Toronto: In the Media and Pop Culture - Page 10

***Taller, Better*** · August 24th, 2008, 04:27 PM

Sure beats being strapped into a chair with your eyelids propped open with toothpicks being forced to watch an entire wretched episode of "Sophie" from start to finish... queasy just thinking about that one.

vid · August 24th, 2008, 05:13 PM

Every man in that show is gay. Even the straight ones!

***Taller, Better*** · August 24th, 2008, 06:05 PM

My God when that Sophie creature blinks and shakes her little ringlets with that genuine mandatory perkiness I just want to send her straight over to emergency special ed acting classes, and have the script writers rounded up for "re-education."

Ziggy · August 24th, 2008, 08:04 PM

Some screen captures from the latest episode:

***Taller, Better*** · August 24th, 2008, 08:25 PM

My god the city looks green..

Filip · August 25th, 2008, 12:12 AM

Yea... wow.

One thing I've noticed with some of the sunbelt megacities is how barren everything outside the narrow downtown core is. in Toronto it looks as if the city grows out of a park.. While in let's say Houston, it looks like the city grows out of a parking lot.

Gil · August 25th, 2008, 04:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by K85

I love Flashpoint, can't wait to check out the listener

Looking forward to The Listener as well, if Flashpoint is any indication. I saw a commercial for it announcing the upcoming season's shows on Space. Since CTV acquired Space will they be playing it there or will it also air (hopefully on a different night) on the main CTV network. I have a friend who would probably be interested in the show, but she doesn't get cable.

***Taller, Better*** · August 25th, 2008, 05:45 AM

Would be nice to see it on my new big flatscreen, but I have been enjoying the little
streaming versions from the internet.

***Taller, Better*** · August 27th, 2008, 08:17 PM

More Toronto playing itself. I've now read all the Murdoch books and highly recomment them. Link to Canada.com:
http://www.canada.com/topics/enterta...f-d84cf39aaec8

Murdoch Mysteries leads Gemini nominations

Alex Strachan , Canwest News Service
Published: Tuesday, August 26, 2008
No mystery here: Murdoch Mysteries, Citytv's period drama series starring Yannick Bisson as an eccentric but resourceful police detective working the cobble stoned streets of Toronto in 1895, parlayed its keen sense of time and place to earn a field-leading 14 Gemini nominations Tuesday.

Murdoch Mysteries was nominated for best dramatic series and best writing. It also earned seven acting nominations, for supporting actors Thomas Craig and Jonny Harris, and for guest performers Kate Trotter, Stephen McHattie, Dmitry Chepovetsky and Vincent Walsh. Gavin Crawford, better known for his comedic roles, was nominated for his dramatic guest appearance in Murdoch Mysteries. Oddly, Bisson, the series' star, was overlooked.

Murdoch Mysteries was also nominated for its cinematography, art direction, music, costumes, visual effects, casting and make-up.

CityTV's Murdoch Mysteries earned a field-leading 14 Gemini nominations Tuesday. (CityTV)

The period drama evolved from a series of made-for-TV movies that originally aired on Bravo. The TV movies were in turn based on author Maureen Jennings' popular Detective Murdoch series of mystery novels.

This year's field of nominations reflects a renewed emphasis on homegrown TV drama, which has fallen on hard financial times of late.

Durham County - The Movie Network and Global TV's intense, tightly wound, present-day mystery about a series of murders in a small Ontario town - followed with 13 nominations, including five for its performances. Hugh Dillon, Justin Louis, Helene Joy, Laurence Leboeuf and Sonya Salomaa were all nominated in their respective categories.

The Tudors, CBC and Showtime's costume epic about the reign of King Henry VIII, and the CBC miniseries The Englishman's Boy, each received 12 nominations. Natalie Dormer, Gabriel Anwar and Sam Neill were nominated for their performances in The Tudors; Nicholas Campbell, R.H. Thomson, Katharine Isabelle and Michael Eisner were nominated for The Englishman's Boy.

