Amazon brings Dick to your tv

Started by MetalDog, October 07, 2017, 08:28:42 AM

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Amazon is bringing a 10 episode run of Phillip K. Dick's short stories to the screen.  Bryan Cranston and Anna Paquin are two of the bigger names participating in the series, but, you'll find more names in the article below:


https://www.yahoo.com/tv/philip-k-dick-apos-electric-161214194.html
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In the United States, Electric Dreams is slated to premiere on Amazon Prime Video in 2018.  It debuted in the United Kingdom in September.

So what's the skinny, Brits?

Will we want the Dick?


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My wife says you can never have enough.... short stories. What did you think I was going to say?
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You were going to say that you cannot have enough Bonhomme Richard.

The crew used to irreverently drive the captain crazy by calling her "The Biggest Dick in the Pacific."
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Quote from: besilarius on October 07, 2017, 11:01:14 AM
You were going to say that you cannot have enough Bonhomme Richard.

The crew used to irreverently drive the captain crazy by calling her "The Biggest Dick in the Pacific."

My dad was on that ship.  He called it the "Bonnie Dick."

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Both Dick Sargent and Dick York are envious as well.
Vituð ér enn - eða hvat?  -Voluspa

Nothing really rocks and nothing really rolls and nothing's ever worth the cost...

"Don't you look at me that way..." -the Abyss
 
'When searching for a meaningful embrace, sometimes my self respect took second place' -Iggy Pop, Cry for Love

... this will go down on your permanent record... -the Violent Femmes, 'Kiss Off'-

"I'm not just anyone, I'm not just anyone-
I got my time machine, got my 'electronic dream!"
-Sonic Reducer, -Dead Boys

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'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers'

'Clip those corners'

Recombobulate the discombobulators!

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"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

bob48

'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers'

'Clip those corners'

Recombobulate the discombobulators!