I don't want Tim to leave TV, because even if the shows don't take off, I've gotten like 20 hours of great entertainment from him in the last 3 years whereas filmmaking schedules would limit him to no more than 4 or so hours over the same period.
Gwen: Demon, OK? The whole nine—cloven feet and horns and teeth. He wasn't wearing lamé though. Lorne: Yeah, the evil ones can't pull it off. It gets camp.
'Harm's Way'
The Minearverse 5: Closer to the Earth, Further from the Ax
[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, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 16, 2007 10:13:41 am PDT #5529 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
Jon B. - Apr 16, 2007 10:14:22 am PDT #5530 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
did it really take Corinna telling Tully that she was the little blonde girl that watched her parents die for people to figure it out?
Err... yes.
Kevin - Apr 16, 2007 10:17:45 am PDT #5531 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Agreed, Matt -- that's 4 or so hours if he's lucky.
The thing Tim said here in the past about the BBC is spot on, I think. I live in the UK -- if Drive produces 13 episodes, that's actually more than most UK TV series. I'm happy for what I get. Of course, I'm totally greedy and want many years of one good show, but many years of many great shows doesn't suck in my world.
Amy - Apr 16, 2007 10:17:56 am PDT #5532 of 10001
Because books.
did it really take Corinna telling Tully that she was the little blonde girl that watched her parents die for people to figure it out?
I'm with Jon. I knew it would be someone in the race, but it didn't hit me right away. Most of interest was focused on Wendy and Alex.
aurelia - Apr 16, 2007 10:18:10 am PDT #5533 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I'm awful with character names. Drive has the problem I've seen many series have, which is alternately calling characters by their first name, surname, and nick names.
Try watching a Chekhov play.
DebetEsse - Apr 16, 2007 10:23:12 am PDT #5534 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Ah, Russian nicknames. They make no sense to Europeans, that on top of the "last names kinda sound alike to ears not used to Russian names"
Sean K - Apr 16, 2007 10:30:53 am PDT #5535 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
that on top of the "last names kinda sound alike to ears not used to Russian names"
Plus Russian last names have a gender component, don't they? So that a woman might use the feminine version of her husband's masculine last name, and thus sound like two different last names.
Laura - Apr 16, 2007 10:37:33 am PDT #5536 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
I figured out early: Wendy would team up with annoying chick rather than shooting her. Didn't see coming: Corinna was little kid growed up. There were other things I saw coming, and things I didn't. I was entertained. I don't pay attention to reviews or ratings, so I'll just tune in tomorrow and see how it goes.
I hope it does well because it is something that my whole family enjoyed. Usually we enjoy different types of programs. I don't like when the premiere of a show is on a different night. That is just odd to me.
Kevin - Apr 16, 2007 10:52:48 am PDT #5537 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
If Drive tanks tonight, I'm starting to think they should swap House and Drive around. They won't have anything to loose when it comes to Drive at that stage, and it'd give it the American Idol lead in.
Sophia Brooks - Apr 16, 2007 10:54:51 am PDT #5538 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I knew Corinna was the little girl, that Wendy's "husband" wouldn't be his husband and that Wendy wouldn't shoot the woman. However, I think I might watch too much TV, so to "fool" me, there has to be almost no foreshadowing, which then makes me mad because it comes out of left field. So I don't mind so much about guessing things, because people who don't watch tv as much as me/us need the clues, I think.