CBS developing time-travel drama
David
CBS hears 'Murmurs'
Smilovic, Goldsmith-Thomas behind time-travel drama
By Nellie Andreeva
CBS is hearing "Murmurs," teaming with writer Jason Smilovic and
producer Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas for the time-travel drama.
The project, from CBS Studios, is set in a world where time travel is
a reality and centers on the Commission, an agency that detects and
corrects alterations in time called murmurs, ensuring that history
remains unchanged.
"Murmurs," which has received a script commitment, was conceived by
Smilovic, Goldsmith-Thomas and Smilovic's producing partner, Tyler
Mitchell.
Smilovic and Goldsmith-Thomas are executive producing, with Mitchell
serving as supervising producer and Goldsmith-Thomas Prods. executive
Marisa Yeres as co-producer.
Smilovic was a struggling writer in Manhattan living on un�employment
checks before his feature spec "Lucky Number Slevin" helped him break
into Hollywood. He went on to write four pilot scripts, all of which
were picked up to pilot and series: ABC's "Karen Sisco" and the NBC
trio "Kidnapped," "Bionic Woman" and, most recently, "My Own Worst
Enemy."
Smilovic is repped by CAA and Madhouse Entertainment.
Syvyn11
"David" <diml...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i5d459dabd48db3c75f66a13c8aa59bdc
>
> CBS hears 'Murmurs'
> Smilovic, Goldsmith-Thomas behind time-travel drama
> By Nellie Andreeva
>
> CBS is hearing "Murmurs," teaming with writer Jason Smilovic and
> producer Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas for the time-travel drama.
>
> The project, from CBS Studios, is set in a world where time travel is
> a reality and centers on the Commission, an agency that detects and
> corrects alterations in time called murmurs, ensuring that history
> remains unchanged.
Wow! I didn't like it the first time when it was called "timecop".
MrBuddwing
> "David" <dimla...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> news:u8o3i51012oojs362...@4ax.com...
>
> >http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e...
>
> > CBS hears 'Murmurs'
> > Smilovic, Goldsmith-Thomas behind time-travel drama
> > By Nellie Andreeva
>
> > CBS is hearing "Murmurs," teaming with writer Jason Smilovic and
> > producer Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas for the time-travel drama.
>
> > The project, from CBS Studios, is set in a world where time travel is
> > a reality and centers on the Commission, an agency that detects and
> > corrects alterations in time called murmurs, ensuring that history
> > remains unchanged.
>
> Wow! I didn't like it the first time when it was called "timecop".
>
It also brings to mind the unsold pilot for a proposed new "Time
Tunnel" series (viewable on YouTube).
A Watcher
> http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i5d459dabd48db3c75f66a13c8aa59bdc
>
> CBS hears 'Murmurs'
> Smilovic, Goldsmith-Thomas behind time-travel drama
> By Nellie Andreeva
>
> CBS is hearing "Murmurs," teaming with writer Jason Smilovic and
> producer Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas for the time-travel drama.
>
> The project, from CBS Studios, is set in a world where time travel is
> a reality and centers on the Commission, an agency that detects and
> corrects alterations in time called murmurs, ensuring that history
> remains unchanged.
I wish they would put those resources into an intelligent sci-fi show.
New & Improved WQ
> http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e...
>
> CBS hears 'Murmurs'
> Smilovic, Goldsmith-Thomas behind time-travel drama
> By Nellie Andreeva
>
> CBS is hearing "Murmurs," teaming with writer Jason Smilovic and
> producer Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas for the time-travel drama.
>
> The project, from CBS Studios, is set in a world where time travel is
> a reality and centers on the Commission, an agency that detects and
> corrects alterations in time called murmurs, ensuring that history
> remains unchanged.
>
> "Murmurs," which has received a script commitment, was conceived by
> Smilovic, Goldsmith-Thomas and Smilovic's producing partner, Tyler
> Mitchell.
>
> Smilovic and Goldsmith-Thomas are executive producing, with Mitchell
> serving as supervising producer and Goldsmith-Thomas Prods. executive
> Marisa Yeres as co-producer.
>
> Smilovic was a struggling writer in Manhattan living on un¬employment
> checks before his feature spec "Lucky Number Slevin" helped him break
> into Hollywood. He went on to write four pilot scripts, all of which
> were picked up to pilot and series: ABC's "Karen Sisco" and the NBC
> trio "Kidnapped," "Bionic Woman" and, most recently, "My Own Worst
> Enemy."
