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 Sep 10 2008, 03:14 PM
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  Group: Moderators Posts: 1,767 Joined: 9-June 03 From: North Carolina Member No.: 374 Gender: Male  |
I've really gotten addicted to Skins lately. And I've been watching the Graham Norton Show for a bit, too.
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Sep 22 2008, 09:34 AM
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 Light On The Surface Group: Moderators Posts: 4,370 Joined: 4-March 03 From: Banjomouse Record House Member No.: 91 Gender: Male |
Watched [rec] last night. Still waiting for my heart to slow to normal rate.
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Sep 29 2008, 12:59 PM
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 'Trouble Down Pit' now online! Group: Admin Posts: 10,139 Joined: 22-February 03 From: Southern UK Member No.: 1 Gender: Male |
I liked Rec, but it didn't scare me as much as I was expecting. I think I'd just read too many reviews and was expecting The Third Man of horror films. 'Twas very good, just not the life-changingly awesomeness I anticipated.
I watched Doomsday last week. It's a British film that's a mix between 28 Days Later, Mad Max, and a dash of Trainspotting. Unfortunately, it turns out that the result is a bit of a mess. It's enjoyable enough, just about, but I wouldn't go out of your way to see it. It really could have done with a decent script editor and dropping ten minutes on the cutting room floor. -------------------- Trouble Down Pit: Still updated every Monday and Friday
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Sep 29 2008, 01:23 PM
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 I could have written a short novel by this point Group: Established Members Posts: 1,579 Joined: 4-August 08 Member No.: 12,759 Gender: Secret |
I saw Ghost Town the other day. It was pretty funny. I also saw Pathology, which we rented, it was okay.
-------------------- Every atom in your body came from a star that exploded. And, the atoms in your left hand probably came from a different star than your right hand. It really is the most poetic thing I know about physics: You are all stardust. You couldn’t be here if stars hadn’t exploded, because the elements - the carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, iron, all the things that matter for evolution and for life - weren’t created at the beginning of time. They were created in the nuclear furnaces of stars, and the only way for them to get into your body is if those stars were kind enough to explode. So, forget God. The stars died so that you could be here today. ~Lawrence Krauss
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Oct 1 2008, 12:28 PM
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'Trouble Down Pit' now online! Group: Admin Posts: 10,139 Joined: 22-February 03 From: Southern UK Member No.: 1 Gender: Male |
Heroes season 3! Yay! Season 2 was a bit patchy, so hopefully they'll get back to the brilliance of season 1 this time.
I've just started on Dexter season 2, which looks like it might be a lot more grim than season 1. I've only seen the first episode, but it rather looks like everything is going to go wrong and he'lll be tempted to the dark side... The dark side of serial killing. Which looks totally different from the light side of serial killing. Yup. -------------------- Trouble Down Pit: Still updated every Monday and Friday
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Oct 1 2008, 03:32 PM
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Light On The Surface Group: Moderators Posts: 4,370 Joined: 4-March 03 From: Banjomouse Record House Member No.: 91 Gender: Male |
I really enjoyed the first series of Dexter, so I'm rather tempted by the second one myself. And woo! Heroes!
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Oct 1 2008, 03:45 PM
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 Has been kidnapped by gerbils and forced to post on here repeatedly Group: Established Members Posts: 1,088 Joined: 18-September 03 From: London Member No.: 606 Gender: Female |
I'm watching the latest season of heroes as well. It still doesn't seem as good as season 1 was but it's not so bad I'll stop watching. Dexter is awesome. Also I'm slowly working my way through House which is the best show ever ever ever and I love it. I'm up to the 3rd season now.
Thanks to 4oD I've spent the last few days watching almost every episode of Peep Show (one of the series didn't have a button to stream the episodes for some reason) which made me lol on several occasions  I'm actually pretty impressed with all the shows channel 4 lets you watch for free - it just sucks that they force you to use windows, internet explorer and their own awful software in order to do so.
