax.com>,
> Jim G. <jimg...@geemail.com.invalid> wrote:
>
>> Ian J. Ball sent the following on Sat, 09 Mar 2013 10:47:53 -0800:
>> > Cult - OK, this show isn't as interesting as they think it is.
>> > To add insult to injury, I finally see Stacey Dash, and she's in
>> > this
>> > episode/show for like 2 seconds. At least this episode sported
>> > Elizabeth
>> > Rice as the guest-star (though she looks so old now - too old to be a
>> > believable college student :(
>>
>> Dude. She does *not* look old. Seriously, if she looks old to you, how
>> old do women *our* age look to you?
>
> Reading comprehension is your friend, sport - what I said was "[she
> looks] too old to be a believable college student", which she does.
> (FTR, the actress is 27 years old.)

Let me also add that she's cuter in person and so very tiny/petite.

[tenworld]

On Sunday, March 10, 2013 6:12:16 AM UTC-7, anim8rfsk wrote:
> > Every time I hear this show's title I am reminded of a bad ep from the 2nd
>
> > season of the 1980's Buck Rogers show.
> There was a good ep?

The one where the pilots were all sick and they brought out the old guys, one played by a guy who was Flash Gordon in the Sat AM serials in the 50s- "I was doing this long before you" is a classic line. But other than that, bedee bedee bedee bad.

[anim8rFSK]

In article <168540ba-d11a-40a2...@googlegroups.com>,

Right, but that's first season, where you can also make arguments for
any episode with Pamela Hensley. My quip was aimed specifically at the
dreadful second season. :)

[Hunter]

On Sat, 9 Mar 2013 10:41:40 -0500, "icebreaker"
<icebr...@anywherebuthere.com> wrote:

(snip)
>
>Nikita -- I really hate that Amanda is the supercriminal that never loses in
>this cat and mouse game they play. Even when Nikita wins, she loses. It's
>either Alex or Michael in the crossfire.
----
One thing you can say about Amanda, she can't fight worth a damn. I
assume she didn't have to go through the Divison self defense/offense
course.

>
>Golden Boy -- this really isn't a very interesting show. They cover up
>mundane writing for their uninteresting cases with babble between the Boy
>and Chi and flashforwards to Boy Commissioner. Gaw. I'm sort of looking
>forward to Vegas in this slot now.

----
I am waiting for "Vegas" to comeback too. I rate "Golden Boy" a
personal 5: Good enough to watch every week but if it is canceled I
won't miss it.

>
>Blue Bloods -- so the Commish tries to get a little something something with
>a younger lady Erin's age and she goes into biotch mode. He should just plow
>ahead since the press will dog him whether he's seeing someone or not. Erin
>seemed to be the only one against it.

-----
Yeah, If he could get a lady like that more power to him. Jamie didn't
mind at all.

>
>Danny and new partner (Marisa
>Ramirez), with FBI hindrance, track down a Bonnie and Clyde couple who took

>a cop's gun during a bank robbery attempt. I assume Ramirez is only a
>temporary partner to run out the season as they put out a casting call for a
>female as smart as Danny (not hard) to keep him in his place.
------
I still prefere Danny's second substitute partner but Ramirez isn't
bad looking herself.
>
> She did a
>pretty good job of trying to hold the line until the inept FBIs crossed her.
>Anyway, I liked Ramirez and she can stay if she wants afaiac. I also liked
>Ian's idea of bringing over Natalie Martinez from CSI NY as she's on the
>force already.
----
I like the idea of a "CSI:NY"/"Bluebloods" crossover, but I think too
much information is around about the City of New York's government and
the versions of the NYPD and it will cause continuity conflicts so if
Natalie Martinez was to play a NYC police Detective it will be as a
different character than the one on "CSI:NY" since they are parallel
universes. It is like with "Golden Boy" we have already seen the
police commissioner there already and it isn't Frank.

------>Hunter

"No man in the wrong can stand up against
a fellow that's in the right and keeps on acomin'."

-----William J. McDonald
Captain, Texas Rangers from 1891 to 1907

[Jim G.]