Let's see now. The guy comes up with 4 flop series and he still gets
a crack at a 5th? Maybe he's working towards Lucky Number Slevin.
Ken from Chicago
"New & Improved WQ" <w...@reborn.com> wrote in message
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~Let's see now. The guy comes up with 4 flop series and he still gets
~a crack at a 5th? Maybe he's working towards Lucky Number Slevin.
But aside from BW were they bad qualitywise?
-- Ken from Chicago
Professor Bubba
<fe74e2c9-0d12-4ae3...@g7g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>,
MrBuddwing <MrBud...@aol.com> wrote:
First thing I thought of. This new one seems almost exactly the same,
with the substitution of "murmur" for "timestorm."
Obveeus
"Professor Bubba" <bu...@nowhere.edu.invalid> wrote:
My first thought was that this is a series modeled after the Enterprise /
Voyager 'temporal cold war'.
Ian J. Ball
David <diml...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i5d459da
> bd48db3c75f66a13c8aa59bdc
>
> CBS hears 'Murmurs'
> Smilovic, Goldsmith-Thomas behind time-travel drama
> By Nellie Andreeva
>
> CBS is hearing "Murmurs," teaming with writer Jason Smilovic and
> producer Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas for the time-travel drama.
>
> The project, from CBS Studios, is set in a world where time travel is
> a reality and centers on the Commission, an agency that detects and
> corrects alterations in time called murmurs, ensuring that history
> remains unchanged.
>
> "Murmurs," which has received a script commitment, was conceived by
> Smilovic, Goldsmith-Thomas and Smilovic's producing partner, Tyler
> Mitchell.
This sounds to me like a concept that could support no more than a
miniseries, certainly not a full-on continuing series.
I'll put money down that this is *not* one of the pilots that picked up
to series (esp. considering it's CBS!!).
--
"There's no business, like Cho business."
- Patrick Jane, "The Mentalist", 02/11/09
Obveeus
"Ian J. Ball" <ijball-...@mac.invalid> wrote:
> David <diml...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> The project, from CBS Studios, is set in a world where time travel is
>> a reality and centers on the Commission, an agency that detects and
>> corrects alterations in time called murmurs, ensuring that history
>> remains unchanged.
>>
>> "Murmurs," which has received a script commitment, was conceived by
>> Smilovic, Goldsmith-Thomas and Smilovic's producing partner, Tyler
>> Mitchell.
>
> This sounds to me like a concept that could support no more than a
> miniseries, certainly not a full-on continuing series.
Why wouldn't it be sustainable as a series? Quantum Leap worked just fine
as a time traveling series where one guy set out to set right what once went
wrong.
> I'll put money down that this is *not* one of the pilots that picked up
> to series (esp. considering it's CBS!!).
Agreed. Unless they change the premise into a 'murmur murder' each week,
CBS viewers probably aren't going to be interested in it.
krp
"Professor Bubba" <bu...@nowhere.edu.invalid> wrote in message
news:111220090636167250%bu...@nowhere.edu.invalid...
>> In article
>> <fe74e2c9-0d12-4ae3...@g7g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>,
>> MrBuddwing <MrBud...@aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Dec 11, 1:13 am, "Syvyn11" <robhorine...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> > "David" <dimla...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>> >
>>> > news:u8o3i51012oojs362...@4ax.com...
>>> >
>>> > >http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e...
>>> >
>>> > > Smilovic, Goldsmith-Thomas behind time-travel drama
>>> > > By Nellie Andreeva
>>> >
>>> > > CBS is hearing "Murmurs," teaming with writer Jason Smilovic and
>>> > > producer Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas for the time-travel drama.
>>> >
>>> > > is
>>> > > a reality and centers on the Commission, an agency that detects and
>>> > > corrects alterations in time called murmurs, ensuring that history
>>> > > remains unchanged.
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>> It also brings to mind the unsold pilot for a proposed new "Time
>>> Tunnel" series (viewable on YouTube).
>>
>>
>> First thing I thought of. This new one seems almost exactly the same,
>> with the substitution of "murmur" for "timestorm."
>
>
> years.
>
krp
"Obveeus" <Obv...@aol.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Ian J. Ball" <ijball-...@mac.invalid> wrote:
>
>> David <diml...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> The project, from CBS Studios, is set in a world where time travel is
>>> a reality and centers on the Commission, an agency that detects and
>>> corrects alterations in time called murmurs, ensuring that history
>>> remains unchanged.
