Invisible DVD

The Scottish philosopher Balfour said that destiny is the scapegoat we make responsible for our crimes. He was probably right, too, but I bet he was real dull at parties- Darien Fawkes, The Invisible Man

That's right, I quoted a quote within a quote because I am META.

Anyway, about seven years ago when I was but a wee bairn, I saw a show of such extreme awesomeness that I love it from it's very first episode. Of course, it was on the Sci-Fi channel which meant that despite the love of many it was gone after two seasons as Babylon and Stargate rattled on and on and on....sorry. Bitter.

Lots of people protested...to scary lengths. There was a group that tried to get other channels to pick the show up and were pretty professional about it. Yet another rallied to get the show DVDs...which they only produced in England.

That brings us to present. I wish to attain the DVDS, have the disposable income finally and Nox's DVD player can read the European format thing on the UK DVDS. The only place to attain said dvds that I can find is on amazon UK. Great! EXCEPT THEY WILL NOT SHIP TO ME. WHY LORD WHY?!

The show? Invisible Man. The premise? There is a thief, Darien Fawkes, who gets a gland put in his head rather then stay in jail. This offer is made by his older brother who works in for the U.S. government and is promptly killed after completing the surgery. And of course, he is the only one who knows how to remove it. By agreement, Darien has to use the gland's invisiblity liquid (Quicksilver) producing power for the government. They have an extra hold on him because after too many uses the gland makes him bat shit crazy. Red eyes, homicidal tendencies the works. The goverment can give him a shot to prevent this..as long as he keeps working for them.

Whew. That was a lot of exposition that does not all explain the awesome of the show. The awesome is the SNARK. SO MUCH SNARK! Fawkes partner is Hobbes. Hobbes is heavily medicated schizophrenic with years of FBI experiance behind him. The government body they work for? Has to operate under disguise. So they are sent out on cases officially as Fish and Game officers. AND TEH SNARK! The entire show after the pilot is them chattering at each other. SO GAY. SO AWESOME.

And the UK Amazon does not want me to have it. SO SAD.

Also? I had WAAAAAY TOO MUCH COFFEE THIS MORNING.

Catch you on the flipside,
CGL