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FADPOV articles for August 2007

I’ve been hoping to add some things here, but have just gotten busy with other writing projects that have eaten up a lot of my spare time.  A good chunk of it has been for FADPOV, so I thought I would put up some links to those articles:

Painkiller Jane – I’ve been reviewing this show each week.  It’s kind of an odd experience.  The show is…honestly…not that good.  I’m not surprised it’s been cancelled.  But it has some interesting ideas–the germ of a show that could have been good.  Which actually makes it worse than a totally sucky show would have been, in a way.

Life on Mars – this show IS good.  The first series aired on BBC America last year, and the second series is supposed to be airing in early 2008.  I convinced Tamela to let me write up the already-aired episodes, partly because I just plain wanted to, but partly because I like websites to be complete references and I think it’s a good idea to have all the episodes there.

Failure to Adapt: Gold Edition – a smartass article I wrote about alleged failed attempts by movie studios to come up with projects based on video games.

Kobayashi Maru Me, Baby – an article I wrote about the upcoming Star Trek movie that’s partly tongue-in-cheek, but partly serious.  This movie needs to be good, because The worst part was that I so desperately wanted to say something about the Duras family, but I couldn’t because I’d complained about the need for new blood.  Damn it–I miss Lursa and B’Etor.

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categories TV, Writing | Amanda | datetime August 31, 2007 3:10 pm | comments Comments (0)

Painkiller Jane, Ep. 1-15 “The Healer”

So I’ve started doing some reviews for a new website, FADPOV.  Right now I’m doing Painkiller Jane on the Sci Fi Channel.  It’s an interesting experience: I’d seen the commercials but wasn’t drawn in, but a female friend-of-a-friend said I ought to watch it, and I wanted to start writing about something right away, so I took this show.

For the first episode, I did a massive play-by-play recap, since I was trying to learn the character relationships 2/3 of the way through the season.  My shorter, actual review is online here at FADPOV.  I hate letting writing go to waste, though, so here is the detailed recap:

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So this is something of an experiment…the first time I’ve ever watched Painkiller Jane.  I’ve never read the comics or watched the Sci Fi Channel movie either, so I’m a complete virgin here.  I’ve read up on what’s happened so far in the season, but if I happen to completely misunderstand something in the plot, or leave something important out, feel free to email me and set me straight.  As a quick synopsis, I’ll just say that this show could have been a lot worse, but it could also have been a lot better—I think the most entertaining moment was the local commercial for The Source Comics & Games over in St. Paul.  Hee—I love Game Master Burl and Super-Otaku Chad-son!

After an opening montage that explains the show’s premise—and makes blonde super-healing Jane look way too much like Claire Bennet to me, since I’ve already been watching Heroes for 7 months—the action opens in a bank… Read more »

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categories FADPOV, TV | Amanda | datetime August 6, 2007 7:52 pm | comments Comments (0)

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