tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32031147.post2373185037473312980..comments2023-11-05T07:24:00.960-05:00Comments on The TV guy: Fired Up For 'Torchwood'Phillip Ramatihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07739438191519332313noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32031147.post-20999072866104026052007-09-10T20:50:00.000-04:002007-09-10T20:50:00.000-04:00Well, Chester, no love for the Eick-ster. I see Ei...Well, Chester, no love for the Eick-ster. I see Eick and Ronald Moore doing great work on BSG, and hopefully it will carry over to Bionic. (I just got the revised pilot in the mail today, so we will see if the changes made to the show improved it.)<BR/><BR/>Morgan's work on the X-Files was inconsistent. Some of the episodes he wrote with James Wong were good, some not so much. His brother Darin was the show's top writer IMO, writing many of the classics.Phillip Ramatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07739438191519332313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32031147.post-8670403290952991522007-09-10T17:46:00.000-04:002007-09-10T17:46:00.000-04:00David Eick is a corporate puppet with self-indulge...David Eick is a corporate puppet with self-indulgence oozing out his anal cavity. Bionic Woman with a writer the caliber of Glen Morgan might have succedded, but now it will most likey be mindless action with hopeless one-liners.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32031147.post-46947266065621787662007-09-10T13:25:00.000-04:002007-09-10T13:25:00.000-04:00I'm never, ever sharing pastries with Larry David,...I'm never, ever sharing pastries with Larry David, Anon. :-)Phillip Ramatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07739438191519332313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32031147.post-43665114229087488192007-09-10T10:39:00.000-04:002007-09-10T10:39:00.000-04:00It doesn't get any better than "Curb." Black log c...It doesn't get any better than "Curb." Black log cake, anyone?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32031147.post-10919699465649109312007-09-07T18:48:00.000-04:002007-09-07T18:48:00.000-04:00Darrin Morgan was the man on "X-Files." He wrote t...Darrin Morgan was the man on "X-Files." He wrote two of the best episodes (The Host and Jose Chungs From Outer Space). I wonder whatever happend to that guy.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09548468568645800735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32031147.post-29333487643211325772007-09-07T18:25:00.000-04:002007-09-07T18:25:00.000-04:00A quick hello from the last leg of my vacation, Po...A quick hello from the last leg of my vacation, Portland, Oregon.<BR/><BR/>I am excited as well about the premier of "Bionic" and as for the Eick vs. Morgan creative tiff, give me the guy who just made "Battlestar Galactica" one of the best shows ever, vs. the guy who contributed as much to bad seasons of "X Files" as good seasons - along with many other failures.<BR/><BR/>I am glad Eick is with the show - he's the one that matters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32031147.post-43484547511770027002007-09-07T15:58:00.000-04:002007-09-07T15:58:00.000-04:00Morgan's brother, Darin, wrote some of the best ep...Morgan's brother, Darin, wrote some of the best episodes of the X-Files, but I also find Glen's work so-so. But you're correct, better the switch now than in midseason. Still, with the show set to debut in less than a month, it's a lot of change in a short time, which usually isn't a good sign.<BR/><BR/>I'm not a huge PB fan, either, and won't miss Calles that much. But it does leave a huge hole in the Michael storyline.Phillip Ramatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07739438191519332313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32031147.post-2735825217915224622007-09-07T13:18:00.000-04:002007-09-07T13:18:00.000-04:00I'm really looking forward to "Bionic Woman," and ...I'm really looking forward to "Bionic Woman," and the Morgan news is a bit distressing. However, I haven't been a huge fan of Morgan for awhile (His movies for the most part have been terrible, and his last few years on "X-Files" weren't very memorable times for the series). And at least this happened before the show started airing; we're not going to have a "Commander in Chief" type shake-up six episodes into the season. Seems like there has been more producers leaving new shows this season than I can ever remember. It's a curious thing. <BR/><BR/>Not that I have much hope for season 3 of "Prison Break," I always found Calles to be a fairly bland and uninteresting character on the series, so this could actually be a good thing. I've heard a lot of people say that the second season (The DVD came out a couple of weeks ago) plays a lot better watching the episodes in a couple of sittings. I'm not curious enough to find out, but I found it an interesting observation nonetheless. A lot of shows of this type do tend to play out better in the DVD format, which I think is also a reason that a lot more shows are being made with season long story arcs. <BR/><BR/>UPN and CW for example had terrible airing schedules for new episodes of "Veronica Mars" which make the DVD compliations all that more exciting to own. The 2nd season, which was convoluted enough without having to go three weeks between new episodes, turned out to be a lot better when I sat down for a weekend and watched it all over again. I love what shows like "Lost" and "24" are doing by airing their seasons in a back-to-back style. We have to wait a little longer to see them, but I think it plays out better in the long run. I've always thought dividing the network schedules into three parts (Fall/Winter, Winter/Spring, and Summer) would be a great way to do it. You could still keep your single story episode shows the same as always like most sitcoms and procedural dramas. This is basically what cable stations like HBO, Showtime, USA, and F/X have been doing, and I think it's brilliant. The chances of this happening are less than a playoff system in college football, but it's a good idea.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09548468568645800735noreply@blogger.com