My dad once called me soley to ask if I remembered where one of the castles in Zelda was. I didn't, and pointed out that he'd played it more recently (and more obsessively) than I had. As if to prove the point, he went on to make a detailed map of the world on graph paper so he'd never have that problem again.
But it seems like it ultimately privileges the monarchy, though admittedly the princess is in trouble for most of the game.
Ah, but are the koopas really holding her hostage, or protecting her from you? Is she really... Princess Anastasia? These are the sort of questions that can only be answered with a hefty research grant. Or increased medication.
Maybe because Donky Kong predates Super Mario, it represents the Paris Commune?
Now you're just being
silly. Harrumph. It's clearly the industrial revolution. With all the mechanized death and industrial pollutants. They're not just barrels; they're barrels of (flaming) oil.
(Somehow, this seems like the right thread for this [link] faboo study on video gaming demographics. No real gender gap! Only a gradual age dropoff until after age 50! We're not all boy nerds in basements!)
As if to prove the point, he went on to make a detailed map of the world on graph paper so he'd never have that problem again.
I drew and colorized at least two of these.
In pilot pickup news, this logline puzzles me:
Network: CBS
Genre: Drama
Title: Way, The
Studio: Sony Pictures Television
Commitment: Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Michael De Luca (EP N/W), Adam Kulakow (W-Pilot)
Logline: A family soap centering on a family of witches, in the tonal style of THE SOPRANOS.
Family. Soap. Witches. Sopranos. What does it all MEAN?
Family. Soap. Witches. Sopranos. What does it all MEAN?
"This project was previously known under the name 'Dark Shadows.'"
Dark Shadows and The Sopranos never really seemed all that similar to me in tone.
Family. Soap. Witches. Sopranos. What does it all MEAN?
It could be witches, some evil witches
which is ridiculous 'cause Wicca good and love the earth and womyn power I'll be over here
I'm still stuck on "auspices."
Variety on The CW hubbub:
Still, the CW will need fewer pilots this development season than the old combo of the WB and UPN.
It doesn't help that, per CBS Par Group topper Nancy Tellem, UPN has quietly worked out a deal to keep WWE's "Friday Night Smackdown" on the air for at least two more seasons.
CBS Corp. supremo Leslie Moonves said he wanted to get the merger deal done before most pilots were ordered so there wouldn't be as much waste.
Based on the WWE mention, it sounds like any commitments that were in place before still apply. I think the WB had at least a couple pilots with penalties if the show wasn't picked up. It's an embarrassment of brooding teenage riches!
Also, I'm gonna refer to Moonves as "supremo" from now on.
CBS Corp. supremo Leslie Moonves said he wanted to get the merger deal done before most pilots were ordered so there wouldn't be as much waste.
That makes sense.
Based on the WWE mention, it sounds like any commitments that were in place before still apply.
Other than "Smackdown!," have the WB and/or UPN made similar deals w/ any other shows?
I think the WB had at least a couple pilots with penalties if the show wasn't picked up.
But, couldn't the WB (or CW) conceivably choose NOT to pick up those pilots, and pay the penalties anyway?
Truth be told, I don't consider any of the shows that Moonves and others have "name-checked" in their official statements to be "safe." Then again, I don't take anything any network/studio honcho says as gospel. They've lied to audiences before. What is to stop them from doing so again and again?
Oh, and about "The Way"...
It is odd to have "family," "soap," "witches," and "SOPRANOS" in the same sentence, describing the same show. Until further notice, though, we'll just have to take their word for it.
::attempts to shake Tim from hibernation::
The Way is actually Tim's next project.
