It is I who should thank you, sir.
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Date : Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:51:24 +0000 (UTC)
From : Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>
To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
ha-ha, thanks!
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From: "Martin Baxter"
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 7:46:14 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Syfy's New Flagships Recycle Old Favorites
First Laugh of the Morn Award to you, Keith, for bringing back those
good memories!
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Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Syfy's New Flagships Recycle Old Favorites
Date : Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:09:54 +0000 (UTC)
>From : Keith Johnson
To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
And Deacon Jones is the guy who introduces you to your new life. The white dude
who's newly resurrected is given a videotape of Jones, who all but explodes
from the TV in his fervor. He gives the hapless dude the scoop on his new life,
and then, leaning even further into the camera, Jones says "And one more
thing--Nooo sex!"
You see, there are all these evil undead/zombie like people called "Moorlocks"
(I think) who look like humans most of the time. The newly resurrected
do-gooders have a lease on life that's odd: they can't commit anything
considered a "mortal sin", or they're toast. Well, it seems that having sex
with a Moorlock is a mortal sin, and, since you can't tell them from humans,
it's better to simply avoid the whole affair rather than risk that.
It was really good, quirky, fun show, with great characters. Think "Reaper"
with a bit more humor and danger. Gone too soon. Brooks was perfect for his
role, his deep, almost pained way of speaking lending itself to the dry humour
of the show. I remember one show when he was talking to his partner about the
need to be celibate and how hard it was. He reminisced about this one Sister he
was really tempted by. The description: "She was a backup singer with Gap Band,
and man could she burn some pork chops in the kitchen!"
I still roll with laughter thinking of that line. You really have to hear it to
experience the full effect.
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From: "Martin Baxter"
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 8:18:58 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Syfy's New Flagships Recycle Old Favorites
It had Richard Brooks of "Law & Order" and Clayton Rohner playing two
formerly dead men who are resurrected by the forces of Good to return demons to
Hell. They have no powers and only magical gizmos to do so, while the demons
are fully powered.
Oh -- and they can't have any contact with people in their past lives.
And no sex. 8-O
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Date : Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:59:00 -0700
>From : "Mr. Worf"
To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
I never got around to catching it. What was it about?
On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 4:55 AM, Martin Baxter wrote:
> Good vs Evil, a USA show from earlier this decade.
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> Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Syfy's New Flagships Recycle Old Favorites
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> Date : Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:02:15 -0700
>
> From : "Mr. Worf"
>
> To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
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>
> What is G vs E ?
>
> On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 9:17 PM, Keith Johnson wrote:
>
> > Yeah, I mentioned that in my review of "Warehouse 13" the other night,
> > along with similarities to "Level 9", "G vs. E", "The Chronicle", and
> > others--and all of them are better than this show. I hope it gets better,
> > but have doubts...
> > but I must say, between SyFy and another channel --was it USA? TNT?--the
> > debut was aired at least half a dozen times in the last week.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tracey de Morsella"
> > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 11:28:48 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> > Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Syfy's New Flagships Recycle Old Favorites
> >
> >
> >
> > I was thinking like you. Friday the thirteen meets XFiles. Dead on
> >
> >
> >
> > *From:* scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com]
> *On
> > Behalf Of *Mr. Worf
> > *Sent:* Sunday, July 12, 2009 8:26 PM
> > *To:* scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> > *Subject:* Re: [scifinoir2] Syfy's New Flagships Recycle Old Favorites
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I'm glad that someone made the same connection that I was seeing.
> Warehouse
> > 13 is a LOT like Friday the 13th but a little more humorous. More like
> > Friday the 13th meets Xfiles.
> >
> > On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 8:19 PM, Tracey de Morsella <
> > tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > By Sarah Hope Williams ,
> > 2:00 PM on Sun Jul 12 2009
> >
> > Copy this whole post to another site
> >
> > Slurp cancel
> >
> > [image: sending request]
> >
> > Syfy is back, now with "Y"s, vying even harder for your attention. But
> the
> > network's name isn't the only thing that has been re-purposed; its new
> > staple shows seem oddly familiar. Why is Syfy so unapologetically
> recycling
> > old television?
> >
> > Syfy is trying to impress us with its new look and new shows, like a
> > small-town girl who moves to the big city to be an "actress", bleaches
> her
> > hair platinum blonde and changes her name. And while we remain skeptical
> of
> > clichéd reinvention, we have to admit – it worked for Norma Jeane.
> >
> > [image:
> >
> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/8/2009/07/504x_Warehouse13_cast-thumb-550x268-13745.jpg
>
> ]
> > *Warehouse 13 * premiered this week on
> > Syfy, and many viewers were filled with a strong sense of Déjà vu. A pair
> of
> > odd-couple government agents are sent to investigate paranormal activity,
> > blatantly setting the characters up as replicas of Mulder and Scully.
> > Couldn't Syfy at least have mixed things up a bit by making Pete being
> the
> > by-the-book skeptic and Myka being the intuitive true-believer? But it's
> not
> > just the agents themselves that are borrowed directly from the archives:
> >
> > [image:
> > http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/io9/2009/07/friday-series.jpg]The
> > name of show, and its very concept, evokes another direct influence: the
> > quirky Canadian series *Friday the 13th
> > * that aired in 1987, about a pair of cousins who inherit an antique shop
> > that turns out to be filled with supernatural artifacts. They too are
> aided
> > by an eccentric middle-aged man with a vast knowledge of the
> supernatural.
> > In *Friday*, the female lead is named Micki, and *Warehouse's*
> tight-laced
> > female agent is Myka – here again, Syfy strives to make things new and
> shiny
> > by swapping "y"s for "i"s.
> >
> > [image:
> > http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/io9/2009/07/T1iT41eeWdY_02.jpg]
> >
> > [image:
> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/io9/2009/07/itHmmsweuro.jpg]
> >
> > This isn't a new approach by any means. When Syfy's old staple show, *
> > Eureka*, first premiered in 2006, its premise was equally familiar;
> > government official gets sent to a small town in the Pacific Northwest to
> > investigate a strange occurrence, teams up with local law enforcement and
> > becomes deeply embroiled in the wacky little town and all its colorful
> > characters. Sheriff Carter is no Agent Cooper, but the sense of odd
> > familiarity about the show was undeniable. *Eureka* appeared to be a
> > candy-coated kid's coloring-book version of *Twin Peaks
> > .*
> >
> > [image:
> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/io9/2009/07/C9kejvxRokg.jpg]
> >
> > The question remains, why isn't Syfy trying harder to hide its
> repackaging
> > of television we already know and love? Do they hope that by
> transparently
> > recycling these well-worn television tropes they can take a direct route
> to
> > high ratings and fan admiration? Certainly the ever-increasing number of
> > movie sequels indicates "more of the same" is a safe bet. Syfy already
> seems
> > to be engaged in rebooting even more 80's television, including *Quantum
> > Leap* and *Alien Nation*. It is remarkable how much attention all these
> > "new" shows have gotten on blogs, message boards and by word of mouth.
> > Perhaps the network executives at Syfy know the game better than we
> imagine,
> > and are inviting us to play along as we watch them pressing our buttons.
> But
> > don't they also know that "familiarity breeds contempt"?
> >
> > You have our attention, Syfy – now can you show us something new?
> >
> > http://io9.com/5312950/syfys-new-flagships-recycle-old-favorites
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
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> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
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>
>
>
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