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    Get Lost In The Global Village With This Week's Television

    Could Fox's Reincarnation Detective Show Signal The Death Of Scifi?

    Finally, Chuck Gives Us A Reason To Love The Superbowl
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    Image of gorehound gorehound
    02:21 PM

    In reply to Get Lost In The Global Village With This Week's Television
    I think I will watch an episode of the original Prisoner each time the remake is on.

    "Yarg !!! I do not need no stinkin remakes.They can walk the plank or be keelhauled"
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    Image of LiC LiC
    12:55 PM

    In reply to Get Lost In The Global Village With This Week's Television
    So Friday has no Dollhouse or SGU?

    That Ice Twisters movie on SciFi actually sounds pretty cool, hah. If only I had cable. #theprisoner
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    01:10 PM

    @LiC: No Dollhouse in November, unless something has changed. It'll be back in December and January, supposedly. #theprisoner
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    01:32 PM

    @LiC: It quite clearly says there is SGU on Friday at 9. #theprisoner
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    01:55 PM

    @Ghost_in_the_Machine: Not clear - it's in the middle of the last paragraph.

    I knew about Dollhouse - depressing. #theprisoner
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    Image of Allen_Richards Allen_Richards
    08:15 PM

    @LiC: But that nice purple hyperlink saying STARGATE UNIVERSE that's sticking out like a sore thumb in the middle of the last paragraph isn't clear enough? ;) #theprisoner
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    11:52 AM

    In reply to Get Lost In The Global Village With This Week's Television
    I'm excited for the new Prisoner, even though it does seem to suffer a serious dearth of multi-colored capes and pennyfarthing bicycles. Also, snappy blazers. #theprisoner
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    Image of cljohnston108 cljohnston108
    01:08 PM

    @vulcanized: Plus, setting it in the desert just kinda makes me sweat on the actors' behalf.

    Always so nice 'n' cool in Portmeirion! #theprisoner
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    Image of bluehinter bluehinter
    09:56 AM

    In reply to Get Lost In The Global Village With This Week's Television
    Don't forget that Sunday is also the UK premiere of the new Doctor Who special "Waters of Mars."

    If you'd asked me 10 years ago whether my two favorite UK shows would be back on the air on the same night, I'd have laughed in your face. #theprisoner
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    10:22 AM

    @bluehinter: Yes, no one will be forgetting Sunday! so psyched! #theprisoner
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    Image of Bigdamnhero Bigdamnhero
    02:23 PM

    @starjade: Ahh, man. I wish I lived in Britain. #theprisoner
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    03:37 PM

    @Bigdamnhero: Pays to be Canadian on events like this. We always get the beeb! #theprisoner
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    05:17 PM

    @starjade: Lucky. Guess I'll have to troll Youtube Sunday/Monday.

    *off to find proxy server* #theprisoner
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    Image of geesejuggler geesejuggler
    09:50 AM

    In reply to Get Lost In The Global Village With This Week's Television
    I kinda liked Star Trek:Nemesis. *Noticing angry stares* Um, never mind. #theprisoner
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    10:01 AM

    @geesejuggler: Nope, no take backs. You will forever be known as "That guy that liked Nemesis."

    Of course I'm "that guy that liked ALF" so maybe we can form a support group together. #theprisoner
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    10:21 AM

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo: I got teased for saying I like Twister...so, add "The girl who likes Twister" into the mix. #theprisoner
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    Image of Srynerson Srynerson
    10:26 AM

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo: Of course I'm "that guy that liked ALF" so maybe we can form a support group together.

    Is there room in the group for "that guy that liked VR.5 and Strange Luck"? #theprisoner
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    Image of geesejuggler geesejuggler
    11:19 AM

    Welcome, all, to the club of "Guilty pleasures", where people who listen to Hanson have sanctuary. Support group are avilable 24/7 #theprisoner
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    Image of TomXP411 TomXP411
    09:31 AM

    In reply to Get Lost In The Global Village With This Week's Television
    There's also a little show called "Legend of the Seeker" on over the weekend (times vary, being syndicated and all.) It's based on the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind. Season 2 just started last weekend.

    While I wouldn't call the adaptation "faithful" (the plots vary widely, even though the characters are basically the same), lovers of the books should like the show... and if you find yourself liking the show, it's worth reading the books.

    So far, writing and production quality have been on a par with the late Xena and Hercules series'. #theprisoner
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    10:21 AM

    @TomXP411: Do they have musical episodes and do the characters regularly die and come back?

    I actually do want to watch this. Must check Veoh for it. #theprisoner
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    Image of Log1c Log1c
    11:02 AM

    @TomXP411: So I really liked the book series, but I absolutely hated the tv series. I just can't watch it. I've tried and it makes me angry.

