Hee, fancy seeing you here! The only thing I can even recall "Prey"-wise is that god awful Birds of Prey series...am now envisioning several Hyde children in leather costumes jumping around on rooftops.
I will get you back for this. I don't know how, but I will. Maybe I can tie it in with my whole killing Kyle thing. Hmmm.
Oh, anyway, yes. I have discovered what sort of problems fiction I write unleashes on the world, but so far I think that the truth has gotten me far more trouble. I don't know if you were around for me telling my ex ex roommates to clean their house in my journal, but that was...interesting times, lemme tell ya.
First airing in LJ commentary of my well-known Curse -- a photographic memory for pop culture crap.
PREY was a post-X-FILESy thing about scientists finding out that superhumans are already here and they don't like us much, starring Debra Messing and Vincent Ventresca.
Did they have a special pair of glasses to identify them from the regular populace like in "They Live" with Rowdy Roddy Piper? 'Cause that's the only thing I can think of right now that could possibly make that concept sound good.
Then again, I'm a sucker for supernatural sunglasses. Debra Messing was one of the super humans, right? Using her concave chest bone to frighten and intimidate?
I liked Birds of Prey. It was good show, just poorly executed. The Buffy model doesn't work for shows like that.
The Prey I was reffering to, however, was a short lived ABC series about a new species of human, the result of some sort of experiment, emerging. They were stronger, faster, smarter and homocidal.
Opposing them was a team of feds, doctors and one member of the new species who lacked his Brethern's killer instinct. It was an interesting science fiction concept, but alas, poorly done.
On the other hand, it starred Larry Drake, who just plain rocks.
You do. Agreed on Birds of Prey, it was just...oh lord was it badly done. I am shamed to admit that I watched an episode.
Larry Drake? From LA Law? Mmmm the incestuous television web grows...At this point I'm wanting to see if they have a dvd collection of this show just so I can check it out now, since it sounds like my kind of horrendously bad happiness. If I could watch three entire episodes of Mutant X I'm sure I could survive this and even possibly relish the experience. Think I should campaign for this show in my "Missed it the first time around bring it back since you don't have anything good this year either" rally?
I doubt the show exists on DVD. I wouldn't be surprised if nobody involved wants to admit that it exists.
I think it's main failing was that the bad guys did all the cool shit and the good guys sat around planning or holding meetings. You kept waiting for the one good superhuman to whip out his m4d fighting skillz and all he did was angst.
It can also make for sucky TV. Like Birds of Prey kept taunting us with Batman and he never showed. I could so make a smash hit out of a second season of Birds of Prey. If I ever get a shot at writing for DC, that will be one of my projects.
What would it be you ask?
One mini-series. Title: Metawar. New Gotham's going down in flames, baby.
If they can get so much porn on DVD I don't see why one show is so difficult. You know? That's pretty much my gauge for DVDdom. Why, at one time, could I get Corn Husking Sluts part 12 on dvd but not Roman Holiday? It smacks of conspiracy that wants to keep me locked in my room with my hands down my pants.
I like rule three there, better. Hiding Batman is sort of like hiding the shark in Jaws. Yeah, teasing us with him is great, it builds anticipation, but sooner or later we want to see teeth. If teeth never happen, we feel cheated, and it's back to the corn husking.
Didn't DC revoke their license for that show? I have a roommate who is sure they did. You might have a bit of a problem in that then. If you ever do get around to it though, I'll definitely take a look. Personally I'd like to see the No Man's Land story arc, but it'd never make it to television. Pity.
It may not be on DVD because ABC doesn't want to admit it exists. And besides, your hand is in a better place because of that, right? :)
As for the lisence being revoked, it wouldn't surprise me. I blame Jon Peters for the show coming out how it did to begin with. Horrifically, you should read what he has in mind for Superman: http://www.punktzine.com/030514/feature/index.htm
People like him make me fear what will happen to films like Harry Potter.
However, things like that aside, I must first get work at DC and prove myself before they'd let me touch that kind of project, and I sincerly doubt my Webcomic as it is, or even my fanfiction, would convince them.
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I will get you back for this. I don't know how, but I will. Maybe I can tie it in with my whole killing Kyle thing. Hmmm.
Oh, anyway, yes. I have discovered what sort of problems fiction I write unleashes on the world, but so far I think that the truth has gotten me far more trouble. I don't know if you were around for me telling my ex ex roommates to clean their house in my journal, but that was...interesting times, lemme tell ya.
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PREY was a post-X-FILESy thing about scientists finding out that superhumans are already here and they don't like us much, starring Debra Messing and Vincent Ventresca.
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Did they have a special pair of glasses to identify them from the regular populace like in "They Live" with Rowdy Roddy Piper? 'Cause that's the only thing I can think of right now that could possibly make that concept sound good.
Then again, I'm a sucker for supernatural sunglasses. Debra Messing was one of the super humans, right? Using her concave chest bone to frighten and intimidate?
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I liked Birds of Prey. It was good show, just poorly executed. The Buffy model doesn't work for shows like that.
The Prey I was reffering to, however, was a short lived ABC series about a new species of human, the result of some sort of experiment, emerging. They were stronger, faster, smarter and homocidal.
Opposing them was a team of feds, doctors and one member of the new species who lacked his Brethern's killer instinct. It was an interesting science fiction concept, but alas, poorly done.
On the other hand, it starred Larry Drake, who just plain rocks.
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Larry Drake? From LA Law? Mmmm the incestuous television web grows...At this point I'm wanting to see if they have a dvd collection of this show just so I can check it out now, since it sounds like my kind of horrendously bad happiness. If I could watch three entire episodes of Mutant X I'm sure I could survive this and even possibly relish the experience. Think I should campaign for this show in my "Missed it the first time around bring it back since you don't have anything good this year either" rally?
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I think it's main failing was that the bad guys did all the cool shit and the good guys sat around planning or holding meetings. You kept waiting for the one good superhuman to whip out his m4d fighting skillz and all he did was angst.
Which, while that satisfies Rule 4:
http://strangedaze.keenspace.com/d/20020325.html
or:
http://strangedaze.keenspace.com/d/20020822.html
It can also make for sucky TV. Like Birds of Prey kept taunting us with Batman and he never showed. I could so make a smash hit out of a second season of Birds of Prey. If I ever get a shot at writing for DC, that will be one of my projects.
What would it be you ask?
One mini-series. Title: Metawar.
New Gotham's going down in flames, baby.
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I like rule three there, better. Hiding Batman is sort of like hiding the shark in Jaws. Yeah, teasing us with him is great, it builds anticipation, but sooner or later we want to see teeth. If teeth never happen, we feel cheated, and it's back to the corn husking.
Didn't DC revoke their license for that show? I have a roommate who is sure they did. You might have a bit of a problem in that then. If you ever do get around to it though, I'll definitely take a look. Personally I'd like to see the No Man's Land story arc, but it'd never make it to television. Pity.
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As for the lisence being revoked, it wouldn't surprise me. I blame Jon Peters for the show coming out how it did to begin with. Horrifically, you should read what he has in mind for Superman: http://www.punktzine.com/030514/feature/index.htm
People like him make me fear what will happen to films like Harry Potter.
However, things like that aside, I must first get work at DC and prove myself before they'd let me touch that kind of project, and I sincerly doubt my Webcomic as it is, or even my fanfiction, would convince them.
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