>>>
>>> "Murmurs," which has received a script commitment, was conceived by
>>> Smilovic, Goldsmith-Thomas and Smilovic's producing partner, Tyler
>>> Mitchell.
>>
>> This sounds to me like a concept that could support no more than a
>> miniseries, certainly not a full-on continuing series.
>
> Why wouldn't it be sustainable as a series? Quantum Leap worked just fine
> as a time traveling series where one guy set out to set right what once
> went wrong.
That's the trouble. The premise has been done to death. Time Cop for
example. Somebody else hit on the Star Trek time travel (temporal cold war)
as a departure from the now thread bare Quantum Leap/Time Cop idea. The
Time Tunnel at least had a limited "history lesson" aspect to the story
lines. But Time Cop 2 will be BORING!
New & Improved WQ
wrote:
> "New & Improved WQ" <w...@reborn.com> wrote in messagenews:22f06db0-32e1-48cd...@u7g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...
Well, quality-wise in my book is if a show is at least watchable.
Karen Sisco was miscast and just plain bland, Kidnapped looked like it
could've worked but was much too early weighed down by the soap
element, and My Own Worst Enemy had a good pilot but soon became too
double-identity complex to follow for its own good. So, yeah, they all
ended up being bad if I ended up not watching them
David
<ijball-...@mac.invalid> wrote:
>I'll put money down that this is *not* one of the pilots that picked up
>to series (esp. considering it's CBS!!).
And whose fault is that??
Default User
>
> "Obveeus" <Obv...@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:hftnhe$ld0$1...@news.eternal-september.org...
> >
> >"Ian J. Ball" <ijball-...@mac.invalid> wrote:
> >
> >>David <diml...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > > The project, from CBS Studios, is set in a world where time
> > > > travel is a reality and centers on the Commission, an agency
> > > > that detects and corrects alterations in time called murmurs,
> > > > ensuring that history remains unchanged.
> > > This sounds to me like a concept that could support no more than a
> > > miniseries, certainly not a full-on continuing series.
> >
> > Why wouldn't it be sustainable as a series? Quantum Leap worked
> > just fine as a time traveling series where one guy set out to set
> > right what once went wrong.
>
> That's the trouble. The premise has been done to death. Time Cop for
> example. Somebody else hit on the Star Trek time travel (temporal
> cold war) as a departure from the now thread bare Quantum Leap/Time
> Cop idea. The Time Tunnel at least had a limited "history lesson"
> aspect to the story lines. But Time Cop 2 will be BORING!
Don't forget "Voyagers!".
Brian
--
Day 312 of the "no grouchy usenet posts" project
Ubiquitous
wrote:
>krp wrote:
>> "Obveeus" <Obv...@aol.com> wrote:
>> >"Ian J. Ball" <ijball-...@mac.invalid> wrote:
>> >>David <diml...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > > > The project, from CBS Studios, is set in a world where time
>> > > > travel is a reality and centers on the Commission, an agency
>> > > > that detects and corrects alterations in time called murmurs,
>> > > > ensuring that history remains unchanged.
>
>> > > This sounds to me like a concept that could support no more than a
>> > > miniseries, certainly not a full-on continuing series.
>> >
>> > Why wouldn't it be sustainable as a series? Quantum Leap worked
>> > just fine as a time traveling series where one guy set out to set
>> > right what once went wrong.
>>
>> That's the trouble. The premise has been done to death. Time Cop for
>> example. Somebody else hit on the Star Trek time travel (temporal
>> cold war) as a departure from the now thread bare Quantum Leap/Time
>> Cop idea. The Time Tunnel at least had a limited "history lesson"
>> aspect to the story lines. But Time Cop 2 will be BORING!
>
>Don't forget "Voyagers!".
Beat me to it!
Wasn't one of the original Doctor Who series along the same theme?
David Johnston
That would be kind of interesting seeing as how the sides in the
"temporal cold war" weren't trying to preserve history, but to change
it to the advantage of their "sides". Fritz Leiber is just about the
only writer who has the nerve to have nobody care about the integrity
of history. But of course that isn't what they're going to do.
