Gosh...I must be very easy to please. I found the premise of the show fascinating...If they have cancelled this show already (I didn't catch the begining of the thread), There will be no thought-provoking shows on the air this year...I find My Own Worst enemy a whole lot more interesting than Fringe, a show that depends a lot on a leap of faith into your suspension of disbelief...
-See that guy who looks like a cross between Elvis and George Clinton? He is Johnny Ross.- From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On Thu, 10/16/08, Martin Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Martin Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Re: My Own worst Enemy To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, October 16, 2008, 9:38 AM Tracey, is there an "all of the above" option? <-----Original Message-----> From: Tracey de Morsella Sent: 10/14/2008 10:42:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Re: My Own worst Enemy I think that the fast pace is set up to manage the short attention span of American TV viewers and to draw them in fast before the show is cancelled. In the past most shows had from ½ a season to two years to find an audience. These days, shows are dropped after two to six weeks if they do not find an audience. What do you think. Is it intentional or simply poor writing and direction? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com [mailto:scifinoir2@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 7:18 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: My Own worst Enemy That's one problem I had: the show was too fast paced. Sitting here thinking about it tonight, I thought "the show was like a comic book: quick intro and setup, quick move to the hero (or villain) being created". It's as if they wanted to get all the troublesome background, buildup and logic out of the way and just jump to the stories, the same way those early comic books created the superhero in quick not-always-credible order. Now, that's okay as long as the stories that follow are very good. I have hope with Slater and Woodard, and will give it a chance. Slater's good as the scary, almost sinister agent, and funny as the civilian persona. At the very first, I thought he was having trouble making the two characters seem different--they both seemed like the same exact character using different voices. But later he managed to strike a chord where each character seemed to stand on his own. Not sure where it's going, but I'll give it a try. ------------ -- Original message ------------ -- From: Daryle Lockhart <[EMAIL PROTECTED] rt.com> I haven't turned a TV show off within the first 15 minutes in a long time. but I did last night. I like Christian Slater. I like Alfre Woodard. Hey, they're Star Trek alumn. But this show is just not enough for me. There's no way I'm going to watch a whole series paced like this. I thought they gave away the best part of the show within the first act. I needed to sit through two episodes thinking this guy was a clone or something. It would have been nice to have a mystery wrapped in an enigma. but this just gave me everything at once and I decided I didn't like it. Poorly paced, and I think, though I haven't watched an entire episode...poorly written. i DO have to say that while NBC keeps greenlighting shows that are horrible, these shows consistently LOOK beautiful! the shots were well chosen and LOOKED great. the makeup, costuming, sets, etc...all looked great. I really really need NBC Universal to put this kind of energy into Sci Fi Channel. On Oct 14, 2008, at 12:17 AM, marian_changling wrote: Yes, it is the actor who is making this work. It did surprise me that Edward's boss would tell Henry everything. (Maybe because she assumed that Henry could be easily erased?) But it did set up the communication between the two personalities. As I remember, a similar communication method evolved in "Jekyll". I didn't catch the credits...there are so many similarities. Are we ripping off a British show again? Picky is important. If the magician can't convince you with the pledge, you aren't going to wait around for the prestige. --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com, KeithBJohnson@ ... wrote: > > I like it because I like Christian Slater, but some things confuse me. Such as, why would they need to create this type of double personality for him, but no t for his office buddy and lifelong friend, who seems to do deep cover missions as well? and why, if his identities are becoming unhinged, would the organization allow him to stay by himself at night? Seems to me the unpredictable nature of his condition would predictably lead to what happened: the personalities coming and going at odd times. > And why would his Alfre Woodward's character tell the civilian personality all about the organization, then leave the guy alone? Again, I know they said they would take care of him, but seems like really sloppy behaviour. > > Sounds like I'm being really picky, but those were little things that were a bit strange. Why didn't they simply grab the guy as soon as he exhibited problems, and held him captive until they were ready to do the procedure? > > ------------ -- Original message ----- ------ --- > From: "marian_changling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ..> > ...still watching this. I have to admit that I like the subtle > reference to Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in the choice of first names. It > does remind me a lot of the British drama "Jekyll", but it's not an > exact copy. Fun so far. > Messages in this topic (10) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic .<img src="http:// geo.yahoo. com/serv? s=97359714/ === message truncated === Start providing for your family by becoming a paralegal. Click Now. ____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ ______ ICQ - You get the message, anywhere! Get it @ http://www.icq. com
