And how come every "hero-type-guy" has to be named John and/or Jack? Is there a rule or something?
I think it's the fact the name John is so common. Maybe it's part "everyman-hero" and maybe even part JFK.
Sometimes when I'm sitting in class... You know, I'm not thinking about class, 'cause that would never happen. I think about kissing you. And it's like everything stops. It's like, it's like freeze frame. Willow kissage.
Oz ,'First Date'
Lost: OMGWTF POLAR BEAR
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DCJensen - Oct 26, 2004 6:58:40 am PDT #558 of 10000
All is well that ends in pizza.
Nutty - Oct 26, 2004 7:00:39 am PDT #559 of 10000
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I think we need a new raft of heroes named Delbert. Marvin will do, in a pinch. All the heroines need to be named Hepzibah and Inez.
Beverly - Oct 26, 2004 7:03:20 am PDT #560 of 10000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Mehitabel. I always wanted a pair of sister cats named Hepzibah and Mehitabel, but I'll sacrifice the names to better teevee.
Steph L. - Oct 26, 2004 7:05:24 am PDT #561 of 10000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Mehitabel. I always wanted a pair of sister cats named Hepzibah and Mehitabel
When I had a roach in my apartment that wouldn't leave but was always too quick for me to stomp on it, I named it Archy.
Vonnie K - Oct 26, 2004 7:17:02 am PDT #562 of 10000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
ITA at the SG confusion. It's bad enough there is a Charlie on the island while Matthew Fox is named Jack.
I've decided 75% of TV series have a Jack as the hero and a Daniel/Danny/Dan as the sidekick. Lots of Sams there, too, of both sexes. I laughed and laughed when I started watching Without A Trace, and realized there were a Jack, a Danny and a Sam in the team, and Jack and Sam had a thing.
Sean K - Oct 26, 2004 7:22:05 am PDT #563 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I laughed and laughed when I started watching Without A Trace, and realized there were a Jack, a Danny and a Sam in the team, and Jack and Sam had a thing.
::starts writing a spec script for WaT that introduces a permanent main character named "Teal'c"::
Mia - Oct 26, 2004 7:36:19 am PDT #564 of 10000
"Come on! Look at you. You got that bed head thing going on, which McKay's probably got something to do with. You're tall, lean and you sound drunk a lot of the time. Hell, son, you're making me horny!"
I think its the fact the name John is so common.
I suppose so, and I do like the name. Very much so. I would just like a bit more of an originality to the different characters on all these shows, just to keep them seperate from each other. Chrichton's always been Chrichton to me, never John. Already feel the same way with Sheppard (the Atlantis one) too.
sumi - Oct 26, 2004 7:38:23 am PDT #565 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
I actually hadn't remembered that Aquarium's Sheppard was a John. I was thinking of Jack O'Neil and Sheppard.
sumi - Oct 26, 2004 7:45:09 am PDT #566 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
Oh, and watching Desperate Housewives makes me think that what Lost is missing is a Scary Little Girl .
le nubian - Oct 26, 2004 7:46:19 am PDT #567 of 10000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
sumi,
we already had dolls. do we really need that too?