Public Address | Cafe | Radiation: Back to the 80s https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Craig Ranapia https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24381#post24381 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24381#post24381

You killed Aurora! You bastards! Quite shocking, actually. Is OF being taken in a much darker direction this season? Hmmm ...

Is it just me, or was OF always a little more sophisticated than to fall into the 'lovable rogues' cliché? The thing I've come to love about this show…

]]> Fri, 03 Aug 2007 08:32:40 +1200 Fiona Rae https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24327#post24327 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24327#post24327 You killed Aurora! You bastards! Quite shocking, actually. Is OF being taken in a much darker direction this season? Hmmm ...

Anyway, for those of you that asked, Prime is starting Doctor Who on the 19th, starting with the Christmas Special, "The Runaway Bride", which stars Catherine Tate and an…

]]> Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:22:25 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24236#post24236 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24236#post24236

I saw it not so much as unrealistic but evidence of a real break in Van's mental state.

Or as the comic storyline of his marijuana withdrawal turning dark.

]]> Wed, 01 Aug 2007 17:50:24 +1200 Jackie Clark https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24232#post24232 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24232#post24232 There is no doubt. There is no slaughter. No puppies were harmed in the making of this show. We had nothing to do with the recent spate of fatalities among legendary film directors. Can I just say how wonderful a writer you are (big suckup) and can we please, please,… ]]> Wed, 01 Aug 2007 17:08:06 +1200 B Jones https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24205#post24205 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24205#post24205 Some people just don't do realism, and either idolise someone or demonise them – see borderline personality disorder. Of course, that would make it less likely that he'd stayed friends with Munter all those years.

Shakespeare in Much Ado About Nothing tells a similar story, although that definitely has realism…

]]> Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:33:38 +1200 Josh Addison https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24204#post24204 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24204#post24204

the only thing that surprised me was that they crammed the whole saga into a single episode

Well, yeah – I could've bought it if it had developed more gradually, but going from blissfully engaged to the love of his life to screaming at her that she's a dirty slut…

]]> Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:15:55 +1200 Emma Hart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24197#post24197 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24197#post24197

I found myself wondering very briefly this morning whether Jethro was absent from that episode for actor unavailability reasons like (I presume) Pascalle.

Um... you mean only half of Anothony Starr could come into work? I've had days like that.

]]> Wed, 01 Aug 2007 13:07:15 +1200 B Jones https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24194#post24194 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24194#post24194 is a link between heavy use and mental health issues.… ]]> Wed, 01 Aug 2007 13:01:03 +1200 Heather Gaye https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24188#post24188 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24188#post24188

Yeah, bummer about Aurora – I just wish they could have engineered it without having Van's character go from A Bit Thick to Delusional Paranoid Lunatic in the space of ten minutes.

Actually, I think it was pretty well in keeping; the only thing that surprised me was that they…

]]> Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:33:47 +1200 Craig Ranapia https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24177#post24177 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24177#post24177

Seriously, is he actually meant to be mentally handicapped or is he just dumb?

A little from column A and a lot from Column B, perhaps? :) Then again, I don't think it's that big a stretch that under the amiable doofus with maco 'tude to burn Van could turn…

]]> Wed, 01 Aug 2007 11:48:06 +1200 Josh Addison https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24169#post24169 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24169#post24169 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 11:16:24 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24158#post24158 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24158#post24158

but that shouldn't stop us from indulging in wild unsubstantiated gossip.

I/O, you are bad.

]]> Wed, 01 Aug 2007 10:47:58 +1200 InternationalObserver https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24139#post24139 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24139#post24139 BTW – I thought Claire Chitham was/is a great actress too.

I can't recall a TV death that made me this sad since... uh... maybe Adrianna on Sopranos.

WTF?! Adrianna's dead?
Some of us had recorded it for later viewing!!!!



~


heh heh heh

]]> Wed, 01 Aug 2007 10:00:42 +1200 InternationalObserver https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24137#post24137 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24137#post24137

Man that's harsh! Did Claire Chitham kick the writers' puppy or something?

