FORKNI-L
Digest - 30 Jul 2007 to 31 Jul 2007 (#2007-18)
Tue, 31 Jul 2007
There are 4 messages totalling 133 lines in this issue.
Topics of the day:
1. Natalie's Laughter/Sounds of FK
2. TO Trivia for fic...
3. Episode Discussion: Spin Doctor
4. Episode Discussion Scheduling: Only The Lonely
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Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:55:58 -0500
From: Roxana Elizondo <roxeliz@h.......>
Subject: Re: Natalie's Laughter/Sounds of FK
Amy R said:> What is the best episode for hearing Natalie's laugh, in your
> opinion?
> And what other routine sounds would be key -- the caddy, Nick's
> elevator, Nick's refrigerator door, the morgue scale, what else?
I responded to this earlier but it doesn't seem to have gone through so...
I believe Natalie laughs in 'Only the Lonely' when she and Roger return from
their afternoon together with the "poor kite." She also does this cute little
squeak in 'Dead Issue--the one with the Fiores and Illse--when she tells Nick
that she almost forgot his "veggie drink".
In regards to key sounds of the series I think the sounds of the precincts
are important, like background noise, phones ringing, people talking. Also,
perhaps the sound of the cable car that runs in front of the 96th Precinct
but for the life of me I can't figure out if it actually comes out in the
show's soundtrack. And the sound of Nick's phone/answering machine along with
his various recorded greetings should be considered important.
Roxana
(roxeliz@h.......)
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Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:22:12 -0400
From: Deborah Clarke <dmclarke@i.......>
Subject: Re: TO Trivia for fic...
It's probably more a generation thing for people who aren't using it on a
regular basis. Toronto Airport for older people and Pearson for the
younger.
I can't remember off hand when the Federal Government changed the name
from Toronto to Pearson. However I'm pretty sure it was after the FK
series ended). What I do know is that when they did it, it felt very
strange and artificial to hear the airport suddenly referred to as the
Pearson Airport. Now it's second nature.
Debbie
on 7/29/07 9:34 PM, Lori Isabella at LDukie913@a....... wrote:
>
>
> Do most people call the airport "Pearson," or "Toronto Pearson," or
> something else? The official website (http://www.gtaa.com/en/home/)
> seems to use "Toronto Pearson," but that may be an affectation
>
> >
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Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:36:03 -0400
From: "Phillips, Tim" <Tim.Phillips@s.......>
Subject: Episode Discussion: Spin Doctor
1) Does Schanke support Clifford Hyatt because he feels the need to
support a politician with good hair? OK, the comment is a little catty
given Don's receding hairline...but he was being annoying in this
episode.
1) the level of political support that Natalie and Schanke show seems a
little much for the characters. They get so wound up they start doing
dumb things in their jobs.
2) Schanke calling Myra to ask if he is registered to vote makes me
laugh. It is the sort of thing my dad and brother would have to do.
3) everyone notice the framed front page from the National Intruder on
the wall behind the editor in his office? The story about the deceased
rockstar who is really a 400 year old vampire? Someone doing
set-dressing was having fun with that.
4) if your car is sideswipped...so you crash into 2 other cars, get
launched into the air, fly sidewise for a couple of hundred feet like
the General Lee - the General Lee if the gastank spontaneously exploded
- and land on the roof....it is nice to have a vampire handy to kick the
door open and pull you to safety before the knick-knacks in your trunk
explode like a Chinese New Years.
5) the only people keeping a clear head in this show are Nick and
Stonetree.
6) I like the touch that Schanke notices the difference in spelling the
word "from" between two documents and uses that to deduce that they were
probably written by two different people. It is the sort of small
detail that I've read about police detectives following in real life.
7) after Schanke crashes into the side of a parked police car (with its
lights on) at city hall, it makes you wonder if the Caddy could have
been saved in the first episode if someone aside Schanke was driving it.
Geez louise. Three parked cruisers with their lights on in a well-lit
intersection...and Schanke drives a taxicab into one of them. I know
the writer needed a distraction so Nick could save the day without being
noticed...but why couldn't they have just had some rubber-necking
civilian drive hit the cruiser, instead of Schanke. That his driving is
that bad in an emergency situation is just too much.
Tim
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Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:37:10 -0400
From: "Phillips, Tim" <Tim.Phillips@s.......>
Subject: Episode Discussion Scheduling: Only The Lonely
Only the Lonely is the next episode up.
August 14th is the day.
Tim
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