and now for something completely different

[electricland]

Canadians! Everyone! Does anyone happen to have DVDs or tapes of either Da Vinci's Inquest or Forever Knight?

Let me explain. No, it would take too long. Let me sum up. A cousin needs them for a conference paper on gender and violence in Canadian crime television -- she's writing her dissertation on, I forget what exactly, but similar things -- and she is in England, where it is surprisingly hard to get hold of Canadian TV. You would get gratitude and acknowledgement out of it.

Anyway, please let me know...

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[cretkid.livejournal.com]

I suppose I don't count, do I?

If you can get someone 'closer' use them, but I think I have a fair number of Forever Knight tapes hanging around - but I cannot verify their ... usefulness, in that they've got to be close to a decade old now. Half were taped by a Canadian, if that helps. :D The last season I believe I got off of late night TV here in the States.

[electricland.livejournal.com]

I should've said "Canadians and those close to the border"!

I will ask. I expect they'd be very useful! Thanks!

[cretkid.livejournal.com]

I will hunt them down this evening, just to be on the safe side. I have no idea how many episodes I actually have, but I know I had a fair number of tapes.

[ide-cyan.livejournal.com]

I only have two episodes I recorded off the TV onto DVD: "Near Death" and "Ashes to Ashes". Does she have a fast internet connection? I might be able to copy them to disk and upload them to YSI.

[ide-cyan.livejournal.com]

That is, two of Forever Knight.

Da Vinci's Inquest reruns on the CBC and on Showcase a lot.

BTW, does she know about Cold Squad?

[electricland.livejournal.com]

oh very cool.

She definitely knows about Cold Squad -- we racked our brains at the start of the academic year to come up with crime shows with a significant female presence, and I made sure that was on the list!

[electricland.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much -- I'll ask!

[raithen.livejournal.com]

the academic connections in your family are really quite astounding!

[electricland.livejournal.com]

Advantage of a huge family. I can come up with a cousinly example for just about anything! (Although in this case she's actually Jen's cousin, not mine, but close enough.)

[raithen.livejournal.com]

also, it looks like DVI S1 might be out on DVD. Don't forget, too, if she's in England to check regions on the VHS/DVD - what region player applies there?

[cretkid.livejournal.com]

ah, bugger, forgot about that... since obviously my stuff is not PAL.

[electricland.livejournal.com]

I'm assuming, since she's doing a whole dissertation on women in crime dramas (if memory serves), that she has a way around this. But I'll definitely ask.

[general-jinjur.livejournal.com]

it looks like this community may have pointers towards downloads of both shows...

[electricland.livejournal.com]

my friends list knows all. Thank you so much! will check it out!

[general-jinjur.livejournal.com]

f-lists are all about information distribution. :) hope it helps...

[boywhocantsayno.livejournal.com]

Space is showing Forever Knight at 6 am on Sundays, and Showcase is airing DaVinci at 8 pm Mondays and Fridays, if you wanted to tape a couple of episodes for her. That's assuming that there's time to get enough to make it worthwhile.

The whole PAL/NTSC thing might be a problem, though. I know nothing about British VCRs or how they work.

[electricland.livejournal.com]

I'm hoping she has a way around that, given just how much TV she's going to have to watch for this dissertation, but it's a worry!

Thanks for the suggestion -- that might be a good solution.