Well according to someone on Throng

Claire Chitham has been doing a lot of other projects recently – like Neighbours in Australia, and an upcoming play...

but that shouldn't stop us from indulging in wild unsubstantiated gossip. Feel free…

]]> Wed, 01 Aug 2007 09:54:40 +1200 JP Hansen https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24134#post24134 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24134#post24134 Sorry InternationalObserver, for the OF spoiler – but, well there are no spoiler tags on this comment system. And once a show airs on network TV it's probably fair game to discuss openly... ;-)

I can't recall a TV death that made me this sad since... uh... maybe Adrianna on…

]]> Wed, 01 Aug 2007 09:45:06 +1200 James Griffin https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24133#post24133 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24133#post24133 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 09:44:47 +1200 Craig Ranapia https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24132#post24132 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24132#post24132 Jeebus...it's really turning out to be a sucky week to be a arthouse cinema god.

Michelangelo Antonioni, the Italian director whose chilly depictions of alienation were cornerstones of international filmmaking in the 1960s, inspiring intense measures of admiration, denunciation and confusion, died on Monday at his home in Rome, Italian news…

]]> Wed, 01 Aug 2007 09:36:15 +1200 Craig Ranapia https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24127#post24127 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24127#post24127 Shortland Street roots are showing – when in doubt start slaughtering the cast. :) But kudos to Rachael Lang, because I had the horrible sense (even without the promos) that there weren't any happy endings in store for Van and Aurora. Meanwhile, who wants to bet that we're… ]]> Wed, 01 Aug 2007 09:13:10 +1200 B Jones https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24124#post24124 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24124#post24124 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 09:01:41 +1200 Jeremy Andrew https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24120#post24120 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24120#post24120 Man that's harsh! Did Claire Chitham kick the writers' puppy or something?
There was some stunned silence in our household. Still is.

]]> Wed, 01 Aug 2007 08:26:35 +1200 InternationalObserver https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24119#post24119 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24119#post24119 oh thanks for the freakin' spoiler alert y'all!!

Some of us had recorded it for later viewing!

(I did wonder why they only signed her for 4 eps)

]]> Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:59:09 +1200 Venetia King https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24116#post24116 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24116#post24116 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:26:15 +1200 Venetia King https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24115#post24115 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24115#post24115 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:18:51 +1200 Heather Gaye https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24113#post24113 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24113#post24113 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 23:17:59 +1200 Robyn Gallagher https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24111#post24111 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24111#post24111

Holy &^%$, they killed off Aurora.
I'm sad, she was my favourite character on Fortune. :-(

And having Hine E Hine aka The Goodnight Kiwi music playing over that final scene made it almost impossible to not cry.

RIP, Rors.

]]> Tue, 31 Jul 2007 22:53:43 +1200 JP Hansen https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24108#post24108 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24108#post24108 Holy &^%$, they killed off Aurora.

I'm sad, she was my favourite character on Fortune. :-(

]]> Tue, 31 Jul 2007 22:35:44 +1200 InternationalObserver https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24096#post24096 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24096#post24096

Lisa Owen

D'oh! I say again: D'OH!!!

(oh, how soon we forget their names when they're not on no more)

]]> Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:54:46 +1200 Craig Ranapia https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24094#post24094 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24094#post24094

Still think Simon Dallow was great – they sometimes squirmed in front of him.

Indeed – one of the more pleasant surprises to come out of TVNZ was seeing someone I'd pretty much dismissed as a pretty but vacant autocue reader coming out as a pretty sharp interviewer. Can't envy…

]]> Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:11:28 +1200 Robyn Gallagher https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24087#post24087 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24087#post24087

Man, I so miss Newsnight with Ali amd Marcus...

Those were golden days, ow. And then there was the earlier late-night pairing of Joanna Paul and Belinda Todd on Nightline.

Also, everyone has to watch Outrageous Fortune tonight. That is all I will say.

]]> Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:39:32 +1200 Joanna https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24077#post24077 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24077#post24077

You don't have to be shagging each other to have "chemistry", you know.

Man, I so miss Newsnight with Ali amd Marcus...

]]> Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:02:04 +1200 Graeme Edgeler https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24065#post24065 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24065#post24065 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:54:55 +1200 InternationalObserver https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24058#post24058 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24058#post24058 heh heh ... I was going to say 'mumsy' too, but thought the better of it.

