Re: journeyman - pass

"It's the Principle!" <brandykat_at_kittylitternewsguy.com> wrote in message news:Xns99BB7B8368D858675309_at_64.209.0.89...
> karl <kona-karl_at_hotmail.com> wrote in rec.arts.tv:
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>><SFTV_troy_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>>> On Sep 24, 9:45 pm, "karl" <kona-k..._at_hotmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> Instead it appears to be another artificial 'puzzle' show that
>>>> I abhor.
>>>> Pretty much identical to Daybreak, Heroes, Lost and
>>>> the rest of that sort of crapola.
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>>> What's a "puzzle show"? You mean because there's a mystery that
>>> the main character has to solve?
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>> Intentionally misinterpreting agian Troy?
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>> No. That would be a mystery. A 'puzzle show' is one like Lost,
>> Daybreak and
>> Journeyman, where there is a continuing mystery over the span of
>> the show. Lost pretty much originated it in its current form
>> though I'd guess it's ancestory would have to be traced back to
>> shows like the Fugitive.
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> I'd more say that the current form came from X-Files alien
> conspiracy.

Good example. I had not thought of them, Though X-Files at least mixed it up by having non-ongoing conspiracy shows.

> They didn't do it very well, and perhaps Lost perfected
> it... sorta, but that's the first show I think of that did it. Then
> came Millennium...

Never watched Millenium beyond the pilot.

 As I said: it's not so much having an on-going mystery. It is that not only are they obviously making it up as they go along but doing so so obviously. X-Files seemed to avoid at least the appearance of doing so. Plus they could poke fun at themselves.

 It is sort of what sank 'Dead Like Me'. It was painfully obvious they were making the rules of reaping up as they went along simply to suit their needs for a particular episode. Received on Mon Oct 01 2007 - 02:20:37 PDT