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I’m finding it difficult to watch television now, without mentally drafting reviews in my head. It’s getting a little stressful. I should probably start reviewing one more show apart from Alias, but I’m not sure which. MDA is good, but pointless for anyone outside Australia who’ll never see it. Stargate is a possibility, but I feel that there are others who love it more than I who deserve the … honour? Irritation perhaps.
Anyhow, I’m enjoying all three of the above shows. Alias packs more plot into one episode than Buffy puts in five, and still manages to service all its characters with interesting plots. Well, except her roommate with the restaurant.
MDA continues to explore the problems of legal liability when applied to doctors. The show has improved now that all the characters are well defined, and there’s a bit more sparkle to it. Besides, I love watching Australian drama (or stuff from HBO in the US) just for the possibility of someone saying ‘fuck’ when they get really irritated. It often pulls me out of the moment in shows like Angel when something terrible happens and the worst anyone can say is “Oh, damn”.
I like Stargate too. Although Daniel needs more lines. Last episode you could count them on two hands. Though in fairness the actor does wiggle his eyebrows and twich his face enough to almost make up for it when he’s been dumped in a scene with nothing to do. Michael Shanks is good, but could probably take lessons from Seth Green on quietness.
And isn’t Jackson’s weblog exciting? I can’t wait for the next one, where no doubt he’ll tell us to stop reading straight away, and then swear at us as we leave… I can only assume he’s faking insane boredom in order to get much sympathy when we see him again.
Or, perhaps, he’s shit bored truly.
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Shannon
August 9th, 2003 at 5:32 pm
Oh believe me, Francie (the roomrate with the restaurant) gets more plot than all of them put together, soon enough. Theres only so much plot one show can handle Tom. Patience, young padawan.
MD-who? Oh, one of those ABC things huh?.. I’ll take your word for it ;) I’m teasing, whens it on, I’ll give it a burl?
If you want the honour of reviewing Stargate go right ahead. I might be able to catch up with the first half of season six if you review from now on. A complete season in one of those little drop-down boxes. Wouldn’t that be a novelty? :)
Oh, and erm, whats this business about Daniel? Isn’t the current season on tv season six? Which would be the one and only season that daniel is not in?? If you’re talking admirably about Jonas I swear i’ll knock that dipstick head of yours right off your shoulders… DIE DIE DIE JONAS!!
And really, isn’t youth defined by deing shit bored? I mean, are any of us not shit bored?? Though, no, not as much as you Jackson, granted. Ner ner. We have lives. ;)
Tom
August 9th, 2003 at 7:21 pm
Daniel’s very much in Stargate currently. The last 3 episodes involved a peaceful race being forced by the Gou’au’l’d to make weapons, who refused and were destroyed; 2001; and Sam being kidnapped by some guy who got posessed by a gu’euol’d and was then stolen away by ‘Q’ from Star Trek.
MDA is on Wednesdays, 9:30pm. I love watching ABC shows – you get so much more for your hour!
Jackson
August 9th, 2003 at 8:48 pm
Tsk tsk. I’d beat her up Tom! Insulting you like that! Even if we falsely assume that Tom hasn’t seen Stargate before or that he doesn’t know who Michael shanks is – wouldn’t you think he’d notice if people started calling a character “Jonas” and not “Daniel”?
It’s your fault! I mean, now be honest, when is the last time you actually watched a show on television, hmmm? :p
NET JUNKIE! EPISODE THIEF!! Notice how I make these sound like insults.
I of course be a good and wait for them to be screened on TV.
Tom
August 9th, 2003 at 9:25 pm
I’ve checked, and we’re watching season five. Wormhole X-Treme! next…
You’re not just a good, you’re a good upstanding, Jackson.
Shannon
August 9th, 2003 at 11:51 pm
Ah yes, terribly sorry. A certain regular Buffy reporter told me we were up to ‘The Other Guys’ (Episode 608), a person I took to know his Stargate. And then a certain other Cocker, who may or may not have shared a uterus with the aforementioned Cocker once upon a time, was describing the episode he was viewing this week, oddly enough which turned out to be ‘The Cure’ (episode 610).
I forsee two possibilities; A] Tom has gone off his cracker and is hearing ‘Daniel’ every time a character says ‘Jonas’ (and lets face it, we would all rather hear ‘Daniel’ than ‘Jonas’), B] Perth are a season ahead of Melbourne television. In which case, perhaps they aren’t as backward as they all seem.
Either way, Wormhole X-Treme! is a very good episode and I wish you much enjoyment. Especially if you’ve seen enough Stargate special features to know that the people playing the crew in the episode are in fact, the crew. Ie Peter DeLuise (Creative Consultant aka the Wheres Wally extra) “Bigger!!”… you’ll see…
Now Jackson you really ought not to mock episode thieves. I happen to have a client who has proferred money to assist my thievery and mail order services. And I’ll have you know I watched something on tv last night! I was having trouble playing the season one Buffy DVDs Tom lent me on my computer, so I ran it through my dvd player and REAL LIVE TELEVISION. Circa last century.
The moral of the story: It is NOT all my fault. Its all Andrew’s fault. =P
Tom
August 10th, 2003 at 2:17 am
Oh, well if you’d SAID…
Of course Perth are ahead. For some reason, Perth audiences enjoy sci-fi more, and it all gets a bit more showing over there – especially Stargate. It’s on the cover of their TV guide occasionally! I have no idea why.
Shannon
August 10th, 2003 at 1:15 pm
Don’t worry, they get Jonas and you get Daniel. This time they got the bad deal. Mwa ha har.