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    Cycler Film Brings a Sex-Filled, Gender-Bending Jekyll and Hyde

    Global Frequency Gets a Second Crack at the Small Screen

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    Image of Bootknife-Jackson Bootknife-Jackson
    11/20/09

    In reply to Cycler Film Brings a Sex-Filled, Gender-Bending Jekyll and Hyde
    i am intrigued. Neil Gaiman wrote a short story, i think its in smoke and mirrors, where people take a drug recreationally that allows them to change sex for an amount of time. Surrogates reminded me of it too.
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    Image of firstanointed firstanointed
    11/19/09

    In reply to Cycler Film Brings a Sex-Filled, Gender-Bending Jekyll and Hyde
    Wait a minute--so instead of having a "visitor" for a few days each month, she turns into a boy!?

    Because that's what it sounds like.
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    Image of Hahaue Hahaue
    11/19/09

    @firstanointed: I would welcome a short sex change over a period any day.
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    Image of Darklighter Darklighter
    11/19/09

    In reply to Cycler Film Brings a Sex-Filled, Gender-Bending Jekyll and Hyde
    So, Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde in reverse and in high school?
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    Image of reddingofish reddingofish
    11/19/09

    In reply to Cycler Film Brings a Sex-Filled, Gender-Bending Jekyll and Hyde
    That looks like it could be either a fun kids movie or an interesting exploration of the differences of perception between boys and girls. Or they cold fail miserably and make it just another Sandra Bullock movie.
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    Image of AngryEddy AngryEddy
    11/19/09

    In reply to Cycler Film Brings a Sex-Filled, Gender-Bending Jekyll and Hyde
    Jack and Jill...

    ...who says creativity is dead?
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    11/19/09

    @AngryEddy: you just wait until the reveal what jack decided to do after escaping from the bedroom one day (spoiler: it involves hills).
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    Image of 0kami 0kami
    11/19/09

    In reply to Cycler Film Brings a Sex-Filled, Gender-Bending Jekyll and Hyde
    I just came back from my transgender studies class, so this is a very welcome surprise : )
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    Image of IraeNicole IraeNicole
    11/19/09

    @0kami: ooh a trans studies class? Where do you go and why am I not there?
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    Image of 0kami 0kami
    11/19/09

    @IraeNicole: Hampshire college :)

    #calendar
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    Image of IraeNicole IraeNicole
    11/19/09

    @0kami: Hope it isn't made of fail!
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    Image of 0kami 0kami
    11/19/09

    @IraeNicole: NOT AT ALL. I transferred there actually and it's made of win....and a lot of pot...

    #calendar
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    Image of Daveinva Daveinva
    11/19/09

    In reply to Cycler Film Brings a Sex-Filled, Gender-Bending Jekyll and Hyde
    "Four days each month, Jill transforms. But instead of becoming a werewolf, she becomes a boy, with all that entails."

    Believe me, those four days of the month, I'd rather a woman turn into a werewolf than what normally happens.
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    Image of Plague Plague
    11/19/09

    @Daveinva: NO YOU DINNIT!
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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    11/19/09

    @Daveinva: I think I've read some NSFW stories that went along those lines...
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    Image of Dresan Dresan
    11/19/09

    @Daveinva: Oh come on it's not that bad! You just have to be really really really careful with what you say, the order of the words that you use, and of course, the *tone* of the words that you say.

    Now that I put this into words, I realize that you need to be more of a diplomat during that time.
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    Image of MargaretMoony MargaretMoony
    11/19/09

    @Daveinva: I've actually read some pretty good stories that link menstruation with werewolfness.
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    11/18/09

    In reply to Lovely Bones Audiences Demand More Pain and Suffering
    "they wanted to see [the character] in agony and suffer a lot more..."Is there a shortage of movies about agony and suffering?
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    Image of CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton) CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton)
    11/18/09

    In reply to Global Frequency Gets a Second Crack at the Small Screen
    Please, another shot for Miranda Zero! I thought the pilot showed potential.

    Oh, and no SyFy Channel or FOX. This show would be dead after 13 episodes if either channel picked this up.
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    Image of Starwatcher Starwatcher
    11/18/09

    In reply to Lovely Bones Audiences Demand More Pain and Suffering
    [Deleted due to embarrassing impulsive post without bothering to read the article.]
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    Edited by Starwatcher at 11/18/09 1:34 PM Starwatcher was starred Starwatcher was unstarred
    Image of t3knomanser t3knomanser
    11/18/09

    In reply to Global Frequency Gets a Second Crack at the Small Screen
    Dear TV Studios:
    There was once this television show. You may remember it, although it is fairly obscure, called "The Twilight Zone". It was successful enough to spawn a mediocre rip-off show, "The Outer Limits".

    What was interesting about these shows is that each episode stood alone, and told a self contained story about the weird and implausible. There were no recurring characters, no standing cast. Just the TV equivalent of a short story.

    AND THEY WERE GOOD.

    *ahem*

    If one approaches "Global Frequency" from that standpoint, one is likely to produce a successful, if cultish, show. Obviously, slavishly obeying the source material is a mistake, but at the same time, changing the format of the source material is a bigger mistake. Keep the format, change the stories to fit within the 45 minute timeslot. Let Miranda Zero be our Rod Serling, and let Aleph be the audience's stand-in- she's our point-of-view character.