Invid Fan
<kr...@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
It might also be limited to non-political matters, so the audience
doesn't root for FDR to stay assassinated for example :) The mention of
Trek above reminded me of a fan Star Trek New Voyages episode where the
crew discovers they're in one of the altered timelines. A series going
in that direction, with members of the time cops realizing they're
protecting the wrong timeline, could sustain a series long plot so long
as they had the guts to slowly work it into the show.
--
Chris Mack "If we show any weakness, the monsters will get cocky!"
'Invid Fan' - 'Yokai Monsters Along With Ghosts'
Brian Thorn
<kwicker1...@comcast.net> wrote:
>~Let's see now. The guy comes up with 4 flop series and he still gets
>~a crack at a 5th? Maybe he's working towards Lucky Number Slevin.
>
>But aside from BW were they bad qualitywise?
"Karen Sisco" was good.
Brian
krp
"Default User" <defaul...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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I did forget it. It was a nice show too.
krp
"Invid Fan" <in...@loclanet.com> wrote in message
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Of course you meant JFK. FDR wasn't assassinated. Kind of reminds me of
my ambivalence in watching "War of the Worlds" with Tom Cruise and Tim
Robbins in the basement, that made me root for the MARTIANS!!
Mr. Hole The Magnificent: An ABC Studios Production
> http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e...
>
I hope they dress all the characters nicely.
David Johnston
An ABC Studios Production" <classic...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>I hope they dress all the characters nicely.
That was something that mystified me about Time Cop. Why does a
service that consists of nothing but undercover work have mission
uniforms? What does the CIA or DEA uniform look like?
Ian J. Ball
David <diml...@yahoo.com> wrote:
I'm still waiting for CBS to develop a 'Gossip Girl'-type show set among
the retiree set in Florida!!
RichA
KalElFan
news:u8o3i51012oojs362...@4ax.com...
> http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i5d459dabd48db3c75f66a13c8aa59bdc
>
> ... The project, from CBS Studios, is set in a world where time travel
> is a reality and centers on the Commission, an agency that detects and
> and corrects alterations in time called murmurs, ensuring that history
> remains unchanged.
And in other near-future news, the Hollywood Reporter will no longer
find any record of this story, and neither will CBS Studios or any other
mainstream media source. It will be as if mention of it never occurred.
Only on Usenet, too obscure for the Commission and/or hardly worth
bothering with, will Rumors of Murmurs remain.
KalElFan
news:bdudndrTw66PfrzW...@earthlink.com...
> Wow! I didn't like it the first time when it was called "timecop".
For those who think Timecop or anything late 20th century did it
first -- at least a refreshing change from Buffy did [whatever it]
first -- the late poster Gharlane once or more mentioned the
Paratime series beginning circa 1948.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paratime_series#The_Paratime_Secret_and_the_Paratime_Police
"To supervise Paratime, the Paratime Commission exists; to enforce
the Paratime Code, the Paratime Police exists..."
(Though that premise apparently involved controlling or exploiting
alternate timelines rather than preserving one true timeline.)
krp
"KalElFan" <kale...@yanospamhoo.com> wrote in message
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Now THAT would make a great series. But none of the broadcast networks will
do it. If they tried, they'd cock it up.
Merrick Baldelli
>My first thought was that this is a series modeled after the Enterprise /
>Voyager 'temporal cold war'.
I would think that even the most mentally damaged Hollywood
executive would have learned not to copy anything from that abortion.
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Merrick Baldelli
<w...@reborn.com> wrote:
>Let's see now. The guy comes up with 4 flop series and he still gets
>a crack at a 5th? Maybe he's working towards Lucky Number Slevin.
Or he gives one mean blow job and ass-rimming combo.
Dimensional Traveler
> On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:22:01 -0500, "Obveeus" <Obv...@aol.com> wrote:
>
>> My first thought was that this is a series modeled after the Enterprise /
>> Voyager 'temporal cold war'.
>
> I would think that even the most mentally damaged Hollywood
> executive would have learned not to copy anything from that abortion.
It lasted several seasons, so to Hollywood its a rousing success.
--
"Dude. They've gone fractal."
Michael Urban
for interesting TV series if done well. Keith Laumer's "Worlds of
the Imperium" and Isaac Asimov's "The End of Eternity" come to
mind. For that matter, Harlan Ellison's unsold 1960s 'Man Without
Time' script might be good for someone to revisit.
Merrick Baldelli
Christ on a 15 inch dildo... You took that course in
Hollywood Economics as well, didn't you?
