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[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Tim Minear is associated with Wonderfalls, which is associated with Bryan Fuller, who is associated with Dead Like Me.
See? All it takes is one abstentious Polter-Cow with a voluminous memory to make me make sense. Soon, the fact that Lee Pace has played a character named Calpernia Addams will be clearly explicated as having something to do with linear accelerators.
Really. Stay tuned.
eta, two hours later: OK, maybe don't stay tuned. Anyway, not for obscure explications.
Tim Minear is associated with Wonderfalls, which is associated with Bryan Fuller, who is associated with Dead Like Me.
Right. I really liked DLM, and I'm looking forward to the new episodes.
It's like "Six Degrees of Firefly."
Watching Lovesick Ass.
Tracie Thoms has great legs.
I'm liking the arc already. Soon? I can read the spoiler thread.
Dissent on Dead Like Me. See earlier post...
I don't think that Wonderfalls or Dead Like Me should even be thrown around in the same sentence....
Ok that is strong, but I really didn't like it. No sympathy for the characters.
Just like Kubrick, entertainment without a "soul" isn't worth my time.
Watching "Safety Canary." Sad about Kellie Waymire.
I think stylistically the pilot of Dead Like Me is VERY similar to "Wax Lion." But the former series lost a lot of its charm with Bryan's departure. It's still good enough that I'll gladly watch the 2nd season, for Jasmine Guy alone if nothing else.
Especially since Queer Eye for the Straight Guy has become my new favorite show, practically ensuring that Spike won't be joining the cast of characters on Dead Like Me and taking over the limelight.
Sad about Kellie Waymire.
Oh, I had no idea! How terrible...
"The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street," which was mentioned in this thread for Tim-related reasons I can't remember, is showing tonight at midnight on Sci-Fi as part of their Twilight Zone marathon.
I think stylistically the pilot of Dead Like Me is VERY similar to "Wax Lion."
I think DLM and Wonderfalls are basically the same exact concept, with a little different twist. There's a young slacker girl, very smart, with tons of potential, who's basically wasting her life, and avoiding human interaction when fate steps in and says, "OK, you've had your chance, now your ass is mine!" In Jaye's case, inanimate objects start talking to her, and George gets pulverized by a toilet seat from space. The result is pretty much the same, in that they're forced to help total strangers against their will, but the consequences for George are much harsher.
I found DLM to be a very rich and rewarding experience. I thought that watching George struggle and rebel and suffer some really heartbreaking moments, and then start to open up and come to life was really amazing. Very fertile ground for a character to grow in, and a great arc from where she started at in the pilot to where she ended up at the end of the first season. I'm really looking forward to the new ones starting in July.