2008 guest book
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Labels: Billie Doux
posted by Billie Doux at 1:01 PM
25 Comments:
Very good choice with dexter.
I knew it! I knew it was Dexter. And you are so right about "Lets Give The Boy A Hand". It's one of the best episodes in the first half of the season.
The only aspect I couldn't quite get was why that woman next door acted in the way she did. I mean, it seems like she doesn't care about the dog, but then in the end she does. Strange.
Oh, and you're also right about how we Buffy/Angel fans have some sort of attachment to the writers. I'm happy whenever I see Jane Espenson's, Tim Minear's or David Fury.
I just got back to watching La Femme Nikita and started with season 4 after a break of several months (I only watch one old series at a time to be able to keep up with the shows airing now, so I watch in turn one season Nikita and one season The Practice...) and I have to say that it feels so good to read your reviews again :) They really do a lot to make the show even better than it already is!
Thank you again for all your effort, and a belated happy new year! ;)
More people voted for an end to the writer's strike than for peace on earth in your latest poll... and people can choose more than one option. That's just sad.
Well John, as long as humans are the dominate species on earth, I think most people realize that peace is impossible. Most people, when given the choice, will hope for things that have a reasonable chance of occurring.
I agree with Joseph. When I went voted, I definitely went with the choices that have a reasonable chance of happening in 2008.
I enjoyed pondering your possible new obsession over the holidays, Billie. I thought "Dexter" was the most likely candidate. I secretly hoped that maybe you'd become a huge fan of "The Wire," but thought it was unlikely. It's a fantastic show, but a bit different than your normal fare. :)
Hope you had a great holiday season! Looking forward to the return of Lost and BSG and the last few Supernatural episodes!
Billie! I just started watching Six Feet Under from where I had left, season 4, and I remembered you and your reviews. I'm also eager to see Lost's new season so I also remembered you.
Read (again) reviews for both shows, damn you're good. I love watching an episode and come here to read your comments. You're turning to be TV Shows Best Companion, like the books use to read. hehe
Anyway, congrats for your work, and hope you keep up the awesome work through 2008!
Glad you're reviewing Dexter. In my opinion, it's the best show (not favorite, but best quality) on television right now. HBO better step it up; no Sopranos, no Deadwood, no Wire after this season...Showtime's got a few good shows going for them.
Hi Billie,
I just watched the last episodes of LFN season 4 and I dont even know how to express what I'm feeling about what I've just seen... did the writers really just say "to hell with this, let's make the whole series pointless"??! I can't believe what they did in the last three episodes.
Throughout these episodes I had this growing feeling, that they would screw something up... yes, there were some really nice moments but plotwise it was a downward spiral pretty much from the beginning (and even though I really liked some of it's moments, I have to disagree with your four-star rating for "Up the Rabbit Hole", all three of the last season 4-episodes were really painful to watch for me).
I don't know what to expect from (short) season 5 as I can't see any way how they could fix the damages they've done to LFN but I do hope that in the end I feel at least somewhat better then I do now.
Well, that being said (I just had to give vent to my feelings toward LFN and couldn't think of a better place ^^), I still love your reviews and I am looking forward to read through the last series of LFN and all the upcoming Lost episodes ;)
Thanks for all your work, keep it up!
Calu
Just watched the latest episode of Lost ("The economist") and was badly disappointed (once again) by the poor research they did on the German menu board in the restaurant. I happen to be German and I've noticed those bad translations in Alias earlier, where they really did some (for Germans) funny translations.
Examples from the latest Lost episode:
"Grilltes Hühnerfilet" would be "Gegrilltes Hähnchenfilet", "Kartoffem" is "Kartoffeln".
By the way, the prices in that restaurant are daylight robbery!
The Alias translations are priceless. They are translating "server" with "Bediener" which is more like an operator or maybe even a waiter. In one episode there is this piece of paper for a room to rent. I bet they ran the whole text through Google translations. The result is so strange that you have to translate every word (word by word) back to English to understand it. "Das Bringen ordnet: ein" is another example when uploading data to a computer. I could not figure out what this could possibly mean in English, because this is complete nonsense.
Alias plays in many countries. I sometimes wonder what the signs in Cyrillic script are supposed to say (and what they really do).
What I'm trying to say is: Don't they have not even one German speaking employee (or friend or whatever) who can look at something like this before they shoot an episode. Come on, please! And if you really don't have send it to me!
