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Post by Sue on May 21, 2011 9:40:57 GMT -5
I did not know that Catherine Tate (DoctorDonna) was one of the "finalists" for Michael Scott's job on The Office!
And also that ASH is in a new show : Free Agents (Wednesdays, 8:30/7:30c, NBC) Colleagues at a talent agency — one whose fiancée passed away (Kathryn Hahn) and a recent divorcé (Hank Azaria) — fall in love. Buffy alum Anthony Head reprises his role from the U.K. series on which this show was based.
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Post by Sue on May 21, 2011 9:54:13 GMT -5
Shows to look into?
Grimm (Fridays, 9/8c, NBC) Inspired by the classic Grimm's Fairy Tales, Grimm is a dark cop drama that stars David Guintoli (at left, with Russell Hornsby) as a homicide detective who discovers that fairy tales are coming true.
And how is that there often seem to be 2 odd but similar shows that show up at the same time? (just above and just below)
Once Upon a Time (Sundays, 8/7c, ABC) When Anna (Jennifer Morrison) finds a young boy on her doorstep who claims to be her son, she is drawn into a town where the magic and mystery of fairy tales may be real and hold the key to unlocking the mysteries of her troubled past. From Lost writers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz, the series also stars Big Love's Ginnifer Goodwin (pictured) as Snow White and Lana Parrilla as the Evil Queen.
Person of Interest (Thursdays, 9/8c, CBS) J.J. Abrams reunites with Lost actor Michael Emerson (pictured right), who plays a billionaire who recruits a presumed-dead CIA agent (Jim Caviezel, left) to catch violent criminals in New York City. Memento's Jonathan Nolan will also executive-produce.
Ringer (Tuesdays, 9/8c, The CW) Sarah Michelle Gellar (right) returns to the CW as a troubled recovering alcoholic on the run from some shady characters. When she hides out by assuming the identity of her wealthy twin sister, she discovers one problem: Her sibling has a bounty on her head as well. Fantastic Four's Ioan Gruffudd (left), Lost's Nestor Carbonell and Life Unexpected's Kristoffer Polaha also star. [Not just SMG, but Ioan Gruffudd as well !!!!!!]
[editorial comment: TVGuide.com has a list of 41 of the new shows and folks can vote thumbs up or down. Readers of TV guide online are clearly pre=disposed to be Lostie/Fringe types who are pretty unenthusiastic about sit-coms, rom-coms, female leads, and procedurals and in favor of anything with any kind of supernatural bent.]
For example, this one got huge thumbs up, but it doesn't have me convinced: Terra Nova (Mondays, 8/7c, Fox) Jason O'Mara (left) stars as the patriarch of a family who escapes the overpopulation of a dystopian Earth and travels through a crack in the space-time continuum, which leads to a military-led camp on pre-historic Earth. Stephen Lang and Shelley Conn also star in the drama, from Jurassic Park's Steven Spielberg.
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Post by Sue on May 21, 2011 9:54:45 GMT -5
Got any pre-rapture plans?
[Or post-rapture plans for that matter?]
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Post by Queen E on May 21, 2011 11:10:28 GMT -5
Got any pre-rapture plans? [Or post-rapture plans for that matter?] Pre-Rapture: An extra piece of bacon. Post-Rapture: Watch last night's SPN episodes. My needs are simple. How 'bout you?
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Post by Sue on May 21, 2011 12:00:30 GMT -5
Got any pre-rapture plans? [Or post-rapture plans for that matter?] Pre-Rapture: An extra piece of bacon. Post-Rapture: Watch last night's SPN episodes. My needs are simple. How 'bout you? Shopping with my older daughter while JIm attends an all day church conference with younger daughter. So we've got all bases covered.
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Post by Julia, wrought iron-y on May 21, 2011 12:07:02 GMT -5
Got any pre-rapture plans? [Or post-rapture plans for that matter?] Since it's raining and I worked my tush off yesterday afternoon, I'm going to lie down for a bit and then go do chicken related things. If there was going to be a rapture according to that dimbulb heretic radio personality it would have started twelve hours ago on Christmas Island. No such luck, I still have to scrub the front porch where Zathras decided to puke up a couple of small mammals he should not have eaten. Julia, or, as I said elsewhere, if I believed in the rapture I wouldn't have washed all my underwear yesterday.
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Post by Sue on May 21, 2011 12:11:32 GMT -5
Got any pre-rapture plans? [Or post-rapture plans for that matter?] Since it's raining and I worked my tush off yesterday afternoon, I'm going to lie down for a bit and then go do chicken related things. If there was going to be a rapture according to that dimbulb heretic radio personality it would have started twelve hours ago on Christmas Island. No such luck, I still have to scrub the front porch where Zathras decided to puke up a couple of small mammals he should not have eaten. Julia, or, as I said elsewhere, if I believed in the rapture I wouldn't have washed all my underwear yesterday. But, Julia, starting the rapture at the International Date Line would be an entirely logical and scientific approach to the rapture. I'm sure most radio personalities would tell you that the rapture will start in the good old U. S. of A. -- in fact, possibly ONLY in the USA. Okay, that sarcasm should probably be moved to the OT thread.