    To be fair, I knew they weren't going to exactly remake the book into a tv series considering how dark it can be, but I don't know what they writers were smoking. #theprisoner
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    Image of GodofMonkeys GodofMonkeys
    09:28 AM

    In reply to Get Lost In The Global Village With This Week's Television
    I feel inclined to agree re: The Venture Bros. #theprisoner
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    Image of zanyzapper zanyzapper
    12:13 PM

    @GodofMonkeys: I don't just feel inclined to agree, I absolutely do agree! #theprisoner
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    Image of GodofMonkeys GodofMonkeys
    12:22 PM

    @GodofMonkeys: I'm not certain how I promoted my own comment. That's a bit weird. I blame the Monarch. #theprisoner
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    05:18 PM

    @GodofMonkeys: I wanna give a shout-out to "Titan Maximum", which is much dumber than VB, but is amusing in a dumb-ass way. Takes no thinking. #theprisoner
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    07/01/09

    In reply to Could Fox's Reincarnation Detective Show Signal The Death Of Scifi?
    Sounds like CBS's Cold Case with a Sci-Fi twist.


    Wouldn't be surprised if M. Night "What a twist!" Shyamalama-ding-dong was involved...

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    Image of aspiringexpatriate aspiringexpatriate
    06/30/09

    In reply to Could Fox's Reincarnation Detective Show Signal The Death Of Scifi?
    Medium is based off Afterlife, which was a fairly good six episode series shot in Bristol.


    But yeah, whatever. To be fair, most great speculative fiction has thrived off the mixing of noir-ish detective stories. Need I point out X-Files and Bladerunner? Surely you can think of more. I get the point of watering genre fiction down, but the best shows are almost always molds and mixes of more than one genre.

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    Image of deruberhanyok deruberhanyok
    06/30/09

    In reply to Could Fox's Reincarnation Detective Show Signal The Death Of Scifi?
    So... every episode is going to involve them catching someone who committed a crime 40+ years ago?


    These people are going to be running around arresting senior citizens? And that's the basis for yet another crime show with a twist?

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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    06/30/09

    @deruberhanyok: Proving it is the interesting part. What sort of case can they make that wouldn't get laughed out of court?


    "Yes, your honor, we arrested this man in a nursing home for a murder he committed 50 years ago, based on the testimony of a ten-year-old who claims he remembers being killed by defendant in his previous life."


    "Case dismissed."

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    06/30/09

    In reply to Could Fox's Reincarnation Detective Show Signal The Death Of Scifi?
    So it's Ghost Whisperer meets Cold Case with a smidge of every doctor show and a bunch of every cop show, with dumb character names.


    It's not sci-fi enough to destroy anything except a career or two.

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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    06/30/09

    In reply to Could Fox's Reincarnation Detective Show Signal The Death Of Scifi?
    Could Fox's Reincarnation Detective Show Signal The Death Of Scifi?


    Only if there were an iota of science in the concept of reincarnation.

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    Image of cletar cletar
    06/30/09

    In reply to Could Fox's Reincarnation Detective Show Signal The Death Of Scifi?
    So, you take "Pushing Daisies," "Medium," and "Law & Order:SVU" and churn it into horrific shit chowder. That sounds great. I don't want to watch the show, but man! I wish I could have seen the pitch meeting that got this hellbrew green-lit. That must have been some brilliant Jedi mind-trick shenanigans.
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    06/30/09

    @cletar: Can you imagine a lot of hookers and blow? Then you know what the pitch meeting looked like.
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    Image of Jes St.Lawrence Jes St.Lawrence
    06/30/09

    In reply to Could Fox's Reincarnation Detective Show Signal The Death Of Scifi?
    Assuming this is sci-fi, it seems to be another attempt to have sci-fi without having sci-fi, like Quantum Leap. Create a sci-fi premise that places the characters in settings familiar to the audience. That way, you don't have to pay to build the future and you don't alienate any sci-fi-averse viewers.


    Feh.

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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    06/30/09

    @Jes St.Lawrence: agreed. the only sci-fi part of Quantum Leap was the hologram sidekick. The rest was the same-old drifter-changes-lives-wherever-he-goes... storyline from the Run for Your Life and The Fugitive through those angel shows (like Highway to Heaven).
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    Image of Chris R Chris R
    06/30/09

    @BadUncle: But it was so much BETTER than Run for your life or the fugitive (or highway to heaven, yuck). It had heart.
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    06/30/09

    @Chris R: Which is why it's a show for Oxygen or Lifetime or something. It's just not science fiction.
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    Image of Elizabeth Weinbloom Elizabeth Weinbloom
    06/30/09

    @Jes St.Lawrence: Hey, worked for Life on Mars (UK)!
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    Image of Lassus Lassus
    06/30/09

    In reply to Could Fox's Reincarnation Detective Show Signal The Death Of Scifi?
    Short answer: No.


    Long answer: No.

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    Image of Plague Plague
    06/30/09

    @Lassus: Best answer: HELL NO
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