Have a nice weekend,
Sebastian
Hehe, it's the same with LFN... whenever they are supposed to be in Germany and a 'German' talks, the pronounciation is far from right :D tbh, I don't think they are really trying to get the different languages right all the time... I guess they think to convince their (american) viewers it's enough to just throw in some foreign words/phrases that look or sound German/Greek/whatever to the average viewer who doesn't speak the language. Of course it looks kinda funny to us as native speakers ^^
:( just finished LFN *grieving*
Hi, everyone. Nikita4ever9000 and I have good news! After many weeks of teamwork, brainstorming, and editing rough drafts, the official LFN petition has been written and is now available for signatures. You can access it by clicking the following link:
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/resurrect-la-femme-nikita.html
All those who signed their names in the original post, please go to the website linked above and add your names to the official version. It is the one that will ultimately be sent to Joel Surnow and the other creators of La Femme Nikita. We are grateful to all of you who helped make this moment a reality. We want to offer a special thanks to reduanst, jovi, and operativebob for their time and contributions to this cause. It has definitely been a labor of love for all those involved. So, if you are a fan and love this show as passionately as we do, go sign the petition and show your support. Spread the word in your communities and to all of your family and friends. Together let's bring back LFN!
mn2forever1
love your site !!!
Billie! I love your site. I only recently discovered it, and you have reviewed basically every show i find worthwhile. I just finished Veronica Mars (yes, I was very late), and was SO UPSET WITH THE ENDING! What were they thinking? Is there any news of it coming back or a movie? Please say yes!
As far as I know, there's no talk anywhere about a resolution to the end of Veronica Mars. Bummer.
Thanks so much for your comment.
I think once upon a time you said if you could get paid to do reviews you would quit your job and do it (assuming I am remembering correctly.) Someday when I win millions of dollars in the lottery, I'm going to pay you to review 8 seasons of Charmed. ha ha.
Seriously, I love everything of yours that I've read so far and I appreciate the time it takes to do it. I know it is very time consuming.
Hey long time reader here, just wanted to say I love the reviews and glad to see you somehow manage to keep up with them. I have a hard enough time just trying to watch them all. And as the buffyverse writers continue to branch out all over TV it only gets harder and harder. Bring on Dollhouse....let's hope it gets a better deal than Firefly.
And I saw someone mention the Wire which is probably my favorite show ever next to Buffy although its impossible to compare those. So I'd recommend giving it a try but that would be a summer project for sure.
Oh and did I read that Helo is gonna be in Dollhouse? That would be cool.
I like your 'Lost' reviews !
Hey, big fan of the site. Keep up the good work.
Oh, and did you here that Amy Acker is now going to be a a part of Dollhouse. I keep getting more excited about that show every day.
Hey, Love your Buffy reviews! In the midst of writing my own. Just wanted to point out something though, in your review of No Where But Here... Willow's fantasy did not involve Kennedy, it involved "Television's Tina Fey"... I only think I caught this because as a fellow dyke, I know how much Tina Fey is beloved of lesbians.
Anyway, just thought I'd point that out. I don't like Willow and Kennedy together, so I wanted to be sure to point out she's not a part of Willow's fantasy life.
I've gotten a bunch of letters about my Tina Fey booboo, so I just fixed it. I don't like Kennedy, either. For the eighteenth time, I want Tara back!
Just want to say that I'm a longtime viewer of your site because we love a lot of the same shows and keep it up! I just ran across one of your old blogs when I was googling The L Word special features and I just thought that I'd put out the idea of you reviewing that lovely show as well if you ever get the time, or if you still watch it, as I saw it was a review of an old season. I just became a huge fan of the show about a month or so ago when I netflixed season 1...now I've seen all of the seasons and own the first four and am very sad that there will only ever be 8 more new eps of the show.
Hi, Billie. I think i discovered your website when i started watching Battlestar Galactica. I've already had watched Angel and Buffy, so i spent a lot of time on reading lots and lots of those reviews-which should probably be spent in studying engineering. I blame you for my low GPA :)
I've watched half of the shows you've written after Battlestar, and it's becoming an addiction for me. I'm almost not using my brain anymore for trying to figure out waht's going on in those shows, because there's someone doing it much better than I do. You'd better stop doing what you do or my academic career is over. Well I've got to stop bitchin' about my problems and thank you a lot for your efforts and time on the website. I think you're doing a terrific job.
Hope to read more from you
Hatice
I love you enough said... all ur reviews are great... and i look forward to reading them each friday at 1.23pm when am on a break from work with my feet up on the desk and a cup of coffee in my hands... oh and a few biscuits (that might be why am a bit over weight) anyhyows am starting to ramble on a bit... point is i love you!!
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