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    Compare Piven's Pervy Cupid To The New Guy, Word For Word
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    Image of Islandkiwi Islandkiwi
    04/02/09

    In reply to Compare Piven's Pervy Cupid To The New Guy, Word For Word
    This is hurting me twice over. First, ABC cuts Pushing Daisies, a show I loved. Then they're replacing it with rehashed episodes of Cupid...a show I loved that they also cancelled.


    If they cancel Scrubs, I may just remove ABC from my tv channel listings altogether. Too much heartache, too many shattered dreams.

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    Image of Liz Weinbloom Liz Weinbloom
    04/02/09

    In reply to Compare Piven's Pervy Cupid To The New Guy, Word For Word
    Wait wait wait wait. The new Cupid is based on the 90s Cupid?!? Why did no one tell me this? I LOVED the 90s Cupid! I haven't watched it since then, because generally rewatching the shows I remember fondly from the 90s just results in spoiling my memories [I'm looking at you, Lois & Clark and Not Insignificant Chunks Of The Part Of The X-Files That I Thought I Actually Liked]. But I loooved it at the time.
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    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    04/02/09

    In reply to Compare Piven's Pervy Cupid To The New Guy, Word For Word
    Damn. Piven might be a douche in real life, but he is very good on TV.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    04/02/09

    In reply to Compare Piven's Pervy Cupid To The New Guy, Word For Word
    I gotta go with the Pivs, years of douche behavior aside.


    He's just better in the role.


    I see what they're trying to do here, with the saccharine, but judging by the ratings, it's not working.


    I don't think this is going to last any longer (maybe not as long) as the original, and nobody's going to remember it fondly, like they did the original.

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    Image of John Hazard John Hazard
    04/02/09

    In reply to Compare Piven's Pervy Cupid To The New Guy, Word For Word
    Nobody is better than Jeremy Piven.

    Oh, wait- I meant the opposite.
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    Image of The Curse of Millhaven The Curse of Millhaven
    04/02/09

    @John Hazard: Why did Piven's Cupid leave Olympus? Too much Mercury! Ba-dump-bump.
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    04/02/09

    @The Curse of Millhaven: Did you just make that up?


    I love you!

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    Image of TheAlmanac TheAlmanac
    04/02/09

    In reply to Compare Piven's Pervy Cupid To The New Guy, Word For Word
    Meredith's bias is pretty obvious, but Piven's performance blows Cannavale's out of the water.
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    Image of Meredith Woerner Meredith Woerner
    04/02/09

    @TheAlmanac: I'm still not sure yet, honestly.
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    Image of Slatz_Grobnik Slatz_Grobnik
    04/02/09

    In reply to Compare Piven's Pervy Cupid To The New Guy, Word For Word
    So what you're saying is, you don't like Jeremy Piven?


    I've never seen either show, but the minor changes to dialog and characterization in the new show do not seem like an improvement. And the new shrink is nowhere near as interesting as the old.

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    Image of Meredith Woerner Meredith Woerner
    04/02/09

    @Slatz_Grobnik: nah I'm split I like and dislike them both for different reasons. I wish Piven was doing the show now with Sarah, maybe that's what we need. I feel like he could get her to smile.
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    Image of Slatz_Grobnik Slatz_Grobnik
    04/02/09

    @Meredith Woerner: All I'm saying is that a blind read of this seems to come down fairly hard on Piven. But I take your point.
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    Image of Little Time Bomb Little Time Bomb
    04/02/09

    In reply to Compare Piven's Pervy Cupid To The New Guy, Word For Word
    I'm sad that the numbers were awful. I'd love to see Rob Thomas knock one out of the park and gain some tv/movie clout.
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    Image of cash907 cash907
    04/02/09

    @Little Time Bomb:

    Thomas gave up on this a long time ago... don't even think he's attached to it anymore, as he is off pitching the Veronica Mars movie to Joel last I heard, which is where he needs to be, frankly.
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    Image of Little Time Bomb Little Time Bomb
    04/02/09

    @cash907: He's reported that didn't go anywhere. Why oh why can't this man catch a break?
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    Image of Alessar Alessar
    04/02/09

    In reply to Compare Piven's Pervy Cupid To The New Guy, Word For Word
    I really liked the original show but I like the new guy's delivery. Piven is a bit more Lust god in these clips than Romance. It might be more accurate mythically, but Canavale plays it right for his show.


    Props for finding out that the pilot script was recycled--this was a very interesting feature.

