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Mark Watches : Confirmed Shows for the Future

Sat, 9 Jan 2016 15:57:46 +0000

Fortysomething!!! I mentioned this show to you a while back, Mark, and you were quite intrigued by the it. :) It's only 6 episodes. It's a funny, slightly bizarre comedy, starring Hugh Laurie (before House), Benedict Cumberbach (before Sherlock), Peter Capaldi and Anna Chancellor. Also, it's got some excellent female characters being awesome. Please give it a shot! :)

Mark Reads : Mark Reads \'Men At Arms\'- Part 6

Mon, 14 Dec 2015 16:05:52 +0000

Yes.

Mark Reads : Mark Reads \'Men At Arms\'- Part 6

Mon, 14 Dec 2015 15:00:30 +0000

Ab, gung ovg va gur Avtug Jngpu vf nobhg fbzrbar gelvat gb fznfu n obggyr va beqre gb hfr vg nf n jrncba, ohg abg xabjvat ubj cerpvfryl gb qb vg jvgubhg vawhevat gurzfryirf. V vzntvar gurer'f n fpvrapr (be ng yrnfg, fgerrg xabjyrqtr) gb gheavat obggyrf vagb jrncbaf, naq Ivzrf xabjf ubj gb qb vg cebcreyl.

Mark Reads : Mark Reads 'Men at Arms'- Part 4

Tue, 8 Dec 2015 15:37:15 +0000

Yeah, the "women's breasts get in the way of shooting from a bow, therefore the Amazons needed to cut them off" thing is a myth. :)

Mark Watches : Confirmed Shows for the Future

Thu, 19 Nov 2015 18:21:26 +0000

Fortysomething A 2003 ITV miniseries (only 6 episodes). Mark already had it on his previous Confirmed list, no idea what happened to it (haven't been around this site for a while...), but I'm sure you'd love it. Starring: Hugh Laurie, Peter Capaldi, Benedict Cumberbatch (long before he was famous) and Anna Chancellor. :) It's very funny, sometimes bizarre, and has awesome female characters.

Mark Watches : Mark Finishes 'The West Wing': Q&A Party!

Thu, 19 Jun 2014 18:08:02 +0000

If a married woman got elected as President, would her husband be the First Gentleman? :p

Mark Reads : Mark Reads 'Equal Rites': Part 6

Tue, 17 Jun 2014 22:45:11 +0000

I'm usually pretty decent at identifying Polish (and other Slavic) people by sight - but then again, it's because I'm Slavic myself and know where to look for the subtle signs. It's not 100% proof, of course, but I've often guessed that a passenger on a bus (for instance) was Polish - and then they'd use their phone and speak Polish. :D It's a little "spot your fellow Slavs" exercise I sometimes do.

Mark Reads : Mark Reads 'The Color of Magic': Part 2

Tue, 18 Mar 2014 22:07:38 +0000

Thank you all! :) I'm glad you like the banner. :)

Mark Reads : Mark Reads 'The Color of Magic': Part 1

Fri, 14 Mar 2014 14:04:52 +0000

MARK READS DISCWORLD!!! IT'S FINALLY HERE WOOOOHOOOOO!!!! :D :D :D

Mark Reads : Hello, Discworld fandom! I need some help

Mon, 10 Feb 2014 21:50:09 +0000

They're all considered official Discworld books, so I would assume so...

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'The West Wing': S05E19 - Talking Points

Wed, 29 Jan 2014 21:46:53 +0000

Ba gur bgure unaq, gubhtu... WNFBA VFNNPF!!! <3

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Mon, 25 Nov 2013 10:58:26 +0000

Um, Billie Piper wasn't playing Rose. It was the sentient interface of the Moment, which merely took on the appearance of Rose as Bad Wolf.

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Mon, 25 Nov 2013 10:57:14 +0000

This was absolutely hysterical. :D My favourite parts were the stuff in New Zealand (it's sooo awesome that Peter Jackson and Ian McKellen went along with this) and John Barrowman's secret family (o noez he's secretly straight, aaaarrgh! xD xD xD ). Also, the fact that Colin Baker, Paul Davison and Sylvester McCoy were ACTUALLY present in the 50th anniversary under those sheets is now firmly my headcanon, and I don't give a damn what the actual reality was! :D

Mark Watches : Mark Watches \'The West Wing\': S04E08 - Process Stories

Thu, 24 Oct 2013 20:22:07 +0000

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARK!!! *virtual hugs*

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Mon, 21 Oct 2013 10:44:34 +0000

You've got it the wrong way around - it's "the right order" precisely because that's the order in which Wan learned the elements. :) He set it up. If he did it, say, fire, water, air, earth, then that would have become the "correct order".

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Mon, 21 Oct 2013 10:40:13 +0000

Hanynd cynaf gb zretr jvgu Inngh naq orpbzr n Qnex Ningne. I don't think that's possible. Jna qvqa'g erprvir gur tvsg bs oraqvat bs gur nyy sbhe ryrzragf qhr gb uvz zretvat jvgu Ennin - ur unq gb yrnea gubfr sebz gur yvba ghegyrf. Ennin bayl raunaprq uvf novyvgvrf naq znqr fher uvf fcvevg jbhyq ervapneangr nsgre uvf qrngu. Fb, vs Inngh zretrq jvgu Hanynd, ur jbhyqa'g perngr nabgure Ningne, ur jbhyq zreryl perngr n "fhcre-jngreoraqre" jvgu raunaprq fxvyyf. Ur jbhyqa'g or noyr gb tvir Hanynd gur tvsg bs oraqvat bgure ryrzragf.

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'The West Wing': S04E05 - Debate Camp

Tue, 15 Oct 2013 21:52:19 +0000

In Slovakia, Gaudeamus Igitur is sung at every high school prom (or the Slovak equivalent of prom, which is slightly different and takes place a couple of months before the final graduation exams). :)

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'The West Wing': S03E21 - Posse Comitatus

Thu, 26 Sep 2013 20:21:08 +0000

The Hollow Crown is AWESOME, BRILLIANT, FANTASTIC, and all the other superlative adjectives, and Tom Hiddleston really gives Kenneth Branagh a run for his money. And while we're on the topic of Richard II - I'm going to see a theatre production of it in November, starring David Tennant in the titular role. You can all start envying me now. B-) :P

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Wed, 11 Sep 2013 09:36:52 +0000

New Korra trailer!!! :D :D :D <3 <3 <3 [youtube 0B3ARCk0-pI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B3ARCk0-pI youtube]

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Sun, 4 Aug 2013 23:58:58 +0000

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO. Just no. Please. A huge part of what makes Doctor Who so great is that it's quintessentially a British thing, it's in the show's soul. Remaking it in the US would destroy that. And I never understood the need of remaking successful shows. Why do that at all? It's so unoriginal, and to me it always looks like an attempt to cash in on the success of the original show and jump on the bandwagon. Why not just make original shows? There are so many amazing original US shows. Why bother with remakes?