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GIXXER

Wednesday, March 22, 2006 7:18 PM

...Twin Peaks.

Fair to call it the Firefly of its day.

I think I'm recommending it to the right crowd here. You'll like it, and pick up on some parallels.

G

(There's whores in it)

FIVEBYFIVE

Wednesday, March 22, 2006 7:54 PM

(you ought to get yourself)

...Battlestar Galactica. Easily the best Sci-Fi show on television (that's running new episodes ), and the season one DVDs are reasonably priced. Not the same show as Firefly, but extremely good.

I've never seen Twin Peaks.

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Paladin: So, no wacky zombie with a Hawaiian shirt, then?

JCW

Wednesday, March 22, 2006 7:57 PM

Haven't seen Twin Peaks - but I agree that Battlestar Galactica is a great TV Series.
I also recommend it to anyone.

GUENEVER

Wednesday, March 22, 2006 8:48 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Gixxer:
...Twin Peaks.

Fair to call it the Firefly of its day.

Northern Exposure. I'm watching it disk by disk off of Netflix right now; pleasently suprised by how good it is.

SADLITTLEKING

Wednesday, March 22, 2006 8:50 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by jcw:
Haven't seen Twin Peaks - but I agree that Battlestar Galactica is a great TV Series.
I also recommend it to anyone.

So do I. Excellent series. And it keeps getting better as it goes on. No show has made my jaw drop in shock and awe as much as BSG.

MSCKAREN

Wednesday, March 22, 2006 9:01 PM

Well, Twin Peaks was kind of a freak fest - closer to X-Files, I think, but a good show for sure.

BSG is a good show, too, but seriously lacking in the funny. Farscape might fill the bill for that.

Northern Exposure was "must see" for me when it was on the air but, strangely, I have no desire to revisit that territory.

For excitement now, I watch 24. The Daily Show fills my requirement for clever humor but I miss JW TV!!

So if you haven't tried out Buffy or Angel, you should check those out. JW & company did some amazing work with those shows and you'll see the groundwork for themes continued in Firefly. Angel would probably appeal the most to the 25+ crowd although later seasons of Buffy get very adult in theme and angst.

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DAYVE

Wednesday, March 22, 2006 11:15 PM

Twin Peaks...wow, that's a show i haven't thought of in a while..
I actually recorded the entire series on VHS....so you know it's been a while.
If you know anything about David Lynch (producer/director/writer), you get an idea of the kind of show it was. A few of the films he either wrote or directed were... Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, Lost Highway, Wild at Heart...and the movie about Twin Peaks - Fire Walk with Me..... all very odd movies to say the least. And don't forget the immortal Eraserhead... that one hooked me on Lynch's work...
At the time Peaks aired, it was, beyond a doubt the strangest thing on the tube. Dwarfs, Log Lady, Bob.... Sheryl Lynn Finn (sp), inter-dimensonal time travel.... the whole ball of wax....it really had folks sctatching their heads alright.

My guess is that a lot of Browncoats are like me in that they prefer entertainment that gives you something to think about and not just voting people off an island because they can't swim fast enough or whatever it is...

I've always been attracted to programming that was outside the box...and Firefly fits that mold to a tee.

Thanks for reminding me of Twin Peaks...i'll have to drag out the old tapes.....and the vcr...! hope it still works

AURAPTOR

Thursday, March 23, 2006 1:13 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Guenever:
Quote:
Originally posted by Gixxer:
...Twin Peaks.

Fair to call it the Firefly of its day.

Northern Exposure. I'm watching it disk by disk off of Netflix right now; pleasently suprised by how good it is.

I was nuts about that show for the first 2-3 yrs. Some episode are flat out magical. It's one of those shows that was so good the 1st time watching it, I'm kinda reluctant to go back and watch them again..... strange? Yeah, maybe.

