Public Address | Cafe | Radiation: Crossing the line https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Graeme Edgeler https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-crossing-the-line/?p=19960#post19960 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-crossing-the-line/?p=19960#post19960 So how 'bout that Power of Art?

I surprised myself and enjoyed it more than A History of Britain. One episode in, Schama seems to have taken the opportunity to pick and choose artists and works of particular personal interest that enable a truly engrossing discussion – something never really…

]]> Wed, 06 Jun 2007 13:59:30 +1200 andrew llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-crossing-the-line/?p=19945#post19945 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-crossing-the-line/?p=19945#post19945

Here in Sydney the shadowy figure hidden behind bandages in Ugly Betty has been revealed as ......

Matthew Ridge?

]]> Wed, 06 Jun 2007 11:58:46 +1200 Nobody Important https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-crossing-the-line/?p=19943#post19943 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-crossing-the-line/?p=19943#post19943

It would be remiss of me not to mention his recurring role on Lost. :-)

Ha! I stopped watching mid way trhru the 2nd series — and my life is no worse!! I kept telling myself I'll catch up by watching the Box Set on DVD but ... funny how…

]]> Wed, 06 Jun 2007 11:40:56 +1200 Josh Addison https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-crossing-the-line/?p=19927#post19927 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-crossing-the-line/?p=19927#post19927 I must admit I get rather fraked off by the subtext – which pretty much becomes screaming text here – that Lost is for smart people, and pretty much everything else is for brain-dead, pap-fed morons. I don't need every plot point and character motivation signposted in 100 ft high… ]]> Wed, 06 Jun 2007 09:22:38 +1200 David Ritchie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-crossing-the-line/?p=19916#post19916 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-crossing-the-line/?p=19916#post19916

now starring in Ugly Betty

It would be remiss of me not to mention his recurring role on Lost. :-)

]]> Tue, 05 Jun 2007 21:21:45 +1200 Nobody Important https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-crossing-the-line/?p=19912#post19912 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-crossing-the-line/?p=19912#post19912 speaking of television ... Alan Dale the kiwi actor (anyone remember Radio Waves on South Pacific TV?)(SPTV was the fore-runner to TV2) now starring in Ugly Betty has just scored a role in the fourth installment of the Indianna Jones franchise.

I can't tell you what the role is, but…

]]> Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:55:04 +1200 Venetia King https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-crossing-the-line/?p=19910#post19910 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-crossing-the-line/?p=19910#post19910

The observant among you will have noticed that Battlestar Galactica's second season has finally started on TV3

Indeed. Got the DVDs for Xmas and have been making them last – only one episode left. After watching it we always have the "That's so good! Why can't they make more shows…

]]> Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:11:15 +1200 Jackie Clark https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-crossing-the-line/?p=19870#post19870 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-crossing-the-line/?p=19870#post19870 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 07:16:58 +1200 Martha Craig https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-crossing-the-line/?p=19869#post19869 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-crossing-the-line/?p=19869#post19869 friends in America there are new seasons of Top Chef and Big Love starting next week. Yay. ]]> Tue, 05 Jun 2007 06:57:03 +1200 Craig Ranapia https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-crossing-the-line/?p=19865#post19865 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-crossing-the-line/?p=19865#post19865 Fiona:

Ewww... once I managed to uncross my legs, I must admit I get rather fraked off by the subtext – which pretty much becomes screaming text here – that Lost is for smart people, and pretty much everything else is for brain-dead, pap-fed morons. I don't need every plot point…

]]> Mon, 04 Jun 2007 23:31:11 +1200 Robyn Gallagher https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-crossing-the-line/?p=19864#post19864 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-crossing-the-line/?p=19864#post19864

Dirty little downloaders will know that all the good shows have now had their season finales in the US: Lost, Heroes, Grey’s etc are all on the summer break

Also on this list is House MD (or just House as everyone calls it).

The first half of season three was…

]]> Mon, 04 Jun 2007 22:10:19 +1200 Fiona Rae https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-crossing-the-line/?p=19858#post19858 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-crossing-the-line/?p=19858#post19858

sometimes you've just got to stop with the foreplay and put out.

Actually, it seems you don't: Daniel Zalewski at Salon likes the delayed gratification of the Lost experience, "TV's first tantric narrative" apparently, which sounds vaguely masochistic.

]]> Mon, 04 Jun 2007 15:15:14 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-crossing-the-line/?p=19855#post19855 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-crossing-the-line/?p=19855#post19855 What's with that, anyway? You would think that from the point of view of a TV channel, getting people to watch would be a good thing, so having a review come out, minus spoilers, before it aired would be a good thing too. Provided it's a good review, of course.… ]]> Mon, 04 Jun 2007 11:35:15 +1200 Deborah https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-crossing-the-line/?p=19851#post19851 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-crossing-the-line/?p=19851#post19851

And now, a new feature of Radiation, which I probably pathetically will not be able to maintain, the weekly rundown:

This will be great. I hate reading a review of a show, only to realise that it has been and gone, and the point of the review is to say,…

]]> Mon, 04 Jun 2007 11:27:19 +1200 Jolisa https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-crossing-the-line/?p=19845#post19845 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-crossing-the-line/?p=19845#post19845

the first law of housework: the only thing more boring than doing housework is watching someone else do it.

Au contraire, my dear... there's some pretty scenic housework action here (moderately safe for work).

And this book sounds quite edifying as well.

]]> Mon, 04 Jun 2007 05:04:11 +1200 Ben Austin https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-crossing-the-line/?p=19844#post19844 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-crossing-the-line/?p=19844#post19844 Mon, 04 Jun 2007 02:16:49 +1200 Craig Ranapia https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-crossing-the-line/?p=19843#post19843 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-crossing-the-line/?p=19843#post19843 Lost is that people still don't get the wisdom of Anton Chekhov – no slob in the yarn-spinning racket – who famously observed that, "One must not put a loaded rifle on the stage if no one is thinking… ]]> Mon, 04 Jun 2007 02:04:29 +1200 Idiot Savant https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-crossing-the-line/?p=19842#post19842 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-crossing-the-line/?p=19842#post19842 want people to just download it or something? ]]> Mon, 04 Jun 2007 01:50:11 +1200 David Ritchie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-crossing-the-line/?p=19835#post19835 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-crossing-the-line/?p=19835#post19835

The final of Lost will blow your mind.

What she said. It's choiiiiiiice. After a mediocre start to the season, the last few eps of Lost have been outstanding. I especially enjoyed the Nikki and Paulo episode "Expose".

]]> Sun, 03 Jun 2007 17:38:25 +1200 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-crossing-the-line/?p=19834#post19834 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/radiation-crossing-the-line/?p=19834#post19834 Discussion from blog post.

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