Dimensional Traveler
> On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:26:36 -0800, Dimensional Traveler
> <dtr...@sonic.net> wrote:
>
>> Merrick Baldelli wrote:
>>> On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:22:01 -0500, "Obveeus" <Obv...@aol.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> My first thought was that this is a series modeled after the Enterprise /
>>>> Voyager 'temporal cold war'.
>>> I would think that even the most mentally damaged Hollywood
>>> executive would have learned not to copy anything from that abortion.
>> It lasted several seasons, so to Hollywood its a rousing success.
>
> Christ on a 15 inch dildo... You took that course in
> Hollywood Economics as well, didn't you?
>
major religious figure using a 15" dildo. O_o
Merrick Baldelli
<dtr...@sonic.net> wrote:
>Merrick Baldelli wrote:
>> On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:26:36 -0800, Dimensional Traveler
>> <dtr...@sonic.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Merrick Baldelli wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:22:01 -0500, "Obveeus" <Obv...@aol.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> My first thought was that this is a series modeled after the Enterprise /
>>>>> Voyager 'temporal cold war'.
>>>> I would think that even the most mentally damaged Hollywood
>>>> executive would have learned not to copy anything from that abortion.
>>> It lasted several seasons, so to Hollywood its a rousing success.
>>
>> Christ on a 15 inch dildo... You took that course in
>> Hollywood Economics as well, didn't you?
>>
>Not that I'm aware of. I'd certainly remember a class that involved a
>major religious figure using a 15" dildo. O_o
It's the same class as learning of Christ's Drunken Rampages
and of course offering memorabilia such as this:
http://crosebrough.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/07/20/icons.jpg
Dimensional Traveler
> On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:56:16 -0800, Dimensional Traveler
> <dtr...@sonic.net> wrote:
>
>> Merrick Baldelli wrote:
>>> On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:26:36 -0800, Dimensional Traveler
>>> <dtr...@sonic.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Merrick Baldelli wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:22:01 -0500, "Obveeus" <Obv...@aol.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> My first thought was that this is a series modeled after the Enterprise /
>>>>>> Voyager 'temporal cold war'.
>>>>> I would think that even the most mentally damaged Hollywood
>>>>> executive would have learned not to copy anything from that abortion.
>>>> It lasted several seasons, so to Hollywood its a rousing success.
>>> Christ on a 15 inch dildo... You took that course in
>>> Hollywood Economics as well, didn't you?
>>>
>> Not that I'm aware of. I'd certainly remember a class that involved a
>> major religious figure using a 15" dildo. O_o
>
> It's the same class as learning of Christ's Drunken Rampages
> and of course offering memorabilia such as this:
>
> http://crosebrough.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/07/20/icons.jpg
>
Anim8rFSK
Dimensional Traveler <dtr...@sonic.net> wrote:
Ooo, ooo, me, me!
hah
okay, perfectly safe click there
--
Tiger Woods has just been named "Athlete of the Year"
His chosen event? The Broad Jump.
Dimensional Traveler
Merrick Baldelli
But, but but... you absolutely *HAVE* to... It's disturbing
in ways I can't remotely describe. And besides the sheep have
already seen it, and apparently some of them actually have one on
their desks.
Merrick Baldelli
wrote:
>> > It's the same class as learning of Christ's Drunken Rampages
>> > and of course offering memorabilia such as this:
>> >
>> > http://crosebrough.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/07/20/icons.jpg
>> >
>> Get one of your suit & tie sheep to click on that, 'cause I ain't. o_O
>
>Ooo, ooo, me, me!
>
>hah
>
>okay, perfectly safe click there
Did they give you one for your desk?
Anim8rFSK
Merrick Baldelli <mbal...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:41:14 -0700, Anim8rFSK <ANIM...@cox.net>
> wrote:
>
> >> > It's the same class as learning of Christ's Drunken Rampages
> >> > and of course offering memorabilia such as this:
> >> >
> >> > http://crosebrough.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/07/20/icons.jpg
> >> >
> >> Get one of your suit & tie sheep to click on that, 'cause I ain't. o_O
> >
> >Ooo, ooo, me, me!
> >
> >hah
> >
> >okay, perfectly safe click there
>
> Did they give you one for your desk?
I assume it's life size.