Obveeus sent the following on Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:02:08 -0400:

>
> "Jim G." <jimg...@geemail.com.invalid> wrote:
> > Obveeus sent the following on Sat, 9 Mar 2013 08:58:22 -0500:
> >> GRIMM: this series relies way too much on the plot device of having
> >> characters not communicate with each other. Nick doesn't tell Juliette
> >> what
> >> is going on. Renard doesn't tell Nick what is going on. Nick doesn't
> >> tell
> >> Monroe what is going on. Nick doesn't tell hank what is going on.
> >> Rosalee
> >> doesn't tell Nick what is going on.
> >
> > I think a lot of it is understandable, and I think that you're reaching
> > with a couple of your examples. Nick and Monroe? What
> > critical-to-the-plot stuff is Nick keeping from him?
>
> Hey Monroe. Just as a heads up, I'm investigating the murder of four
> people and right now you are the main suspect because they were seen on
> video surveillance following you from the hotel.

When I hear "plot device," I think of something that's being used to
*direct* the plot in a specific *direction*. As such, how would things
have necessarily played out differently if Nick had told Monroe right
away about this particular bit of information?

> > Nick and Hank?
>
> Hey Hank, Renard appears to be the local 'head of family' which is
> equivalent of the wesen mafia.

Did Nick know at that time? I can't remember which came first in the
episode between Nick's exchange with Hank and Nick figuring out (via
Monrosalee) that Renard must be royalty.

But even if you've got the timing right, how would things have
necessarily played out differently if Nick had told Hank about Renard?

> > Nick's just trying to keep Hank from putting his career at stake.
> > Rosalee and Nick? Again, what critical-to-the-plot stuff is she keeping
> > from him?
>
> What was with the silliness of telling him: drink this to undergo part one
> of the process...without telling him what part two of the process was for
> any other reason than to keep the knowledge away from the TV audience?

My impression was that she didn't want him to freak out to the point
where he would become resistant to undergoing the treatment. Either way,
though, I'm not seeing this as a "plot device" that's affecting the way
that things play out, given that I believe that Nick would have drunk
the stuff either way.

> > The one *major* exception
> > would seem to be Renard keeping Nick in the dark.
>
> Renard waited too long, but at least he finally went for the truth...which
> is more than Nick did. Nick, even knowing that Renard and Julliette were
> trapped under a spell was still walking around plotting rather than trying
> to talk with either of them.

Again, I agree completely that it's going to be interesting to see how
the writers justify Renard keeping Nick in the dark for so long, and I
don't see how it can be done without some serious retconning of the
early episodes. Beyond that, though, I have to cut Nick some slack. On
the Juliet front, she wasn't all there and wasn't inclined to believe
much of what he was saying when she *was* all there. And as for Renard,
Nick wanted to have as much info as possible before taking him on.
Still, like I said earlier, I definitely had a problem with Nick *not*
figuring out a way to get Renard out of the house, at the very least.
Leaving him alone with Juliet like that was just stupid. So to me, the
two big "duh" things to date both involve Renard.

[Jim G.]

BTR1701 sent the following on Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:14:53 -0700:

Okay, you've hooked me. I'll be back after I do some Bingling. And no,
that's not something that requires my bunk.

[Jim G.]

anim8rFSK sent the following on Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:11:52 -0700:

You're killing me here. That's the second recent link that won't work
for me. (The first was the Summer Glau one with some sort of ties to
loose-fitting tanks and boxers.)

[Jim G.]

Ian J. Ball sent the following on Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:53:55 -0800:

> In article <muksj8hlqp2po44as...@4ax.com>,
> Jim G. <jimg...@geemail.com.invalid> wrote:
>
> > Ian J. Ball sent the following on Sat, 09 Mar 2013 10:47:53 -0800:
> > > Cult - OK, this show isn't as interesting as they think it is.
> > > To add insult to injury, I finally see Stacey Dash, and she's in this
> > > episode/show for like 2 seconds. At least this episode sported Elizabeth
> > > Rice as the guest-star (though she looks so old now - too old to be a
> > > believable college student :(
> >
> > Dude. She does *not* look old. Seriously, if she looks old to you, how
> > old do women *our* age look to you?
>
> Reading comprehension is your friend, sport -

Yes, and you said that "she looks so old now." That's the part that I
was responding to. If you'd just said that she looks old for a college
student, then it wouldn't have sounded weird to me at all.