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Oct 6 2008, 11:31 PM
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 M.I.A. Group: Established Members Posts: 275 Joined: 22-January 08 From: Condominium Member No.: 7,112 Gender: Male |
QUOTE (Mata @ Sep 29 2008, 08:59 AM)  I liked Rec, but it didn't scare me as much as I was expecting. I think I'd just read too many reviews and was expecting The Third Man of horror films. 'Twas very good, just not the life-changingly awesomeness I anticipated. I watched Doomsday last week. It's a British film that's a mix between 28 Days Later, Mad Max, and a dash of Trainspotting. Unfortunately, it turns out that the result is a bit of a mess. It's enjoyable enough, just about, but I wouldn't go out of your way to see it. It really could have done with a decent script editor and dropping ten minutes on the cutting room floor. I agree..the movie wasn't a total disaster, but the story seemed kinda played out. Recently most of the films (not sure how it is over there) in the U.S that are "scary" involve a disease and zombies. I thought it to kinda be a poor knock-off of the Resident Evil Movies. (Both movies: virus that turns people into zombies..People/Police(?) sent in to destroy the infected and find a cure for the infection..) It could've been much better, but it could slide for passable. -------------------- "I worship individuals for their highest possibilities as individuals, and I loathe humanity, for its failure to live up to these possibilities." -Ayn Rand |
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Oct 7 2008, 01:25 PM
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I could have written a short novel by this point Group: Established Members Posts: 1,579 Joined: 4-August 08 Member No.: 12,759 Gender: Secret |
I watched Shallow Hall twoish days ago. HILARIOUS.
-------------------- Every atom in your body came from a star that exploded. And, the atoms in your left hand probably came from a different star than your right hand. It really is the most poetic thing I know about physics: You are all stardust. You couldn’t be here if stars hadn’t exploded, because the elements - the carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, iron, all the things that matter for evolution and for life - weren’t created at the beginning of time. They were created in the nuclear furnaces of stars, and the only way for them to get into your body is if those stars were kind enough to explode. So, forget God. The stars died so that you could be here today. ~Lawrence Krauss
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Oct 11 2008, 04:50 AM
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 Lord of the Keys Group: Established Members Posts: 2,197 Joined: 1-October 04 From: Wonderful-smelling dwelling in French-Canada Member No.: 1,329 Gender: Female |
Eastern--m--effing---Promises
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Oct 12 2008, 03:12 AM
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M.I.A. Group: Established Members Posts: 275 Joined: 22-January 08 From: Condominium Member No.: 7,112 Gender: Male |
I saw I, Robot for the hundreath time..it is still awesome to watch.
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Oct 12 2008, 09:27 PM
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I could have written a short novel by this point Group: Established Members Posts: 1,579 Joined: 4-August 08 Member No.: 12,759 Gender: Secret |
I'm watching MTV's newest failure: Paris Hilton is my new BFF. Completely stupid, but watching drunk people throw-up on a yacht is hilarious.
-------------------- Every atom in your body came from a star that exploded. And, the atoms in your left hand probably came from a different star than your right hand. It really is the most poetic thing I know about physics: You are all stardust. You couldn’t be here if stars hadn’t exploded, because the elements - the carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, iron, all the things that matter for evolution and for life - weren’t created at the beginning of time. They were created in the nuclear furnaces of stars, and the only way for them to get into your body is if those stars were kind enough to explode. So, forget God. The stars died so that you could be here today. ~Lawrence Krauss
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Nov 10 2008, 04:43 PM
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 Roger Rabbit, having hit the skids, is now busking for a living. Group: Moderators Posts: 8,645 Joined: 4-March 03 From: In front of the screen Member No.: 95 Gender: Male |
QUOTE (Yannick @ Oct 7 2008, 01:25 PM) I watched Shallow Hall twoish days ago. HILARIOUS. I'd be inclined to disagree. Perhaps it's just because I'm older and have been tainted by the likes of Monty Python, or maybe it's just a different sense of humour, but I found Shallow Hal to be, well, shallow. The cast made a decent fist of it, but it was obviously a vehicle for Jack Black. The plot was a bit weak, the morality of the basic premise was a bit forced, the humour was obvious and the end was guessable from the opening scene. It was funny in parts, just not laugh out loud. Mind, at least we have recorded evidence here that Gwyneth Paltrow knows how to smile Last night I watched "The Longest Yard" - the remake, not the original. This was a good film with some very funny parts and some darker moments. I've not seen the original, with Burt Reynolds as the lead (he's in the remake as well, just not as the lead role), but I've seen the Brit Flick remake, "Mean Machine", which is ostensibly the same film but with football (soccer) as the sporting theme and a much harder cast comprising the same faces that Guy Ritchie usually rolls out. It's a much gritter film, which should be expected given who's directing it, and this makes the humour all the funnier. There's the added element that Vinnie Jones used to be a football player and was a notoriously hard bastard on the pitch. -------------------- The author of this post is entirely fictional and is intended for entertainment purposes only. The views of the author are not necessarily representative of the views of Matazone, Mata himself nor any of his assorted cronies, friends, allies, associates or hangers-on. Any resemblance to other posts, alive or dead, is purely coincidental and is not intentional. Except when that's the point of the post, in which case it is intentional and no coincidence is applied, inferred or otherwise described by another long legalese term which temporarily escapes me. No animals have been hurt in the production of this post, although I did kick the cat before I sat down at the computer. |
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Nov 10 2008, 09:01 PM
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I could have written a short novel by this point Group: Established Members Posts: 1,579 Joined: 4-August 08 Member No.: 12,759 Gender: Secret |
^ Dude it was funny. But I'm kind of lame at thinking most things Jack Black are funny. (School of Rock does not suck, okay?)
