> Kevin Tarr wrote: > > > >Yeah, fantasy law. Sc-fi law. "I watch Law & Order so I know what I'm > >talking about" law. > > > Oh-oh. IIRC, some years ago, whenever someone from a foreign country > mentioned some TV series, everybody else would stare in total ignorance. > Now I notice that we all watch the same TV series - but most [if not all of > them] are USA-made. > > IMHO, this is a very evil thing to happen. Even if the Borgs summon the > creative people from all over the world [like that Geddy Tarkovski that > made up Dexter's Laboratory], they are still filtered through the > paradigms of USA harsh censorship and oppressive culture. > > So, as a curiosity, what non-USA TV series do people watch? > > Alberto Monteiro
But I'm not in a foreign country... Farscape is filmed in Aussy but it's directly for the US. It's shown down under after the US release right? I was sent a video for a pilot of a British/US cop show.* Even for the US parts a lot of the show was lost in the translation. I watch a lot of TV, a lot of different type shows, but it's hard to get into foreign shows. They always seem loud, over the top, too much flashy editing. Will and Grace was a good show at first but it's too shrill now. I don't even know what foreign shows may be on right now. I like the Masterpiece Theater shows from England. Those two antique shows...one is like a bargin hunt and Roadshow. Kevin T. *The marketing co calls me and asks a bunch of questions about what TV I watch, then asks if I'd view the pilot for feedback. Of course I said sure, thinking my opinion would be good enough I could get paid to do this. Weeks go by, no video. They keep calling and asking if I watched it, never the same person. I finally get the tape, and haven't even opened the bag when they call. I said I just got home, give me two hours and I'll watch the tape. They NEVER called back. The show: a rookie detective gets into a extacsy ring. They are making tons of the stuff and it's high quality. His bosses are waiting for the ringleaders to make the big bust. Finally the ringleaders are supposed to be at the lab, the rookie calls the bust, all these cops get there and the lab is completely gone. The bosses blame the rookie. The rookie had found some links to England so he asks to go over there to try and make a bust. In the airport his suitcase is stolen, ie gun, passport, money, credentials. The scottland yard types consider him a joke. It gets weird from there. He gets teamed up with a low level cop, they go to a sex party, he gets beat up.....it was okay but very fast paced, and the music didn't fit at all. Anyone want a copy?
