Ow, ow, the casting, it burns

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The disadvantage of warm weather: no central heating, therefore no hot water in the tap for the washing up. I'm boiling a kettle and remembering my student days.

This is not my Sam Tyler. Nor is it Gene Hunt. It's not LoM, and it doesn't look like it's an American cop show of any quality. It's just a half-baked mess. It doesn't seem to be a reimagining, just our programme warmed over. These guys aren't Sam and Gene, they're acting Sam and Gene.

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[doyle_sb4.livejournal.com]

That guy looks unbelievably wrong for Sam. The whole thing looks even worse than I expected, which is quite a feat.

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I know. It's appalling. Sam's a little wiry terrier of a cop, not Vinnie bloody Jones.

[clanwilliam.livejournal.com]

*dies*

It's even worse when you went to uni with that Sam Tyler and know they've cast a classic Blackrock type.

IIRC, it was Jason's 21st where my sister flung an Irish Times snippet in front of me and demanded to know if I knew this guy. IIRC (from the report, I was *far* too common/culchie to be invited), the birthday party included the birthday boy performing selected snippets from Hamlet.

Please tell me this post is f-locked.

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LOL!

Yeah, how come they've cast two Dubliners in the American version? Isn't it meant to be set in LA?

Yeah, it's flocked, don't worry.