> what I said was "[she
> looks] too old to be a believable college student", which she does.
> (FTR, the actress is 27 years old.)

I agree with you that she looks too old to be a traditional straight
from high school to college type of college student. But I don't agree
with you that "she looks so old now." If she's 27, then she looks her
age to me. Youth doesn't end just because you're not a teen anymore, and
"so old" certainly doesn't apply to this girl unless (a) you're a teen
or younger yourself or (b) have some really bizarre standards.

[anim8rFSK]

In article <0081k8plpkh62579e...@4ax.com>,

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(The first was the Summer Glau one with some sort of ties to
> loose-fitting tanks and boxers.)

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[William December Starr]

In article <anim8rfsk-8B4A2...@news.easynews.com>,
anim8rFSK <anim...@cox.net> said:

> BTR1701 <atr...@mac.com> wrote:
>
>> I still remember the scenes of her in a bikini on that ill-fated
>> MELROSE PLACE reboot. Best thing about the show.
>
> http://www.puresexycelebs.com/daypics/200912/pic/J_Lucas-MelrosePlace02hd
> -DL.jpg

You know, the top part of that outfit _really_ brings to mind some
of William Ware Theiss' stuff. And hey, if you're going to imitate,
imitate the best...

-- wds

[William December Starr]

In article <0081k8plpkh62579e...@4ax.com>,

Jim G. <jimg...@geemail.com.invalid> said:

> anim8rFSK sent the following on Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:11:52 -0700:
>

>> http://www.puresexycelebs.com/daypics/200912/pic/J_Lucas-MelrosePlace02hd
>> -DL.jpg
>
> You're killing me here. That's the second recent link that won't work
> for me. (The first was the Summer Glau one with some sort of ties to
> loose-fitting tanks and boxers.)

When Fred posts a long URL his editor or something tends to break it
up into two lines that you have to manually reassemble. For example:

http://www.puresexycelebs.com/daypics/200912/pic/J_Lucas-MelrosePlace02hd
-DL.jpg

has to become:

http://www.puresexycelebs.com/daypics/200912/pic/J_Lucas-MelrosePlace02hd-DL.jpg

before it'll work.

-- wds

[David Barnett]

In article <khrn20$nai$1...@panix2.panix.com>,
wds...@panix.com says...

or do as I do:
Copy the 2 lines & paste into the browser.

--
David Barnett

[anim8rFSK]

In article <khrn20$nai$1...@panix2.panix.com>,

How do you fix that and still have line breaks in the text?

[anim8rFSK]

In article <MPG.2bac3b764...@news.bigpond.com>,

Yay for down under wisdom! :)

[William December Starr]

In article <anim8rfsk-94C3F...@news.easynews.com>,

anim8rFSK <anim...@cox.net> said:

> wds...@panix.com (William December Starr) wrote:
>
>> When Fred posts a long URL his editor or something tends to break it
>> up into two lines that you have to manually reassemble. For example:
>>
>> http://www.puresexycelebs.com/daypics/200912/pic/J_Lucas-MelrosePlace02hd
>> -DL.jpg
>> has to become:

>> http://www.puresexycelebs.com/daypics/200912/pic/J_Lucas-MelrosePlace02hd-DL.jpg
>> before it'll work.
>

> How do you fix that and still have line breaks in the text?

I don't know; it's probably specific to whatever editor you're
using.

