Comments on: How to Resurrect My Favorite Shows http://puntabulous.com/2010/03/12/how-to-resurrect-my-favorite-shows/ good. dorky. fun. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:50:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Robert http://puntabulous.com/2010/03/12/how-to-resurrect-my-favorite-shows/comment-page-2/#comment-516490 Robert Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:31:55 +0000 http://puntabulous.com/?p=15061#comment-516490 Hey Craigers - you may get your wish on the BSG front. From the Hollywood Reporter: "More interesting is that Stern also told THR that Syfy is interested in yet another Battlestar show, saying 'We’re looking for other ways to spin off ‘Battlestar’ beyond ‘Caprica. That world is so rich. We’re sitting down with (executive producer) Ron Moore and his team. It would not necessarily be a traditional series. Stern also told THR that the new BSG spinoff would "mark a return to the franchise’s space-opera roots. It seems that the first Cylon war might be a possible place to start." Hey Craigers – you may get your wish on the BSG front.
From the Hollywood Reporter:
“More interesting is that Stern also told THR that Syfy is interested in yet another Battlestar show, saying ‘We’re looking for other ways to spin off ‘Battlestar’ beyond ‘Caprica. That world is so rich. We’re sitting down with (executive producer) Ron Moore and his team. It would not necessarily be a traditional series.
Stern also told THR that the new BSG spinoff would “mark a return to the franchise’s space-opera roots. It seems that the first Cylon war might be a possible place to start.”

]]> By: Justin http://puntabulous.com/2010/03/12/how-to-resurrect-my-favorite-shows/comment-page-2/#comment-516425 Justin Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:03:14 +0000 http://puntabulous.com/?p=15061#comment-516425 Mel -- Really? You don't miss the Botanical Gardens (there was a wonderful Chihuly installation there when we went in 2007)? Neighborhoods with names like Squirrel Hill or Shadyside? All the restaurants and cafés and stores on Walnut Street and Ellsworth Avenue, such a wonderful, walkable neighborhood? (We were staying at a B&B on Nageley Ave and got a good sense of the neighborhood.) Caliban Books and all the other stores and cafés and stuff on Craig St down around CMU? All the other antiquarian bookstores peppered around the city, including a couple of great ones in the Southside Flats? The incredibly dramatic view when you drive from the airport and come out of the tunnel and the skyscapers look like they're suspended over a canyon where the rivers meet? The almost-San-Francisco-like hills? Granted, I never want to live in the midwest again (and I kind of consider Western Pennsylvania the eastern edge of the midwest) -- I love being near the ocean too much, and I love the depth of history that New England has, and the church steeples and town greens and "suburbs" that are older than the USA. But if I had to live in the midwest, I'd probably pick Chicago first and Pittsburgh second, and it would actually be a tough choice between them. Mel — Really? You don’t miss the Botanical Gardens (there was a wonderful Chihuly installation there when we went in 2007)? Neighborhoods with names like Squirrel Hill or Shadyside? All the restaurants and cafés and stores on Walnut Street and Ellsworth Avenue, such a wonderful, walkable neighborhood? (We were staying at a B&B on Nageley Ave and got a good sense of the neighborhood.) Caliban Books and all the other stores and cafés and stuff on Craig St down around CMU? All the other antiquarian bookstores peppered around the city, including a couple of great ones in the Southside Flats? The incredibly dramatic view when you drive from the airport and come out of the tunnel and the skyscapers look like they’re suspended over a canyon where the rivers meet? The almost-San-Francisco-like hills?

Granted, I never want to live in the midwest again (and I kind of consider Western Pennsylvania the eastern edge of the midwest) — I love being near the ocean too much, and I love the depth of history that New England has, and the church steeples and town greens and “suburbs” that are older than the USA. But if I had to live in the midwest, I’d probably pick Chicago first and Pittsburgh second, and it would actually be a tough choice between them.

]]> By: Mel http://puntabulous.com/2010/03/12/how-to-resurrect-my-favorite-shows/comment-page-2/#comment-516385 Mel Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:59:35 +0000 http://puntabulous.com/?p=15061#comment-516385 Justin: All of the above. I moved back to New England 5 years ago. I miss a few friends, the city skyline at night, the symphony and opera, and Penn Mac. That's about it. Justin: All of the above. I moved back to New England 5 years ago. I miss a few friends, the city skyline at night, the symphony and opera, and Penn Mac. That’s about it.

]]> By: Justin http://puntabulous.com/2010/03/12/how-to-resurrect-my-favorite-shows/comment-page-2/#comment-516279 Justin Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:42:17 +0000 http://puntabulous.com/?p=15061#comment-516279 Ohhhh, you know *exactly* what you're saying. :-) Why do you think I used the word "haunting"? :-) It doesn't help that she's now a frighteningly-aging stick person who plays a nutzoid Republican with a perpetual frown and the personality of Anne Coulter. 8-O !!! Ohhhh, you know *exactly* what you’re saying. :-) Why do you think I used the word “haunting”? :-) It doesn’t help that she’s now a frighteningly-aging stick person who plays a nutzoid Republican with a perpetual frown and the personality of Anne Coulter. 8-O !!!