The Border, CBC's returning ensemble drama about a fictional border agency, earned nine nominations overall, including best drama series and best directing. Actors James McGowan, Bayo Akinfemi, Jonas Chernick and Catherine Disher were also nominated.

Intelligence, Chris Haddock's acclaimed but cancelled series about undercover CSIS operatives, was nominated for five Geminis: best drama, best directing and for actors Ian Tracey, Camille Sullivan and Pascale Hutton.

Corner Gas, last year's winner for best comedy, earned a repeat nomination in that category, as well as nods for best directing, photography and editing. Once again, the show's popular cast was snubbed.

Awards in news, lifestyle, documentary, sports and children's programming will be handed out over three nights, on Oct. 20-22.

Winners in the high-profile categories of best drama, comedy, TV movie, miniseries and actor and actress will be announced Nov. 28 at a broadcast gala in Toronto, and televised on E!

Gemini nominations are decided by voting members of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, a national, non-profit organization established in 1979 to recognize the best in Canadian film and television.

"This was a banner year for Canadian television,'' academy CEO Sara Morton said in a statement. "The nominees announced today truly exemplify the depth and breadth of our country's talent, both in front of and behind the camera.''

The academy also adjudicates the Genie Awards, given annually to the best in Canadian film.

rick1016 · August 28th, 2008, 07:24 AM

Ziggy, did you take those screen shots yourself?

York Transit · August 28th, 2008, 04:15 PM

Lol

Burlington, Oakville, Mississauga, Brampton, Ajax all mentioned on Good Day Los Angeles :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-iDqo-ng7A

allurban · August 29th, 2008, 08:48 AM

I only got to the first 30 minutes of "Attention Shoppers"

Anyone have a link to the rest of it?

I found it was quite interesting (first time I saw flashpoint). The reactions of the actors are quite good - there was a lot of tension but not really a feeling of panic or overacting.

Cheers, m

***Taller, Better*** · August 29th, 2008, 05:50 PM

I don't think the last of the clips is uploaded yet on Youtube. Here is the link to the tv website:
http://watch.ctv.ca/#clip73378

York Transit · August 29th, 2008, 07:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by allurban

I only got to the first 30 minutes of "Attention Shoppers"

Anyone have a link to the rest of it?

I found it was quite interesting (first time I saw flashpoint). The reactions of the actors are quite good - there was a lot of tension but not really a feeling of panic or overacting.

Cheers, m

P1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CybYW0ixAUI
P2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGC4NoC6NBc
P3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wE9HcBlpwA
P4 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yILlq0n0JYc
P5 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic4aCVj_Dvc

Tuscani01 · August 30th, 2008, 04:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by York Transit

Lol

Burlington, Oakville, Mississauga, Brampton, Ajax all mentioned on Good Day Los Angeles :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-iDqo-ng7A

YES! Mississauga is now world class!!!

Ziggy · August 30th, 2008, 05:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rick1016

Ziggy, did you take those screen shots yourself?

Yup, downloaded the shows via bit-torrent, then took the screen captures.

By the way, was there no episode this week? I can't find a torrent for it.

rick1016 · August 30th, 2008, 10:02 PM

I think they skipped this week because of the democratic convention in the US.

Jaye101 · August 30th, 2008, 11:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tuscani01

YES! Mississauga is now world class!!!

Now the whole world knows my intersection; St. Clair and Oakwood!

allurban · September 2nd, 2008, 10:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by York Transit

P1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CybYW0ixAUI
P2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGC4NoC6NBc
P3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wE9HcBlpwA
P4 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yILlq0n0JYc
P5 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic4aCVj_Dvc

thanks alot.

Cheers, m

ScrapeTheSky · September 10th, 2008, 09:04 AM

Anyone watch the premiere of Fringe? Saw various locations from U of T, e.g. Knox College, University College, the Bahen Ctr, King's College Circle.

