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shadowkat1. Courtesy of flist (which was posting all sorts of funny things today)
Syfy has greenlighted a pilot that puts a spin on the traditional superhero genre
The network has ordered a 90-minute pilot, "Three Inches," from Fox Television Studios, writer Harley Peyton ("Twin Peaks") and executive producer Bob Cooper. It centers on an underachiever who gains the power to move any object using his mind, but only for a distance of three inches. He recruits a team of fellow heroes, each with their own less-than-spectacular abilities.
" 'Three Inches' is a fun, smart, offbeat spin on the superhero genre," Syfy executive vp development Mark Stern said. "It's a very postmodern approach, with a really wonderful, tongue-in-cheek script."
Added David Madden, executive vp at Fox TV Studios, "We felt there was something special and particularly twisted about this script, both in tone and in its sense of imagination."
The network hopes to at least pick up one of its two pilots. The other, "Alphas," also is about a team with superpowers. [Hey always good to have a back-up. Besides if ABC can do it with No Ordinary Family....]
This apparently is not a joke. Three Inches is the new pilot that James Marsters is doing, he's starring as the mentor figure. The concept just sounds like a complete satire on the whole super-hero genre, and a fairly witty one at that. But, often concepts can be funnier than the actual show.
2. Co-worker described how he had to re-carpet his mother's garage. Yes, you read that right.
Apparently his father was such a neat freak - he felt the need to carpet the garage. The car does go in the garage still - it just has a mat under the engine. And I thought seeing a 42 inch LSD tv screen in someone's garage in Maine was odd.
Syfy has greenlighted a pilot that puts a spin on the traditional superhero genre
The network has ordered a 90-minute pilot, "Three Inches," from Fox Television Studios, writer Harley Peyton ("Twin Peaks") and executive producer Bob Cooper. It centers on an underachiever who gains the power to move any object using his mind, but only for a distance of three inches. He recruits a team of fellow heroes, each with their own less-than-spectacular abilities.
" 'Three Inches' is a fun, smart, offbeat spin on the superhero genre," Syfy executive vp development Mark Stern said. "It's a very postmodern approach, with a really wonderful, tongue-in-cheek script."
Added David Madden, executive vp at Fox TV Studios, "We felt there was something special and particularly twisted about this script, both in tone and in its sense of imagination."
The network hopes to at least pick up one of its two pilots. The other, "Alphas," also is about a team with superpowers. [Hey always good to have a back-up. Besides if ABC can do it with No Ordinary Family....]
This apparently is not a joke. Three Inches is the new pilot that James Marsters is doing, he's starring as the mentor figure. The concept just sounds like a complete satire on the whole super-hero genre, and a fairly witty one at that. But, often concepts can be funnier than the actual show.
2. Co-worker described how he had to re-carpet his mother's garage. Yes, you read that right.
Apparently his father was such a neat freak - he felt the need to carpet the garage. The car does go in the garage still - it just has a mat under the engine. And I thought seeing a 42 inch LSD tv screen in someone's garage in Maine was odd.
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Date: 2010-08-26 01:10 am (UTC)Near as we can tell, the previous owners used the garage as a sort of "outdoor" play area for their kids when the weather was bad. There's even a foursquare game area painted out in one section.
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Date: 2010-08-26 03:28 am (UTC)people can get weird about cleaning...
of course even scarier are those on that 'Hoarders' show who never clean or throw away anything and their house is over fun w/vermin ... *shudder*
Anyway, I'm looking forward to checking out the James Marsters pilot; personally I enjoy Warehouse 13 and Eureka, so I think it is possible that SyFy will come up with another show I'll like!