Gemini nominations of interest to me and mine

[wiliqueen]

I.e., involving shows or persons that I happen to know off the top of my head that I and/or one or more of my flist would care about. Omissions are therefore inevitable; the full list is here.

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[brightknightie]

Ben Bass with a lead actor nomination: wow! And me without a Vachon icon. The last time I saw him on screen was in an episode of DiVinci's Inquest in which he played a character who never crosses the line between "jerk" and "villain," but keeps striding right up to that line and poking. I thought it was pretty well done, making the character aggravating as all get-out within those bounds.

And a nod to Ms. Disher, of course. Was it ever resolved whether The Border would come to US television after all?

[wiliqueen]

I've still never gotten around to getting hold of any of either DaVinci series. The last I saw Ben was as Daniel's semi-former grad school rival in SG-1 season...four? It's always a nice surprise to see that people are getting better work than we realize, because it's not in the genres that typically get imported here.

I haven't heard anything more about The Border airing here. I know there were some sort of tentative feelers put out during the WGA strike, but to my knowledge that's as far as it went.

I can see it fitting the current branding on TNT or USA. Basically it's a solid ensemble procedural with a good mix of action and character stuff... and there are plenty of those being made down here (or at least pretending to be), without the decidedly Canadian perspective. Which is unfortunately a liability in most programming people's minds. So I'm not holding my breath.

[brightknightie]

>"I've still never gotten around to getting hold of any of either DaVinci series."

They air regularly here, in syndication. I've never gotten into them enough to tune in every week, but it's a very serviceable crime drama, a little more realistic (pacing, activities, society, tech toys) than CSI and its kin, and very Canadian -- but not untranslatably so.

[wiliqueen]

BTW, you're probably already going to look at the full list, but I should mention that I only listed the regular FK alums, not guests. You'll want to check through for them if you make a news post to forkni -- I spotted Nahanni Johnstone's name, which I haven't seen since "Dying for Fame"! (Wendy)

[brightknightie]

You flatter me, supposing I can identify the guest stars as well as you can! :-) I'm afraid I can pin most of them by voice or face only, not name.

Two people posted to forkni about the Geminis before I caught up on the digests; both called out Cath and Ben's nominations only (they didn't recognize Wendy's actress by name, either ~g~). One felt that Ger really deserved a nomination for his appearances as Arthur Conan Doyle in [a show I've never seen], and also opined that Nigel did not deserve a nod for his appearances on The Border so far, as the writers have kept his character one-dimensional.

[wiliqueen]

supposing I can identify the guest stars as well as you can!

Oops. Well, I wouldn't be able to do it as well with anything I've watched since, nor indeed for most of the guests -- let alone credited-at-closing featured roles -- beyond first season unless they stood out. Back when we actually saw closing credits in full screen, though, I had a clear visual memory of names, and hers stands out by its uniqueness more than because I was particularly impressed with Wendy.

As for Nigel, that's a bit disappointing but not terribly surprising. He was only in two of the five eps I've seen thus far, and not for terribly long. You pretty much have to have that figure in any show dealing with a government agency -- the guy who swoops in to implement decisions from higher-ups that are contrary to the protagonists' ethics but politically expedient -- but there's not room for a whole lot of character in such a character unless you expand his storytelling function.