Mr Worf, I still try to keep up with British TV, mostly through BBC America (when it works for me) and the online streamers. The model doesn't seem to have changed. I've started watching a Britcom called "My Family", with Zoe Wanamaker and Robert Lindsey, and it makes me laugh harder and longer than anything H'Wood's tossed out in the last five years. And I LOVE "The Big Bang Theory".
---------[ Received Mail Content ]---------- Subject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] "Defying Gravity" on ABC now Date : Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:01:41 -0700 From : "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@gmail.com> To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com I agree. I was just thinking of how american tv does things historically. Like Lost for example. They may be doing the same thing on UK tv too but we don't know them so they may not stick out as much. On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 5:21 PM, Martin Baxter wrote: > As I've said in another thread, Mr Worf, I think that not having guest > stars on a series might be a blessing in disguise. I've long admired the > British formula of television, in which a set cast of actors, writers and > directors allows for greater story cohesion and development. One rarely gets > a WTF? moment like the last ep of BG. > > > > > > ---------[ Received Mail Content ]---------- > > Subject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] "Defying Gravity" on ABC now > > Date : Sun, 16 Aug 2009 17:12:22 -0700 > > From : "Mr. Worf" > > To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > > > The formula isn't right for network tv. They will kill it because they > can't > do any product placement or have cameos of guest stars to boost the > ratings. > The show is tepid at best and a snoozefest at its worst. > > On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Martin Baxter wrote: > > > Pal, it's a Canadian series, the rights to which ABC bought, so it'll > > probably last its full run. > > > > http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1319690/ > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------[ Received Mail Content ]---------- > > > > Subject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] "Defying Gravity" on ABC now > > > > Date : Sun, 16 Aug 2009 12:06:12 -0700 (PDT) > > > > From : "C.W. Badie" > > > > To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > > > > > > I liked it, but it's rather loose storytelling, the type of looseness the > > leads to cancellation... > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Martin Baxter > > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Monday, August 3, 2009 8:24:50 AM > > Subject: [RE][scifinoir2] "Defying Gravity" on ABC now > > > > > > Keith, I almost missed it, stumbling across it two minutes before it > > bbegan. I > > > > I enjoyed it overall, though the pacing was a bit leaden at times. (Maybe > > on purpose?) The mysterious nature of the real mission has me hooked, > > without saying. Can't wait until the MC ventures into Pod 4 to find out > > what's really up. > > > > As for the incidental music, I really don't take notice of it as I watch > a > > TV show or movie, unless it's a song near and dear to my heart. > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------[ Received Mail Content ]---------- > > >Subject : [scifinoir2] "Defying Gravity" on ABC now > > >Date : Mon, 3 Aug 2009 02:13:45 +0000 (UTC) > > >From : Keith Johnson > > >To : scifino...@yahoogro ups.com > > > > > >Anyone watching ABC's entry into the "Big Brother in Outer Space by way > of > > BSG-style drama"? It deals with a seven-year mission in the year 2052 > that > > sends eight astronauts to visit six planets in the Solar System. Very > > quickly into the show, we're made aware there's some kind of secret > > involved. The two most experienced astronauts in the program (one of whom > is > > played by Malik Yoba) are initially left off the mission aboard the > > spaceship "Antares". Later, when some kind of heart problem keeps > cropping > > up among the crew--evidently tied to the "secret"--the two astronauts are > > blasted into space to join the mission. One comment I overheard makes me > > think some kind of sentient race has been encountered by > humanity--perhaps > > on a previous tragic mission to Mars in which one of the current > astronauts > > had to leave three of his fellows behind. Perhaps this sentient race is > > controlling the mission somehow? Not sure. > > > > > >Also not sure yet if I'll like the show. It has some decent actors and > > decent lines. But just when I'm starting to get into the mission and the > > scifi aspect of it, I'm distracted by overpowering music that attempts to > > heighten a scene, the lead astronaut's self-reflective monologue, too > much > > of the newly-hot camera work (a la BSG and Star Trek) with a shaky cam to > > convey reality. Or I'm watching two astronauts make nekkid love in zero g > > and feeling vaguely manipulated at an attempt to make me feel awestruck > or > > something. There's a lot of flashbacks and flashforwards that make > following > > the story a bit confusing at times. "Lost" this ain't. There's also a odd > > flow: a mix of serious drama, melodrama, camp soap opera type moments, > silly > > humour supported by "Desperate Housewives" type music, and a lot of > > titillation. It makes it hard for one to get a feeling of the overall > nature > > of the show. Is it a drama, a reality-type show like "Virtuality" , a > > mystery? > > Don't know, but I ! found myself losing interest a lot, then picking it > > back up, then losing it again as the standard nighttime soap feel comes > back > > in the mix. > > > > > >Lots of TV veterans, including the blonde lady from "The 4400" (the one > > who feel inlove with a black man), and Cristina Cox "Blood Ties", who's > been > > a guest in more series than Michael Michelle. They're all okay, but > again, > > the uneven pacing, writing, and flashbacks undermine their acting. The > > constant shift from a high-tech spaceshp to mundane scenes on Earth are > > abrupt and off-putting. > > > > > >Like "Virtuality" , this show seems to be another clone that tries to > copy > > the delicate balance of reality-type drama mixed with scifi that BSG > > (mostly) did right. and like "Virtuality" , it bores me as much as it > > intrigues--somethin g that BSG didn't do in the main. > > > > > >Not sure if the show's even being picked up, but if it is, not sure I'll > > keep watching. > > > > > >Anyone else's thought's? > > > > > > > > > http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=JQdwk8Yntds > > > > > > > > http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1319690/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1319690/ > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds > > > > > > -- > Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds > -- Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
