They're non-genre?

Meaning, not science fiction or fantasy.

eta I don't wanna have the genre/non-genre discussion! I'm just reporting what was stated, rather proudly, at the con, regardless of whether they were right.

LFN isn't a genre show, is it? That's my one con, right there. I mean, for values of "genre" that equal SFF. If "genre" equals fannish, then they are, especially...if they have a con.

I'm obviously biased on the John Rogers front, but I've been a fan of his almost as long as I've been a friend. He's good people, and has apologised for both Catwoman and The Core.

Meaning, not science fiction or fantasy.

Yeah, but Leverage is BOTH! It just doesn't know it. (I got Paul to stop rolling his eyes by saying, "Look, just pretend they are all superheroes and set your disbelief sensors on "Comic book."")

He's good people, and has apologised for both Catwoman and The Core.

I liked The Core ! I apologize for nothing. I didn't even see Catwoman, so I can say nothing. I can snicker, but I can't say anything. (He was extraordinarily nice, and of course funny. Everyone loved him. He was onstage with Mark Sheppard a couple times, and they should take that show on the road.)

Yeah, but Leverage is BOTH! It just doesn't know it. (I got Paul to stop rolling his eyes by saying, "Look, just pretend they are all superheroes and set your disbelief sensors on "Comic book."")

Heh. Yeah, that's the truth. I keep looking at the scene where Gina and Parker escape Sterling by leaping off the roof, and there's just no way to make that even remotely possible. Unless Parker can fly.

I wouldn't have called LFN genre, but it was fannish. And Leverage definitely is too. I'm actually quite curious about what makes a show that isn't scifi/fantasy cross over into fannish. Because there are some clear ones, and ones that were totally expected. And yet - what is that line? (Aside from Mark Sheppard.)

Unless Parker can fly.

I'd totally buy it.

eta I don't wanna have the genre/non-genre discussion! I'm just reporting what was stated, rather proudly, at the con, regardless of whether they were right.

Correct or not, that is certainly my impression as well. I was really surprised to see them doing one. I had no idea tradition went back as far as Starsky and Hutch so I was thinking they were doing a first. It just seems like there is a line that isn't crossed like, for the most part, US actors not doing commercials that air in the US but doing ones that air in Japan.

Unless Parker can fly.

This would explain in The Wedding Job why she dove off the balcony and told CK's character (sorry, don't know them all by name yet) that she didn't know he would be there to break the fall. She didn't look like she was planning on landing in a tuck and roll position.

Dean Devlin tweeted that ifmagazine.com is running a poll today asking if there were a Leverage Con again next year, would you go? The results are overwhelmingly positive. The more respondents, the more likely they are to take it seriously, so if you'd go, you could pop over there and tick off a tickybox. Just for fun.

If this day would go faster, I'd be able to watch Leverage sooner. Stupid laws of time.