What a fucking great programme. It's unique, well made, well acted, and very kiwi (to me, anyway). There are a couple of minor drawbacks but nothing that really detracts from the overall experience.
Also, most of the music on there sounds very New Zealand-ish. The only thing I've recognised is the Shocking Pinks though. Can anyone tell me what other stuff has been on there?
p.s Quiet Girl on Fly My Pretties live at bats... is it just me or is most of this song borrowing heavily from Chris Isaak's 'Wicked Game'??? It's been bugging me for ages.
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did you not see the first series? ...
did you not see the first series? fuckin brilliant. best thing NZ has made. Bless Dave Gibson, and good luck to him now that Gibson Group belongs to the ex-wife. Hope he takes his programmes with him. Last night there was also some goldenhorse, a buda remix of Rhian sheehans afternoon on the moon, yes emily by shocking pinks.. thats all i trainspotted. lets see who can trainspot the most.
o and speaking of mr samuel flynn- ...
o and speaking of mr samuel flynn- don't you contribute some of the music to that series too? or is it Dave Long i'm thinkin of?
//did you not see the first ...
//did you not see the first series
Yeah, I did, but I'm enjoying this series more because as yet there's no characters that annoy the shit outta me. Thanks for the music help...
Hey, the Phoenix Foundation remix of ...
Hey, the Phoenix Foundation remix of Rhian Sheehan was done by Sam & Conrad, I think... unless the Buda mix is something else.
Very important, I know.
you're sooo smart jet. just figured it ...
you're sooo smart jet. just figured it was buda's cos it was so twisted.
ghostplane....... jims Roo has them on ...
ghostplane....... jims Roo has them on tape, and as soon as NCEA is over she will be rewatching, and will send you a list.
Another great wee programe for trainspotting is The Living Room, we play name that track while watching it, she of course kicks my butt every time.
The Living room has just restarted on ...
The Living room has just restarted on the arty slot......... sunday nights @10.30 running againts the front seat.
I will never understand why they keep doing that, surely they would get a bigger market share if similar programes weren't on at the same time, maybe one of you marketing boffins could explain it?
Because I am an EXTREME marketing ...
Because I am an EXTREME marketing boffin I can tell you Front Seat has finished its season.
Shut up jimi...
Shut up jimi
Dave Long did the music for ...
Dave Long did the music for 'Happiness' so am guessing he did it for 'Love' too. What a wicked dude. Not that I've met him, but pretty awesome far reaching coolness... from the totally mainstream (Fur Patrol, Muttonbirds) do the out there and noodly.
Friends do the sound and I'm pretty sure the music picks are all Kiwi artists. You should see the massive pile of NZ CDs they get sent from various licencing type bodies... When I visited the studio they played me 'Emily' as an example of something good happening while I was in Australia, so no surprise it reached the show... although I doubt they get final say on the picks for what gets in there.
'Happiness' is ringing a bell... was ...
'Happiness' is ringing a bell... was that a Wellington film about twenty somethings... which went to TV and became "Love Bites?"
The movie was great... the TV show was not.
Hopeless was the film which spawned ...
Hopeless was the film which spawned Love Bites.
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I think you're thinking of ...
I think you're thinking of Hopeless, whereas people are just being lazy when they're referring to 'Happiness' instead of 'The Insiders[sic] Guide to Happiness'.
The movie Happiness is very very different, but also excellent.
//the out there and noodly. he's ...
//the out there and noodly.
he's pretty cool on the ole out there and noodly theremin too. a very wicked chap indeed.
Ah yes, Hopeless... I liked ...
Ah yes, Hopeless... I liked that.
And Happiness... that is a very different film. I didn't like it quite as much... although yes, it is good. Phillip Seymour Hoffman's new role sounds like a goody, BTW (and again is quite different to his Happiness role, thank god.)
Speaking about local drama, what is the ...
Speaking about local drama, what is the consensus on that new show set at the Otara markets?
