Oh - I caught Kill Point last night. Pretty good, which it would kind of have to be with those actors. Good action, plenty of tense moments. (I'm blocking out the speechifying in the middle.) But I'm not sure I see how they keep this going as a series.
Just call me the computer whisperer.
Willow ,'Lessons'
Cable Drama: Still Waiting for the Cable Guy to Show Up with the Thread Name...
To be determined... (but it's definitely [NAFDA])
brenda m - Jul 26, 2007 10:13:16 am PDT #175 of 11998
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Sean K - Jul 26, 2007 10:19:33 am PDT #176 of 11998
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I am intrigued by Kill Point because of its stars, but I too wonder how they can sustain that.
esse - Jul 26, 2007 10:20:55 am PDT #177 of 11998
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
SA, can you believe that Tommy can't recognize depression when he sees it? And didn't they go to a counselor? Shouldn't the counselor have realized that something was up?
The counselor, like, laughed them out of the office. It was one of those tragi-comic moments. Tommy, though, is so damn self-centered he wouldn't recognize anything even if it slapped him in the face.
Vortex - Jul 26, 2007 10:27:42 am PDT #178 of 11998
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I will say that it tickled me that Glenn Close's husband was played by Michael Nouri because he is such a tv drama guy and she is a Movie Star.
LOVED this.
askye - Jul 26, 2007 10:44:54 am PDT #179 of 11998
Thrive to spite them
I think The Kill Point is only a miniseries, I found this press release on the Futon Critic ( [link] that describes it as a "eight hour dramatic event" and the pilot was 2 hours so I guess there are only 6 more hours of the show.
If it's successful maybe Spike TV could do bring back Donnie Wahlberg's character and have another "dramatic event" with a different scenario.
I'm glad I recorded it so I could fast forward through all those relentless "Spike TV is for MEN! MEN! Manly Men, I tell you! Look! Boobs! And fights! Manly Men watch Spike!"
erikaj - Jul 26, 2007 10:52:47 am PDT #180 of 11998
Always Anti-fascist!
- so* want a "nancy-boy" hair-gel promo for SpikeTV...
brenda m - Jul 26, 2007 11:10:58 am PDT #181 of 11998
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Gotcha. That sounds a lot better - I'll definitely keep watching then.
Morgana - Jul 26, 2007 1:13:30 pm PDT #182 of 11998
"I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good," the Golux said, "by accident and happenchance.” – The 13 Clocks, James Thurber
I'm glad I recorded it so I could fast forward through all those relentless "Spike TV is for MEN! MEN! Manly Men, I tell you! Look! Boobs! And fights! Manly Men watch Spike!"
I used to watch Blade on Spike, and had to do the same thing with the commercials. Spike, not so big with courting the female viewers.... in fact, they cancelled Blade because it didn't attract enough male viewers. If I recall correctly it attracted sufficient female viewers, but they didn't want us. The bastards ended it on a cliffhanger, too.
sumi - Jul 26, 2007 1:15:28 pm PDT #183 of 11998
Art Crawl!!!
Some people over at TWOP are convinced that's why Dresden Files hasn't been picked up.
Vortex - Jul 26, 2007 1:21:11 pm PDT #184 of 11998
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
If I recall correctly it attracted sufficient female viewers, but they didn't want us.
yeah, cause we don't buy stupid shit just 'cause TV tells us to. Not that all men do, but their target 18-24 demographic is much more likely to say "dude! that's so cool" and buy random shit.