Mr Mockery

Sadly I know these things to be true but it is for that reason that WWE is stalled and will continue to be for the foreseeable future. While the financial wellbeing of the company rests on Cena's brightly coloured shoulders the will constantly recycle the same old programmes ad infinitum.

Seems that the long term plan is to turn Roman Reins into a singles main eventer. Bryan seems to have joined Punk in that strange side category of wrestlers who were once main eventers despite not conforming to what Vince thinks a main eventer should look like (ie big) and now get shuffled off to the side. You only have to listen to the crowd reactions to Bryan and Punk to know how over they are and yet WWE keeps shoving Cena down their throats as the guy they are meant to cheer for no other reason than they say so. If they want to reignite the programme using Cena the solution is simple. Turn him heel. Has any WWE wrestler had this long a run as a face? WWE send suddenly petrified that a heel Cena will lose them revenue. I don't think they would take that hit. People like Stone Cold and The Rock still sold plenty of merchandise when they were heels. This idea that a Cena Vs Orton plus the Authority will place Cena in the anti authority role is just laughable. Cena is a company man to his core. That was the basis of his feud with Punk. Hell in his feud with The Rock he was the bland corporate symbol pitted against the legend. A heel Cena would shake things up and make the WWE think about who to elevate to face him. This will never happen as now he is Saint Cena the Indestructible. He's a modern day Hulk Hogan and as far as modern wrestling goes is a massive step backwards.

As Ian says Captain Scarlet is definitely on the docket and is my favourite Gerry Anderson show. The fact that Thunderbirds qualifies is good news. If we're covering Captain Scarlet there's no way we can't not do Thunderbirds if it's eligible.

Glad to hear we're doing something to erase the memory of that terrible experience.

"I'm one of those few people who's written more books than he's read"

Jim had that effect on people. Like Ian I can't say enough good things about Hypnobobs. It's always really well researched presented and Jim's voice has been described in the past as audio Horlicks.

Ian and I have discussed whether or not we are going to cover any comedy. So far we are reluctant to do so because comedy is a very subjective thing and only really has a binary answer. With dramas you can discuss themes and plotlines. When it comes to comedy it comes down to "was it funny? Yes/no" which we felt would make for a short discussion. Thinking about it perhaps we could devote one episode to something like Police Squad and discuss the season as a whole rather than individual episodes.

This thread is for people to suggest shows we could cover on Twice as Bright, Half as Long. We cover anything that ran for 2 seasons or less. we have an initial line up planned out which you can see in another thread but we are open to suggestions for the future. currently on our list of shows we are definitely going to cover at some point are... The Prisoner (both versions) Wonderfalls Pushing Daisies Dead Like Me Dark Season Crime Traveller The Vanishing Man Twin Peaks Carvivale There are probably more than that on Ian's spreadsheet as well.

We're looking to try and strike a balance between British and US shows and the list we have drawn up for what we are covering after Ultraviolet is as follows. Neverwhere The Middleman Life on Mars (UK) Street Hawk Crime Traveller Manimal We'll add more to the list later but we estimate that should take roughly a year to cover those. Hopefully people can find these and play along.

Ah, a lovely new and unspoilt part of the forum to call our own. It's like making the first footprints in new snow. I'll start a thread to let people know what shows are going to be coming up and another for potential suggestions. We have the next 5 shows locked and many others on the list waiting to be picked. Ultraviolet had been a favourite of mine since I watched it on its original broadcast so it felt like a logical place for us to start.

That's a really good shout. He'd be good as a face in the mould of Eddie Gurrero. That kind of face who pulls heel tactics on heels but does it playfully. WWE doesn't really have anyone like that at the moment and could definitely do with.

Looks like Vince and Hunter are out to bury everyone who has held a major title round their waist in the last 10 years. The constant squashing of Miz and Ziggler in particular is baffling. These guys should be the future and yet I have the feeling they will spend the rest of their careers jobbing to the same old faces until they get board. If you are a WWE wrestler at the minute your main role seems to be jobbing to Orton and Cena. Bryan is riding high at the minute but he'll be back in the midcard once Cena returns. While I like Bryan CM Punk is a more natural fit for the whole "sticking it to the man" storyline but they did that already. So he's shunted off into a storyline with Hayman which appears to be taking place in a parallel universe where Hunter is a face and his oppression of the rest of the locker room is non existent. It's so frustrating as every time it looks like the WWE train is back on track it makes an unscheduled stop in Crazy Ego Town (Mayor for Life Vince McMahon)

I'm about a third of the way through this but I now want Ian to do the whole of Twice As Bright, Half As Long in the Bane voice.

Splendid cast Gents. Look forward to hearing more of these. Maybe a list of best and worst henchmen.

At the risk of derailing this completely into a Peter Davison thread last week I went to the cricket ground where the Doctor played cricket in Black Orchid. It's 20 minutes drive from my flat and an old friend of mine plays for one of the teams that uses it as a home ground.

That's the only reasonable reaction. It's just ridiculous.

I don't think I've seen any of these with the exception of the 90s Captain America film. I am intrigued.

I prostrate myself at the feet of the man has been in the presence of Biggles himself.

That's awesome.

I say we unite in a south west England alliance to take down the Leicester based upstart.

...Stavros isn't the only co-host you have who's originally from the south west of England. You've made a very interesting decision there...

Actually "Evil: Live For Now" sounds quite badass.

Rejected taglines "Chug Evil!", "Down Evil in One!" and "Drain Evil Dry"

Right, OK. Hang on a minute, by that batshit crazy logic didn't The Phantom's marketing department inadvertently declare Pepsi evil?

This was great fun to record. Thanks for having me in the show again Mike.