BTW – possibly a bit harsh on Pippa above, but glad Charlotte Glennie is no longer fronting Agenda. Good reporter but her fronting skills were a bit lacking. Seemed to let a few obvious…

]]> Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:04:29 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24050#post24050 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24050#post24050

RE: Breakfast
My how I laughed when they announced that Kay Gregory was taking over as the female frontperson. She was a 'weathergirl' for gawdsake! But it turned out I was ageist — I thought she was great, the perfect foil to smarmy (but watchable) Paul Henry.

Now, according to…

]]> Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:31:16 +1200 InternationalObserver https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24038#post24038 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24038#post24038

The Loving Spoonful

Oh, I thought that was reference to Heroin ...

RE: Breakfast
My how I laughed when they announced that Kay Gregory was taking over as the female frontperson. She was a 'weathergirl' for gawdsake! But it turned out I was ageist — I thought she was great,…

]]> Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:04:55 +1200 Span . https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24035#post24035 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24035#post24035 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 12:52:56 +1200 Neil Morrison https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24023#post24023 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24023#post24023

BTW, apropos of nothing Ingmar Bergman is now depressing the Almighty

As Woody Allen might say – "He had it coming to him. But don't we all".

]]> Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:24:36 +1200 Don Christie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24022#post24022 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24022#post24022

10cc

Oh.

I thought it described my first motorbike.

]]> Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:42:16 +1200 Jeremy Andrew https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24020#post24020 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24020#post24020

Ingmar Bergman is now depressing the Almighty

Not yet, he has to finish the chess game first...

]]> Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:35:39 +1200 Rob Stowell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24019#post24019 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24019#post24019

BTW, apropos of nothing Ingmar Bergman is now depressing the Almighty

God shld be so lucky. We don't get artists that good very often.

]]> Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:59:47 +1200 Jeremy Andrew https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24018#post24018 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24018#post24018 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:46:28 +1200 Peter Darlington https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24017#post24017 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24017#post24017

Mine also, and if you missed it, someone on TV.com has lovingly transcribed it here. Brings new meaning to the name Pearl Jam.

You too? Phew, I just presumed I was some kind of lamo for never realising what the term meant, despite the band being around for centuries.

]]> Tue, 31 Jul 2007 08:54:14 +1200 Craig Ranapia https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24016#post24016 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24016#post24016 Ingmar Bergman is now depressing the Almighty ]]> Tue, 31 Jul 2007 08:38:58 +1200 Fiona Rae https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24014#post24014 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24014#post24014

Well, my favourite moment on the box last weekend was the masturbatory advice talk by the uncle to the youngest son on Weeds.

Mine also, and if you missed it, someone on TV.com has lovingly transcribed it here. Brings new meaning to the name Pearl Jam.

Re Doctor Who and…

]]> Mon, 30 Jul 2007 22:34:23 +1200 Heather Gaye https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24013#post24013 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24013#post24013

a few episodes of Sports Night which I liked just because it had Robert Guillaume in it – so maybe that would explain why I don't find it wearing.

Certainly, Studio 60 has nothing on Sports Night for bludgeoning their viewers with "the issues".

AltTV's UHF broadcast ceased about 3…

]]> Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:36:27 +1200 Craig Ranapia https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24012#post24012 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24012#post24012

i assumed prime had torchwood and would play that first, but i hear tvnz has it. so maybe tvnz and prime are playing a game of chicken with their programming?

Well, if that's the grand plan – good luck to TVNZ counter-programming all that swearing, bloodshed and 'omnisexuality' (i.e. John…

]]> Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:34:57 +1200 3410 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24011#post24011 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24011#post24011

What do you mean???!

Well, I'm not sure now.

AltTV's UHF broadcast ceased about 3 days ago. A notice on their news page said that they would from now on only be streaming on the 'net. At least I think that's what it said – can't confirm because that notice…

]]> Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:24:12 +1200 Venetia King https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24010#post24010 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24010#post24010 3410:

R.I.P. the great Alt TV

What do you mean???!

