Even for me, there's only so much the accent can do when I'm dealing with a genuinely terrible programme. At a certain point it's "Okay, great accent, but this is still bloody stupid."

Damn, now I really want that film... I think I saw it at a Pharmaprix—time for an outing!

Thanks for the warning—I shall not waste my bandwidth on it.

Hah! Well, I was speaking primarily for the North American audience there—we tend to find British accents (of the Stephen Fry variety, at least) charming and urbane. Also, British people say things like that Shaw quote, which makes us love them more. ;)

Exactly—it just drove me nuts. It's one of those things that's been used as the "twist" ending so much that it's now pretty much the standard (I certainly can't speak for the majority of SVU episodes, but it's certainly a trend I've noticed in other programmes). At this point, having a show in which a woman actually…

I got turned off early when I tried watching a couple of episodes, and they both turned out to be of the she-wasn't-really-raped "surprise" twist variety. It's very possible that I just got a couple of non-representative examples that spoiled my overall sample set.

Aaah, I friggin' love Sherlock! Benedict Cumberbatch is the man! I'm so psyched for the second season.

I've never actually watched any Law & Order, UK or otherwise—I'll bet the UK version is better than the regular versions, though (British accents make everything 100% more awesome—it's science).

My love of British television is currently aiding and abetting extreme procrastination. I can't stop watching QI on YouTube! And I bought season one of Being Human and went through it in like, three days (side note, Mitchell needs to get in my pants, like, yesterday). Gaah!

Geez, I've never had any trouble—there'll be shipping charges, and yeah, probably some taxes, but most of that is usually applied when you're doing your initial order, I think. I've never heard of anybody having to get a broker; weirdness. O.o

Polterball? Tennis wang?

Seriously—the next time I see that thing on sale for ten bucks, it is mine.

Rawr. Bring it on, y'all. I actually watched the last Underworld movie for him. Mmmmm... So much shirtlessness...

... I don't care about the rest, but I can has that last thing? I don't have any kids, I just want storytime.

@Chicka_Boom: That's disgusting... And I would totally do it for fifty pounds. I'd probably do it for twenty.

You and I both! I think it comes of years watching Sherlock Holmes with Jeremy Brett—I recognized the appropriate men's fashion for each circumstance instantaneously.

@mithriltim: It may not mean much biologically, but it means a hell of a lot culturally. We can talk about how meaningless it all is when a non-white person is as likely to get a role originally written for a white person as a white person is to get a role originally written for a non-white person (see: Last…

I do believe you mean joining Master Splinter's ranks, to fight against Shredder. Also, OMFG, I love the Ninja Turtles so much.

Exactly: fucked. up. And a very real phenomenon that I really need to figure a way around.

@accesskathryn: But see, what runs through my head is, "Well, what if since we've got this far, he can't be bothered stopping, even though he's secretly disappointed/put off." I recognize that this is wildly fucked up.