-- wds

[anim8rFSK]

In article <khsnlk$crm$1...@panix2.panix.com>,

wds...@panix.com (William December Starr) wrote:

> In article <anim8rfsk-94C3F...@news.easynews.com>,
> anim8rFSK <anim...@cox.net> said:
>
> > wds...@panix.com (William December Starr) wrote:
> >
> >> When Fred posts a long URL his editor or something tends to break it
> >> up into two lines that you have to manually reassemble. For example:
> >>
> >> http://www.puresexycelebs.com/daypics/200912/pic/J_Lucas-MelrosePlace02hd
> >> -DL.jpg
> >> has to become:
> >> http://www.puresexycelebs.com/daypics/200912/pic/J_Lucas-MelrosePlace02hd-D
> >> L.jpg
> >> before it'll work.
> >
> > How do you fix that and still have line breaks in the text?
>
> I don't know; it's probably specific to whatever editor you're
> using.
>
> -- wds

I can go back to tiny urls, but you have the people that complain about
those, same as the people that complain about lack of line breaks, or
overly long line breaks.

[BTR1701]

On Mar 14 2013 9:36 AM, anim8rFSK wrote:

> I can go back to tiny urls, but you have the people that complain about
> those, same as the people that complain about lack of line breaks, or
> overly long line breaks.

I just provide the URL or tinyurl and f*ck 'em if it doesn't meet their
personal preferences. They can just not click on it if they don't like it.

[tinydancer]

On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:36:03 -0700, anim8rFSK <anim...@cox.net>
wrote:

>[..] those, same as the people that complain about lack of line breaks, or
>overly long line breaks.

<http://www.puresexycelebs.com/daypics/200912/pic/J_Lucas-MelrosePlace02hd-DL.jpg>

Putting < > around the URL helps for certain newsreaders, it will
recognize it as a link and not break up the text... I think.

[anim8rFSK]

In article <u495k815vgn1onfjh...@4ax.com>,

Then somebody will yell at me about the attributions being the wrong
level :D But I'll give it a try, thanks!

[icebreaker]

BBT -- not a particularly good one imo. The main storyline concerns a letter
addressed to Howard by his absentee father that he's never read that Sheldon
comes across while organizing Howard and Bernadette's closet. Everyone
learns the contents except Howard and when he finds this out, he is hurt.
The others make it up to him by each telling him a different version of the
letter's contents so he can choose what to believe or not since only one
would be the truth.

2 1/2 Men -- this was hilarious for change. I don't know if I was just in
the right mood or what the deal was. Herb is in the dumps and Alan and
Walden try to lift his spirits with spirits and partying. Herb ends up none
the less for wear while Walden and Alan are wrecked. Ryan Stiles was just
hilarious. Alan at the end: "Was that goat wearing lipstick?"

PoI -- this one was nothing special and actually bored me.

Elementary -- Joan gets her own case and an intervention by her friends. As
expected, her case and Sherlock's merge at the end. I enjoyed it.

Community -- Changnesia. This was just horrible, once again. There is no
doubt that this show was Harmon's and his alone. The character interactions
are messed up and lukewarm compared to days of yore. Bleh.

Beauty and the Beast -- Beauty brings out the beast in The Beast so they
push apart. The new ADA turns out to be a weasel. Beauty and Beast finally
get it on. More problems ahead for Beast as the Task Force now has a bunch
of vigilante shoot first ask questions later members.

Vampire Diaries -- haven't seen this since season 2 but the previews made it
look like a funny episode. It really wasn't so back to ignoring this mess.

[anim8rFSK]

In article <khvcs6$rvv$1...@dont-email.me>,

"icebreaker" <icebr...@anywherebuthere.com> wrote:

> BBT -- not a particularly good one imo. The main storyline concerns a letter
> addressed to Howard by his absentee father that he's never read that Sheldon
> comes across while organizing Howard and Bernadette's closet. Everyone
> learns the contents except Howard and when he finds this out, he is hurt.
> The others make it up to him by each telling him a different version of the
> letter's contents so he can choose what to believe or not since only one
> would be the truth.

+1

>
> 2 1/2 Men -- this was hilarious for change. I don't know if I was just in
> the right mood or what the deal was. Herb is in the dumps and Alan and
> Walden try to lift his spirits with spirits and partying. Herb ends up none
> the less for wear while Walden and Alan are wrecked. Ryan Stiles was just
> hilarious. Alan at the end: "Was that goat wearing lipstick?"

