Q&A with Josh Lanyon discussion

Well, we can't read EVERY minute, right?

We can't? :-)

I have just watched a new episode of the Italian adaptation of Nero Wolfe.
The episodes are based on the books, the fake thing is that Nero and Archie left New York and are living in Rome. A bit weird, but it's well done.

I've gotten sucked into the vortex that is Game of Thrones. I'd read through book 4 and got kind of GRRM burned out, so I haven't kept up with the story until now. Must say casting Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister is brilliant!

Roby wrote: "I have just watched a new episode of the Italian adaptation of Nero Wolfe.
The episodes are based on the books, the fake thing is that Nero and Archie left New York and are living in Rome. A bit w..."

LOL.

That's great! They needed a vacation! :-D

Jan wrote: "We can't? :-)"

:-D


I'm addicted to watching TV and listening to audio books.

I probably shouldn't admit that, should I? There goes my standing as arbiter of good taste and fine writing. :-D

Anne wrote: "I've gotten sucked into the vortex that is Game of Thrones. I'd read through book 4 and got kind of GRRM burned out, so I haven't kept up with the story until now. Must say casting Peter Dinklage a..."

I'm resisting watching this until the entire damn series is complete.

Did you guys catch -- WHY do I keep trying to call him Bandersnatch Cumberbun??? -- Cumberbatch's role in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy?

Very well done, I thought.

Lou wrote: "Josh wrote: "Did you guys catch -- WHY do I keep trying to call him Bandersnatch Cumberbun??? -- Cumberbatch's role in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy?

Very well done, I thought."

LOL.

That was hi..."

It took me a few seconds to place him. ;-D

Yes, the scene is understated but effective.

I am too watching Game of Thrones, although I truly hate the books (can't take the meandering style). The only reason why I am watching GOT is to get my fix of naked people on TV. My husband and I have a game, "How many boobs are flashed in a certain amount of minutes?"

Josh wrote: "I probably shouldn't admit that, should I? There goes my standing as arbiter of good taste and fine writing. :-D"

Wave goodbye, you might not see it again ;-)

Anne wrote: "I've gotten sucked into the vortex that is Game of Thrones. I'd read through book 4 and got kind of GRRM burned out, so I haven't kept up with the story until now. Must say casting Peter Dinklage a..."

I love Game of Thrones! It is intense and stressful but I love it. My hubby has read all of the books and is great about giving me background that helps my understanding of the show. He won't give me any spoilers though which drives me crazy! After how the first season ended (don't worry, no spoilers from me either :), I feel I need to be more prepared to deal with the serious emotional turmoil of the plot twists.

I totally agree with you about Peter as Tyrion. He has the best lines on that show. So great!

A bit out there, but I am a big opera fan (I am an amateur classical singer) and I love spending hours on YouTube (the vortex) watching videos of the great divas singing.

I spent hours watching Joan Sutherland sing the mad scene of Lucia di Lammermoor at different stages of her career.

Josh wrote: "Did you guys catch -- WHY do I keep trying to call him Bandersnatch Cumberbun??? -- Cumberbatch's role in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy?

Very well done, I thought."

No - that was the movie, right, Josh?

Vivian wrote: "A bit out there, but I am a big opera fan (I am an amateur classical singer) and I love spending hours on YouTube (the vortex) watching videos of the great divas singing.

I spent hours watching ..."

Vivian, I wish I could get into opera, but it is so expensive to go to in this town! Though they do have the movie broadcasts of operas, which I haven't gone to (and should).

I think it's so cool that you're a singer. My voice makes children cry and dogs howl.

Vivian wrote: "I am too watching Game of Thrones, although I truly hate the books (can't take the meandering style). The only reason why I am watching GOT is to get my fix of naked people on TV. My husband and ..."

They do the boob thing just to prove they're HBO, I think :)

I started watching Game of Thrones during repeats/on demand, and got caught up for this season (though, don't spoil me, I'm not caught up yet, that's what I'll be doing this weekend.)

Does it hurt that I haven't read the books?

Anne, there was a GREAT interview with Peter Dinklage in the Times about a couple of weeks ago. He is awesome.

Josh, I watch way too much TV, too, not all of it lofty stuff that I'm willing to admit to. Even with the anonymity of the internet, I don't think I'm willing to admit to some of the things I've gotten into.

mc wrote: "Josh, I watch way too much TV, too, not all of it lofty stuff that I'm willing to admit to. Even with the anonymity of the internet, I don't think I'm willing to admit to some of the things I've g..."

Me neither, so you're in good company. :D

mc wrote: "They do the boob thing just to prove they're HBO, I think :)

I started watching Game of Thrones during repeats/on demand, and got caught up for this season (though, don't spoil me, I'm not caught up yet, that's what I'll be doing this weekend.)

Does it hurt that I haven't read the books?
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No, truly, I hate G. R. R. Martin's writing style. I am very visceral about books. I am a book lover and I really get invested in my reading; with me is a love or hate relationship and Mr. Martin's style was annoying! I think the script writers are doing marvels with the poor material they have. I tried reading the books and abandoned them. They irked me.

