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Action Concept, the crowd that makes Alarm für Cobra 11: die Autobahnpolizei, has an English trailer for the show on its site. I am surprised no English channel has ever picked up the long-running series. Sure, it’s devoid of real plot and there are inconsistencies the size of Düsseldorf itself, but my gosh, is it fun.
The budget has been cut since its heyday and the ratings are down, but from what I have read in the German press, it still outperforms everything else in its time slot.
One problem is that the trailer is ancient. The German accent on the American English (why do announcers in Germany all sound the same—is this the same guy as on DW-TV?) might make it too foreign for some English-speaking countries, but who cares?
As fans can see, Semir’s partners end with Tom Kranich (played by Réné Steinke). Since then, Chris Ritter (Gedeon Burkhard) has joined and been killed off in the course of duty, and Ben Jäger (Tom Beck) has been fielding the sidekick position since. The intro is pre-Chris, though this is still the only one I can recite with my extremely limited German.
This is the sort of show that might start off at a bad time slot on an English channel and steadily work its way to prime-time. Even if it was dubbed, I am sure it would get plenty of fans.
PS.: I have tried Vox at another office, and I have used it with another ISP. The compose screen either fails to come up or takes several hours. Something is afoot.
Ever wandered into a music or video store here and there are sections marked ‘A–Z’, ‘New Zealand’ and ‘Foreign’?
The biggest section is the first one, and often we have the smallest section.
Think about it though: shouldn’t everything not in ‘New Zealand’ be under ‘Foreign’?
The other one I get a kick out of is ‘World’, which Borders uses. Shouldn’t everything be under ‘World’? I mean, if you have this category, there is no need to have any others.
Who knew that there would be an Already Ghosts group right here in Wellington?!
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, November 2, 2009—For the second consecutive year, J.M. Field Marketing is announcing its support of the Beaux Arts 22nd Annual Festival of Trees event, which officially launches this holiday season in South Florida. It is an artful holiday celebration that promotes support, appreciation and funding for the Museum of Art-Fort Lauderdale. J.M. Field Marketing is dedicated to supporting non-profit organizations and therefore is accordingly pleased to be a contributor to a museum that celebrates culture, diversity and family. Jack Field, President of J.M. Field Marketing said, “We are committed to improving the lives of our fellow residents by supporting programs that strengthen our local community.”
The Festival of Trees is a 10-day holiday celebration benefiting the Museum of Art-Fort Lauderdale. The event encourages members, artists, friends and local businesses to donate, design and decorate trees, wreaths and gingerbread houses that are available for bidding at a public silent auction. Each year decorators choose a theme to adorn their tree, wreath or gingerbread house with and J.M. Field Marketing has chosen one that is synonymous with New Orleans and Mardi Gras, “Laissez les Bons Temps Rouler!” which translates to “Let the Good Times Roll!” Account Executive, Susan Field stated, “We’re excited and pleased to have the opportunity to decorate a tree for the Museum of Art auction.” J.M. Field Marketing’s employees will come together on Sunday November 8, 2009 at the Museum of Art to decorate the tree. The trees, wreaths and gingerbread houses will be unveiled on November 13th at 7:00pm during the opening night reception at the museum and auctioned off. This is an excellent way to have your holiday tree while supporting the museum. All proceeds from the event will be allocated to the Museum of Art-Fort Lauderdale. About J.M. Field Marketing (www.jmfieldmarketing.com) J.M. Field Marketing is a South Florida based company that is an industry leader in creative services, promotional items, direct mail and marketing materials, warehousing, online order processing as well as web-based inventory management. We also offer integrated direct marketing solutions developed, produced, and managed by one team, from one location. The main goal of J.M. Field Marketing, as it has been for over 20 years, is to work daily to provide simple and cost-effective integrated marketing solutions for all its clients.
I managed to get NZ$20 credit thanks to the Real Groovy loyalty card, meaning that I paid a grand total of NZ$10 for these two purchases today:
There is even a documentary about the 50-year journey of the novel to this version of the movie, and clips from the first James Bond (with Barry Nelson) and the first time Casino Royale hit the big screen (in 1967, with David Niven—and we do get clips of Barbara Bouchet, Jacqueline Bisset, etc., too).
Given how basic the Quantum of Solace DVD set is, my bet is that Sony will do this again.
Secondly, this CD was on special anyway (NZ$5), and it has a few John Barry tracks, plus one Chet Baker one. It’s not the special album that Barry and Baker put together for this film, but considering that was never released in New Zealand, it’s the next best thing.