Watched Saw 5 Friday night. Nothing too different from the other ones. Worth it because of the first scene, but they killed off my favorite guy second. Going to see Zack and Miri Make A Porno on Wednesday. -------------------- Every atom in your body came from a star that exploded. And, the atoms in your left hand probably came from a different star than your right hand. It really is the most poetic thing I know about physics: You are all stardust. You couldn’t be here if stars hadn’t exploded, because the elements - the carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, iron, all the things that matter for evolution and for life - weren’t created at the beginning of time. They were created in the nuclear furnaces of stars, and the only way for them to get into your body is if those stars were kind enough to explode. So, forget God. The stars died so that you could be here today. ~Lawrence Krauss
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Nov 14 2008, 11:46 AM
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Roger Rabbit, having hit the skids, is now busking for a living. Group: Moderators Posts: 8,645 Joined: 4-March 03 From: In front of the screen Member No.: 95 Gender: Male |
QUOTE (Yannick @ Nov 10 2008, 09:01 PM) ^ Dude it was funny. But I'm kind of lame at thinking most things Jack Black are funny. (School of Rock does not suck, okay?) I'm inclined to agree. School of Rock was really good. I like Tenacious D (although I've not seen "Pick of Destiny" yet) and I even liked him in "King Kong". I just thought Shallow Hal was a bit weak. The other night I watched the documentary "Thrilla in Manila", which is about the landmark boxing match between Mohammed Ali and Joe Fraser. I'm not normally a boxing fan, but this was fascinating. The basic premise is that Ali had lost his boxing licence for not fighting in Vietnam, and Joe Fraser wanted him to get his licence back so they could fight. Joe, at the time, was heavyweight champion, but never got due credit because he never fought Ali. The docu went through all the events leading up to their massive showcase fight in Manila. Apparently, Fraser went through hoops to defend Ali, giving him money and lobbying to get his licence back. And then Ali turns round and calls Fraser "Gorilla" and "Uncle Tom" prior to the fight. What a pleasant chap. NOT! -------------------- The author of this post is entirely fictional and is intended for entertainment purposes only. The views of the author are not necessarily representative of the views of Matazone, Mata himself nor any of his assorted cronies, friends, allies, associates or hangers-on. Any resemblance to other posts, alive or dead, is purely coincidental and is not intentional. Except when that's the point of the post, in which case it is intentional and no coincidence is applied, inferred or otherwise described by another long legalese term which temporarily escapes me. No animals have been hurt in the production of this post, although I did kick the cat before I sat down at the computer. |
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Nov 14 2008, 12:22 PM
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I could have written a short novel by this point Group: Established Members Posts: 1,579 Joined: 4-August 08 Member No.: 12,759 Gender: Secret |
The Pick of Destiny was awwwesome! We watched it at my cousin's house during the summer or Christmas or something (we weren't at school, I know that much).
I'm watching the news. Yay weather. It's colder again! -------------------- Every atom in your body came from a star that exploded. And, the atoms in your left hand probably came from a different star than your right hand. It really is the most poetic thing I know about physics: You are all stardust. You couldn’t be here if stars hadn’t exploded, because the elements - the carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, iron, all the things that matter for evolution and for life - weren’t created at the beginning of time. They were created in the nuclear furnaces of stars, and the only way for them to get into your body is if those stars were kind enough to explode. So, forget God. The stars died so that you could be here today. ~Lawrence Krauss
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Nov 16 2008, 03:05 AM
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I could have written a short novel by this point Group: Established Members Posts: 1,579 Joined: 4-August 08 Member No.: 12,759 Gender: Secret |
Quantum of Solace is so boring. There was a part in the middle that was decent, but the rest of it sucked completely. I didn't stay to see the ending.
