Meta: The way I watch TV

[dieastra]

You know what is really funny? Ever since I started to watch the original Star Trek two years ago (because I had watched one of the new movies with Benedict Cumberbatch) I keep reading that Kirk is like Horatio Hornblower. All this time this name meant nothing to me. Never heard of him before. Wasn't part of my upbringing in East Germany.

A few weeks ago I finally started to watch "Forever" just because that Ioan Gruffud guy I equally never had heard of also was supposed to be at Comic Con Germany, and I did not want to regret afterwards to not have taken a picture with him. I had heard of "Forever" in our "Torchwood" group, that this guy was like Jack Harkness and always comes back after death, but never checked it out. Well, sadly he cancelled, as I am enjoying myself immensely with this series right now. Too bad there is only one season.

So again (when will I ever learn?) I made the mistake to look up Ioan Gruffud on youtube. Turns out I HAVE seen him before in the "Amazing Grace" movie that I once watched because of Benedict Cumberbatch. And this, ladies and gentlemen, is the way I watch TV! Wasn't much interested in the "Almost Human" series with a cop and his robot partner, then someone told me that this was actually Karl Urban, you know, how could you not know this... and bam!

So, just now I found this. It's not so much a series, more like 8 TV movies, and from the few clips I saw so far, it looks amazing. Can't wait to watch it properly. Why do I always find these things way past midnight? Can someone tell me?

So, if you are an Ioan Gruffud fan (he plays the main role of Hornblower in case I did not mention that) or a Kirk fan that wants to get educated, here is the first part.
And I just looked who else is in there. Now where have I heard the name Jamie Bamber before? Right, he was in "Star Trek Continues" once... ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFPe24ebnfo

(see alumfelga I can do it just as well as you!)

Comments

[sandy79.livejournal.com]

Hört sich für mich sehr bekannt an!! Ich könnte dieselbe Geschichte mit Supernatural, Jensen Ackles und Smallville erzählen XD Ich nenne das dann immer "Six Degrees Of Seperation" (hab das mal in einer Zeitung gelesen, die in einem so betitelten Artikel Querverbindungen zwischen verschiedenen Schauspielern gemacht hat, wo sie wann mit wem schon zusammengearbeitet haben und so)

Übrigens: Jamie Bamber hat auch im Reboot von "Battlestar Galactica" mitgespielt, an der Seite von Katee Sackhoff, Karls derzeitiger Freundin...

Und ich hab Sherlock erst dann eine Chance gegeben, nachdem ich Benedict in Star Trek Into Darkness gesehen habe.

PS: Die Hornblower-Serie gibt's, wenn ich mich jetzt richtig erinnere, auch schon auf DVD (weiß nicht ob auch auf einem der diversen Streaming-Kanäle)

[niviene.livejournal.com]

I liked that series "Forever" with Ioan Gruffud and sadly they did cancel it :(.

I also liked "Almost Human" and I must have mentioned Karl Urban in it at some point?!?! Also canceled too early :(