Comments on: BBC Shakespeare

By: Bill

Bill — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 21:32:04 +0000

Not really, but I gotcha.

Hu$tle was on AMC, but I think you’d probably like it.

By: Neel Mehta

Neel Mehta — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 18:40:01 +0000

Sorry. Two very different things are going on in my last statement. I should watch BBC America more often because (1) I like what/who I've seen with Hotel Babylon, and (2) British shows like Hu$tle and Doctor Who have figured prominently in your past puzzles. It's not long before, say, Coupling becomes your next B5 center image. The idea behind the book was that the goings-on behind the 5-star London hotel were in fact highly un-dainty and somewhat disgusting. Sort of explained why you should never use the drinking glass left for you in your room without cleaning it yourself, for example. Anyway, I thought it would make a good TV series, and I was surprised to learn that someone had. The show is not disgusting, but still has its dark elements. And I think what I said about Emma Pierson made complete sense.

By: Bill

Bill — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 16:11:10 +0000

I don’t know the show. What is the idea and how would it help with the 3-D Pic Tac Toes?

By: Neel Mehta

Neel Mehta — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 05:05:55 +0000

You know, I have BBC America, but I don’t watch it nearly enough. I catch a few episodes of Hotel Babylon every now and then, because I read the book and found the idea interesting. (Emma Pierson is interesting as well. When it comes to women, I don’t know if I have a type, but Emma Pierson is my type.)

Also, it would help with the 3-D Pic-Tac-Toes.

By: K-Lyn

K-Lyn — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 07:50:45 +0000

Wow! Wow! Wow! This is the coolest thing I’ve read in a long long time. And all in 12 years? Amazing. I’ll have to upgrade my cable to include BBC (something Dr. Who has made me come close to doing already).

Mendes IS a concern but he’s producing, not directing so there’s hope.

By: DeLisa

DeLisa — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:38:48 +0000

I see Neel’s point about Mendes. I saw his production of THE VERTICAL HOUR last year and it was DREADFULLY directed. But I have high hopes for his wife’s participation. Her Ophelia in Branagh’s HAMLET film was the best thing about it I thought….

By: Neel Mehta

Neel Mehta — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:42:29 +0000

Not a big Mendes film fan — still think he lucked into that Best Director Oscar for American Beauty behind Conrad Hall’s cinematography — but having him aboard pretty much ensures participation by the wife, which is really the main reason I hate him.