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donutsweeper ([personal profile] donutsweeper) wrote2008-05-28 11:36 am
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O Mighty F-list

I need help coming up with tv shows that have spies or secret agents in it.  So far I've worked ten into a story (including Jack) and have a few more to try to slip in, but I have to be forgetting some.  Help!!

[identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com 2008-05-28 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
it's a miniseries though. :( but yowsa - he looked yummy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reilly%2C_Ace_of_Spies)

[identity profile] mad-jaks.livejournal.com 2008-05-28 10:16 pm (UTC)(link)
I think their definition is squiffy - I definitely remember it being on every Sunday for *ages* To me a mini-series is something like 4x 1.5 hour episodes instead of 6 hour long ones... He did indeed look yummy

[identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com 2008-05-28 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
hmmm, good point. according to wiki it was 12 episodes, with the first being "lengthier" than the others, which averaged 50 minutes. That's like a typical BBC season then

[identity profile] mad-jaks.livejournal.com 2008-05-28 10:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Convention then was the 'pilots' or first episodes of things were like a movie so they were generally about 1.5 hours long. You remember that right??

[identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com 2008-05-28 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
yep. they were almost like movies in themselves.

Now I need to come up with a nickname for him though that will be easy enough to understand

[identity profile] mad-jaks.livejournal.com 2008-05-28 10:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Who? Reilly??
Maybe something Jewish... you'd know better than me
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Reilly

[identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com 2008-05-28 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
oh cool, he's a real guy! *hee* his history seems as muddled as Jack's though.

[identity profile] mad-jaks.livejournal.com 2008-05-28 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh yes - real person - did you not know? Silly question - don't answer that!

[identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com 2008-05-28 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
I hadn't even heard of him or the Sam Neill show before today.

okay- I'm thinking 20 fandoms in 1200 or so words is probably a bit extreme...

[identity profile] mad-jaks.livejournal.com 2008-05-28 10:38 pm (UTC)(link)
But totally do-able *nods*

*hands donuts*

[identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com 2008-05-28 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)
thank you. I'll need them!

[identity profile] phoenix64.livejournal.com 2008-05-29 03:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh yes, Sidney Reilly probably inspired a lot of interesting characters, but he was definitely a case of truth being more interesting than fiction!

I was prepared to throw all these titles at you, but it seems you're covered. Have fun!

[identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com 2008-05-29 03:32 pm (UTC)(link)
I've read up a bit on him now, he seems fascinating.

the story's done and off to beta. 1300 words, 21 fandoms. *hides*