August 24th, 2008, 04:27 PM	#181
*Taller, Better* Administrator Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 52,838 Likes (Received): 307	Sure beats being strapped into a chair with your eyelids propped open with toothpicks being forced to watch an entire wretched episode of "Sophie" from start to finish... queasy just thinking about that one. __________________ Please visit my photoblog! Montréal \| Mexico \| Niagara-on-the-Lake \| Brazil \| Hamilton aka "The Hammer"! "Fine words butter no parsnips"-17th Century proverb.

August 24th, 2008, 05:13 PM	#182
vid Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Location: Thunder Bay Posts: 12,882 Likes (Received): 39	Every man in that show is gay. Even the straight ones! __________________ winnipeg (06/12 - 09/12) + other photos / random things He SO collects cactuses. You can see it in his eyes.

August 24th, 2008, 06:05 PM	#183
*Taller, Better* Administrator Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 52,838 Likes (Received): 307	My God when that Sophie creature blinks and shakes her little ringlets with that genuine mandatory perkiness I just want to send her straight over to emergency special ed acting classes, and have the script writers rounded up for "re-education." __________________ Please visit my photoblog! Montréal \| Mexico \| Niagara-on-the-Lake \| Brazil \| Hamilton aka "The Hammer"! "Fine words butter no parsnips"-17th Century proverb.

August 24th, 2008, 08:25 PM	#185
*Taller, Better* Administrator Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 52,838 Likes (Received): 307	My god the city looks green.. __________________ Please visit my photoblog! Montréal \| Mexico \| Niagara-on-the-Lake \| Brazil \| Hamilton aka "The Hammer"! "Fine words butter no parsnips"-17th Century proverb.

August 25th, 2008, 05:45 AM	#188
*Taller, Better* Administrator Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 52,838 Likes (Received): 307	Would be nice to see it on my new big flatscreen, but I have been enjoying the little streaming versions from the internet. __________________ Please visit my photoblog! Montréal \| Mexico \| Niagara-on-the-Lake \| Brazil \| Hamilton aka "The Hammer"! "Fine words butter no parsnips"-17th Century proverb.

August 24th, 2008, 08:04 PM	#184
Ziggy Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Victoria Posts: 258 Likes (Received): 0	Some screen captures from the latest episode:

August 25th, 2008, 12:12 AM	#186
Filip Torontonian 4ever Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Toronto Posts: 9,257 Likes (Received): 16	Yea... wow. One thing I've noticed with some of the sunbelt megacities is how barren everything outside the narrow downtown core is. in Toronto it looks as if the city grows out of a park.. While in let's say Houston, it looks like the city grows out of a parking lot.

