Posts Tagged ‘dead like me’
The Munsters
Posted by: meekthegeek on: November 27, 2011
- In: 1960s | Comedies
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Growing up, I’m sure I caught reruns of The Munsters now and then but they didn’t make much of an impression. I basically thought of them as the other Addams Family. The two shows actually ran during the same two seasons (1964-1966). Guess they were the Once Upon a Time and Grimm of their day. [...]
Cliffhanger or Closure? Top 5 of Each
Posted by: meekthegeek on: December 21, 2010
- In: 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | About Pilots
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Pilots, when well executed, make the viewer want to come back for more. However I’ve noticed that pilots fall along a continuum in terms of how they leave you feeling at the end. Some just get the action going, and then abruptly end. They leave you chomping at the bit for episode 2 because you [...]
Dead Like Me vs. Wonderfalls
Posted by: meekthegeek on: September 30, 2009
- In: 2000s | Dramas
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The pilots of Dead Like Me and Wonderfalls warrant an old-fashioned, English class compare-and-contrast. Both were created by Bryan Fuller, who has a clearly defined style and a cult following. Despite being a consulting producer on the awesome first season of Heroes, Fuller seems to have earned a reputation as the creator of brilliant but [...]
Wonderfalls
Posted by: meekthegeek on: September 30, 2009
- In: 2000s | Dramas
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Wonderfalls aired for just four weeks in spring 2004. So clever, so misunderstood; much like the show’s heroine. It was created by Bryan Fuller, the man behind Dead Like Me. We open with the legend of the “Maid of the Mist,” a Native American Princess who sacrificed herself to Niagara Falls to satisfy an angry [...]
Lamenting Cancelled Shows
Posted by: meekthegeek on: September 29, 2009
- In: 2000s | About Pilots | Animation
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You feel a certain sense of ownership when you can say you just loved a show, and most people have never heard of it.
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