[opendtv] Re: News: NEW BLOOD ; THE NETWORKS' FALL SHOWS FACE AN UPHILL BATTLE WITH MIGHTY CABLE
- From: Kon Wilms <kon@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 14:34:49 -0700
John Willkie wrote:
> Think conceptually. How many people these days have pleasant experiences
> around airports? How many have unpleasant experiences?
>
> Heather Locklear and Blair Underwood aside, how many people really what to
> know what happens at airports?
>
> There are plenty of good writers these days in Hollywood looking for work.
> The fact that NBC is proposing a show about a subject that is unpleasant for
> most people and offers unstellar writing (if that's the case) could be
> telling.
My father-in-law ran the international terminal of LAX for a few years.
He has quite a few interesting stories, but methinks nothing remotely
connected to this series, and the type that you would think would fit
more into some off-the-wall independant film.
I'm sure they did good at making a lot of BS up and turning the
terminals into the wild west. I can't say I'm even slightly curious to
turn in and catch even part of the pilot episode for these shows. EP1
Plotline - baggage screening (or fill in some other airport task). Woo.
Sigh.
I think with all the reality shows the networks have forgotten how to
tell a real story, or even try.
At this rate we will start seeing shows about drive-thru fast-food
joints in no time. Or how about Big Brother 666 'protected by the
broadcast flag', ...anyone?
Cheers
Kon
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