+2.5

>
> Community -- Changnesia. This was just horrible, once again. There is no
> doubt that this show was Harmon's and his alone. The character interactions
> are messed up and lukewarm compared to days of yore. Bleh.

Yeah, I gave up on it

>
> Beauty and the Beast -- Beauty brings out the beast in The Beast so they
> push apart. The new ADA turns out to be a weasel. Beauty and Beast finally
> get it on. More problems ahead for Beast as the Task Force now has a bunch
> of vigilante shoot first ask questions later members.

gave up on this too

[Jim G.]

anim8rFSK sent the following on Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:36:03 -0700:

That's why I usually use both if the original is long enough. I provide
the original and then an "or X" on a new line, where X is the tinyurl
*with* preview.

[Jim G.]

William December Starr sent the following on 14 Mar 2013 01:26:24 -0400:

> In article <0081k8plpkh62579e...@4ax.com>,
> Jim G. <jimg...@geemail.com.invalid> said:
>
> > anim8rFSK sent the following on Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:11:52 -0700:
> >
> >> http://www.puresexycelebs.com/daypics/200912/pic/J_Lucas-MelrosePlace02hd
> >> -DL.jpg
> >
> > You're killing me here. That's the second recent link that won't work
> > for me. (The first was the Summer Glau one with some sort of ties to
> > loose-fitting tanks and boxers.)
>
> When Fred posts a long URL his editor or something tends to break it
> up into two lines that you have to manually reassemble.

Yes, and I've had to deal with that and do that often enough in the past
when others have had their software break up a link. Agent is usually
able to handle it when I highlighting the whole bit (broken and all) and
then choose "Launch URL." But Fred's have been giving me a challenge
lately. And they're Summer Glau links so I WANT TO SEE THEM!!!

Ahem. Sorry. I'm better now.

I'll have to see if it's somehow router-related by trying some of his
links from home and from another coffee shop.

[Jim G.]

Jim G. sent the following on Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:53:13 -0500:

> I'll have to see if it's somehow router-related by trying some of his
> links from home and from another coffee shop.

Turns out that it's neither. Technically. But it *is* location-based. I
just had the same problem where I'm at now, but none once I fired up my
VPN.

It's so much easier to see the problem when I get a naughty nanny
message instead of a "404 - File or directory not found" one.

[Jim G.]

anim8rFSK sent the following on Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:03:57 -0700:
> http://tinyurl.com/HotGirl4Jim
> http://preview.tinyurl.com/HotGirl4Jim

May I say that I like your naming convention? :)

> http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0xpn_UJyLZc/T2
> Qq5omQOQI/AAAAAAAAPJg/a7nDWFmshrE/s1600/
> T3_7.jpg
> http://tinyurl.com/SummerTankTop
> http://preview.tinyurl.com/SummerTankTop

Yep, all three launched without a hitch with my VPN running, and all
three errored out without it.

In any case, nice photo, and it appears that her bra might be slipping.
Oh, darn.

[anim8rFSK]

In article <ien4k8lt2fce7drrj...@4ax.com>,

Let me know if encasing the URL in <> fixes it.

[chicagofan]

Ian J. Ball wrote:
> On Mar 9, 3:24 pm, "icebreaker" wrote:
>> "chicagofan"<m...@privacy.net> wrote:
>>> icebreaker wrote:
>>>> Blue Bloods --<> . I assume

>>>> Ramirez is only a temporary partner to run out the season as they put out
>>>> a casting call for a female as smart as Danny (not hard) to keep him in

>>>> his place. She did a pretty good job of trying to hold the line until the

>>>> inept FBIs crossed her. Anyway, I liked Ramirez and she can stay if she
>>>> wants afaiac. I also liked Ian's idea of bringing over Natalie Martinez
>>>> from CSI NY as she's on the force already.