I saw it for the first time last week and it seemed OK - some cliches are unavoidable, I guess - but not bad... I guess I did feel a surge of pride when one of the characters mentioned she lived "near Howick" - my home suburb!
two of my tutors from my course are in ...
two of my tutors from my course are in it and a lot of it is filmed near the otara music and arts centre which is where my course is based half the time. it's all very exciting for me coz it's so south auckland. represent.
I have tried a couple of times, but ...
I have tried a couple of times, but there was boxing, and beatings and scary stuff, by that time of night I am after a soft warm fuzzy so I watch west wing (shame)
i watch the West Wing and i am not ...
i watch the West Wing and i am not ashamed! i'm not sure if find it warm and fuzzy either - lately it's really strung me out. Leo! In the woods! His phone ringing!
What about Martin Sheen's awesome ...
What about Martin Sheen's awesome Kennedy accent a couple of weeks ago: "This plane...is going to China!"
West Wing is the finest drama on TV ever. And TVNZ should be ashamed for burying it in such a shitty timeslot.
but we know west wing isn't real, ...
but we know west wing isn't real, where as with The Market it's harder to tell, there is something in the filming that makes it very in your face, it has a similar feeling as Once Were Warriors
//And TVNZ should be ashamed for ...
//And TVNZ should be ashamed for burying it in such a shitty time slot.
yesum, I was [i]trying[/i] to start a conversation on the stupidity of the scheduling of programmes a wee bit higher up, might have worked if jimi wasn't such a smarty pants
//but we know west wing isn't real, ...
//but we know west wing isn't real, where as with The Market it's harder to tell
What? I thought that was Dubya and he just had an uncanny resemblence to Emilio Estevez! You mean it's not reality? I guess that makes me feel better about none of the producers helping Leo up then, after a suitable dramatic pause, of course...
//might have worked if jimi wasn't ...
//might have worked if jimi wasn't such a smarty pants
??? I was more hassling myself than anything else... if I was a smarty pants I'd actually watch Front Seat, instead of realising it was on tv with 10 minutes to go in a season finale!
//i watch the West Wing and i am not ...
//i watch the West Wing and i am not ashamed! i'm not sure if find it warm and fuzzy either - lately it's really strung me out.
word. Although I've always found it a bit confronting, as it shows the coalface interaction between great idealism, and the pragmatism of governing. It makes me sort of optimistic, hopeful, but sad, at the same time.
aye - much of the time it's about ...
aye - much of the time it's about people who want to change the world coming to the realisation that they have to choose the lesser of two evils. compromise and tradeoff. but they keep being hopeful. when something does come to pass (i.e. Mendoza) i find it very hard not to do a Josh-air-pump of victory.
exciting stuff coming up - potentially a spoiler here, but not much of one ...
...
...
candidates played by Alan Alda (Rep) and Jimmy Smits (Dem) debate ... LIVE. as in the actors are debating with no script. awwwwwwwesome.
though sometimes i like it for lesser ...
though sometimes i like it for lesser reasons, such as waiting for Donna to pash Josh.
//though sometimes i like it for lesser ...
//though sometimes i like it for lesser reasons, such as waiting for Donna to pash Josh.
Yeah, but that can NEVER HAPPEN. I like it for CJ cos I want to be her when I grow up.
Man, Will Hall has got a lot less ...
Man, Will Hall has got a lot less believable than the first series. Disappointing.
not if you actually grew up in ...
not if you actually grew up in Wanganui..
Haha. Yeah, thought there may have been ...
Haha. Yeah, thought there may have been things lost in translation. But as a non-Wanganui-bred viewer, it just seems a bit forced.
being the comic relief is a hard job, ...
being the comic relief is a hard job, bro.
For sure, but my point was that he was ...
For sure, but my point was that he was so good in the first series. Mah fave, in fact. Maybe the cast around him have got stronger...?
good to see more capping show alum on ...
good to see more capping show alum on the box last week...
Who/what character?...
Who/what character?
Camille Keenan/Asha (Winz case-worker); ...
Camille Keenan/Asha (Winz case-worker); ex-Hannibal Lecturer & Scarfies