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If Jackman Gets a Hard On, I’m It: Jekyll

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Perhaps I have sufficiently conveyed to you my admiration of Jekyll. Now down to business:
The pilot episode, written by Steven Moffat, is laid out in a teaser and four acts and as Anonymous pointed out, it’s the pilot for a short-lived miniseries and not for an ongoing series. For that reason it’s quite […]

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Veronica Mars

Monday, July 9, 2007

Burn Notice (BN) made me want to go back and look at my notes on the Veronica Mars (VM) pilot written by series creator Rob Thomas. I think I’ve broken down the show at least twice and I’ve certainly watched many times. I’ve also read the script which is quite different that […]

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Life on Mars Times Two

Thursday, June 28, 2007

I’ve just finished reading the two pilot scripts for Life on Mars. One was the 2005 “Amended Pink” draft of the British original, written by co-creators Tony Jordan, Matthew Graham and Ashley Pharoah. The other was the 2007 first draft of the American remake written by David E Kelley and Stu Moss.
(”Amended […]

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Reaper Pilot Script

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

I love Reaper. I love it. It’s written by Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters. What I read is an unnumbered draft dated in December and is clearly not a production draft. No scene numbers. I had to count them: 45ish (accounting for my margin of error). A fast fun […]

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Viewing Report

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

I’m in possession of a second episode of Jekyll. I haven’t watched it yet. I’m going to save a few and them binge. Don’t you find tv is better that way? You immerse yourself in a show.
I don’t want to watch tv the way they dole it out: in weekly installment. […]

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