Zack and Miri Makes a Porno is the best romantic comedy I have ever seen. I don't think any film has ever made me LOL more. -------------------- Every atom in your body came from a star that exploded. And, the atoms in your left hand probably came from a different star than your right hand. It really is the most poetic thing I know about physics: You are all stardust. You couldn’t be here if stars hadn’t exploded, because the elements - the carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, iron, all the things that matter for evolution and for life - weren’t created at the beginning of time. They were created in the nuclear furnaces of stars, and the only way for them to get into your body is if those stars were kind enough to explode. So, forget God. The stars died so that you could be here today. ~Lawrence Krauss
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Nov 17 2008, 02:50 PM
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Roger Rabbit, having hit the skids, is now busking for a living. Group: Moderators Posts: 8,645 Joined: 4-March 03 From: In front of the screen Member No.: 95 Gender: Male |
It's a little known fact that my music server doubles up as a video library, upon which is contained a modest number of movies I intend to watch at some point in my life. Yes, modest. I've got one whole terabyte of storage space and it's 75% unused currently.
Anyway, last Saturday we decided to watch one of said films: "Forgetting Sarah Marshall". A number of things struck me about this film. Firstly, I thought there were one too many "sausage shots" of Jason Segel. Also, his character wasn't especially funny apart from his Dracula musical. The plot was wafer thin and the outcome was bleeding obvious from the moment I saw him talking to Mila Kunis. No, seriously. As soon as they spoke, I thought to myself "He's going to shag her, then get dumped because of some incident with his ex, and then get back together again under spurious circumstances." The next thing I noticed is that Mila Kunis provides the voice of Meg in "Family Guy" (or at least she does in the later series). It was fully 25 minutes before I twigged where I'd heard her voice before and it was only during one scene I thought "Aha! She's Meg!" And then I realised how bloody annoying her voice is, and despite being quite cute, I'd want to give her a laryngectomy. And I noticed was that Russell Brand, despite suggestions he was a good actor, wasn't really acting at all. No, he was just being his usual odd self. Overall, the film was okay, but it needed to be a bit funnier. Seriously, it was begging for it. Of no interest whatsoever, Jason Segel's character in "How I Met Your Mother" is called Marshall. I don't think his character in that is especially funny either. None of them are. Well, except Barney. -------------------- The author of this post is entirely fictional and is intended for entertainment purposes only. The views of the author are not necessarily representative of the views of Matazone, Mata himself nor any of his assorted cronies, friends, allies, associates or hangers-on. Any resemblance to other posts, alive or dead, is purely coincidental and is not intentional. Except when that's the point of the post, in which case it is intentional and no coincidence is applied, inferred or otherwise described by another long legalese term which temporarily escapes me. No animals have been hurt in the production of this post, although I did kick the cat before I sat down at the computer. |
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Nov 17 2008, 03:04 PM
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Light On The Surface Group: Moderators Posts: 4,370 Joined: 4-March 03 From: Banjomouse Record House Member No.: 91 Gender: Male |
Interestingly, given the weight of interest given to Jack Black recently in this here thread, I watched 'Be Kind Rewind' last night. Whilst it didn't blow me away, I thought it was a very sweet film, and thoroughly enjoyable. The Ghostbusters sequence did threaten to cripple me with mirth, however.
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Nov 25 2008, 09:01 PM
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I could have written a short novel by this point Group: Established Members Posts: 1,579 Joined: 4-August 08 Member No.: 12,759 Gender: Secret |
Red vs. Blue is the most brilliant thing ever. I started watching it because I joined a game of Mafia based on it and there will be trivia, but now I'm hooked.
