Happy birthday, Golden_Hinde...

[fajrdrako]

To golden_hinde:






Wishing you a wonderful year: good times, good friends, good music, good books, and most of all, a terrific job!

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[golden-hinde.livejournal.com]

First a wonderful Gerard Butler card on my desk this morning and now a fabulous Nic Lea LJ greeting. You're spoiling me rotten. Thank you so much!

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Well, y'know, birthdays only come but once a year. Make the most of it!

[mmegaera.livejournal.com]

I recognize the guy in the picture but I can't place him. Could you help a poor, ignorant Yank out and tell me where I might have seen him before? Thanks!

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

He's an actor named Nicholas Lea. You may have seen him as Krycek on X-Files, or possibly in Once a Thief. He's actually been in a lot of things, but that's what I've seen him in.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0494774/

[mmegaera.livejournal.com]

Oh! I know where I've seen him. He played the minister who falls in love with the ex-hooker in the late, lamented Men in Trees. I loved Men in Trees [sigh].

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen Men In Trees, but I'd like to - apparently Peter Wingfield (Methos) was also in it. What was it about?

[mmegaera.livejournal.com]

It was (it was cancelled this summer after two seasons) one of those fish-out-of-water hour-long comedy/drama things. Anne Heche played a self-help author who happened to be on a book tour to rural Alaska [!] when her boyfriend back in New York City dumped her, so she decided to stay. Mostly it's about her interactions with the funky residents of the little seacoast town of Elmo (I've always suspected because of the location and the name, that it's supposed to be a fictional version of Homer, Alaska, where my parents and I once spent a few days on vacation a number of years ago). No one else I know of who's famous was in it, but I really liked James Tupper, who played the biologist she had an on-again/off-again romantic relationship with.

It was a lot like Northern Exposure in a lot of superficial ways. And I still miss it.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I see why I didn't watch it; I tend to dislike funny stories about little towns, at least in theory. The idea doesn't appeal. (Have I mentioned recently how I hate comedies?) On the other hand, there all all sorts of actors in it whom I like, and I liked Northern Exposure - though I only saw a few episodes. So I probably would have enjoyed it. I'll watch it if I get the chance. I wonder if it will come out on DVD.

[mmegaera.livejournal.com]

I am not a sitcom fan (the last one I watched regularly, because the ex liked it, was Night Court, which went off the air at least fifteen years ago), but I do like shows like Northern Exposure where it's ostensibly a drama but has funny stuff mixed in. Those shows tend to be the most character-oriented types on TV. BTW, I put the Doctor in that category as well. But not Torchwood, which takes itself a bit too seriously for my taste.

Netflix says it has the DVDs of Men in Trees "on order." Whether that means they're really scheduled to be made is another story. Netflix, I've discovered in the last few months since I subscribed, tends to be overly optimistic about such things.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I liked Northern Exposure because I liked some of the characters, but it still went over my tolerance limit for comedy and I found that one episode per month or less was close to my saturation level. So I don't think I watched a lot if it. I thought it was good, though.

Yes, Doctor Who is a good mix of character, adventure, and comedy. But it fits my tolerance levels well. By which I mean I can watch it over and over and still enjoy it.

I hope Netflix is right!

[mmegaera.livejournal.com]

Well, Men in Trees was higher on the "silly" scale than Northern Exposure (IMHO, anyway), even without all the metaphysical hoo-ha (I liked the metaphysical hoo-ha, it's one of my Things, in the Kareenian sense of the term). So be forewarned.

While I like Dr. Who I don't feel the urge, as I did with Northern Exposure to make my own copies of every episode [g]. I used to look forward to Monday nights just for it.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

It's such fun to find a show that gives that much entertainment satisfaction.