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    Image of KirkVox KirkVox
    11/26/09

    In reply to Doctor Who's New Artistic Direction And A Look At Dollhouse's Returning Alpha
    I love John Barrowman. I must say his Scottish accent is shite.
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment KirkVox was starred KirkVox was unstarred
    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/26/09

    @KirkVox: Interesting since he was born there and lived there till he was 8 or 10 -- it's his native accent.

    His American is a little dodgy, still.
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of Alasdair Wilkins Alasdair Wilkins
    11/26/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: It might be his native accent, but I think most people will pretty much permanently switch to a new accent as long as they move away before roughly the age of 12. I mean, I suppose an English accent is technically my native accent, although I'm in a slightly different boat than John Barrowman because I left when I was 3. Even so, my default American accent noticeably slips when I'm talking with my English parents for sustained periods, often to the amusement of any friends around to witness it.

    My point? None, really, other than I find accents really fascinating, and the mechanics of John Barrowman's dual accents seem particularly bizarre. In an entirely wonderful way, of course.

    #morningspoilers
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    Image of KirkVox KirkVox
    11/27/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.:
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    Edited by KirkVox at 11/27/09 10:18 AM KirkVox was starred KirkVox was unstarred
    Image of KirkVox KirkVox
    11/27/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: I played this clip for my wife who was also born and lived in Scotland 'til she was 10 (coincidentally). She couldn't tell his accent and we go back and forth to Scotland every other year or so. Her accent is also pretty weak when it slips out and kinda embarrassing when she tries to put it on for her family and Scot friends (for fun of course). No slight to Barrowman. We love him. The fact that he's Scottish is a nice bonus!
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    KirkVox was starred KirkVox was unstarred
    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/26/09

    In reply to Doctor Who's New Artistic Direction And A Look At Dollhouse's Returning Alpha
    I had forgotten that Alexis and Summer were going to be on Dollhouse.

    Anyone know a date for that episode. I need to set a reminder to download it.
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    tande04 was starred tande04 was unstarred
    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    11/26/09

    In reply to Doctor Who's New Artistic Direction And A Look At Dollhouse's Returning Alpha
    I guess we know what happens to Summer Glau's arm.
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    Dr Emilio Lizardo was starred Dr Emilio Lizardo was unstarred
    Image of Davio Davio
    11/26/09

    In reply to Doctor Who's New Artistic Direction And A Look At Dollhouse's Returning Alpha
    Wow Alan Tudyk looks cool!

    And also, Barrowman's accent is just bizzare isn't it? Its a weird scottish/american mix, then he goes right back into american, and sounds normal.
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    Davio was starred Davio was unstarred
    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/26/09

    @Davio: His American accent's a little dodgy; sometimes he pronounces words like he's from no place ever known. Too much time in England.

    Which I guess doesn't matter for Capt. Jack since he's from the future.
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    11/26/09

    In reply to Doctor Who's New Artistic Direction And A Look At Dollhouse's Returning Alpha
    I'd watch one hour long show consisting of Zachary Levi hanging out, telling stories.

    Adam Baldwin and Joshua Gomez would make frequent guest appearances.
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    Image of Edouard Eldred Edouard Eldred
    11/26/09

    In reply to Doctor Who's New Artistic Direction And A Look At Dollhouse's Returning Alpha
    Is it just me or does Alan Tudyk look like an American Doctor Who in the making?
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    psychiccheese: You're awesome ( promoted this comment Edouard Eldred was starred Edouard Eldred was unstarred
    Image of Isernbreegen Isernbreegen
    11/26/09

    @Edouard Eldred: Oh my god, I would SO watch that.
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    Alasdair5000 promoted this comment Isernbreegen was starred Isernbreegen was unstarred
    Image of Shizke Shizke
    11/26/09

    @Edouard Eldred: That was also one of my first thoughts on seeing that photo.
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    Alasdair5000 promoted this comment Shizke was starred Shizke was unstarred
    Image of twophrasebark twophrasebark
    11/26/09

    @Edouard Eldred:

    Wow.