>>> I'd much prefer Martinez over Ramirez, but either one of the blondes are
>>> preferable to her for me. I think I liked the first blonde best, but I
>>> can't remember her name. :-[
>> The first one was Megan Ketch and the second was Megan Boone leading into
>> this week's Marisa Ramirez.
>>
>>> What's the consensus here? Who prefers which actress of those we've seen
>>> so far?
>> They've all been OK. It's probably not fair to even rank them as the
>> storylines can make a difference and Ramirez has only appeared once.
> I thought Megan Boone (the second one, and NOT a blonde) was awful
> (really uninteresting) - luckily, IIRC, Boone has been cast in a pilot
> project, so hopefully she's not coming back to BB.

Thanks for the correction on Boone, I didn't remember much about her
except that I much preferred the first one [Ketch] to her. :)


> After a really awkward and awful introduction, Megan Ketch (the first
> one) grew on me, though I never thought she was "great" or anything.
>
> I didn't see last nite's epie, but I am quite familiar with Ramirez,
> and I can't imagine she'd bug me.

She's the only one I'm familiar with, and I think her dialogue had a lot
to do with my reaction to her in the role. I can't remember now if she
was written too snarky for a new cop or too cute. ;)


> And I really wish they'd consider the ex-Hasidic Jewish guy from a few
> episodes back, as I thought he was the best "temp" partner to Danny
> we've seen so far.

I enjoyed that guy too, but I don't think they'll switch to a male.
Don't know why not though.


> Still, the best option would still seem to be Natalie Martinez, as
> between "Detroit 187" and "CSI:NY", she's aptly demonstrated that
> she'd be great on BB.

I liked her too. :)


>> In reality it doesn't make much difference as BB has no competition in that
>> slot for my eyes whether I'm watching live or recording.
> It matters to me - if they pair Danny with some real stinker, I'd drop
> watching BB's, as it's pretty marginal with me as it is.

It's not marginal with me, but I'd really hate for a dud to be chosen.
Danny's personality needs a good counter balance. ;)
bj

[~consul]

'tis on this 3/9/2013 6:54 PM, wrote Arthur Lipscomb thus to say:
> On 3/9/2013 1:49 PM, Obveeus wrote:
>> "Arthur Lipscomb" <art...@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
>>> On 3/9/2013 5:58 AM, Obveeus wrote:
>>>> GRIMM:
>> The Nick/Renard plotline really didn't end. Nick underwent the
>> 'purification ritual' of drinking the magic concoction, but we have yet to
>> see what else he/Renard may have to do to complete the spell breaking.
>> The 'big reveal' at the end was Adiland looking at a positive pregnancy
>> test, but we don't know if her being pregnant with Renard's offspring will
>> give her a Hexenbiest hybrid offspring or if the blood sharing with the baby
>> will restore her to hexenbiest-ness.

> I guess they could do that but if she's not a hexenbiest any longer her offspring shouldn't be either. Then again maybe she is still a hexenbiest but her magic is just diluted.

There was some hand-wave dialogue that Renard was also part hexenbiest. I don't know when that happened to him thought. I thought he was some furry animals, like the fox. Or was that just speculation on our part? I coulda sworn that he looked furry for us once or twice.

It could have been a side-effect of that drink he took, but I thought that made him "pure" so he could do the magic kiss. Nick took the same drink, it seems to have affected him the same way. I figured part of the cure for his wife would be to kiss her as well, but nope.
--
"... respect, all good works are not done by only good folk. For here, at the end of all things, we shall do what needs to be done."
--till next time, consul -x- <<poetry.dolphins-cove.com>>

[~consul]

'tis on this 3/9/2013 2:34 PM, wrote anim8rFSK thus to say:
> "Ian J. Ball" <ijball-...@mac.invalid> wrote:
>> The Big Bang Theory (recorded) - "The Contractual Obligation
>> Implementation". Sheldon, Leonard and Wolowitz have to do science
>> outreach to high school-aged girls; Raj tries to date. This was a *very*
>> weak effort, I thought.
> Very. The idea that the three of them went to find out what girls want
> without asking their scientist girls was just stupid. Can you actually
> do adult princess makeovers at Disneyland and take the outfits home?

There are signs everywhere saying that only kids" are allowed to wear full costumes, presumably to make sure some skeevy adult doesn't do a grab/grope on the kids taking pictures, or charging, or misrepresenting Disney. And there is an age limit to do the princess makeover, I asked.

