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Re: Boxcutters Episode 99

kerrie — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 05:33:13 -0000

See?

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kerrie — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 05:31:48 -0000

San Francisco cocksucker!

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Rob Boxcutter — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 05:18:30 -0000

@ kerrie: I know what you mean.

There's a great scene in an early (series 1) episode of The Wire, where McNulty and Bunk are examining a crime scene, measuring distances and calculating ballistic trajectories and ricochet angles. They talk to each other throughout, and it's not a particularly short scene - at least a few minutes - yet the entire dialogue is restricted to two words: "fuck" and "motherfucker". Very funny, and it reminded me of Mr Wu's restricted vocabulary. Of course, Wu can also say "San Francisco."

Re: Boxcutters Episode 99

kerrie — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 04:54:29 -0000

My favourite part of ep 99 was when Josh said 'Swedgin!' I've been watching series 3 of Deadwood and I can't stop saying that... and 'cocksucker!' (in Wu). It comes out at odd moments. People keep looking at me strangely. I really must stop. Is there a cure for infectious Wu-ism?

Re: Boxcutters Episode 99

Rob Boxcutter — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:25:23 -0000

Ok. Now I have watched the final episode of John From Cincinnati. Look, I really enjoyed the ride. As I intimated in another post, I like to work for my TV enjoyment (but only if the payoff is big enough) and this show did it for me. Sure some of the characters were wooden, and some annoying, but weren't there some beauties! Freddie + Palaka, Barry Cunningham, Ramon, and Bill Jacks (Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ)! I loved the way these guys (the actors) really inhabited the skin of these characters. And yes, plenty was unresolved. You might even say some things were left up in the air??? but this will always be the case, would it not, with a series not knowing its fate after the season ends and having to bring some closure fore the season but also leave enough threads unravelling to pick up if the sho gets the GO for a second season.

Oh I laughed heartily at the characters themselves as well as their lines and delivery. For me it was a show I'd like to collect all the precious gems of dialogue from and display somewhere.

Final tally of the Deadwood Posse I think was 6. Or have I missed one?

Well done Milchmeister! You don't need to guarantee me a destination, just show me a good ride with colorful eccentric characters and the genious actors to play them, and in the playing, transcend them. You keep me entertained with your stylistic speech patterns from another time that intrude into our own and remind us there are odder ways to go

DoeS a show change your life.? It can. It can redefine for you in an instant your tastes and your dislikes and so you get not just entertainment from this process but also change and movement and hopfully momentum to act.

This show is an ensemble, yet only some of the ensemble are people. Some other ensemble members are themes or the thing Palaka does with his arms, or the steady Freddie stare or "which little crushable fly are you to me, The red one?" Squishh, splat.

You will all live forever in the zeros and ones of cass's camera.

Now pleazse excuse my, my bird has me at the accountant at 3pm. . . .

MilcHWeeD!

Re: Boxcutters Episode 99

FulltimeCasual — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:04:31 -0000

hey, great to hear the still fresh bruising from Gat this episode.

you boys watched spaced yet?

what about bsg? sure, its only a 60+ hour commitment to catch up, but bloody hell, you're tv fans.. you can do it!

oh, and when i was eight, i got the most adorable puppy. We had him for just four days when my mother accidently ran over him. he bled to death in my arms.

that experience was still more enjoyable than Curb Your Enthusiasm..

Re: Boxcutters Episode 99

Ross — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 08:02:21 -0000

See? Now THAT is what GAT is all about - finding otherwise unseen great television (that and arguing that other stuff is just crap).

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alex boxcutter — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 07:00:04 -0000

I'm just watching Nathan Barley.....BRILLIANT!!!!!
I mean it's just wonderful television!
Thanks for mentioning it again Josh, I had forgotten the name since last week.

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catbrain — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 00:52:06 -0000

Funny you should mention how long until we get a show of YouTube clips on telly...

From The Age: i-Caught viral video show

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Adam D — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 22:45:39 -0000

Can we play Fantasy Boxcutters? For the magic 100th I wish for a Hardy/Talia double-whammy.

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Ross — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 07:22:34 -0000

I had my suspicions that the used car salesman was in some way supposed to represent God, but I wasn’t concentrating properly at the time; I am interested in watching the whole thing again straight through.

Really? You want to watch it again? Surely once was too much.

Thanks for the article CB. It's an interesting read which makes me think for all his lofty ambitions Milch failed miserably with JFC and that he is essentially a big, pompous ass - which maybe explains the show a little.

(Also, spoilers? What is there to spoil? Nothing actually happened in the finale)

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catbrain — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 03:40:54 -0000

This just to hand: an article where Milch discusses a few aspects from the final ep...

**** SPOILER WARNING FOR THOSE YET TO WATCH ****

"John From Cincinnati": David Milch Speaks

Re: Boxcutters Episode 99

catbrain — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 03:36:43 -0000

Just on the JFC Christianity... I think John's supposed to be an angel or something, some sort of messenger, not God. Cass is perhaps the apostle Luke, the historian of the group? Kai, I don't know... although the last words of the ep "Mother of God Cass Kai" could be the 5 words that Linc asked of John when they had their chat sitting on the asphalt.

I had my suspicions that the used car salesman was in some way supposed to represent God, but I wasn't concentrating properly at the time; I am interested in watching the whole thing again straight through.