:D

I sound like a snob.

mc wrote: "Vivian, I wish I could get into opera, but it is so expensive to go to in this town! Though they do have the movie broadcasts of operas, which I haven't gone to (and should).

I think it's so cool that you're a singer. My voice makes children cry and dogs howl. "

Go to your local University I am sure they have a music program doing free or very accessible operas. Sometimes they put out some nice things. Last year my local university did a production of Così fan Tutte. It was interesting to see it in a modern setting, and the students were great!

I watched about half of Vampire Diaries tonight, just because the guy who played Boone on Lost is on that show & right now, Boone is my go-to hero of choice. That boy is pretty.

I have zero problems owning my piece of shallow, btw. In case there's any doubt. :-D

Boone really brought the pretty, Kari.

I might be splitting hairs, but there's a difference between guilty secret watching that's really not that bad, and things one can't even mention for fear of being banned :)

Vivian, here's the Met Opera in movie theaters program:

http://www.metoperafamily.org/metoper...

Cleon, may I ask an ignorant question? How much American TV do you get where you are?

Has anyone subscribed to Classicaltv.com ? It looks like a good idea. It looks like streaming performing arts on-line for cheap. They don't have many ballets available.

I fell in love with ballet when I saw Mikhail Baryshnikov perform on PBC. Fangirl squeee, sigh and OMG!!!!

ETA: The videos are off-line right now. I'll get back when they email me things are up and running again.

I think it's so cool that you're a singer. My voice makes children cry and dogs howl.

I didn't say I was a good singer. LOL!
I am a passable soprano, but I do love opera. It's my passion.

Hey, this thread sounds a lot of fun (although I watch awfully little TV nowadays)!

Anyway, few weeks ago my husband (who has a lot of time to watch television while I read...) found a hilarious British TV series called "Him and Her" that BBC Three describes as "anti-romantic comedy". I suppose the description fits all right, because the show is about a young couple, Becky and Steve, and their odd friends and even odder relatives. If you like crazy British humor - this is the series to watch! :) Too bad I don't know how to make a link to it - but here it is:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tmyzz

And since Kari and mc were talking about the guy who played Boone on Lost, I just have to say that I thought that Josh Hollaway, who played Sayer, was absolutely gorgeous! So there - I said it. ;)

Oh wow, the link made itself. ;)

Lou wrote: "Allow me a few leaps of association, in the name of what's worth watching.

Benedict Cumberbatch -> audition for Doctor Whoo -> role went to Matt Smith (another British actor with dramatic cheekbon..."

I don't know where you're going either. It's fascinating to watch however.

Vivian wrote: "I think it's so cool that you're a singer. My voice makes children cry and dogs howl.

I didn't say I was a good singer. LOL!
I am a passable soprano, but I do love opera. It's my passion."

Hi from another passable soprano

I, too, love singing (in choirs, not solo!) and in fact I'm about to spend a big part of the weekend rehearsing for and performing Mendelssohn's Paulus.

I've finally gotten caught up on all the BBC Torchwoods (not the jump-the-shark Starz episodes). Heard the folks at Doctor Who might be thinking of bringing J Barrowman back for some cameos as Captain Jack. That would make my day!
http://people.zap2it.com/p/john-barro...

Vivian wrote: "Last year my local university did a production of Così fan Tutte. It was interesting to see it in a modern setting, and the students were great!"

Operas in their "real", mostly historic settings are very much the exception in Germany. This kind of production is generally regarded (not necessarily by the audience, mind you) as boring, oldfashioned and downright provincial, even in provincial opera houses of which there are lots in Germany.

The recent Tannhäuser production in Bayreuth featured a room with generators, tanks and gasometers, to a decidedly mixed reception.

For my last birthday my husband and I went to Glyndebourne to see Don Giovanni. It was a lovely production and I loved it. Glyndebourne is probably a little more traditional than Bayreuth but still Zerline looked/was dressed like Marilyn Monroe and Don Giovanni wore a tux.

Anne wrote: "I've finally gotten caught up on all the BBC Torchwoods (not the jump-the-shark Starz episodes). Heard the folks at Doctor Who might be thinking of bringing J Barrowman back for some cameos as Capt..."

Anne, I was so upset when it went to Starz, because I don't get that station (and my cable bill is high enough). I loved early Torchwood.

Lou, the whole Ianto thing broke my heart. Was there really a need to do that?

Liade wrote: "I, too, love singing (in choirs, not solo!) and in fact I'm about to spend a big part of the weekend rehearsing for and performing Mendelssohn's Paulus. "

Hah! Hi back! :)

How interesting. I've been practicing this past month with my choir, we are singing Schubert's Mass in G and the Christ Lag in Todesbanden from Bach.

I have a recital in June, but I am singing something very modest for that one. Probably Vedrai Carino (I make a good Zerlina I've been told) or something like Caro Mio Ben.