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Post by Anne, Old S'cubie Cat on May 21, 2011 12:31:44 GMT -5
Got any pre-rapture plans? [Or post-rapture plans for that matter?] Pre: Grocery shopping for Aged Mum, which I just did, phases 1 & 2 Post, Sunday morning: Grocery shopping phase 3 Ongoing: Coughing, mostly. I never got around to breakfast; didn't feel like going to a coffee shop with coughs and laryngitis. I should probably find something to eat before it gets to be lunchtime. ETA: According to my map of timezones, England should be mid-rapture. Anybody heard from becca?
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Post by beccaelizabeth on May 21, 2011 14:05:35 GMT -5
Got any pre-rapture plans? [Or post-rapture plans for that matter?] Pre: Grocery shopping for Aged Mum, which I just did, phases 1 & 2 Post, Sunday morning: Grocery shopping phase 3 Ongoing: Coughing, mostly. I never got around to breakfast; didn't feel like going to a coffee shop with coughs and laryngitis. I should probably find something to eat before it gets to be lunchtime. ETA: According to my map of timezones, England should be mid-rapture. Anybody heard from becca? Becca may be a Reverend but if that particular deity decided I needed Rapturing up I'd be massively surprised. Also, it would have been the middle of Doctor Who. I'd pick Doctor Who. And it wasn't even a particularly good episode.
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Post by Karen on May 21, 2011 16:00:14 GMT -5
Got any pre-rapture plans? Golf, etc. Check. Golf, etc. TBD.....
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Post by Spaced Out Looney on May 21, 2011 17:34:54 GMT -5
Got any pre-rapture plans? [Or post-rapture plans for that matter?] Studying. And more studying. And a bit of laughing at all the snarky comments thrown in there somewhere too.
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Post by SpringSummers on May 21, 2011 19:12:13 GMT -5
Pre: Grocery shopping for Aged Mum, which I just did, phases 1 & 2 Post, Sunday morning: Grocery shopping phase 3 Ongoing: Coughing, mostly. I never got around to breakfast; didn't feel like going to a coffee shop with coughs and laryngitis. I should probably find something to eat before it gets to be lunchtime. ETA: According to my map of timezones, England should be mid-rapture. Anybody heard from becca? Becca may be a Reverend but if that particular deity decided I needed Rapturing up I'd be massively surprised. Also, it would have been the middle of Doctor Who. I'd pick Doctor Who. And it wasn't even a particularly good episode. Yay, becca OK! I am watching something called . . . I THINK, "Cat People" on the old movie channel. Pretty funky!
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Post by SpringSummers on May 21, 2011 19:28:47 GMT -5
Went to all day foster parenting training about parenting in the electronic age.
The training was all about the effect of TV, video games, music videos, social media - particular on the vulnerable population of foster children . . . quite interesting, considering I was way behind the times on most of this stuff.
Vince just was never much interested in any of that, and I sure wasn't interested on my own. So I didn't spend much time worrying myself about the influences of uber-violent video games, mysoginistic music videos, etc.
Vince played chess, he read philosophy and physics books, he listened to some very odd alternative music and recordings of jaw harps. He watched almost no popular movies, zero TV, and the only video game I ever remember him playing was Centipede.
So I learned quite a bit about what is out there these days. And I must say: YOWZA.
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Post by Lola m on May 21, 2011 20:13:13 GMT -5
Very lovely / fun (if rainy and a bit cold) day. Did the final giving away of mom and dad art and photography out at the Arboretum - along with showing folks where the dedicated trees are and handing out directions to the Columbarium at Fort Snelling. So cool to chat with cousins and other folks. I love it when people pick out pieces of art that they really like. Oh, and several of the guys also took one of dad's hats, which was awesome! So dapper and delighted they were!
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Post by Lola m on May 21, 2011 20:17:11 GMT -5
Becca may be a Reverend but if that particular deity decided I needed Rapturing up I'd be massively surprised. Also, it would have been the middle of Doctor Who. I'd pick Doctor Who. And it wasn't even a particularly good episode. Yay, becca OK! I am watching something called . . . I THINK, "Cat People" on the old movie channel. Pretty funky! Oooooh! The old-timey 50's black and white Cat People or the equally cheese-tasktic 80's Cat People complete with awesome Bowie song? **sings "I've been putting out fire . . . with gasoliiiiiiiiine!"**
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