Jan 05, 2005 21:58
I vaguely remembered hearing something about Jeremiah at Escapade last year, so I put it on my Netflix queue. It's a show based on a comic book in which Luke Perry and Malcolm-Jamal Warner travel about doing good in a world where all the grownups died. It was originally on Showtime, which explains why the show, especially the pilot, feels like The Outer Limits. I think they may have even recycled a set or two. I'm pretty sure that the place housing the white supremacists in the pilot is the same place that a time travel portal drops the time traveler in an Outer Limits episode, possibly the episode "Patient Zero." Let me digress to mention how much I wish Outer Limits were on DVD in some sensible manner.
My enjoyment of Jeremiah is enhanced by this resurgence of comic book love I'm feeling without actually reading any comic books. One of the things I like about the show is that I can see in my head the drawings that would correspond to each scene. On the one hand, I like the show and I'd like to read the comic book. On the other hand, I think I'll be disappointed if it doesn't match the comic in my head.
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