Re: Way off topic
Camille Scaysbrook (verona_beach@hotpop.com)
Sun, 10 Oct 1999 13:07:07 +1000
Jason wrote:
> Camille,
> I just wanted to thank your country for producing some of the best
> writing in TV SciFi. I've reciently become addicted to a show called
> "Farscape" which is made in Australia.
Really??? I've never even heard of this show. Though owing to the deserts
that make up a bloody lot of our country it makes an excellent Other Planet
and plenty of people have taken advantage of this. The good side of
productions such as this is that lots of Australian (and New Zealand)
writers, technicians, and actors get jobs. The slightly sadder side is that
many such productions end up taking away funding and jobs from local
productions, because Australian technicians are (I'll modestly admit)
considered the most conscientious in the business. But I must admit being
enormously entertained by seeing Keanu Reeves walk past my train station in
`The Matrix' (: If you're ever cable surfing, look out for an excellent wry
and dry drama called `Good Guys, Bad Guys'. The actor who stars, Marcus
Graham, just starred in David Lynch's latest project, `Mullholland Falls'.
Yeah, we Aussies have a lot of tricks up our sleeve.
In the same breath I'd like to denounce Portia de Rossi from the detestable
`Ally McBeal' and announce that her real name is Amanda Brown. Ha ha.
Well ... back to Salinger!
Camille
verona_beach@hotpop.com
Though the series has wonderful
> characters, good plot, good effects, it's the writting that really comes
> shining through. The human (American) on board uses lots of slang and
> idioms to express himself. And while it's mildly flavoring to hear a
> Klingon talk about "gnar" or somesuch, it's highly amusing when an
> american talks about another space ship as a Hyndia. Just imagining how
> the other aliens think about this is hilarious.
> Anyway, the writing is well done and refreshing. Just wanted to thank
> you, as our representative of Aussieland, for this contribution to TV
> SciFi.
>
> -j
>
> btw: "Farscape" airs on the SciFi channel, check local listings or
> www.scifi.com.
>
> btbtw: only bring this up on this list because it has to do with
wonderful
> dialog, something Salinger excelled at.
>
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