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    Image of JennaW JennaW
    12/07/09

    In reply to Tons Of Revealing Pics Of The Tenth And Eleventh Doctors. Plus Meet Another William Adama!
    Wouldn't that be because Harriet Jones died in "The Stolen Earth" while being awesome and heroic?
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    Image of gd01skorpius gd01skorpius
    12/07/09

    In reply to Are There Lessons To Be Learned From Dollhouse's Ratings?
    If you like Dollhouse and are looking for a similar fix post cancellation, you might enjoy the anime series Gunsliger Girl (for those of you who haven't heard of it). I'm not really a big fan of anime, but this show really impressed me!
    [www.youtube.com]
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    Image of Crashproof Crashproof
    12/07/09

    In reply to Was This The Decade Of The Reboot?
    This was also the decade of Firefly, District 9, and other good stuff.
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    Image of gd01skorpius gd01skorpius
    12/07/09

    In reply to Are There Lessons To Be Learned From Dollhouse's Ratings?
    It's unfortunate, I really like Dollhouse. However...
    Ratings are meaningless for shows whose target audience is tech savvy. Surely there must be money to be had for releasing shows straight to DVD/Blue Ray, or through digital distribution. Watching TV is boring, but watching cool TV shows whenever you want to without commercials is the bomb.
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    Image of modernboy modernboy
    12/07/09

    In reply to Tons Of Revealing Pics Of The Tenth And Eleventh Doctors. Plus Meet Another William Adama!
    Hey Charlie,

    2 episodes are being filmed in Croatia. "vampires in venice" and "the doctor and vincent." both working titles of course. those pictures are from the vampires in venice one. apparently we probably won't see much of the van gogh episode being shot.
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    Image of reddingofish reddingofish
    12/07/09

    In reply to Are There Lessons To Be Learned From Dollhouse's Ratings?
    Dollhouse was a good concept but never had any focus. We never knew who the good guys were and who the bad guys were.
    The most recent episode was aimless. I kept falling asleep while I tried to watch it. My DVR messed up and didn't record the last five minutes and I really don't care. I am glad to see it go and sad to see that it didn't work out. I had high hopes for the show. I hope next time Joss puts a little more thought into the show. Maybe hire some writers that are not personal friends.
    Eliza should take her money and put it in a trust fund to live off of while she transitions into some other industry. I had really hoped she had given up TV after Tru Calling.
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    Edited by reddingofish at 12/07/09 7:47 AM reddingofish was starred reddingofish was unstarred
    Image of RenRen RenRen
    12/07/09

    In reply to Tons Of Revealing Pics Of The Tenth And Eleventh Doctors. Plus Meet Another William Adama!
    I call for Jeremy Piven to play Cupid in Supernatural!!!
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    Image of Plague Plague
    12/07/09

    @RenRen: Agreed.
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    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    12/07/09

    In reply to Tons Of Revealing Pics Of The Tenth And Eleventh Doctors. Plus Meet Another William Adama!
    My god......This Doctor Who xmas special better pull somthing ALMIGHTY from out of its arse!! Every season with Tennant has been awesome, Torchwoods been brilliant, the Children of Earth mini series was inspired and the last 2 stand alone Who episodes were terrific.

    Tennant is and always will be the best Doctor that this long running series has ever had. Please dont let him go out on an anti-climax!!!!

    I want a 'mini Michael Bay' Doctor Who episode!!!!! Just masse's of explosions and fire.....but with a script!
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    Edited by CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) at 12/07/09 6:30 AM CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) was starred CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) was unstarred
    Image of Eridani Eridani
    12/07/09

    @CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): I am pretty sure that's exactly what you'll get. RTD gets his Michael Bay on at the end of every season. I'm pretty sure the scripts kind of look like John Madden's scrawls on Monday Night Football.

    I don't think that's a good thing.
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    Charlie Jane Anders promoted this comment Eridani was starred Eridani was unstarred
    Image of No cool name here... Move along No cool name here... Move along
    12/07/09

    @CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): I can only hope that you totally forgot that Planet of the Dead existed, and are referring to The Next Doctor and The Waters of Mars as the last two stand alone episodes. Planet of the Dead was many things, but terrific it was not.
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    CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) promoted this comment No cool name here... Move along was starred No cool name here... Move along was unstarred
    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    12/07/09

    @No cool name here... Move along: I actually didnt mind 'Planet of the Dead' So I stand by my original statement. If there was one fault it would be that bloody flying bus!!
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    Image of Magicant Magicant
    12/07/09

    @CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): I'm with you on that. The flying bus spoiled it a bit, but other than that, I was very entertained. But then again, I can probably only point to three episodes of the new series that I DIDN'T enjoy so I'm probably a horrid critic.
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    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    12/07/09

    @Magicant: It would have made more sense to fly out in one of the Tritovores broken (but fixed later) type of escape pods!! We could have had a whole A-Team in the shed scene, building something from nothing! And then a serious escape/chase scene! But all in all, I liked it.