[~consul]

'tis on this 3/9/2013 10:49 PM, wrote Obveeus thus to say:
> "Arthur Lipscomb" <art...@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:

>> On 3/9/2013 3:57 PM, Obveeus wrote:
>>> Regardless of her own status as hexenbiest (or not), why don't you think
>>> that her child would be one, given Renard's input?
>> Good point. I wasn't sure he was a hexenbiest. When you said hybrid I
>> thought you meant half hexenbiest from her and half whatever he is.
> They still haven't said what he is exactly, I don't think. He is a
> 'bastard' son of one of the royal families. His mom was hexenbiest, but I'm
> not sure that they have revealed what his father was (what the brother is).

He was a half of something? When did we hear that? Is that probably why he is banished to Portland?

[~consul]

'tis on this 3/11/2013 8:53 PM, wrote Ian J. Ball thus to say:
> In article <muksj8hlqp2po44as...@4ax.com>,

> Jim G. <jimg...@geemail.com.invalid> wrote:
>
>> Ian J. Ball sent the following on Sat, 09 Mar 2013 10:47:53 -0800:
>>> Cult - OK, this show isn't as interesting as they think it is.
>>> To add insult to injury, I finally see Stacey Dash, and she's in this
>>> episode/show for like 2 seconds. At least this episode sported Elizabeth
>>> Rice as the guest-star (though she looks so old now - too old to be a
>>> believable college student :(
>>
>> Dude. She does *not* look old. Seriously, if she looks old to you, how
>> old do women *our* age look to you?

> Reading comprehension is your friend, sport - what I said was "[she

> looks] too old to be a believable college student", which she does.
> (FTR, the actress is 27 years old.)

I think she can pull it off. One thing I noticed in looking at her google images, she could maybe play Natalie Portman's sister as well.

[~consul]

'tis on this 3/11/2013 6:01 PM, wrote Jim G. thus to say:
> Obveeus sent the following on Sat, 9 Mar 2013 08:58:22 -0500:
>> What did you watch?
>
> GRIMM (NBC, 8 PM) / Face Off

> vice-versa) at that very moment. Oh, well. In better news, we get ...
> Monrosalee! Yay!

Why was she gone? I know in the show it was to visit her grandmother, but did the actress have some other gig to fulfill? If she was there, would there have been any major structural changes to the stories if Monroe wasn't minding the shop? She knows about as much of Nick as Monroe does.

[David B.]

On Sun, 17 Mar 2013 11:27:43 -0700, ~consul
<con...@dolphinstakeaway-cove.com> wrote:

> 'tis on this 3/11/2013 6:01 PM, wrote Jim G. thus to say:
>> Obveeus sent the following on Sat, 9 Mar 2013 08:58:22 -0500:
>>> What did you watch?
>>
>> GRIMM (NBC, 8 PM) / Face Off
>> vice-versa) at that very moment. Oh, well. In better news, we get ...
>> Monrosalee! Yay!
>
> Why was she gone? I know in the show it was to visit her grandmother,
> but did the actress have some other gig to fulfill?

The actress was on maternity leave.

[David Johnston]

On 3/17/2013 12:27 PM, ~consul wrote:
> 'tis on this 3/11/2013 6:01 PM, wrote Jim G. thus to say:
>> Obveeus sent the following on Sat, 9 Mar 2013 08:58:22 -0500:
>>> What did you watch?
>>
>> GRIMM (NBC, 8 PM) / Face Off
>> vice-versa) at that very moment. Oh, well. In better news, we get ...
>> Monrosalee! Yay!
>
> Why was she gone? I know in the show it was to visit her grandmother,
> but did the actress have some other gig to fulfill? If she was there,
> would there have been any major structural changes to the stories if
> Monroe wasn't minding the shop? She knows about as much of Nick as
> Monroe does.

I suspect it was because if she'd be in the shop when Renard came in
things would have gone smoother and we wouldn't want that.

