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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2007 10:58:39 GMT -5
"I've outlived so many of my human friends, you think I'd be used to losing people by now.....he survived 400 years. In 400 years he saw so much...so much history...he was history...and now he's gone... and that loss to me is so enormous....that I'm not even sure if I know how to mourn him." I think I know how this show is going to get around the WG strike: by recycling old Highlander scripts. Oh, wait -- they're already doing that.   Huh?  |
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Post by housemouse on Dec 18, 2007 11:55:38 GMT -5
"I've outlived so many of my human friends, you think I'd be used to losing people by now.....he survived 400 years. In 400 years he saw so much...so much history...he was history...and now he's gone... and that loss to me is so enormous....that I'm not even sure if I know how to mourn him." I think I know how this show is going to get around the WG strike: by recycling old Highlander scripts. Oh, wait -- they're already doing that. I've been avoiding this show, mostly since it is on opposite the best show on television "Friday Night Lights," but also because I can't imagine what there is left to be done with vampires. However, if they are using old Highlander scripts I might just have to tune in, if they have Meethos, Darius, and Amanda I might just get hooked. Seriously if you want to watch some amazing television on Friday nights, tune in to FNL. The best acting, writing, and production values of any show in a long, long, long time. Give it a shot. |
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Post by maggiethecat on Dec 18, 2007 12:36:46 GMT -5
I was making a joke, which apparently fell flat, about the fact that -- repeatedly -- poor old Highlander had to say goodbye to people over and over and over and over again because . . . well, because he'd been around forever. All those good-bye speeches! Well, it got kind of funny . . . . I'm with you, Mouse! I wish someone would rerun those old shows -- they were witty and stylish and very tongue-in-cheek. Not the least bit earnest, if you know what I mean. Actually, that's what got me hooked on Blind Justice to begin with (apart from the kick-ass production values and the, ahem, cast). There was a light touch; as written, the characters all had a sense of humor about themselves, which is why even when the show dealt with serious material it was never leaden. And I agree with you about FNL! The writing is sharp as hell, and let's face it -- it always starts on the page, which is why now that I've got cable again I've pretty much bailed on network TV and have been watching a lot of Turner Classic Movies. I mean, when it comes to great writing, you just can't beat -- or even come close to -- the likes of Preston Sturges, Billy Wilder, Herman and Joseph Mankiewicz, Kaufman and Hart, Raymond Chandler . . .  |
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Post by housemouse on Dec 18, 2007 13:55:47 GMT -5
I also keep confusing this show with Moonlighting. I know the writers have been on strike awhile, but to pull out Bruce Willis' first series, that's just beyond the beyonds.
All kidding aside, I do think it best for me to stay away from this show. I do not need to be addicted to one single more television series!
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Post by Duchess of Lashes on Dec 18, 2007 19:08:24 GMT -5
Seriously if you want to watch some amazing television on Friday nights, tune in to FNL. The best acting, writing, and production values of any show in a long, long, long time. Give it a shot. I don’t believe anyone (not on this Board anyway) is trying to say that Moonlight is the next best thing since sliced bread; but for those of us who enjoy it and don't over-analyze or over-criticize what it has to offer, there is a very definite appeal. What I appreciate about this particular show (aside from the obvious that is!) is the conflict presented in the body of Mick St. John, another wounded soul, struggling to find his place in an altered world, not a world of his choosing but one forced upon him by circumstance. His journey to reconciliation with who and what he is, not wanting to be any of it, and the effect that has on every aspect of his “life” and his relationships with those around him, has been visited countless times before. Done this way, though, it’s different somehow. The writing has been less than prolific - I'd be the first to admit it -but it has shown marked improvement with every episode - or should I say it was improving prior to the writers' strike - as evidenced by last Friday's Sleeping Beauty. The conversation is more engaging, the interaction between the characters that much stronger, the “staging” and flow have discovered their groove as well. The cinematography is brilliantly done, utilizing many of the techniques I first noticed in Blind Justice; flash sequences, changes of pace, fades, color altering, etc.; used here those effects are implemented perfectly to set a mood or transition a scene. In its own defense – not that I necessarily think it needs any - this was a series that went through a total transformation just a few weeks before airing. The original pilot was ditched, there was no new pilot to sell the concept to the network – and Alex O’Loughlin did the publicity tours solo as his entire supporting cast had been fired. A new executive director was brought in and with him, new writers, new artistic advisors; new producers, new everything. Every