Thoughts of a late night knitter

My copy of Total Recall has arrived, so now I can get down to watching it a few times and hopefully writing the reel_merlin fic. It's interesting to note that my memory of the film was pretty good and I was a bit appalled to realise how many of the one-liners I can still quote!

Along with my copy of TR, I also bought the first two series of Robin of Sherwood. I was enamoured of this show back in the eighties and watched every episode. Did anyone else (those of you who weren't tiny children :D) watch it? It had all the ingredients to push my buttons - a heavy dose of mythos, lots of sword fights, the sheriff's voice (I could listen to him forever) and a bit of snark to leaven the drama.

What TV did you watch in the 80s? Things I can remember - Blake's 7, endless repeats of Star Trek (TOS), Dr Who, Centennial, Miami Vice, to name but a few...

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OMG why??? They're televising Beach Cricket!!!!! Beach cricket?

WTF for?

Isn't it bad enough that the regular cricket is on ad infinitum from November to May? That the games take days? That watching the game is about as exciting as watching cement set?

Beach Cricket is (for me), the game families play when you all get together for the holidays. It's impromptu and fun and everyone gets a go no matter how bad a player they are; there's always in jokes and gags and the games and heckling go on for ages.

Now here it is on TV - with name players playing, commentators commenting seriously on the state of play and, no doubt, much money being made. It's sacriledge I tell you! :D

Why am I watching it you ask? Because the little guy knows I hate it - so he put it on!!!! *shakes fist and cuddles him*

Honestly the shit that's on television sometimes stuns the mind. The umpteenth incarnation of Big Brother, The Family guy and The Footy show *retch* just make me wonder how much banality people will accept.

Thank god for Inspector Rex! A long-time favourite of the little guy's. We watch religiously as Rex and his human counterparts solve all the crime in Vienna.

Yes Rex is a dog! A sort of mixture of Rin-tin-tin and The littlest Hobo he solves crimes, rescues children, takes on bad guys and has a great time stealing food! Tonight he broke down the barriers between some homeless children and the police, and then subsequently rescued the kids from a burning train carriage! What a dog :)

Not only are the story-lines good, we are also improving our language skills! We've been watching since he was 5 and at first I had to read all the subtitles to the little guy (paraphrasing hastily some of the more questionable parts), but now he can read most of them himself Yay! And can even recognise a good portion of the commonly used German phrases.

I find myself suddenly wanting to write a Rex fic - maybe I could team him with Jayne? They both bark, growl and have an obsession with food...