Captain Britain and MI-13

[Manic]

Where to start...

Urm basically they are all in status on a mission to Mars in 2035 (you see they are looking for Life on Mars) and his life in 2008 was actually just a virtual reality program helping him stay sane and active when in status. That malfunctioned and the program somehow made it the 70s instead. Oh and Gene Hunt is Sam's Dad and erm not called Gene Hunt and is called Major Tom (you see they are on a gene hunt when looking for Life on Mars). Hyde is the name of the spaceship too or something.

*chokes on own vomit*

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I watched it on YouTube. It was certainly something. I guess it's true: Americans don't care much for subtlety. I mean, actually making Gene Hunt Sam's dad rather than just suggesting it via their mentor/pupil/tainted old man/conscience relationship sort of sums it all up.

Oh, and Elton John is in no way a suitable replacement for the Bowie song the bloody show is named after as its climactic theme music. I had to watch the original ending on YouTube afterward to cleanse my palate.

 

[chamber-music]

Where to start...

Urm basically they are all in status on a mission to Mars in 2035 (you see they are looking for Life on Mars) and his life in 2008 was actually just a virtual reality program helping him stay sane and active when in status. That malfunctioned and the program somehow made it the 70s instead. Oh and Gene Hunt is Sam's Dad and erm not called Gene Hunt and is called Major Tom (you see they are on a gene hunt when looking for Life on Mars). Hyde is the name of the spaceship too or something.

Wow just wow

Now I know why most creators of british shows get angery when American networks adapt them!

 

[Manic]

I'll defend to the death the US version of The Office, but stuff like Life on Mars, the lost Coupling pilot, and the things I've heard about Red Dwarf really just grate my cheese block.

 

[Anubis]

I like the U.S. office too.

 

[Manic]

Some of the game shows we stole from the UK are good, too. But it's really hard to screw up a game show.

 

[Anubis]

I don't like Game Shows. Except Wheel of Fortune, and even then I only root for the black people....cuz i'm secretly racist like most black people.

 

[Manic]

You keep it a secret?

 

[Anubis]

I secretly keep it a secret. Shhh! (don't tell nobody.)

 

[Manic]

One of the reasons I'm afraid to ever move away from the area I live in is the relaxed attitude the people here have about race. I have a Chinese friend who says "it's because you're black" anytime the tiniest thing goes wrong around me. In return, I ask him to repeat that in English, 'cause me no speaky Chiney. I knew a white guy I used to jokingly call "cracka ass cracka" everyday at work.

I'd probably look like one of the most hateful and angry black men alive if I used that kind of humor elsewhere.

 

[Anubis]

I wish I had Chinese friends to share racist jokes and eat beef fried rice with.

 

[Manic]

Chinese friends are the best. Anytime we want to do an activity, I just point to a number on a menu.

 

[RockSP]

Chinese friends are the best.

They come in handy during fights.

 

[Anubis]

But you should never leave your dog around them.

 

[yenaled]

I have a Chinese friend who constantly pretends to be from North Korea to troll people. It works a treat. People are so racist.

 

[chamber-music]

One of the reasons I'm afraid to ever move away from the area I live in is the relaxed attitude the people here have about race. I have a Chinese friend who says "it's because you're black" anytime the tiniest thing goes wrong around me. In return, I ask him to repeat that in English, 'cause me no speaky Chiney. I knew a white guy I used to jokingly call "cracka ass cracka" everyday at work.

I'd probably look like one of the most hateful and angry black men alive if I used that kind of humor elsewhere.

I can call anyone I want in Britain a cracka and its no big deal because it doesn't have racial conotations it does in the US.
We even had a Tv cop show called cracker staring Robbie Coltrane.

There aren't any insults for white people in the UK, insults for class and lifestyle we have plenty of though.

I have a half chinese freind but his just a regular guy
My friend has some chinese friends though who are awesome stereotypical chinese dudes. They totally own those dance machine things in arcades, they know martial arts and any problem you have with your computer they can fix it. One of them even has a pushy mum from Hong Kong who won't let him date non-chinese girls.

On my street we have people with Hungarian, Afriacan, Indian, Greek, Tukish, Irish, Australian backgrounds and its cool.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I called a co-worker I was friends with a cracker as a joke and he filed a racism complaint with our supervisor. Suffice it to say, that guy and I were never friends again. And I'm not even black. I'm tan at best.

 

[The Englishman]

I'll defend to the death the US version of The Office, but stuff like Life on Mars, the lost Coupling pilot, and the things I've heard about Red Dwarf really just grate my cheese block.

Speaking of Red Dwarf thats what the US Life On Mars ending reminded me off, the RD episode Back to Reality. Just not as good......t:

 

[Ace of Knaves]

I LOVE Red Dwarf!!

 

[The Englishman]

I LOVE Red Dwarf!!

Me TOO!!!..........t:

 

[Anubis]

I have NO Idea what that is!!!!

 

[Manic]

You don't know Red Dwarf?!

It's a British satirical sci-fi show that makes a new season/series every 10 or so years. In the distant future, a lowly crewman on a massive spaceship is sent into stasis as punishment for smuggling a pregnant cat onboard. He wakes up millions of years later to find that the entire crew died from radiation poisoning. His only companions are a holographic projection of his cowardly bunkmate, the somewhat senile ship's computer, and a cat-man evolved from his pet's descendants. In series 3, a fussy servant robot joins the cast.

Comedy ensues.

 

[Anubis]

Never heard of it.

 

[chamber-music]

It was on in the 90s.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I've heard of it but never seen it. It's been sitting on my Watch Instantly list on Netflix for months now.