Craptastic is being kind. there was a robot in it who was always dieing an coming back to life. They actor would crack/title his nect to the side whenever he came back. I wanted to break it for him.
Tracey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Can't believe I've never seen this show, not even to dog it out. Was > it as bad as the awful series Adrian "Highlander" Paul was in, the one > where he was tracking down rogue aliens on Earth, "Alien Tracker"? > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:truthseeker_013%40yahoo.com>> > Keith, whyfor you insult Vulcans so? > > Seriously, this is nothing more in my eyes than "Codename: Eternity" > (was that the name of that craptastic show?) with a slightly > better-looking lead. *Slightly*... > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net> wrote: > Anyone catch this besides me? Man, this was just awful: cliched, > predictable, boring. Some of the stuff that hit me from the start: > > * Kristanna Loken isn't a very good actress. She was stiff and > delivered her lines with all the emotion of a Vulcan. Maybe it was the > dialogue and uninspired writing, which were sho' 'nuff problems,but I > doubt it. But then, what reason is there to expect the latest > Terminator to have acting ability? > > * Within five minutes of the opening, the show was in one of those > cliched (using that word again!) underground rave-type clubs with the > pulse-pounding music and young people from Central Casting posing and > dancing wildly, while obvious bad guys skulk in their midst doing drug > deals. Truly one of the most overused scenes in such shows outside of > strip clubs. Booorinng! > > * The first--and only, I might add--of the good guys to get killed was > a brother. Sad thing is, soon as I saw him I thought "This show's > gonna kill that Black man". Bingo! There is another Brother left, but > of course he's older and out of shape, not young and/or hunky like the > rest of the cast. he was already punked by Jane. Surprise! > > * Will someone *Please* teach these new directors that herky-jerky and > tilting camera work is *not* a good way to add action to a scene? Just > makes it confused and amateurish-looking. Who's running film school > these days, Michael Bay?! > > * The good guys are another one of those shadow-type groups that hang > out in a hidden warehouse HQ with high-tech equipment, and who are > "answerable only to ourselves". How original! > > * There is of course a resident computer geek, and of course he's the > oddball who wears stocking caps, tennis shoes, warmup suits, etc. Just > once nowadays I'd like to see an IT expert that's not pushing the Gen > Y look. > > * The doctor on here appears to be Indian or Middle Eastern, but has a > British accent. I'm really getting tired of Indian, Pakistani, or Arab > characters with British accents. From Bashir on DS9 to Sayid on "Lost" > (who is British in real life and fakes an Iraqi accent) > American-produced shows are replete with such characters who speak the > Queen's English or their "native" tongue with such an accent. Is there > a reason we can't get actors who actually *sound* like they're from > their characters' country of origin? > > * Man, I think half the profits of the drug trade and the budget of > government law enforcement agencies, must go to leather wear! Amazing > how every henchman and supposedly underpaid government agent is > wearing thousands of dollars worth of leather jackets and pants! > > Can you tell I wasn't impressed? There were several fights, all of > which were dizzying (not in a good way) and too fast-paced. Everyone's > too busy posing and speaking bad lines as if they have sticks up their > arses. This show reminds me of the late, unlamented "Mutant X", and > that ain't a good thing. Not sure I'll watch this one again unless it > improves drastically or I'm very bored. > > What did y'all think? > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > #ygrp-mlmsg { FONT: x-small arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif } > #ygrp-mlmsg TABLE { FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 100%; LINE-HEIGHT: > normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal } #ygrp-mlmsg SELECT > { FONT: 99% arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif } INPUT { FONT: 99% > arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif } TEXTAREA { FONT: 99% > arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif } #ygrp-mlmsg PRE { FONT: 100% > monospace } CODE { FONT: 100% monospace } #ygrp-mlmsg * { LINE-HEIGHT: > 1.22em } #ygrp-text { FONT-FAMILY: Georgia } #ygrp-text P { MARGIN: > 0px 0px 1em } #ygrp-tpmsgs { CLEAR: both; FONT-FAMILY: Arial } > #ygrp-vitnav { FONT-SIZE: 77%; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 10px; > FONT-FAMILY: Verdana } #ygrp-vitnav A { PADDING-RIGHT: 1px; > PADDING-LEFT: 1px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } > #ygrp-actbar { CLEAR: both; MARGIN: 25px 0px; COLOR: #666; > WHITE-SPACE: nowrap; TEXT-ALIGN: right } #ygrp-actbar .left { FLOAT: left; > WHITE-SPACE: nowrap } .bld { FONT-WEIGHT: bold } #ygrp-grft { > PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 77%; PADDING-BOTTOM: > 15px; PADDING-TOP: 15px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana } #ygrp-ft { > PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: #666 1px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; > FONT-SIZE: 77%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; PADDING-TOP: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: > verdana } #ygrp-mlmsg #logo { PADDING-BOTTOM: 10px } #ygrp-vital { > PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 8px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 20px; > PADDING-BOTTOM: 8px; PADDING-TOP: 2px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #e0ecee } > #ygrp-vital #vithd { FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 77%; > TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase; COLOR: #333; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana } > #ygrp-vital UL { PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; > PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 2px 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } #ygrp-vital > UL LI { CLEAR: both; BORDER-RIGHT: #e0ecee 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: > #e0ecee 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #e0ecee 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: > #e0ecee 1px solid; LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none } #ygrp-vital > UL LI .ct { PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FLOAT: right; > WIDTH: 2em; COLOR: #ff7900; TEXT-ALIGN: right } #ygrp-vital UL LI .cat > { FONT-WEIGHT: bold } #ygrp-vital A { TEXT-DECORATION: none } > #ygrp-vital A:hover { TEXT-DECORATION: underline } #ygrp-sponsor #hd { > FONT-SIZE: 77%; COLOR: #999 } #ygrp-sponsor #ov { PADDING-RIGHT: 13px; > PADDING-LEFT: 13px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 20px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 6px; > PADDING-TOP: 6px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #e0ecee } #ygrp-sponsor #ov UL { > PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 8px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: > 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } #ygrp-sponsor #ov LI { PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; > PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 77%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 6px; PADDING-TOP: > 6px; LIST-STYLE-TYPE: square } #ygrp-sponsor #ov LI A { FONT-SIZE: > 130%; TEXT-DECORATION: none } #ygrp-sponsor #nc { PADDING-RIGHT: 8px; > PADDING-LEFT: 8px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 20px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; > PADDING-TOP: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #eee } #ygrp-sponsor .ad { > PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 8px; > PADDING-TOP: 8px } #ygrp-sponsor .ad #hd1 { FONT-WEIGHT: bold; > FONT-SIZE: 100%; COLOR: #628c2a; LINE-HEIGHT: 122%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial > } #ygrp-sponsor .ad A { TEXT-DECORATION: none } #ygrp-sponsor .ad > A:hover { TEXT-DECORATION: underline } #ygrp-sponsor .ad P { MARGIN: > 0px } o { FONT-SIZE: 0px } .MsoNormal { MARGIN: 0px } #ygrp-text TT { > FONT-SIZE: 120% } BLOCKQUOTE { MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 4px } .replbq { > MARGIN: 4px } > > "There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels will > get organized along the lines of the Mafia." -Kurt Vonnegut, "A Man > Without A Country" > > --------------------------------- > Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? > Check outnew cars at Yahoo! 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