Point Pleasant - New F*X show by ME grads starts tomorrow night.

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OLDFAN45

Thursday, January 20, 2005 4:34 AM

OKay, it's aired...this first ep of Point Pleasant...this long-awaited Marti Noxon brianchild...and I fear it's just not up to the task of holding my own personal interest. Wasn't anything WRONG with it, exactly, just nothing too terribly RIGHT. Cool teaser, though...I have never watched it rain on the surface of water before, and that was shiny.

To me it felt like an ep of The OC that got into the Whedonverse by mistake, and all the hot young muffins were a tad confused by the whole thing.

MACBAKER

Thursday, January 20, 2005 4:36 AM

FX has been running commercials for Point Pleasant during airings of Buffy for weeks (both the morning block of two episodes, and the afternoon block). They are at least trying to cater to the right audience.

I watched the first hour tonight. The main character (A short little blonde that looks like a more attractive SMG) seems to be the product of the Devil/Satan/whatever and a human woman. The plot seems to revolve around her destiny being an instrument of the devil, but her human side is fighting what she is. She does have a stylistic 666 symbol in the iris of one of her eyes. Hmmmm.

Those who decided to skip it for Alias wednesday, should tune in thurday. I'm sure there will be a recap of wednesday's episode, and thurday's Ep. looks like it will reveal much more. The pilot shown wednesday, seemed like more of a tease for thurday's episode.

Personally, I'm not sure if this series is worth watching regularly, but it's premise is interesting enough I'll give it a chance.

P.S. Doesn't Tim Minear have a new series premiering soon? Some sort of cross between Alias and X-files?
Anyone know when this is going to be shown?

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REEQUEEN

Thursday, January 20, 2005 4:56 AM

So....we watched Point Pleasant tonight. I hope it grows, the idea itself has a lot of potential. So far, though, not so much with the funny, or quirky.

I will give it a chance, because I want it to be better. I really, really, really, do.

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TOMANTA

Thursday, January 20, 2005 5:56 AM

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Originally posted by MacBaker:

P.S. Doesn't Tim Minear have a new series premiering soon? Some sort of cross between Alias and X-files?
Anyone know when this is going to be shown?

Yes, he does. No idea when it will start. It's not really his show... actually, story goes like this.

Fox had a show, didn't quite like it and asked Tim to rework it. He changed pretty much EVERYTHING about it (now it's a cross between Alias and X-files). One of the regulars on the show will be the one & only Adam Baldwin (not the only Baldwin out there, but the only one that matters :).

The original premise reminds me of something that I had heard Nathan Fillion's name attached to not too long after Firefly's too-early demise.

The original premise... well, think 21 Jump Street if Johnny Depp was a woman.

"FOX! Where the shit hits the fans." - Tim Minear

BIKISDAD

Thursday, January 20, 2005 2:45 PM

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Originally posted by ReeQueen:
So....we watched Point Pleasant tonight. I hope it grows, the idea itself has a lot of potential. So far, though, not so much with the funny, or quirky.

I will give it a chance, because I want it to be better. I really, really, really, do.

"He has a gorm horizon. All gorm that falls past it is lost forever." UserFriendly http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20050114

Yep, I was a bit disappointed too that there was no humor in the pilot. So far the show seems to have more in common with 90210 than it does with BtVS - more of a teen soap opera than anything. Still, I'm going to keep watching it. Ben Edlund is involved in the show. If he has any influence at all, it will get interesting at some point.

Apathy on the Rise. No One Cares.

CYBERSNARK

Thursday, January 20, 2005 3:23 PM

I sensed Fox's hand in this. Lots of young and Beautiful people, in various stage of undress, having lots of sex. Anybody know how much this resembled the original idea before Fox's anti-censors got to it?

There was a plot, but it was so complicated right out of the gate, and with so few characters who I could, y'know, give a crap for, that it just didn't engage me. I'll tune in for a while (nothing else to watch on Thursdays until 10), but I'm hoping for improvement.

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WILLOWSDAD

Thursday, January 20, 2005 3:38 PM

Sadly unimpressed.

I really hoped it would be better than what I saw. I agree that Fox is probably sticking it's nose into areas it shouldn't, like the inate creativity of the former ME people.

Don't think it has a chance run in the long and won't waste my time.

Rosemary's Baby meets the cheesy teen angst movie genre.

REEQUEEN

Thursday, January 20, 2005 5:20 PM

BikisDad:

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Yep, I was a bit disappointed too that there was no humor in the pilot. So far the show seems to have more in common with 90210 than it does with BtVS - more of a teen soap opera than anything. Still, I'm going to keep watching it. Ben Edlund is involved in the show. If he has any influence at all, it will get interesting at some point.

I was going to say that! Compare Point Pleasant to 90210, I mean, but I was trying (very hard) to be....nice? neutral? I dunno.....

Of course, anyone who has read Good Omens, by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, already knows the concept pretty well. Point Pleasant just hasn't hit us with the funny, yet.

If it ever will.

Anyway, I will watch tonight and see how far I get sucked in. If it does better this evening, I'll watch next week, if not....well, I may have to give up.

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GORRAMREAVERS

Thursday, January 20, 2005 7:01 PM

I will watch tonight too. The first episode seemed kinda scattered, some humor would have helped too.
Not sure I like the male lead as an actor (the guy that saved her on the beach)...I dunno..maybe I will warm up to him. The gal that plays the female lead is absolutely gorgeous and seems to have some talent.
I also liked that they casted Richard Burgi in a main role, best known (by us anyway) as the rogue cop in the Firefly episode 'The Message'.
He is a good kisser.

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REEQUEEN

Thursday, January 20, 2005 8:20 PM

Gorramreavers:

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Not sure I like the male lead as an actor (the guy that saved her on the beach)...I dunno..maybe I will warm up to him. The gal that plays the female lead is absolutely gorgeous and seems to have some talent.

Agreed. I also enjoyed Grant Show, oh he of Melrose Place fame (and I'm so ashamed I know that)....he seems to have a depth of menace that could be interesting and I might eventually find him sexy.

Whereas he has always seemed one of those not-very-interesting aesthetic types.

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I also liked that they casted Richard Burgi in a main role, best known (by us anyway) as the rogue cop in the Firefly episode 'The Message'.
He is a good kisser.

Don't know about the kissin', but my Hey, It's That Guy question is answered!

Thanks!

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