Sea dreams are made of this

[andrewducker]

Dreamt last night that Jed Bartlett was the result of a hot-house experiment similar to the one Tom Strong went through. Oh, and that he played country music when growing up. Which was odd.

And I just watched the trailer for the never-to-be-seen Aquaman TV series. Which had a couple of nice ideas but the acting wasn't there at all. Ving Rhames seems to be very, very good at saying lines as if he has no idea what they actually mean, a talent he also put to good use in MI:3.

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[octopoid-horror.livejournal.com]

So can I.

However I think it's disappointing when they take things that could be good (a superhero show) and make them into something that has already been done to death. I don't, for example, need another sci-fi or dark modern show about some teenage/twentysomething girl kicking ass. I'd like there to be something different, otherwise the genre just gets more and more stale.

In the same way I'd rather have original films than endless remakes.

[laserboy.livejournal.com]

Well I think we do agree in part. However I think that Smallville, a show I know you hate, is absolutely the best way to do a Superboy show. A silver age Superboy with a cape would just be ridiculous today.

It was popular, and they thought they'd build on Aquaman's appearance in the show (which was popular) by expanding with another show. Worth a shot.

[octopoid-horror.livejournal.com]

I don't disagree about Smallville. Yes, I hate it but it is the best way for that kind of story.

The problem I have is that it is a very overdone model, whether for superhero stories, horror things, more sci-fi things and it'd be nice for things to change.

It's like CSI. I like it, except with three different versions of that AND all the endless other shows identical to it, I get kind of tired.

Same as how NYPD Blue did the whole gritty police thing and then every other police show went gritty.