Posts Tagged ‘friends’
Dream On
Posted by: meekthegeek on: October 10, 2011
“I’m sick of my generation being called the TV Generation. ‘All you guys did was watch TV.’ What’d you expect? We watched Lee Harvey Oswald get shot live on TV one Sunday morning. We were afraid to change the channel for the next 25 f***ing years.” – Dennis Leary Martin Tupper, as the main title [...]
Pilot Titles
Posted by: meekthegeek on: June 3, 2011
How well do you know the titles of episodes of your favorite shows? Do you even give them a thought? Some shows get pretty creative. Some naming conventions are discussed here. Pilot episodes are usually just called “Pilot,” possibly because the creators don’t know quite where the show is headed. But some shows have really [...]
Cliffhanger or Closure? Top 5 of Each
Posted by: meekthegeek on: December 21, 2010
- In: 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | About Pilots
- 1 Comment
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 [...]
Friends
Posted by: meekthegeek on: August 14, 2010
- In: 1990s | Comedies
- 4 Comments
It took until season 4 to round it out to “married a lesbian, left a man at the altar, fell in love with a gay ice dancer, threw a girl’s wooden leg in a fire, lives in a box.”
Top 5 Character Introductions in Pilots
Posted by: meekthegeek on: July 8, 2010
- In: 1990s | 2000s | About Pilots
- 2 Comments
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