    That would be unbelievably awesome.
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    twophrasebark was starred twophrasebark was unstarred
    Image of Lassus Lassus
    11/26/09

    @Edouard Eldred: Beat me to it, that was my first thought.
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    Lassus was starred Lassus was unstarred
    Image of Kenny O'Brien Kenny O'Brien
    11/26/09

    In reply to Doctor Who's New Artistic Direction And A Look At Dollhouse's Returning Alpha
    God bless John Barrowman - he just seems like such a nice guy. + More Captain Jack!! 'The end of time' is osunding better and better....
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    Alasdair5000 promoted this comment Kenny O'Brien was starred Kenny O'Brien was unstarred
    Image of Brisco_County_Jr Brisco_County_Jr
    09/28/09

    In reply to This Is A..."Disaster by Candlelight"?!?
    Neo? We found your spoons. Mister Willis likes to cup his eyes with them.
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    Brisco_County_Jr was starred Brisco_County_Jr was unstarred
    Image of AngryEddy AngryEddy
    09/28/09

    @Brisco_County_Jr: Whoa.
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    AngryEddy was starred AngryEddy was unstarred
    Image of AngryEddy AngryEddy
    09/28/09

    In reply to This Is A..."Disaster by Candlelight"?!?
    Why does your Galactus look like a giant man with a silly hat? Everyone knows Galactus is a giant space-cloud.
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    AngryEddy was starred AngryEddy was unstarred
    Image of CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton) CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton)
    09/27/09

    In reply to This Is A..."Disaster by Candlelight"?!?
    I'm sorry, I'm late to this as usual... what the hell is a MacGuffin?
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    CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton) was starred CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton) was unstarred
    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    09/27/09

    @CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton): The MacGuffin is the object of the quest in a movie: the One Ring; the Holy Grail; the Death Star Plans; the pirate's treasure or other similar plot device that sets the story in motion. The term was coined by Alfred Hitchcock.
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    Bill-Lee was starred Bill-Lee was unstarred
    Image of Bat21 Bat21
    09/27/09

    @Bill-Lee: Here we go again! There are 2 things that make a MacGuffin a MacGuffin.
    1 - It is desired by the characters. This desire motivates the characters to action.
    2 - It serves no useful purpose or is not used in the film. It could be anything. If you replaced the Maltese Falcon with the Hope Diamond or a near mint Detective Comics #27, the plot would still be the same.

    MacGuffins are most often used in heist and spy movies. Some examples of MacGuffins are Beavis & Butt-head's crappy TV in Beavis & Butt-head Do America, the missing fortune in Charade and the ATAC in For Your Eyes Only.
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    ThisDudeRufus promoted this comment Bat21 was starred Bat21 was unstarred
    Image of DeepFriar DeepFriar
    09/27/09

    In reply to This Is A..."Disaster by Candlelight"?!?
    Replace the book with Dakota Fanning and Mexico with a postapocalyptic America - TAH DAH! Man on Fire II!
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    DeepFriar was starred DeepFriar was unstarred
    Image of AutonymousPrime AutonymousPrime
    09/27/09

    In reply to This Is A..."Disaster by Candlelight"?!?
    Mr. Lit. reminds me of Todd Klein's "Library of Dream"

    [kleinletters.com]
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    ThisDudeRufus promoted this comment Edited by AutonymousPrime at 09/27/09 5:53 PM AutonymousPrime was starred AutonymousPrime was unstarred
    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    09/27/09

    @AutonymousPrime: Looked more Brad W. Foster-ish to me.

    But the caption is the point.
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of AutonymousPrime AutonymousPrime
    09/27/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: I'm never one to resort to this but, *ahem

    duuuurrrrrrr
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    AutonymousPrime was starred AutonymousPrime was unstarred
    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    09/27/09

    In reply to This Is A..."Disaster by Candlelight"?!?
    Mr. Lit is brilliant and should be distributed everywhere in the world.

