Was he talking about how he can get his treatment because he can afford it, but others can't because the NHS won't pay for it? That's what they seem to have him doing every time I've seen him.
After BSG, B5, Firefly & Ds9... what's left?
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No, he's been on a few shows, and he was talking about how there's this treatment NICE say should only be given to late stage patients so the NHS won't fund it, but the doctors are saying it's best used in the early stages and his wife has said there's a very noticeable difference from since he started taking it.
That's pretty heartbreaking. Is it really that bad/far along?
From what I've seen of him on shows lately, no not really. He says he's still writing a number of books, and the treatment he's on is helping. . He said he has his bad days, but he still seems to be pretty jovial about it.
Two of my favorite shows might be worth a try
The Prisoner - Not really serialized heavily, but a solid Sci-fi show with good messages about individualism and Authority. There's some action, but it's mostly a talky affair. Very surreal, and not everything is explained.
Twin Peaks - Twin Peaks is only marginally sci-fi, so be warned, it is a genre blender. It takes a few episodes for the sci-fi fantasy element to even make itself prominent. However, I think you'd like it as it is heavy serialized week to weeks. It's one of the strangest and most mysterious shows I've ever seen. fanatastic.
and not recommended to you really, but more people should Watch the Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes series.....That's fantastic
The Prisoner - Not really serialized heavily, but a solid Sci-fi show with good messages about individualism and Authority. There's some action, but it's mostly a talky affair. Very surreal, and not everything is explained.
Twin Peaks - Twin Peaks is only marginally sci-fi, so be warned, it is a genre blender. It takes a few episodes for the sci-fi fantasy element to even make itself prominent. However, I think you'd like it as it is heavy serialized week to weeks. It's one of the strangest and most mysterious shows I've ever seen. fanatastic.
and not recommended to you really, but more people should Watch the Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes series.....That's fantastic
Charlie Jade - Multidimensional corporate shenanigans. Charlie Jade is a private detective who gets sucked into a parallel universe while investigating Vex-Cor
no R1 release yet, though it can be imported to the states, or obtained by other means
Journeyman - Dan Vasser spontaneously travels through time to influence certain individuals. He juggles his marriage, his job, and his mission to change the past. Really great show.
not on DVD yet, though can be watched on Hulu
no R1 release yet, though it can be imported to the states, or obtained by other means
Journeyman - Dan Vasser spontaneously travels through time to influence certain individuals. He juggles his marriage, his job, and his mission to change the past. Really great show.
not on DVD yet, though can be watched on Hulu
Hmm, I'm slowly getting through this (episode 12 next) and I'm honestly wondering what all the fuss is about. So far it's been pretty pretentious, and a champion of style over substance. Does it get good in the latter half of the series?
I rather liked it, though it may be a simple matter of taste . . . I mean, I enjoyed Starhunter, which is supremely campy, so I can't say for sure . . .
one man's trash is another's treasure, as they say
I did think it got better as it went along, though being only one season there were some threads left unresolved
What he said. Here's a review of The Wire, limited spoilers through Season 3.
I have limited experience with most of the suggested shows, but Doctor Who takes a special kind of person to enjoy. I personally love it, as does my roommate, but I can completely understand why some people would not enjoy it. It combines everything - humor, horror, darkness, silliness - and is extremely rewatchable.
I firmly plan to watch the New Dr. Who someday, when I can get my hands on the DVDs. Life gets so buys so often anymore, that it's hard to find the time. Even so, my son and several of my friends with viewing tastes similar to mine insist that I'd enjoy it.
I think it did get better towards the end of the series once you get an idea of what's really going on, but I agree with ya.
Every franchise has its over-the-top phase and fans that get on others' nerves - including DS9.
While I was a SFX subscriber the magazine went through its Babylon 5 phase, its Buffy phase and its Farscape phase. I'm assured that it's now going through a Doctor Who phase. During those phases nothing else got a look in.
Farscape's fans are louder, in fact they're just loud. The show was good, not great.
Star Trek was and probably still is THE franchise that represents science fiction to the general public. This isn't a matter of riding on the coattails of another show, so much as it's putting one show in terms commonly known by others. My "phraseology" was also a play on words with a well-known ad campaign in the States for Oldsmobile a little while back. The point not being a question of maturity, but rather one of a different generation. It was just a light-hearted way to post in this thread and nothing else.
The problem is that it doesn't work. There's only one Star Trek. It's a genre on its own.
Getting a life.
Nah. Too much work.
I know what you mean. I've been trying to interest my best friend in Babylon 5 for years. He won't watch it because, as he says "That's more fantasy than science fiction". A view he has, despite never having seen a single frame of it.
The irony is, he loves Star Wars, which is alot closer to fantasy than it is to sci-fi.
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