Justin, all the great talent in the world doesn't matter if the captain
walks away from the tiller. You mentioned the great talents A___s had on
"Lost", and yet the show still got, if you'll pardon the unintentional pun,
lost.
On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 10:05 PM, Justin Mohareb <justinmoha...@gmail.com>wrote:
> What's amusing is how narrow minded and disrespectful it is of the
> people who work on the show. A tv show is a lot more of a team
> effort than a film can be.
>
> Hell, the massively talented writers room on Lost alone is great, much
> less the great guidance given by Damon Lindelof (with the show since
> the beginning) and Carlton Cuse (with it since season one).
>
> But, you know, it's not surprising to hear that opinion.
>
> Justin
>
> On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 9:56 PM, Keith Johnson
> <keithbjohn...@comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > i'd never considered this view of Abrams...
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Martin Baxter" <martinbaxt...@gmail.com>
> > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2010 6:36:00 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Fringe Is Becoming the Show Lost Wishes It
> Could be
> >
> >
> >
> > Keith, he has this track record of launching something that's spectacular
> and soul-grabbing, that takes over your life entirely ("Felicity", "Alias"
> and "Lost"), and then walking away from it for the next shiny new project. I
> think I posted something this morning, about some new genre shows coming
> down the pike. One's called "Undercovers", with Boris Kodjoe (breathe,
> ladies!) and Gugu Mbatha-Raw, and any fans of "Fringe" here (which I now
> reluctantly admit to being one of) will be heartbroken to know that JJ's
> executive producer on it. And your utterly valid reasons for disliking his
> work are strong factors in my book as well.
> >
> > On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 6:10 PM, Keith Johnson <
> keithbjohn...@comcast.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> No wonder you refuse to watch the new Trek film!
> >>
> >> Why do you loathe Abrams? I actually like his work, but only on original
> properties. I haven't cared for his stamp on existing things like MI-3 or
> Star Trek, because his need to add more action over the drama is more
> obvious, and slightly taints the franchise's core makeup, in my opinion.
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Martin Baxter" <martinbaxt...@gmail.com>
> >> To: "SciFiNoir2" <scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com>
> >> Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2010 6:47:59 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> >> Subject: [scifinoir2] Fringe Is Becoming the Show Lost Wishes It Could
> be
> >>
> >>
> >>>
> >>> I STILL loathe JJ with a passion, but I thought you folks might enjoy
> this.
> >>>
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