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Nogodsnomasters · 03-06-2008, 11:27 PM

Wow. I'm in a different time zone than most of you. When I'm sleeping, you post and vice versa. Now I'm off to work but:

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I can't really agree with your sentiments NGNM. I realize this is the CW we are talking about here but this show missed the mark so many times. And I thinks it's exactly because of the schizophrenia issue. It ran the gamut from crude toilet humor to elements of a family dramedy. They never decided what they wanted this show to be. They never really stuck to anything they were selling at the Upfronts or press tour. It's as if after the Pilot aired the network told the producers to rework the show. I actually think the strongest characters were Franny and the daughter. And the only time the SL's seemed cohesive was when they stuck to something more family oriented and had the dramedy element. They unfortunately set out to be both a sitcom-y comedy and edgy and they failed on both fronts IMO. And I think the ratings show that since they were never able to pull in more than .7 share any given week. Once Online Nation and Life is Wild were cut it effectively became the lowest rated show on TV and the CW. And that wouldn't be so bad except I think the spread between it and the next highest rated show is significant enough to warrant a cancellation. Reaper is at least generating enough online interest that they have opted to wait and see and they actually brought them back after the strike which means they are gambling on Reaper improving once their new eps start airing.

I'm fine with SP stepping out of Luke's flannels. He really has a lot of work to do in proving his GG success was not a one time thing. But this was not the best vehicle for him to do that. He should be taking some smaller roles on bigger shows where he'll be seen by more people. A guest stint on ER could be great. YMMV

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I think the Luke vs Gary debate wrt to the strength of their characters is an apples to oranges comparison. Gary is supposed to be furniture. Luke was not. He was an integral component to Lorelai's SL. The central focus of AiA was about the boys. And since a large part of a teens life happens at school it strongly implied that that Gary & Franny would be used to just support whatever SL's Justin and Raja would have. And that is really how Gary was used most weeks. I think the term "disconnected" is probably the best description of him.

Looney, I'm not sure why you said you disagree. My point was that it's a combination of Aliens being on the CW as well as the schizophrenia of the show's writing/direction. Having said that, I still think Aliens is a good show and Scott was good in it.

I'll have to jump back in more thoroughly in this discussion in about eight hours

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