[Obveeus]

"~consul" <con...@dolphinsTAKEAWAY-cove.com> wrote:
> 'tis on this 3/9/2013 10:49 PM, wrote Obveeus thus to say:
>> "Arthur Lipscomb" <art...@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
>>> On 3/9/2013 3:57 PM, Obveeus wrote:
>>>> Regardless of her own status as hexenbiest (or not), why don't you
>>>> think
>>>> that her child would be one, given Renard's input?
>>> Good point. I wasn't sure he was a hexenbiest. When you said hybrid I
>>> thought you meant half hexenbiest from her and half whatever he is.
>> They still haven't said what he is exactly, I don't think. He is a
>> 'bastard' son of one of the royal families. His mom was hexenbiest, but
>> I'm
>> not sure that they have revealed what his father was (what the brother
>> is).
>
> He was a half of something? When did we hear that? Is that probably why he
> is banished to Portland?

He has been called out for being a bastard son with his mother a hexenbeist.
His father may be hexenbeidst too, but I don't think that has been revealed,
so he may have been some other form of Wesen.

[anim8rFSK]

In article <ki51bs$6mu$2...@dont-email.me>,

~consul <con...@dolphinsTAKEAWAY-cove.com> wrote:

> 'tis on this 3/9/2013 2:34 PM, wrote anim8rFSK thus to say:
> > "Ian J. Ball" <ijball-...@mac.invalid> wrote:
> >> The Big Bang Theory (recorded) - "The Contractual Obligation
> >> Implementation". Sheldon, Leonard and Wolowitz have to do science
> >> outreach to high school-aged girls; Raj tries to date. This was a *very*
> >> weak effort, I thought.
> > Very. The idea that the three of them went to find out what girls want
> > without asking their scientist girls was just stupid. Can you actually
> > do adult princess makeovers at Disneyland and take the outfits home?
>
> There are signs everywhere saying that only kids" are allowed to wear full
> costumes, presumably to make sure some skeevy adult doesn't do a grab/grope
> on the kids taking pictures, or charging, or misrepresenting Disney. And
> there is an age limit to do the princess makeover, I asked.

Thanks. This website says they'll do adult makeovers, but they only
stock the costumes in children's ...

http://www.magicalkingdoms.com/dlc/parks/dl_bibbidi.html

[David Barnett]

In article <ki517v$6mu$1...@dont-email.me>,
con...@dolphinsTAKEAWAY-cove.com says...
<snip>

>
> There was some hand-wave dialogue that Renard was also part hexenbiest.
> I don't know when that happened to him thought. I
> thought he was some furry animals, like the fox. Or was
> that just speculation on our part? I coulda sworn that
> he looked furry for us once or twice.

"Reynard" is another name for a fox.
I think "Renard" is also an alternative name.

--
David Barnett

[Capricorne]

> In article <ki517v$6mu$1...@dont-email.me>,
> con...@dolphinsTAKEAWAY-cove.com says...
> <snip>
>>

>

> "Reynard" is another name for a fox.
> I think "Renard" is also an alternative name.

Renard is French for fox.

[Jim G.]

~consul sent the following on Sun, 17 Mar 2013 14:27:43 -0400:

> 'tis on this 3/11/2013 6:01 PM, wrote Jim G. thus to say:
> > Obveeus sent the following on Sat, 9 Mar 2013 08:58:22 -0500:
> >> What did you watch?
> >
> > GRIMM (NBC, 8 PM) / Face Off
> > vice-versa) at that very moment. Oh, well. In better news, we get ...
> > Monrosalee! Yay!
>
> Why was she gone?

She was off having a little hexenbeist or blutbad or whatever of her own
in real life.

> I know in the show it was to visit her grandmother, but did the actress have some other gig to fulfill? If she was there, would there have been any major structural changes to the stories if Monroe wasn't minding the shop? She knows about as much of Nick as Monroe does.

I don't think it would have changed, given that Monroe was always able
to call her for help in mixing together the latest potion or whatnot.
And on the Wesen side of things, Monroe is already well versed.

--
Jim G. | A fan of the good and the bad, but not the mediocre

"Relax. It's North Korea, the nation-state equivalent of the short bus." -- Sterling Archer, ARCHER