Re: TV Zeitgeist
On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 10:21 AM, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 20 Oct 2008, at 15:59, Mauro Diotallevi wrote: On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 8:45 PM, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: _My Own Worst Enemy_ seems to have a very similar concept to the forthcoming _Dollhouse_, mixed with a little bit of _Chuck_. And a dash of Battlestar Galactica. That's a bit tenuous. The final five? I was thinking more in terms of sleeper agents. -- Mauro Diotallevi The number you have dialed is imaginary. Please rotate your phone 90 degrees and try again. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: TV Zeitgeist
On 21 Oct 2008, at 19:27, Mauro Diotallevi wrote: On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 10:21 AM, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 20 Oct 2008, at 15:59, Mauro Diotallevi wrote: On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 8:45 PM, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: _My Own Worst Enemy_ seems to have a very similar concept to the forthcoming _Dollhouse_, mixed with a little bit of _Chuck_. And a dash of Battlestar Galactica. That's a bit tenuous. The final five? I was thinking more in terms of sleeper agents. The fifth-columnist aspect of that is somewhat relevant but I think the dual-identity theme although related is different. I don't have an explanation and am just putting it up for discussion but it's interesting that the TV Zeitgeist has thrown this up this year. I suspect that Whedon's twist on the notion may be more subversive than _My Own Worst Enemy_ :-) Plausible Deniability Maru The word god is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. - Albert Einstein -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: TV Zeitgeist
WTG wrote: The fifth-columnist aspect of that is somewhat relevant but I think the dual-identity theme although related is different. I don't have an explanation and am just putting it up for discussion but it's interesting that the TV Zeitgeist has thrown this up this year. I suspect that Whedon's twist on the notion may be more subversive than _My Own Worst Enemy_ :-) The dual-identity theme seems very PKD-like at first, but I think that it makes the most sense in comparison to the lead-in show *Chuck*. They both seem to be two sides of the same escapist coin, where one average man ends up a wild spy life (one with a computer in his brain, and the other with a manufactured personality) with the real difference being drama versus comedy. One of the io9 commentators mentioned the idea of a Chuck/MOWE cross-over, and I definitely agree that that might be exactly what the two shows need: Chuck needs a little bit more serious stakes/drama at times and MOWE needs to crack a joke more often... As for Dollhouse I don't see it being that similar... sure it has the personality switching thing, but where MOWE is pretty firmly spy-fi, Dollhouse has the benefit/advantage/curse/undoing (depending on which side of the consumer/producer divide you are on, of course) of being able to be much more of a Thing a Week show vibrating amongst the action-variant genres as it wants to, and switch gears completely as often as the audience would allow. On a complete tangent: Is anyone else surprised that not only can Mike O'Malley (of Nickolodeon GUTS and _Yes, Dear_ fame) *act*, but he seems to be the most interesting character(s) on MOWE? At this point I'm wondering if Raymond (Boy Scout) and Tom (OfficeSpace-reject) are in fact secretly the real main characters of the show... -- --Max Battcher-- http://worldmaker.net ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: TV Zeitgeist
On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 8:45 PM, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: _My Own Worst Enemy_ seems to have a very similar concept to the forthcoming _Dollhouse_, mixed with a little bit of _Chuck_. And a dash of Battlestar Galactica. -- Mauro Diotallevi The number you have dialed is imaginary. Please rotate your phone 90 degrees and try again. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: TV Zeitgeist
On 20 Oct 2008, at 15:59, Mauro Diotallevi wrote: On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 8:45 PM, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: _My Own Worst Enemy_ seems to have a very similar concept to the forthcoming _Dollhouse_, mixed with a little bit of _Chuck_. And a dash of Battlestar Galactica. That's a bit tenuous. The final five? All connected Maru -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Theists cannot be trusted as they believe that right and wrong are the arbitrary proclamations of invisible demons. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: TV Zeitgeist
On 20 Oct 2008, at 15:59, Mauro Diotallevi wrote: On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 8:45 PM, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: _My Own Worst Enemy_ seems to have a very similar concept to the forthcoming _Dollhouse_, mixed with a little bit of _Chuck_. And a dash of Battlestar Galactica. Manchurian candidate? What are they thinking Maru -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. ~Voltaire. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