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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    04/02/09

    @Alessar: Piven is supposed to be more Lust god. And I don't mean mythically, I mean within the context of the show--the whole reason that Cupid got sent to earth in the first place was because "Lust" was all he knew how to do--that's why his matches kept ending in divorce. The gods sent him to earth exactly so that he would learn what romance is.
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    Image of aspiringexpatriate aspiringexpatriate
    04/03/09

    @braak: Hence why he falls for Psyche, the psychologist by the end of five seasons. Too bad it only lasted thirteen episodes.
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    Image of Alexis Alexis
    04/02/09

    In reply to Compare Piven's Pervy Cupid To The New Guy, Word For Word
    Piven. I like me some fast talkin' Ari no matter what show he's on.
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    04/02/09

    In reply to Compare Piven's Pervy Cupid To The New Guy, Word For Word
    Piven. No contest. Who is this dorkus with the faux-fauxhawk who is trying to steal Piven's wings?
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    Image of Plague Plague
    04/02/09

    @Annalee Newitz:

    It's pretty obvious he DID steal Piven's hair though.
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    Image of cljohnston108 cljohnston108
    04/02/09

    @Annalee Newitz: My only hope for this new version is that they'll finally release the original on DVD to tie-in with it.

    Of course, I haven't heard a peep about it from TVShowsonDVD.com.
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    Image of aspiringexpatriate aspiringexpatriate
    04/03/09

    @cljohnston108: They likely won't release the DVD of the original until this one fails. Can't show everyone how you're stealing from your own failed show.


    And the new guy seems good, he's just too shiny for a down on his luck cupid. Piven as a bit of a grungey guy works.

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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    04/02/09

    In reply to Compare Piven's Pervy Cupid To The New Guy, Word For Word
    i am so glad we're not covering house m.d. to save blog-space for shows of this level of quality, originality, and site relevent subject matter.
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    Image of Meredith Woerner Meredith Woerner
    04/02/09

    @tetracycloide: Oh stop this was a new show so of course I had to point out that it's basically a word for word remake of the original. It's probably the last time I'll even mention it because it will most likely get canceled. Besides they proved that the cat on house wasn't magical last week.
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    04/02/09

    @Meredith Woerner: Also, did you guys SEE House last week? With Mos Def talking to House in heaven? I think we can put the brakes on our big plans to cover House for now.
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    Image of Alexis Alexis
    04/02/09

    @Annalee Newitz: Mos Def was talking to House in heaven and a magical cat?


    I'm thinking I may have another show on my radar.

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    Image of TheAlmanac TheAlmanac
    04/02/09

    @tetracycloide: I'm as quick to point out how io9 selectively sticks to its mandate as the next guy, but in the site's defence, this falls squarely into the "urban fantasy" genre in a way that House, M.D. does not.
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    04/02/09

    @TheAlmanac: nothing ever falls 'squarely' into any genre because the definition of each genre is made up. a 'science fiction' book isn't science fiction because of anything that's inside it, it's science fiction because we, as a group of readers, agree that it is.


    so if we would all just agree that house m.d. falls into one of the plethora of genres covered here that fall broadly under 'serial dramas on TV actually worth watching' then there's no technical reason to exclude it.


    @Meredith Woerner & Annalee Newitz: did you guys see the part where they hooked mos def up to a machine that translated his thoughts into electronic commands? if you can't include house m.d. for the genre then include it because every single week they solve a medical mystery with an experimental treatment.


    and no i'm not going to stop whining about this and i don't need to grow up! *blow raspberries

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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    04/02/09

    @tetracycloide: Also, stop whining and grow up. :)
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    Image of gaveedra gaveedra
    04/02/09

    @tetracycloide: Nobody thinks house is a genre show. give it up.
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    04/03/09

    @gaveedra: if you're going to try this hard to miss the point why bother posting?
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    Image of WestMantooth WestMantooth
    04/02/09

    In reply to Compare Piven's Pervy Cupid To The New Guy, Word For Word
    I like Cannavale. But that's because the new version is shot more like a modern day Romantic-comedy with brighter colors and such. The Piven version is like a dramedy with more emphasis on the drama.
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    Image of aspiringexpatriate aspiringexpatriate
    04/03/09

    @WestMantooth: Or just less budget. The score in the new one during the interview scene was so saptastic. So many shows and films use the score so damned abrasively. Cue! Feel bad! Sad sob dialogue...
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    aspiringexpatriate was starred aspiringexpatriate was unstarred
    Image of icy_one icy_one
    04/02/09

    In reply to Compare Piven's Pervy Cupid To The New Guy, Word For Word
    Answer 5, clearly.
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    Image of Meredith Woerner Meredith Woerner
    04/02/09

    @icy_one: yeah fixin that.
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