The End of Angel
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Flexor the Mighty!
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I think I'm the only sci-fi geek that didn't get fired up over Firefly. Maybe I didn't watch enough episodes.
Harp
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I'd submit that that may well be the case. I enjoyed the series well enough when it was on, but it wasn't until watching the DVD set that I became such a huge fan. I'm not sure if the DVDs are available for rent anywhere, but if so, I can't recommend a series more highly. No question, one of my all-time favorites.Flexor the Mighty! said:
Angel, on the other hand, if it has indeed run its course, I'll miss, but not overly much. To me it was always just good; it never struck me as having a great run, like Buffy did in the first three seasons. Or like Firefly did over the course of its entire too-short life.
Templetroll
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LrdApoc said:
Both ER and Strong Medicine have used the "Amish kids experience the big city" storyline at least once, there may be others. I figure a scriptwriter got the idea and pitched it to several different shows and then got paid for a few of them at around the same time.
Vocenoctum
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Flexor the Mighty! said:
I myself couldn't sit through one ep, so there's that.
Welverin
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Kahuna Burger said:
No, mainstream would be your standard sitcom (Friends, Frasier, etc.), drama (NYPD Blue, ER, CSI, etc.), or reality show. Sci-fi, fantasy, shows about the supernatural are not mainstream now matter how popular they may become.
Occasionally something like the X-files transcends it's niche, but it's an up hill battle for evey similar show.
Endur
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B5
Yes and No. B5's original 4th+ 5th seasons were crammed into the 4th season when they thought they were going to end. The actual 5th season is stuff TNT picked up B5.
Personally, I think JMS could have sold B5 year 6 to TNT, but he wanted to stick to his 5 year plan and instead persuaded TNT to accept Crusade (which was a dud) instead of B5 year 6.
Yes and No. B5's original 4th+ 5th seasons were crammed into the 4th season when they thought they were going to end. The actual 5th season is stuff TNT picked up B5.
Personally, I think JMS could have sold B5 year 6 to TNT, but he wanted to stick to his 5 year plan and instead persuaded TNT to accept Crusade (which was a dud) instead of B5 year 6.
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Henry
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Crothian said:Even Nightcourt did this storyline
I've got one even older: BARNEY MILLER did the "Amish in the Big City" storyline.
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DET. HARRIS: "TV?"
AMISH MAN: "Not in the Bible."
DET. HARRIS: "Automobiles?"
AMISH MAN: "Not in the Bible."
DET. HARRIS: "What DO you do for fun?!?!?"
AMISH MAN: "I've got ten children." (SMILES) "THAT's in the Bible."
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WizarDru
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Crusade is the textbook case of how meddling in a show by a network can destroy it. When you contrast the first episode broadcast with the episode that was obviously meant to be the real first episode, it becomes clear that B5:Crusade was a good show done a great disservice. I still mourn the lost opportunity that was Crusade. Especially after reading the three unfilmed episode scripts that JMS released (including the season finale).Endur said:
Fish was Amish?!?!Henry said:I've got one even older: BARNEY MILLER did the "Amish in the Big City" storyline.
Seriously, as someone who lives near the Amish, I can assure you...they're not ignorant of technology so much as they just plain reject it. And the Mennonites don't even do that, so much. But I trust the distortion of so-called "reality" television to misrepresent that, too.
