joeyrock
02-13-2008, 09:52 AM
New UK TV show, this was on last night and I enjoyed it. Weird as hell... loads of fun though. "Rad" references a-plenty.. "The Thing", "He-Man".. there are just too many to list. Plus Carl Weathers rocks as the police chief.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoo_Action
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Phoo Action is a BBC Three 60 minute TV pilot, which was first broadcast on February 12, 2008 at 21:00 UTC,[1] one of six new drama pilots that will transmit in early 2008.[2] Phoo Action is based on the Jamie Hewlett-created strip 'Get The Freebies' which ran in The Face (magazine) from June 1996 to June 1997. It stars Jaime Winstone as Whitey Action, Carl Weathers as Police Chief Benjamin 'Ben' Benson and Eddie Shin as Terry Phoo.
The show is set from the perspective of the disaffected teenage female protagonist, Whitey Action, who joins together with tough guy kung-fu cop Terry Phoo to form a dubious crime-fighting duo who thwart many mutant miscreants of The Freebies Gang on the streets of London in 2012.
The screen adaptation has been written by Matthew Enriquez Wakeham, Jessica Hynes and Peter Martin, and directed by Euros Lyn.
Production began in September 2007 at a number of Glasgow locations. Some scenes will be shot inside the main studio at BBC Scotland's Pacific Quay HQ. If the pilot is successful BBC Scotland hope to produce a series based on the concept.
The guys should "get hold of it" for review. Think they would love it. Hope BBC pick it up.
Plus the totally rad show needs to review the first series of Skins. Looks like US TV is still going to come up short till next season. There's loads of great UK TV out there that US viewers would love.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoo_Action
http://pix.nofrag.com/9/8/c/9d2ca66da0be670cfd3de43ee2133.jpg (http://pix.nofrag.com/9/8/c/9d2ca66da0be670cfd3de43ee2133.html)
Phoo Action is a BBC Three 60 minute TV pilot, which was first broadcast on February 12, 2008 at 21:00 UTC,[1] one of six new drama pilots that will transmit in early 2008.[2] Phoo Action is based on the Jamie Hewlett-created strip 'Get The Freebies' which ran in The Face (magazine) from June 1996 to June 1997. It stars Jaime Winstone as Whitey Action, Carl Weathers as Police Chief Benjamin 'Ben' Benson and Eddie Shin as Terry Phoo.
The show is set from the perspective of the disaffected teenage female protagonist, Whitey Action, who joins together with tough guy kung-fu cop Terry Phoo to form a dubious crime-fighting duo who thwart many mutant miscreants of The Freebies Gang on the streets of London in 2012.
The screen adaptation has been written by Matthew Enriquez Wakeham, Jessica Hynes and Peter Martin, and directed by Euros Lyn.
Production began in September 2007 at a number of Glasgow locations. Some scenes will be shot inside the main studio at BBC Scotland's Pacific Quay HQ. If the pilot is successful BBC Scotland hope to produce a series based on the concept.
The guys should "get hold of it" for review. Think they would love it. Hope BBC pick it up.
Plus the totally rad show needs to review the first series of Skins. Looks like US TV is still going to come up short till next season. There's loads of great UK TV out there that US viewers would love.