August 27th, 2008, 08:17 PM	#189
*Taller, Better* Administrator Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 52,838 Likes (Received): 307	More Toronto playing itself. I've now read all the Murdoch books and highly recomment them. Link to Canada.com: http://www.canada.com/topics/enterta...f-d84cf39aaec8 Murdoch Mysteries leads Gemini nominations Alex Strachan , Canwest News Service Published: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 No mystery here: Murdoch Mysteries, Citytv's period drama series starring Yannick Bisson as an eccentric but resourceful police detective working the cobble stoned streets of Toronto in 1895, parlayed its keen sense of time and place to earn a field-leading 14 Gemini nominations Tuesday. Murdoch Mysteries was nominated for best dramatic series and best writing. It also earned seven acting nominations, for supporting actors Thomas Craig and Jonny Harris, and for guest performers Kate Trotter, Stephen McHattie, Dmitry Chepovetsky and Vincent Walsh. Gavin Crawford, better known for his comedic roles, was nominated for his dramatic guest appearance in Murdoch Mysteries. Oddly, Bisson, the series' star, was overlooked. Murdoch Mysteries was also nominated for its cinematography, art direction, music, costumes, visual effects, casting and make-up. CityTV's Murdoch Mysteries earned a field-leading 14 Gemini nominations Tuesday. (CityTV) The period drama evolved from a series of made-for-TV movies that originally aired on Bravo. The TV movies were in turn based on author Maureen Jennings' popular Detective Murdoch series of mystery novels. This year's field of nominations reflects a renewed emphasis on homegrown TV drama, which has fallen on hard financial times of late. Durham County - The Movie Network and Global TV's intense, tightly wound, present-day mystery about a series of murders in a small Ontario town - followed with 13 nominations, including five for its performances. Hugh Dillon, Justin Louis, Helene Joy, Laurence Leboeuf and Sonya Salomaa were all nominated in their respective categories. The Tudors, CBC and Showtime's costume epic about the reign of King Henry VIII, and the CBC miniseries The Englishman's Boy, each received 12 nominations. Natalie Dormer, Gabriel Anwar and Sam Neill were nominated for their performances in The Tudors; Nicholas Campbell, R.H. Thomson, Katharine Isabelle and Michael Eisner were nominated for The Englishman's Boy. The Border, CBC's returning ensemble drama about a fictional border agency, earned nine nominations overall, including best drama series and best directing. Actors James McGowan, Bayo Akinfemi, Jonas Chernick and Catherine Disher were also nominated. Intelligence, Chris Haddock's acclaimed but cancelled series about undercover CSIS operatives, was nominated for five Geminis: best drama, best directing and for actors Ian Tracey, Camille Sullivan and Pascale Hutton. Corner Gas, last year's winner for best comedy, earned a repeat nomination in that category, as well as nods for best directing, photography and editing. Once again, the show's popular cast was snubbed. Awards in news, lifestyle, documentary, sports and children's programming will be handed out over three nights, on Oct. 20-22. Winners in the high-profile categories of best drama, comedy, TV movie, miniseries and actor and actress will be announced Nov. 28 at a broadcast gala in Toronto, and televised on E! Gemini nominations are decided by voting members of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, a national, non-profit organization established in 1979 to recognize the best in Canadian film and television. "This was a banner year for Canadian television,'' academy CEO Sara Morton said in a statement. "The nominees announced today truly exemplify the depth and breadth of our country's talent, both in front of and behind the camera.'' The academy also adjudicates the Genie Awards, given annually to the best in Canadian film. __________________ Please visit my photoblog! Montréal \| Mexico \| Niagara-on-the-Lake \| Brazil \| Hamilton aka "The Hammer"! "Fine words butter no parsnips"-17th Century proverb.

August 28th, 2008, 07:24 AM	#190
rick1016 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Toronto / Melbourne Posts: 1,608 Likes (Received): 0	Ziggy, did you take those screen shots yourself?

August 28th, 2008, 04:15 PM	#191
York Transit Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 252 Likes (Received): 0	Lol Burlington, Oakville, Mississauga, Brampton, Ajax all mentioned on Good Day Los Angeles :P http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-iDqo-ng7A

August 29th, 2008, 08:48 AM	#192
allurban All Urban Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Toronto, Kuala Lumpur Posts: 4,005 Likes (Received): 0	I only got to the first 30 minutes of "Attention Shoppers" Anyone have a link to the rest of it? I found it was quite interesting (first time I saw flashpoint). The reactions of the actors are quite good - there was a lot of tension but not really a feeling of panic or overacting. Cheers, m

August 29th, 2008, 05:50 PM	#193
*Taller, Better* Administrator Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 52,838 Likes (Received): 307	I don't think the last of the clips is uploaded yet on Youtube. Here is the link to the tv website: http://watch.ctv.ca/#clip73378 __________________ Please visit my photoblog! Montréal \| Mexico \| Niagara-on-the-Lake \| Brazil \| Hamilton aka "The Hammer"! "Fine words butter no parsnips"-17th Century proverb.

August 30th, 2008, 10:02 PM	#197
rick1016 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Toronto / Melbourne Posts: 1,608 Likes (Received): 0	I think they skipped this week because of the democratic convention in the US.

September 10th, 2008, 09:04 AM	#200
ScrapeTheSky Coruscanti Cognoscente Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississauga Posts: 1,333 Likes (Received): 0	Anyone watch the premiere of Fringe? Saw various locations from U of T, e.g. Knox College, University College, the Bahen Ctr, King's College Circle.

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