HIGHLA-L Digest - 1 Jan 2004 to 2 Jan 2004 (#2004-2)
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Topics of the day:
1. Aaaahhhhh! it's coming back to haunt us! (2)
2. Aaaahhh!!! It's coming back to haunt us!!!! (2)
3. Ahhh, it's coming back to haunt us! (2)
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Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2004 19:07:17 -0800
From: Jen <data@cyberg8t.com>
Subject: Re: Aaaahhhhh! it's coming back to haunt us!
Mel said:
> I really don't see a problem with female leads, but
> only if they can keep it from going the way of The
> Raven, which I didn't much like either.(That means no
> Amanda....She was just the wrong character to use).
I don't think Amanda was the wrong character to use. I think the writers
who did Raven were the wrong writers to use. :-D The character had nothing
to do with it. It was the writers who gave her lots and lots of bad
storylines and dialogue. I think Liam Riley would have been able to save
the show, too!!!
Jen the Fangirl
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Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2004 00:15:40 EST
From: Dotiran@aol.com
Subject: Re: Aaaahhhhh! it's coming back to haunt us!
In a message dated 1/1/2004 10:07:55 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
data@cyberg8t.com writes:
> I don't think Amanda was the wrong character to use. I think the writers
> who did Raven were the wrong writers to use.
I agree. They gave us Amanda then made her very un-Amanda-ish. Not even
references to her "other" friends. I watched every episode, and it was better than
much that is on television. But............
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Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2004 08:31:31 +0200
From: T'Mar <tmar@sifl.iid.co.za>
Subject: Re: Aaaahhh!!! It's coming back to haunt us!!!!
>Which _part_ of Richie should be in the new project--the head, or the rest?
Why not both parts, put back together? Come on, if they can bring
stupid-ass demons into the frelling show, they can resurrect my
Richie!
>I wasn't a huge fan of it at the time, but after all the horrid Highlander
>since then, DM beheading Richie & the AAA arc was all pretty good stuff.
>(The midget & beige Duncan still suck, though.)
Aside from Richie dying, I don't really mind the AAA arc either. It goes
on a bit long - could have been shortened to a 2-part episode, I feel -
but it's okay. At least we get to see Horton again, sort of (I like
Horton). The whole BREW thing is stupid - but then I'm with Wendy
on the whole "the concept of Immortals is enough, you don't need extra
weird stuff in the show" idea.
>Nina (if you meant "Shut up, everyone." you should have said so)
Naah.
(Besides, would you have even listened if I'd said, "Shut up, Nina?"
Didn't think so. :)
- Marina. (No, Julie, there is nothing wrong with dead hookers.) (At least
you didn't play with lab mice and then fall down the stairs.)
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My brother: She stumbled into a plot device.
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Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2004 23:50:22 -0800
From: FKMel <sgt_buck_frobisher@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Ahhh, it's coming back to haunt us!
<<that whole BREW thing>>
What does that mean? I'll probably be going "duh" once
it's answered, but I can't recall seeing that one
before.
Mel (couldn't talk much on the Raven writing because
she never was interested enough to watch much of it.)
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Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2004 07:29:29 EST
From: Bizarro7@aol.com
Subject: Re: Aaaahhh!!! It's coming back to haunt us!!!!
In a message dated 1/1/2004 12:29:58 PM Eastern Standard Time, lf@vickita.org
writes:
> *ggg* Yeah. I hear you. But you know, in the right hands, they
> could probably do *any* of those things and make it good. I always
> get a kick out of it when a really good writer takes a cliche and
> turns it on its head and leaves me saying, "Wow, I never thought of
> it like *that*."
>
> The catch, there, being that "really good writer" part. And maybe
> even that isn't, by itself, enough.
>
It's a combination of factors, but you're right; the foundation has to come
from good writing, followed closely by good casting/acting. It's a pity that
most network producers seem to have completely forgotten that in favor of
formuals to attract desired demographics for the advertisers.
Leah
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Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2004 07:30:48 -0500
From: Sandy Fields <diamonique@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: Ahhh, it's coming back to haunt us!
At 02:50 AM 1/2/2004, FKMel wrote:
><<that whole BREW thing>>
>
>What does that mean? I'll probably be going "duh" once
>it's answered, but I can't recall seeing that one
>before.
BREW = Big Red Evil Whatever
It's the big bad from the AAA arc in the 6th season. Hard to explain. Don't
want to think about it too hard. It'll make my brain hurt.
-- Sandy
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