    I also love how RTD has dropped hints throughout all the old Tennants series about the coming storm. 'Bad Wolf', The Doctor Donna', 'He will knock 4 times' and the Doctors ego getting the better of him in 'Waters of Mars' leading to his inevitable end. Oh RTD, how we will miss you.
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    Edited by CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) at 12/07/09 7:43 AM CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) was starred CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) was unstarred
    Image of GreyHammer GreyHammer
    12/07/09

    In reply to Tons Of Revealing Pics Of The Tenth And Eleventh Doctors. Plus Meet Another William Adama!
    changing chuck to a super spy cheapens the premise, i hope they keep the fun way the show works. if the fun zaney stuff goes then it wont be worth watching
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    Image of Makidian Makidian
    12/07/09

    In reply to Tons Of Revealing Pics Of The Tenth And Eleventh Doctors. Plus Meet Another William Adama!
    They really should have aired the next two episodes of FlashForward if the reveals are that big, holding them off until March is probably a bad idea.
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    Image of GreyHammer GreyHammer
    12/07/09

    @Makidian: lol the big reveal is probably that the show blows.
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    Image of No cool name here... Move along No cool name here... Move along
    12/07/09

    @GreyHammer: But that's not really much of a reveal, is it?
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    GreyHammer promoted this comment No cool name here... Move along was starred No cool name here... Move along was unstarred
    Image of GreyHammer GreyHammer
    12/07/09

    @No cool name here... Move along: for their writers it is
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    Image of enderwiggin13 enderwiggin13
    12/07/09

    @GreyHammer: I thought that was already revealed.

    I gave it a second chance and still can't remember anyone's names - there's alcoholic FBI guy, alcoholic FBI guy's wife, retarded kid, retarded kid's dad who bangs alcoholic FBI guy's wife in the future, Harold of Harold & Kumar, Merriadoc Brandybuck, etc. so I'm done now. Maybe I'll read the book when I get a chance.
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    Edited by enderwiggin13 at 12/07/09 7:30 AM enderwiggin13 was starred enderwiggin13 was unstarred
    Image of GreyHammer GreyHammer
    12/07/09

    @enderwiggin13: i have given the show more than enough tries. i have seen every episode so far, waiting for the interesting premise to pay off.... and it hasn't. characters are one demensional and even the physicists are stupid. the plot holes are also so large that im suprised the film stock its filmed on stays together.
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    Image of Makidian Makidian
    12/07/09

    @GreyHammer: I will agree that the physicists are stupid but I still kinda like the show. It certainly isn't the worst thing I have seen on TV this year and I know at least three of the characters names. It seems to me that if there is a big reveal in the next two episodes then they should have shown at least one of them before the break. It was interesting to know that Benford's gonna kill his partner and I still think his wife is gonna slink into bed with Simcoe and cause him to start drinking again. Some people just can't be pleased not that big of a deal really.
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    Image of GreyHammer GreyHammer
    12/07/09

    @Makidian: i feel the opposite. this show has been bad and compound that with the disapointment. i expected the show to be good based off teh interesting premise. it has not delivered, making it worse than something i had zero hope for. the 'twist' that benford was going to kill harold wasn't hard hitting or gasp worthy, i rolled my eyes. there is also the fact of the giant goatsee sized plot holes. one of which is the fact that harold's girlfriend didnt feel emotion in her flash forward when others did. does emotion only happen when its convient for plot? cause there is a huge difference in emotion between a wedding and a funeral. and the fact that a white rose on the coffin of a random service made her realise was absolutely cringe worthy retarded. and thats just ONE small instance in the miriad of instances where the show just isnt writen well at all.
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    Edited by GreyHammer at 12/07/09 7:54 AM GreyHammer was starred GreyHammer was unstarred
    Image of Makidian Makidian
    12/07/09

    @GreyHammer: I just take it for what it is which is something to watch, nothing more really. It isn't the greatest show ever by any means but interests me enough to keep watching. I don't know who Harold is though so I am pretty sure you mean Noh who really does need to die since he just kinda mopes around. The twist will be that he is the one who told his wife he was drinking again in his FF. The writing is pretty bad and that is really David Goyers. fault because he pretty much blows. I don't look for it to be on for a second season but I would like to see this one play out. The cast could stand to be trimmed a bit also. I don't really disagree with your points but I don't think it's the most awful show ever.
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    Image of shoroko shoroko
    12/07/09

    @GreyHammer:

    cause there is a huge difference in emotion between a wedding and a funeral.