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Ross — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 02:04:24 -0000

GUFF is another good word for shit - although it can get you in trouble...

Nelson: Oh, man, that horse don't take no guff from nobody.
Jimbo: Guff?!
Nelson: I mean sh-- [Jimbo and Kearney start whaling on him before he can finish]

I am snobby to chavs, especially when they are talentless slapper ex-bimbo singers.

I wonder if the lack of interest in space is budgetary - much easier to create certain moments in the history of this planet than invent a whole new outer space world.

Also, as far as JFC goes, I don't buy the whole Christianity thing. Not that I think you are necessarily wrong CB, I just think it is another thing the show tried and stuffed up. So John was referring to himself with all that 'God's word' guff? And who is Cass in all that? And Kai? Besides, surely some of Jesus apostles could actually act.

And what the hell was going on with all that faux 9/11 garbage?!? I'm getting angry again. God, that show sucked. What a waste of everything.

Re: Boxcutters Episode 99

MordWa — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 00:21:23 -0000

*wishes upon a star*

"Blue Fairy - I wanna be a real boy!"

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catbrain — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 22:44:27 -0000

Well, it seems that everyone has pretty much chipped in about Doctor Who canon (got that, Josh? - canon, not mythology). I, too, wasn't too happy about last season with all its URST (and heading that way again with Martha) but I suspect that Ross is just a little snobby towards chavs. *grin*

Has anyone noticed that these new assistants aren't jazzed at all by the idea of space travel, but mention time travel and they're so up for it? Reflection of the times, I guess - anyone can pay a gazillion $ and head into space these days.

Re the Foxtel hard reset: Josh, I suspect that your EPG crapped out, which had happened a few times to us a couple of months ago, but the hard reset seemed to resolve it. The reason they have the hard reset msg on hold is because it's like the standard IT question: "have you turned it off and turned it on again?" In the 2.5 years we've had Foxtel I've only had to do the reset twice - you have obviously had a much smoother ride. Perhaps just coincidence that it occurred only a few days after the changeover to iQ (but I know you won't be convinced of that).

Re JFC: I'm sorry to say it because you want it to be something different, but the last ep was chock full of Christian stuff again... Shaunie as Jesus, returned; Linc as Saul/Paul - his resulting conversion and evangelism; the parade = Palm Sunday... it's all in there and more. Despite what Milch had said, I haven't seen that much evidence of a greater spiritualism or "oneness" - it became more overtly Christian as it went on. Perhaps that's what got it cancelled.

Re: Boxcutters Episode 99

ActualChad — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 22:42:48 -0000

Glad I'm not the only one who loved Blink.
First time in yonks I actually jumped while watching TV.

Cheers,
Chad

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jimbo — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 21:14:16 -0000

Duff. That's a fabulous word for something that's shit. Hope you don't mind, AdamD, but I'm stealing it.

Can't get enough of that wonderful Duff!

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Adam D — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:47:43 -0000

Absolutely. Blink is one of the best pieces of television you'll ever see. Ever. Bugger it being Doctor Who; you don't even have to like Doctor Who. It's on in two weeks (Sat week), if I've got my maths right. Cancel everything just to see it.

*** SEGUE ALERT ***

Steven Moffat, who wrote Blink, also wrote Coupling.

*** YOU WERE WARNED ***

Coupling went off. First two seasons are intimidatingly creative and intelligent; last two are duff.

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jimbo — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:39:40 -0000

Josh, I'm blaming you for everything whether it's your fault or not. And don't try to blame the envelope.

By the way... I'm a bloke.

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Josh — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:40:24 -0000

Of course I love the way Brett will blame me for something even after Ross has admitted it was his fault (albeit a completely honest error).

Maybe he just doesn't listen to what Ross says.

Maybe he gets confused because they are the same person.

@MordWa:
Sorry, following Ross's lead I think I also referred to you as a she. But really, can you blame us? With gams like yours anyone could make that mistake.

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fourthof5 — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:39:57 -0000

The doctor who time line follows on from the novelisations which in turn followed on from the original TV series. Speaking of Doctor Who, the one episode you must see, even if your not a fan, is the episode called "BLINK". One of the best episodes of TV this year.

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Brett — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:56:55 -0000

MordWa what was the show you did on RRR?

Some say childbirth is the greatest pain there is - I beg to differ... The last two seasons of Coupling was much worse.

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MordWa — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:40:16 -0000

As someone dealing with a pregnant chick right now-

Uhh- *stops* *waits*

*thinks*

- It may not be worth my life to complete that thought. She may read this...

We'll have to agree to disagree about Coupling - I still say it's more deserving than a number of the nominees (Firefly? Really?!)

Re: Boxcutters Episode 99

Brett — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 09:51:27 -0000

Hi MordWa. I thought, when Josh said it on the show, that it didn't seem right but I hadn't paid 100% attention over the week and couldn't conclusively correct him on-air.

Coupling, I thought, started out OK but by the end I detested it almost as much as I did Helen Hunt by the end of Mad About You - and I FRICKEN HATED HER GUTS!

The neuroses of the blond chick as she was going through being pregnant was the final nail for Coupling but it had started having problems when they tried to replace the zany Welsh character with a zany English character. They just managed to pull it off once, attempting the replacement was sheer lunacy.

I really did give it a number of chances - if only for the memory of Jack in This Life - but the constant letdowns lead me to refuse it consideration for GAT.