People love a happy ending. So every episode, I will explain once again that I don't like people. And then Mal will shoot someone. Someone we like. And their puppy. - Joss

" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "

GIXXER

Thursday, March 23, 2006 1:14 AM

It just crossed my mind today, and I remembered how good it was. Rich source of sig quotes, too...

I'm glad there are some who have never seen, or heard of it. Makes it so much better when they finally do.

I'm going to get the DVD, but typical... as well as canning it after the second series, they've only published the pilot and first series on DVD

Hang on to that VHS...

I've just got the BSG Miniseries. Not bad, but didn't really grip me. The po-faced earnestness of it was a bit much. Seriously needed to lighten up, or get locked in a barn with an old V-8, some welding gear and enough sheet metal to make a tank.

Mrs G, as a long-time fan of the original (judging by the number of signed Richard Hatch and Dirk Benedict photographs staring down at me) refuses to look at the new one.

G

(Capitals are for shouting. Gordon Cole (David Lynch) was really deaf)

Gordon: HOLY SMOKES! WHO IS THAT?
Cooper: Shelley Johnson.
(Gordon motions he didn't hear)
Cooper: SHELLEY JOHNSON.
Gordon: WHAT A BEAUTY! KINDA REMINDS ME OF THE STATUE, THE BABE WITHOUT THE ARMS.
Cooper: Venus de Milo.
Gordon: THE NAME WAS MILO, BUT THAT'S BESIDE THE POINT. THAT'S THE KINDA GIRL THAT MAKES YOU WISH YOU SPOKE A LITTLE FRENCH. 'SCUSE ME COOP WHILE I TRY MY HAND AT A LITTLE COUNTER-ESPARANTO.
Cooper: Good Luck, Gordon.
Gordon: HELLO. I WAS WONDERING IF I MIGHT TROUBLE YOU FOR A CUP OF STRONG BLACK COFFEE AND IN THE PROCESS ENGAGE YOU WITH AN ANECDOTE OF NO SMALL AMUSEMENT. THE NAME IS GORDON COLE AND I COULDN'T HELP BUT NOTICE YOU FROM THE BOOTH. AND...WELL, SEEING YOUR BEAUTY NOW I FEEL AS THOUGH MY STOMACH IS FILLED WITH A TEAM OF BUMBLEBEES.
Shelley: You don't have to shout. I can hear you.
Gordon: I HEARD THAT. I, I HEARD THAT.
Shelley: Um, do you want anything else besides coffee?
Gordon: I HEARD YOU PERFECTLY!
Shelley: And I can hear you, honest.
Gordon: YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND. You don't understand Miss. Do you see this? For twenty years I've been asking people to please speak up, but for some weird reason I can hear you clear as a bell. Say something else.
Shelley: Um, um, do you want pie with your coffee?
Gordon: Good Lord I can hear you perfectly. This is like some sort of miracle. A...a phenomenon.
Log Lady: What's wrong with miracles?
Gordon: WHAT'S THAT?
Log Lady: This cherry pie is a miracle.
Gordon: WOULD YOU PLEASE ASK THE LADY WITH THE LOG TO SPEAK UP.
Shelley: Um, the pie, she was talking about the cherry pie.
Gordon: I heard you again. I heard you again.
Shelley: Would you like some pie?
Gordon: MASSIVE, MASSIVE QUANTITIES AND A GLASS OF WATER, SWEETHEART. MY SOCKS ARE ON FIRE.

Shelley: Do you want some more pie? A whole pie?
Gordon: YES I WOULD MISS JOHNSON. AND A PIECE OF PAPER AND A PENCIL. I PLAN ON WRITING AN EPIC POEM ABOUT THIS GORGEOUS PIE.

FLORALBUNNY

Thursday, March 23, 2006 3:01 AM

Okay, gorrammit, that DOES it!
Gotta put on my faded Log Lady outfit (where's the ruttin' log???) and order up some Twin Peaks.

bun
-- bastards singed my turtle --
----- why's the rum gone? -----

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