    Love the 3PO "um".

    Love that there was nothing you could do to make Cage more ridiculous.

    A nice change of pace, and kudos for carrying on through adversity.
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of Franklin Harris Franklin Harris
    09/27/09

    In reply to This Is A..."Disaster by Candlelight"?!?
    "Is any movie starring Bruce Willis really a disaster?"

    Hudson Hawk.
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    Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment Franklin Harris was starred Franklin Harris was unstarred
    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    09/27/09

    @Franklin Harris: BITE YOUR TOUNGE!!!

    It's not without its many faults but I will defend that movie 'til the end. The CIA, with candy-bar code-names, drags a singing cat-burglar into a global race between a massive corporation and the Vatican (complete with sexy nun spies and talking Jesus radios) searching for Da Vinci's alchemy machine through codes and secrets hidden in his work? What's not to like?!

    It's like Umberto Eco's Buckaroo Banzai... with cappuccinos!
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    Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of Ghost_in_the_Machine Ghost_in_the_Machine
    09/27/09

    @Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: I'd say more like Dan Brown's Buckaroo Banzai but otherwise I agree.
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    Ghost_in_the_Machine was starred Ghost_in_the_Machine was unstarred
    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    09/27/09

    @Franklin Harris: Man, I can't even go to dinner without someone bagging on Bruce Willis.

    How can you not like a film that gives you lines like: "I'll torture you so slowly, you'll think it's a career."

    You know, maybe I'm a little biased.
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    NerD: Blattella was starred NerD: Blattella was unstarred
    Image of geesejuggler geesejuggler
    09/27/09

    The whole movie is just "Shut Up and Eat Your Awesome". Sure, it was plot holes but Bruce Willis stealing a priceless artifact while singing Bing Crosby is a *classic* in my opinion.
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    geesejuggler was starred geesejuggler was unstarred
    Image of CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton) CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton)
    09/27/09

    @Ghost_in_the_Machine: lol! Good one! First time I ever heard someone try to describe Hudson Hawk and succeed. Ghost, ya did well.
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    CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton) was starred CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton) was unstarred
    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    09/27/09

    @Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: What is a TOUNGE and why should anyone bite it?
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    Bill-Lee was starred Bill-Lee was unstarred
    Image of reddingofish reddingofish
    09/28/09

    @Franklin Harris: I think I have seen that movie at least twice and I still cannot remember what happened in it.
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    reddingofish was starred reddingofish was unstarred
    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    09/28/09

    @Ghost_in_the_Machine: I was gonna say Dan Brown's etc... but I knew that would get slagged by Dan Brown haters, even though I personally kind of enjoyed "The DaVinci Code". (but yeah it's closer to that)
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    Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H. ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H.
    09/27/09

    In reply to This Is A..."Disaster by Candlelight"?!?
    HOLY SHIT LO PAN'S GONNA KICK ALL Y'ALL'S ASSES!
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    ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H. was starred ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    09/27/09

    @ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H.: "I am pissed off to no end!"
    Love that guy.
     Reply
    Grey_Area was starred Grey_Area was unstarred
    Image of Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L. Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.
    09/27/09

    @Grey_Area: I love everything about that film.

    "Is it getting hot in here, or is it just me?"
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    Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L. was starred Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L. was unstarred
    Image of Dr.ClaytonForrester Dr.ClaytonForrester
    09/27/09

    @Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.: All I know is that this Lo Pan character comes out of thin air in the middle of a goddamn alley while his buddies are flying around on wires cutting everybody to shreds while he just STANDS there waiting for me to drive my truck straight through him?? with LIGHT coming out of his mouth??
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    Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L. promoted this comment Dr.ClaytonForrester was starred Dr.ClaytonForrester was unstarred
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