]]> Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:17:59 +1200 Jackie Clark https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24009#post24009 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24009#post24009 Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:24:44 +1200 Paul Scoones https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24006#post24006 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24006#post24006

Hey any word on when Prime will show the third season of Doctor Who???

Prime have apparently scheduled Doctor Who to return on Sunday 19 August, 7.30pm.

Paul

]]> Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:45:07 +1200 Emma Hart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24005#post24005 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24005#post24005

Weird, I'm loving Studio 60! 30 Rock..not so much.

Yeah, me too. I like 'em both, but if one had to be canned I'd have picked 30 Rock, and I love Alec Baldwin. 30 Rock is kick-back mindless fun, Studio 60 is a drama about a comedy. (Though the episodes…

]]> Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:51:55 +1200 Span . https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24004#post24004 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24004#post24004 Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:48:55 +1200 Michael Fitzgerald https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24003#post24003 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24003#post24003 Shit I'm still trying to get over TV1 Sex Slave Doco last night.
God knows how I didn't burst into tears – it was ugly.

]]> Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:50:06 +1200 InternationalObserver https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24000#post24000 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=24000#post24000 I know it's "No Twice Told Tales Please' but

Posted by me on 11 Jul 07..

If anyone's interested I've seen two episodes of 30 Rock (starting this Sunday on TV3) and I quite enjoyed them.... I know Studio 60 didn't find an audience in the US and has been axed…

]]> Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:53:54 +1200 3410 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=23999#post23999 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=23999#post23999

The Best Man

The Detective kept investigating, so
The best man stabbed him, then
The best man found out that the wife was going to the cops, so
he tracked her down, and
tried to silence her, but
during the struggle fatally fell of a cliff. Then
the husband turned…

]]> Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:14:37 +1200 Heather Gaye https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=23998#post23998 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=23998#post23998 Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:20:16 +1200 Hamboy https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=23997#post23997 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=23997#post23997 Grrr, try that again.

Well, my favourite moment on the box last weekend was the masturbatory advice talk by the uncle to the youngest son on Weeds.

Classic, though it has kinda put me off bananas.

]]> Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:11:06 +1200 Hamboy https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=23996#post23996 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=23996#post23996

Well, my favourite moment on the box last weekend was the masturbatory advice talk by the uncle to the youngest son on Weeds.Classic, thought it has kinda put me off bananas.

]]> Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:10:07 +1200 Span . https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=23995#post23995 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=23995#post23995 I rather like 30 Rock too, Alec Baldwin is great and Tina Fey (?) is even better.

Can anyone tell me what happened in the end of The Best Man last night? I saw up to the bit where they were leaving the wedding reception and am very curious...

]]> Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:44:16 +1200 Peter Darlington https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=23992#post23992 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=23992#post23992 Well, my favourite moment on the box last weekend was the masturbatory advice talk by the uncle to the youngest son on Weeds.

Frighteningly adventurous is all I'm going to say...

]]> Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:05:43 +1200 Craig Ranapia https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=23991#post23991 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=23991#post23991

I concur about 30 Rock, Craig, and disagree about Studio 60.

To hideously misquote M. Loaf, one out of two ain't bad. :) Sorkin's work always depends on how much solemn pomposity you can stomach at any given moment – The West Wing? Nummy. Malice and The American President, not…

]]> Mon, 30 Jul 2007 09:56:19 +1200 Danielle https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=23989#post23989 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=23989#post23989 30 Rock too, and I'm somewhere in the middle on Studio 60: the 'comedy' sucks *so much* that it hurts (and has to be put in quotation marks), and it's really rather pompous and self-important and unbelievable and poorly lit and every episode has a clunky line of… ]]> Mon, 30 Jul 2007 08:30:07 +1200 Jackie Clark https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=23988#post23988 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=23988#post23988 Mon, 30 Jul 2007 07:22:43 +1200 Craig Ranapia https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=23985#post23985 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-back-to-the-80s/?p=23985#post23985

Really liking 30 Rock

Oh boy, yes – and unlike Aaron Sorkin's painfully disappointing Studio 60 it's intentionally funny. Alec Baldwin seems to be having an indecent amount of fun playing a hyper-evolved reptile.

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