Roswell anyone?

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SOULOFSERENITY

Friday, June 4, 2004 2:03 PM

mrskborg, as I say (and as Ghoulman vehemently refuses to say):

To each his own!

It may not be your cup of tea, but as long as no Firefly bashing goes on around here, it's all good!

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Saturday, June 5, 2004 10:13 PM

I truly enjoyed it when they knew they were alien and struggling to find out what they were, what they were becoming, and how or if to fit in. Talk about being geared to teenage 'alienation'. Or alienation at any age for people who don't find a handy guide to themselves in the society around them.

Like the physicists who said they had the Universe figured out - that it was just a big clockwork predictably running down according to the laws they'd discovered - I hope for a boring personal life for the foreseeable future. (Boring is a good way to LIVE - it means no crises.)

But I have a preference for stories where the truly unknown is subtly tucked into everyday life. For those who know it, Stanislaw Lem's 'The Investigation' is the archetype.

And that unknown element in everyday life is what I liked about Roswell and X-Files. But then Roswell got into a 'conspiracy' mode and it took a wide open premise and turned it into cops-n'-robbers. I thought the same thing about X-Files. I thought it was a shame.

BIKISDAD

Sunday, June 6, 2004 12:26 AM

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Originally posted by mrskborg:
Well I for one am a bit relieved theres no movie - I really tried to get into this but gave up after the first 6 or 7 episodes. I found it tedious and boring but hey thats just my opinion.

I sort of agree with this, at least when it comes to multiple viewings. The first time I saw Roswell, it held my interest enough that I wanted to see each succeeding episode. However, unlike Firefly, which is highly re-watchable, Roswell does get tedious and boring (for me) when viewed more than once. It has a story that's interesting to see one time, but it doesn't have the depth and complexity of Firefly.

But if they made a movie, I'd probably go once. When "Serenity" comes out, I'm going to see it ten times (and that's just the first weekend).

Apathy on the Rise. No One Cares.

RUXTON

Monday, June 7, 2004 7:31 AM

SoulOfSerenity,

Can you tell me if the Roswell theme (Dido) was changed? I thought it was the best theme song of any TV show, possibly of all time.

Roswell was for me a fabulous love story, far more than an alien thing. I thought the acting was outstanding, for the most part, and I particularly liked Bill Sadler's character.

(And I was/am in love with Majandra, of course, but that doesn't have anything to do with my liking Roswell.)(Not really.)

.......Ruxton

SOULOFSERENITY

Monday, June 7, 2004 11:58 AM

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Originally posted by Ruxton:
SoulOfSerenity,

Can you tell me if the Roswell theme (Dido) was changed? I thought it was the best theme song of any TV show, possibly of all time.

.......Ruxton

They wouldn't change the theme song or any of the songs that were on the soundtrack. For the most part, you really don't even notice that the songs are different, which is good.

P.S. And Majandra...I must agree!

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Monday, June 7, 2004 7:06 PM

Many thanks. Guess I'll have to get the DVD. I have all the Roswell eps on tape, but much scattered, and difficult to watch. Before I saw this thread, I wasn't aware a DVD existed of Roswell.

......Ruxton

SOULOFSERENITY

Monday, June 7, 2004 7:10 PM

Yup, and seasons 2 & 3 will be out soon, too. I still prefer my DVD's though. It's all 3 seasons, pretty decent quality with all the original music, but obviously bootleg copies. The funny thing though, in America it's "Roswell", but for the first season in England, it was "Roswell High", so that's what comes up on the opening credits of my season one. Kinda funny, at least to me...

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FUTUREMRSFILLION

Friday, July 25, 2008 1:06 AM

I love archived threads!

I am having a ROSWELLPALOOOOOZA!

I am on The List. We are The Forsaken and we aim to burn!
"We don't fear the reaper"

FORSAKEN original

SOULOFSERENITY

Friday, July 25, 2008 12:16 PM

Roswellpalooza?!?!? I wanna come!!

Holy crap. I'm reading these posts and I can actually remember writing these 4 years ago. Wow...I have been here for a looooong time...

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