The Nick Naylor show sounds like a good idea, and I'm sure it was picked up because of the House/Shark misanthropic lead trend.
Heh. I wonder how Profit would fare these days. (I have yet to see it.)
Well, look who just popped open a fresh can of venom.
Xander ,'Empty Places'
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Polter-Cow - Nov 27, 2006 10:02:44 am PST #5999 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
§ ita § - Nov 27, 2006 10:12:28 am PST #6000 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jim Profit isn't misanthropic, for the record. He may be unlikable, but he's the eerie face of manipulative charisma.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 27, 2006 10:25:02 am PST #6001 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Dexter is apparently cleaning up in both ratings and critical acclaim, so maybe Profit was just 11 years or so ahead of its time.
bon bon - Nov 27, 2006 10:43:39 am PST #6002 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Oh, Dexter was one I was forgetting in the House/Shark axis. That show is so enjoyable even though I don't have much invested in it. I watch it every week and say, "this is where Lost would leave us hanging" but Dexter manages to tie up the loose end (for example, I bet against them revealing the ITK this early). I think it's because it's based on a book, bringing us back to the topic; many of hte plot points have been worked out in advance.
Hayden - Nov 27, 2006 12:45:34 pm PST #6003 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Jim Profit isn't misanthropic, for the record. He may be unlikable, but he's the eerie face of manipulative charisma.
True, but he's a sociopath, incapable of empathy. Like Angel on a bleak streak times a thousand.
§ ita § - Nov 27, 2006 12:47:17 pm PST #6004 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I can't quite fathom anyone wanting to date me.
No contest. I was only commenting on the one word used.
evil jimi - Nov 28, 2006 3:22:18 am PST #6005 of 10001
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
Not so sure about PR firms. But I guess that's why it's a comedy.
and ironically, it's not another US remake of a UK show. If you ever get the chance to see it, Absolute Power, starring Stephen Fry (Hugh Laurie's old comedy duo partner) is hilariously scathing on celebrity and politics. Fry plays "Charles Prentiss" the head honcho of a London PR firm.
erikaj - Nov 28, 2006 10:45:44 am PST #6006 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
That sounds like the funniest thing ever.
Ailleann - Nov 29, 2006 8:23:19 am PST #6007 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
So, a Smurfs Trilogy?
Producer Jordan Kerner says of the films, "Having seen all 234 episodes of the show, numerous times, Herb Ratner and I have been working really hard at looking where all the holes were in the episodes – ya’know, like all of a sudden another woman appears, it’s not just Smurfette – and what we’ve done is we’ve plugged all those holes in a trilogy of three movies, and we reveal things as we go along."
Kerner went on to say that the trilogy is aiming to be the "Lord of the Rings" of animated films. He explained that the films will fully explore the Smurf world over the course of the trilogy in a way that can only be compared to the epic scope of Peter Jackson’s Tolkien Trilogy.
Jessica - Nov 29, 2006 8:26:21 am PST #6008 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Kerner went on to say that the trilogy is aiming to be the "Lord of the Rings" of animated films.