-------------------- Every atom in your body came from a star that exploded. And, the atoms in your left hand probably came from a different star than your right hand. It really is the most poetic thing I know about physics: You are all stardust. You couldn’t be here if stars hadn’t exploded, because the elements - the carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, iron, all the things that matter for evolution and for life - weren’t created at the beginning of time. They were created in the nuclear furnaces of stars, and the only way for them to get into your body is if those stars were kind enough to explode. So, forget God. The stars died so that you could be here today. ~Lawrence Krauss
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Mar 1 2009, 08:49 PM
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 Advice for the young at heart Group: Moderators Posts: 2,705 Joined: 26-February 03 From: Essex, UK Member No.: 33 Gender: Male |
I just watched the first half of Extras, series 2. I like the show, even though I never "laugh out loud" at much of it. But one of the episodes actually got a vocal reaction from me, so I'm enjoying it even more now
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Mar 1 2009, 09:59 PM
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 dream to make believe Group: Established Members Posts: 2,522 Joined: 12-January 04 From: England Member No.: 863 Gender: Female |
Has anyone else been watching Dollhouse?
Been trying to persuade Mr Stubborn Pants that he shouldn't judge things by the first 20 mins of the pilot. The second ep thoroughly creeped me out, Matt Keeslar can be really creepy! On the Matt Keeslat note - anyone who hasn't seen The Middleman (stupid ABC with their stupid cancelling the best things and letting the crap go on forever) should watch it RIGHT NOW!! -------------------- |
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Mar 1 2009, 10:11 PM
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Advice for the young at heart Group: Moderators Posts: 2,705 Joined: 26-February 03 From: Essex, UK Member No.: 33 Gender: Male |
Oh, and I watched The Shawshank Redemption last night.
I cannot believe that I have been avoiding that film for so long. It was superb! I don't know what I THOUGHT it was about, because it exceeded all expectations. Also saw Gran Torino at the cinema last week. Wasn't sure about it as I walked in, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. -------------------- |
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Mar 2 2009, 11:25 PM
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 Take apart your head Group: Established Members Posts: 1,323 Joined: 17-January 05 From: Old Hampshire Member No.: 1,599 Gender: Male |
I've been watching Dollhouse. It's okay, and would probably be good except that this is a Joss Whedon production and thus I was expecting a lot more wit from it.
I have still been watching lots of films at the cinema. Here is a rough summary of the year so far: Benjamin Button is amazingly awesome. Slumdog Millionaire is highly over-rated. Push is this year's Jumper. Milk made me wish I was gay. The Wrestler made me glad I'm not a wrestler. The Spirit confused me because even when Samuel L Jackson was on screen I was not enjoying it. Underworld 3 proved that yes, Rhona Mitra is indeed a poor man's Kate Beckinsale. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist is lovely. Sex Drive proved you don't have to be original to be funny. Doubt proved Amy Adams is the loveliest person ever. Three hours later, Benjamin Button is still amazingly awesome, only this time I am crying. -------------------- |
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Mar 3 2009, 08:51 AM
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 Ooga Booga!! SMILE! Group: Moderators Posts: 1,293 Joined: 19-October 04 From: No Quite Londinium Member No.: 1,379 Gender: Male |
I'm intrigued about Dollhouse, excited but not sure if it'll live up to expectation once I get me a few episodes.
It might be a bit late seeing as the last episode was on on Sunday but boy I cannot recommend Being Human enough! It's been a fantastic series and I'm really really really hopuing for another series. It's so well written and far less an outright comedy than I thought it was going to be, far more a drama with some hilarious laugh out loud moments. The writing is everything you'd want from a high end show and while the budget was pretty low they've used it on some quality pieces and it doesn't really show at all. I'd expect it do go down well in the States if the reaction of a couple of friends over there is anything to go by. It's just finished a run on BBC3 so I don't know if it'll hit normal channels but I'd say hunt it down; come on, a werewolf, vampire and ghost sharing a flat in Bristol! It's got classic written all over it! Only bug... werewolfs on screen. Why is that far to often they look a little pants on the full reveal, the transformations and half-way stages always look awesome but something just doesn't sit right in most screen shots... why? (Being Human isn't actually too bad having said that) -------------------- Presently defacto leader of the scuttler nation; conform, consume, o'smile for snaffie's sake --> A smile a day keeps th...Ah sod it...just SMILE!!!Some weird dragon lady gave me a cookie and said if I got in the van she'd adopt me. I ignored mummy and went with Wyvern & lookee here, I now have my own adoptee to cause chaos: Stardust_Smile...Official barman to Tribe Wyvern COME VISIT but beware the Monkey Overlords, they plan the demise of the hairless ones. Your house is at risk. Always read the label.
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