For my last birthday my husband and I went to Glyndebourne to see Don Giovanni. It was a lovely production and I loved it. Glyndebourne is probably a little more traditional than Bayreuth but still Zerline looked/was dressed like Marilyn Monroe and Don Giovanni wore a tux.

Oh, here we get them still in the traditional settings unless they are a student production.

Johanna wrote: "And since Kari and mc were talking about the guy who played Boone on Lost, I just have to say that I thought that Josh Hollaway, who played Sayer, was absolutely gorgeous! So there - I said it. ;) "

Team Sawyer. :-)

Rachel, it occurs to me that as much as Game of Thrones is the land of female frontal nudity, that Lost had a lock(e) on topless men. Seems fair.

Rachel wrote: "Team Sawyer. :-)"

They killed Boone off much too quickly. ;-p

Of the rest, Jack, Sawyer, Sayid...Too much pretty-scruffy-sexy to choose from.

ETA: Also, leave it to me to devolve a perfectly reasonable & intelligent discussion into a vote on manflesh. LOL

Lou wrote: "Battlestar Galactica had a good all around eye candy, even if not as revealing as HBO. HBO is soft porn half the time. "

Thank you, I quite agree. The thing I object the most is that it's only female nudity being paraded around, not male nudity. Someone actually told me that a mons venus was not genitalia and that it didn't compare to show a penis and a mons veneris, that in order to be genitalia it had to be a spread eagle sort of thing and that's why we saw female frontal nudity more often than male frontal nudity.

It annoyed me because if it weren't genitalia we would be allow to walk around sans clothing (in the US we have those indecent exposure laws) and show our montes veneris, but we can't. Call me a raging feminist, but I am for equal opportunity sex objectification, if you are going to show nudity, show nudity from both sexes.

Lou wrote: "Battlestar Galactica had a good all around eye candy, even if not as revealing as HBO.

Could not bear Galactica. Turning Starburck into a girl for the remake broke my heart.

HBO is soft porn half the time."

Soft? Do you watch TrueBlood? I don't call it my vampire porn for nothing. \o/

This one isn't out just yet but HBO is running a preview before every Game of Thrones episode for a new show coming in June called Newsroom. Has anyone else seen these promos? Looks great.

I'm not caught up yet with this season's Game of Thrones, so I haven't seen the promos, Fiona, but they pretty much have me at Aaron Sorkin.

mc wrote: "I'm not caught up yet with this season's Game of Thrones, so I haven't seen the promos, Fiona, but they pretty much have me at Aaron Sorkin."

Hahaha! So true! Ok don't wait to get caught up on GoT, go to YouTube and just look up Newsroom HBO promo. Let me know what you think :)

Amen sistah! However, I'd compromise at showing more male backsides. I have fondness for them.

Oh, yeah. I am all about the tushies.

Lou wrote: "Kari wrote: "Soft? Do you watch TrueBlood? I don't call it my vampire porn for nothing. \o/ "

There's no actual penetration shown--even in that orgy scene of last season, so technically it's soft...."

Good Lord. Oz. I have no words.

There's no actual penetration shown--even in that orgy scene of last season, so technically it's soft...."

There was an orgy on TV? O.O ^.^ O.O

Lou wrote: "Well, it was a strange show, but basically a soap opera. :P "

If we're talking about Oz, yes, you're absolutely right, especially as it relates to not going after any dropped soap in the shower.

I adore Mad Men. Last season's "The Suitcase" was one of my favorite hours of TV.

Vivian wrote: "Lou wrote: "Battlestar Galactica had a good all around eye candy, even if not as revealing as HBO. HBO is soft porn half the time. "

Thank you, I quite agree. The thing I object the most is that ..."

I'm 300% agree on showing more male nudity. All for the sake of gender equality, of course. ;)

Man, oh man, I keep thinking you all are WAY MORE intellectual than I am.

Well, you've thoroughly blown that OUT of the water. I can now confess to having Top Gear stored on my DVR as the ultimate in brainless entertainment. Oh, and those dudes on tv that blow stuff up just to see what it will do... for science of course.

I keep thinking...and they get PAID to do this???? How did they get this gig? I'll test drive that Ferrari, pick me!!! Pick me!!!

They are totally absurd.

Documentaries put me to sleep. I always have a few of them stored. I watch them if I'm strung out and have trouble going to sleep. I grew up watching them with the parental units.

I don't have HBO. Y'all aren't convincing me I need it either. =D

Enjoy your weekend all!!

Guilty secret? I'm watching Lockup right now (for the non-Americans, it's a kind of documentary series about inmates in different prisons).

It's sobering to see how people end up in these situations, very sad to see how often 'once in' means never truly getting out of the system, and seriously inspiring to see those who are able to create a new and better life for themselves.

Josh wrote: "Well, we can't read EVERY minute, right?"

Indeed, we also go out and see movies ;-).
I was wondering if this place is meant only for television stuff.