]]> By: M. Nicodemus http://puntabulous.com/2010/03/12/how-to-resurrect-my-favorite-shows/comment-page-2/#comment-516276 M. Nicodemus Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:18:35 +0000 http://puntabulous.com/?p=15061#comment-516276 What? She is still around? I just assumed that a strong breeze had swept her off her feet and carried her to magical land where she was accepted as a member of the clan of the stick people who toil under the oppression of the evil queen who created them from pieces of firewood bound together with black widow silk and forgotten dreams... ...I have no idea what I am saying; it is too freaking early on Monday and my coffee hasn't kicked in yet. :-P What? She is still around? I just assumed that a strong breeze had swept her off her feet and carried her to magical land where she was accepted as a member of the clan of the stick people who toil under the oppression of the evil queen who created them from pieces of firewood bound together with black widow silk and forgotten dreams…

…I have no idea what I am saying; it is too freaking early on Monday and my coffee hasn’t kicked in yet. :-P

]]> By: Justin http://puntabulous.com/2010/03/12/how-to-resurrect-my-favorite-shows/comment-page-1/#comment-516148 Justin Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:21:32 +0000 http://puntabulous.com/?p=15061#comment-516148 Eek! Isn't it enough that Calista Flockhart is haunting Brothers and Sisters? Eek! Isn’t it enough that Calista Flockhart is haunting Brothers and Sisters?

]]> By: jere http://puntabulous.com/2010/03/12/how-to-resurrect-my-favorite-shows/comment-page-1/#comment-516095 jere Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:19:43 +0000 http://puntabulous.com/?p=15061#comment-516095 I will not rest until we get Ally McBeal back on the air! And when am I going to get my Jem and the Holograms remake (feat. Lady Gaga as the leader of the Misfits)? I will not rest until we get Ally McBeal back on the air! And when am I going to get my Jem and the Holograms remake (feat. Lady Gaga as the leader of the Misfits)?

]]> By: Justin http://puntabulous.com/2010/03/12/how-to-resurrect-my-favorite-shows/comment-page-1/#comment-516045 Justin Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:13:16 +0000 http://puntabulous.com/?p=15061#comment-516045 Hm. That's an interesting thought. I really hated the finale. Especially since that show is a plagiarized version of my own life complete with verbatim arguments that sometimes made me think my house was bugged. Ok, a plagiarized version with much cuter / younger / thinner people, but who's counting? Would you want a Will & Grace reunion from after they're 18 years older and reconnecting when they find out their respective kids are dating? Or do you want them to ditch the entire storyline of the finale (I do!) and just have them pick up where they left off, à la Sex and the City? Speaking of which ... that movie was ... fun .. .kinda ... mostly because it was just nice to see the characters again. But I felt it was a bit of a waste. It was just a re-hash of the storylines they had already done / resolved in the series and that disappointed me. I'm hoping the second movie will be better. Hm. That’s an interesting thought. I really hated the finale. Especially since that show is a plagiarized version of my own life complete with verbatim arguments that sometimes made me think my house was bugged. Ok, a plagiarized version with much cuter / younger / thinner people, but who’s counting?

Would you want a Will & Grace reunion from after they’re 18 years older and reconnecting when they find out their respective kids are dating? Or do you want them to ditch the entire storyline of the finale (I do!) and just have them pick up where they left off, à la Sex and the City?

Speaking of which … that movie was … fun .. .kinda … mostly because it was just nice to see the characters again. But I felt it was a bit of a waste. It was just a re-hash of the storylines they had already done / resolved in the series and that disappointed me. I’m hoping the second movie will be better.

]]> By: James Z. http://puntabulous.com/2010/03/12/how-to-resurrect-my-favorite-shows/comment-page-1/#comment-516043 James Z. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:08:35 +0000 http://puntabulous.com/?p=15061#comment-516043 I would also like to add Will and Grace to the reunion show category. I would also like to add Will and Grace to the reunion show category.

]]> By: Justin http://puntabulous.com/2010/03/12/how-to-resurrect-my-favorite-shows/comment-page-1/#comment-515654 Justin Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:00:38 +0000 http://puntabulous.com/?p=15061#comment-515654 Mel by "antithetical" do you mean that it's not as cosmopolitan and metropolitan and New York / San Francisco - like as in the show? Because yeah, obviously. Or do you just feel that as a place to live it wasn't as nice and liveable and pretty and everything as it seemed to me when I visited? And how long ago did you live there? I think the city has undergone a lot of changes over the past decade or so. As for your earlier comments about Jason Bateman, I agree. He is aging *EXTREMELY* well. He "younged" well, too, but if anything I think he's improving with age. :-) Mel by “antithetical” do you mean that it’s not as cosmopolitan and metropolitan and New York / San Francisco – like as in the show? Because yeah, obviously.

Or do you just feel that as a place to live it wasn’t as nice and liveable and pretty and everything as it seemed to me when I visited? And how long ago did you live there? I think the city has undergone a lot of changes over the past decade or so.

As for your earlier comments about Jason Bateman, I agree. He is aging *EXTREMELY* well. He “younged” well, too, but if anything I think he’s improving with age. :-)

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