    Focus on getting hot writing talent and up-and-coming acting talent to build the episodes. Take some risks.
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    Image of bluehinter bluehinter
    11/18/09

    @t3knomanser:

    Sadly, the main reason we don't get more anthology shows (especially sci-fi ones) is that it's cost-prohibitive to come up with different actors, sets, and FX every week. That, and TV executives think we're all too stupid to understand a show that doesn't have a "star" or "character continuity."

    It's far easier to film another sitcom about nasal-voiced idiots who never leave their living room.

    Of course, if they remained close to the previous Global Frequency pilot, you'd have 4 main characters, and a reusable "hub" set, so it wouldn't be any more of an anthology series than Dollhouse, Warehouse 13, or Fringe.
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    Image of bluehinter bluehinter
    11/18/09

    In reply to Global Frequency Gets a Second Crack at the Small Screen
    I do have one condition... and that is every week, the show's writers must present Warren Ellis with a bottle of 16-year-old single malt Irish whiskey and three cases of Red Bull, and then base their episode around whatever f***ed up premise he manages to scribble down on a cocktail napkin before passing out.

    Only thus, may we receive true television enlightenment.
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    Image of JimBonJovi JimBonJovi
    11/18/09

    @bluehinter: That should either be a short featurette at the end of every episode or better yet, an entire show unto itself. Every episode could start with an opening monologue from Ellis, sitting in a plush velvet armchair wearing nothing but a nasty robe and smoking a pipe that has 2 lit cigarettes stuffed in the end. Also, stupidly hot Japanese-American glamgoths maybe.
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    Image of Darklighter Darklighter
    11/18/09

    @JimBonJovi: You wouldn't be able to show that on network television. It would have to be on HBO or Showtime.
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    Image of bluehinter bluehinter
    11/18/09

    @Darklighter:
    I would totally get cable, just for that.
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    bluehinter was starred bluehinter was unstarred
    Image of allium allium
    11/18/09

    @Darklighter: I know...cigarettes...how obscene!
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    Image of Chuck Chuck
    11/18/09

    @JimBonJovi: Yes. And filthy assistants at the act breaks...
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    Chuck was starred Chuck was unstarred
    Image of Chuck Chuck
    11/18/09

    In reply to Global Frequency Gets a Second Crack at the Small Screen
    Global Frequency? Yes please!

    Not so much on the Michelle Forbes tho. She kicked ass on the leaked pilot, but True Blood has ruined her for me for a little while...

    You know, we get the viewing public used to some Warren Ellis, maybe we can get Transmetropolitan next...

    (seems unlikely :-)
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    Image of t3knomanser t3knomanser
    11/18/09

    @Chuck: A Transmet animated series, by Doc Hammer and Jackson Publick, with Chris McCullough doing Spider's voice?

    //They basically nailed their Hunter Thompson parody in Venture Bros.
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    Image of allium allium
    11/18/09

    @t3knomanser: Yeah, I can see it taking the edge off the 2012 election season. That or two quarts of grappa and a stress ball.
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    Image of Chuck Chuck
    11/18/09

    @t3knomanser: Sold! Where do we sign?
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    Chuck was starred Chuck was unstarred
    Image of bluehinter bluehinter
    11/18/09

    In reply to Global Frequency Gets a Second Crack at the Small Screen
    Please! Just give me something worth watching on American TV! I loved the pilot, even if they did wuss out and insert what would have been two reoccurring characters other than Miranda Zero and Aleph.

    Hopefully with the moderate success of Fringe and Supernatural they'll actually give this show the chance it deserves!
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    Image of Alasdair5000 Alasdair5000
    11/18/09

    In reply to Global Frequency Gets a Second Crack at the Small Screen
    This is FANTASTIC news. Global Frequency is a near perfect fit for the TV model and the fact, and alleged reason, it was spiked the first time round was a huge disappointment. Hope it makes it.
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    Image of Darklighter Darklighter
    11/18/09

    @Alasdair5000: Agreed. The single biggest challenge in adapting GF is that there's a new main character in every story, but I'd think you could have Miranda Ziro, Aleph, and a recurring field operative and then throw guest stars on the frequency. I've never seen the original pilot, so I may be reiterating ideas it already took up.

    I'll be honest; half the reason I want this series is so I can get a nice clip of someone saying "You're on the frequency" for my phone's ringtone.
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    Image of tralfaz23 tralfaz23
    11/18/09

    @Darklighter: "The single biggest challenge in adapting GF is that there's a new main character in every story"
    I think it would be great to throw in big stars every so often, it won't happen, but I can dream
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    Image of Alasdair5000 Alasdair5000
    11/18/09

    @Darklighter: You and me both:) I seem to remember the plan with the original pilot was to have the two leads as core agents and mission specific GF agents being brought in as and when. Apparently, they even got as far as building models for the Parkour runner/dirty bomb episode
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    Image of dnwilliams dnwilliams
    11/18/09

    @tralfaz23: Alias guest stars included Quentin Tarantino, Ethan Hawke, Djimon Hounsou, Roger Moore, Christian Slater and Angela Bassett, so it's not without precedent to throw big stars in every so often on this kind of show.

    Personally, I'd be gutted if they did away with the new-main-character-per-story format -it's the core concept! Even if they had to adapt it so that it was a new main character per story arc or per season, rather than per episode, they shouldn't adjust it too much. If they need characters to focus on, give us more info on Zero and Aleph!
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    t3knomanser promoted this comment Edited by dnwilliams at 11/18/09 10:09 AM dnwilliams was starred dnwilliams was unstarred
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