single aspect of this show, except Mick St. John, was at a scratch point so the fact that it continues to grow and is still, in a sense, finding its artistic feet as it airs is not surprising. Nor is it surprising to me that it continues to maintain very steady numbers or that the Moonlight board currently registers over 4,000 members. There is something "special" to be found here and apparently many have. Honestly, I wasn’t at all prepared to like this show – I never thought I would, never expected to. But curiousity drew me to it and I found something endearing in that first episode; something about the manner in which the main character was portrayed, something about the potential storylines and character development and definitely something in the chemistry between the two leads that sparked my interest and kept my interest through ten episodes. I now find myself looking forward to the next installment - and that hasn't happened since Blind Justice went off the air. |
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Post by housemouse on Dec 18, 2007 20:32:35 GMT -5
Seriously if you want to watch some amazing television on Friday nights, tune in to FNL. The best acting, writing, and production values of any show in a long, long, long time. Give it a shot. I don’t believe anyone (not on this Board anyway) is trying to say that Moonlight is the next best thing since sliced bread; but for those of us who enjoy it and don't over-analyze or over-criticize what it has to offer, there is a very definite appeal. I do believe that Friday Night Lights is the best thing since sliced bread (or at least since St. Elsewhere). I am being 100% serious when I say that. It is an amazing show. Everyone from that eye candy Kyle Chandler, to Taylor Kitsch, to Derek Phillips to the amazing Scott Porter and Kevin Rankin (both of whom Mark Zupan himself said were perfect in their roles), hits it dead on. I now find myself looking forward to the next installment - and that hasn't happened since Blind Justice went off the air. That's what FNL does for me, I look forward to every new episode and every time I rewatch an old one I see something new. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2007 9:47:29 GMT -5
And the moral of the story is......we all have our ultimate favorite shows! YAYE!!!!! Mine's "Women's Murder Club" (for now, anyway) and "Law and Order: SVU."
We now return to our regularly scheduled discussion of Moonlight.........
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Post by Duchess of Lashes on Dec 19, 2007 17:46:41 GMT -5
We now return to our regularly scheduled discussion of Moonlight......... Why yes, and thank you for pointing out the fact that this is, after all, a dedicated Moonlight thread that was started by request so that those of us who enjoy the show would have a place to discuss it where it wouldn't "clutter up" the general television thread. Seems to me that FNL already has a thread of its own, doesn't it? |
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Post by housemouse on Dec 19, 2007 19:35:18 GMT -5
We now return to our regularly scheduled discussion of Moonlight......... Why yes, and thank you for pointing out the fact that this is, after all, a dedicated Moonlight thread that was started by request so that those of us who enjoy the show would have a place to discuss it where it wouldn't "clutter up" the general television thread. Seems to me that FNL already has a thread of its own, doesn't it? Lighten up people. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2007 20:05:03 GMT -5
Hey, who smited me? Thanks ever so.......  |
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Post by maggiethecat on Dec 19, 2007 20:58:24 GMT -5
I don't know who did the smiting but, as a general comment, I'm all for lightening up. It's the holidays, and we're all stressed and thin-skinned. I say we all take one step back and remember why we're here and what brought us together . . . and why we're all still here, years later, loving and supporting each other. Birds in their little nests agree. ;D And now, as someone once remarked, can we all just go back to arguing about Jim and that damned gun? |
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Post by Duchess of Lashes on Dec 19, 2007 21:00:05 GMT -5
Me too - smited that is!! Apparently when one writes something, it doesn't necessarily come across as intended does it? That was meant to be light, hence the little winky smiley thingy!! But, I guess that only works when someone else uses it! Oh, well - c'est la vie! Now, as mentioned, back to our regularly scheduled programming.... |
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Post by Duchess of Lashes on Dec 19, 2007 22:22:26 GMT -5
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Post by Dreamfire on Dec 20, 2007 1:19:43 GMT -5
I had a gander DoL,
It was pretty funny. I know you're retired from BJ videos, sigh,and I respect that. But I just gotta say you could have done so much with this theme...
dreaming...
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Post by matilda on Dec 20, 2007 7:58:51 GMT -5
I had a gander DoL, It was pretty funny. I know you're retired from BJ videos, sigh,and I respect that. But I just gotta say you could have done so much with this theme... dreaming... N, do you really think anyone from anywhere other than here is going to understand the term 'gander' Bless ya (also in parlance). For those wondering, translation = think of a goose having a good look at something. I mean really .... xo M |
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