    I feel like there's a joke in here somewhere...
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    Image of phoghat phoghat
    12/07/09

    In reply to Was This The Decade Of The Reboot?
    "Does Fringe count as new, or just an updated X-Files?"
    Speaking as a dyed-in-the-wool X-Files fan, I don't think so.There are a few similarities. An ongoing mythos does not a copy make.
    Personally, I'm strting to like "Fringe" a bit more. Towards the end of "X-Files" it got too formulized.
    Popularity is defined by the times we live in.
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    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    12/07/09

    In reply to Was This The Decade Of The Reboot?
    I think theres been more emphasis on reboots over the last few years. But theres also been some very cool original stuff come through aswell.

    With the current films in production (or ready to start in the near future). Things like Hellraiser, Robocop, Predators, Short Circuit, Flight of the Navigator and The Never Ending Story. It seems to me that we will look back again in a few years and ask the same question!

    And TV's not safe either. The Prisoner, Day of the Triphids and the long awated V.
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    Edited by CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) at 12/07/09 2:43 AM CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) was starred CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) was unstarred
    Image of Asbestos_Underwear Asbestos_Underwear
    12/06/09

    In reply to Was This The Decade Of The Reboot?
    If anything, it was the decade of "we can't put a decent ending to our show". Most shows turned sour or got canceled before having the chance to wrap things up.
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    Image of Cory Gross Cory Gross
    12/06/09

    In reply to Was This The Decade Of The Reboot?
    I thought the 1930's were the decade of the remake, once they switched over to those newfangled talkies? And the decade of sequels, for that matter? Hell, let's throw adaptations in there too!
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    Image of im.thatoneguy2 im.thatoneguy2
    12/06/09

    @Cory Gross: To reiterate your point:

    - Gone with the Wind: Book.
    - Godfather: Book.
    - Wizard of Oz: Book.
    - Raging Bull: Book.
    - Vertigo: Book.
    - To Kill a Mocking Bird: Book.
    - 2001 A Space Odyssey: Book.

    There is a very simple reason why we see so many adaptations of books and other media: they actually get sold. If you write a screenplay and you can't find someone willing to spend 100 million to make it happen then nobody will ever see or hear about it. Look at how many feature films are made every year. Now look at how many novels are published every year. If you're going to pour your heart and soul into a story which is more likely to get an audience? The book! Writing an original screenplay is a harrowing and extremely gutsy thing to do since it's at best probably just going to be purchased and filed away never to be seen again.

    A book or comic book or play is a low investment way to experiment and try a lot of ideas to see what turns out well and resonates with people.

    Which brings me to my next point. If people have a problem with films being remade then they should see the state of live theatrical plays. All across the nation theatrical directors are rewriting and adapting and presenting their own remakes of plays.

    Directors aren't necessarily writers. They're story tellers. And it's natural that they want to retell the stories that they themselves have fallen in love with. From a director's point of view there is little difference between being handed an original screenplay and a remake. They are presented a story and they create a film. From a directorial perspective all films are remakes. You're remaking the film you fell in love with when reading the screenplay.
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    Image of Jonny_eh Jonny_eh
    12/06/09

    @im.thatoneguy2: Don't forget the classic The Ten Commandments. Remake! (By the same director, no less)
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    Image of phoghat phoghat
    12/07/09

    @im.thatoneguy2:
    Good point. As I was taking the subway the other day (NY), I saw a poster for "Hair" which is playing on Broadway, was first launched in 1967, now 43 years later it's making money again. Is it because aging Baby-Boomer ex-hippies are re-living their youth or a bunch of middle America tourists wanting to be titilated by a few moments of on stage nudity? Somehow I feel it's the former
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    Image of Cory Gross Cory Gross
    12/07/09

    @Jonny_eh: I'm impressed that "The Cat and the Canary" was remade a mere 3 years later as "The Cat Creeps" because of the advent of sound. For that matter, that the 1925 "Phantom of the Opera" was given a few sound sequences for a 1930 special edition. Carl Laemmle you bloodsucker!
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    Image of Whitworthian Whitworthian
    12/06/09

    In reply to Are There Lessons To Be Learned From Dollhouse's Ratings?
    What have we learned? The same thing that Tru Calling taught us... that Eliza Dushku does not guarantee viewers.
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