Obveeus
"Merrick Baldelli" <mbal...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:41:14 -0700, Anim8rFSK <ANIM...@cox.net>
> wrote:
>
>>> > It's the same class as learning of Christ's Drunken Rampages
>>> > and of course offering memorabilia such as this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwYN8UStxow
TB
> "David" <dimla...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> news:u8o3i51012oojs362...@4ax.com...
>
> >http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e...
>
> > ... The project, from CBS Studios, is set in a world where time travel
> > is a reality and centers on the Commission, an agency that detects and
> > and corrects alterations in time called murmurs, ensuring that history
> > remains unchanged.
>
> And in other near-future news, the Hollywood Reporter will no longer
> find any record of this story, and neither will CBS Studios or any other
> mainstream media source. It will be as if mention of it never occurred.
> Only on Usenet, too obscure for the Commission and/or hardly worth
> bothering with, will Rumors of Murmurs remain.
What if someone goes back in time to prevent the 9/11 terrorist
attacks?
TB
> "Obveeus" <Obve...@aol.com> wrote in message
>
> news:hftnhe$ld0$1...@news.eternal-september.org...
>
>
>
>
>
> > "Ian J. Ball" <ijball-NO_S...@mac.invalid> wrote:
>
> >> David <dimla...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>> The project, from CBS Studios, is set in a world where time travel is
> >>> a reality and centers on the Commission, an agency that detects and
> >>> remains unchanged.
>
> >>> Smilovic, Goldsmith-Thomas and Smilovic's producing partner, Tyler
> >>> Mitchell.
>
> >> miniseries, certainly not a full-on continuing series.
>
> > Why wouldn't it be sustainable as a series? Quantum Leap worked just fine
> > as a time traveling series where one guy set out to set right what once
> > went wrong.
>
> That's the trouble. The premise has been done to death. Time Cop for
> example. Somebody else hit on the Star Trek time travel (temporal cold war)
> as a departure from the now thread bare Quantum Leap/Time Cop idea. The
> Time Tunnel at least had a limited "history lesson" aspect to the story
> lines. But Time Cop 2 will be BORING!
What did you thing of 7 Days (in which a man was sent back in time a
week on a Blue Sphere to undo recent disasters)?
Professor Bubba
<83b6a8a9-5847-43c5...@z4g2000prh.googlegroups.com>, TB
<tsbr...@dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote:
7 Days left the air just in time -- about three and a half months
before 9/11. There's no way they could have expected the audience's
willing suspension of disbelief after that.
Short of that, I thought the show was ... okay. This new one doesn't
sound very interesting, but maybe they can ring some changes, or get
lucky with the casting, or something.
Merrick Baldelli
wrote:
>In article <doooi5t1r6uuuvtq1...@4ax.com>,
> Merrick Baldelli <mbal...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:41:14 -0700, Anim8rFSK <ANIM...@cox.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >> > It's the same class as learning of Christ's Drunken Rampages
>> >> > and of course offering memorabilia such as this:
>> >> >
>> >> > http://crosebrough.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/07/20/icons.jpg
>> >> >
>> >> Get one of your suit & tie sheep to click on that, 'cause I ain't. o_O
>> >
>> >Ooo, ooo, me, me!
>> >
>> >hah
>> >
>> >okay, perfectly safe click there
>>
>> Did they give you one for your desk?
>
>I assume it's life size.
There you go.... Assuming again.
peachy ashie passion
Rather silly though.
Anim8rFSK
peachy ashie passion
So what you are saying is that you have missed me?
Anim8rFSK
Merrick Baldelli
<exquisi...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>> http://crosebrough.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/07/20/icons.jpg
>>>>
>>> Get one of your suit & tie sheep to click on that, 'cause I ain't. o_O
>>
>> Ooo, ooo, me, me!
>>
>> hah
>>
>> okay, perfectly safe click there
>
> Rather silly though.
Stalin, Mickey Mouse and Jesus Christ walking hand in hand is
hardly silly... It's theologically disturbing... And I'm not even a
Christian.
peachy ashie passion
> On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:53:43 -0500, peachy ashie passion
> <exquisi...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>>>> http://crosebrough.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/07/20/icons.jpg
>>>>>
>>>> Get one of your suit & tie sheep to click on that, 'cause I ain't. o_O
>>> Ooo, ooo, me, me!
>>>
>>> hah
>>>
>>> okay, perfectly safe click there
>> Rather silly though.
>
> Stalin, Mickey Mouse and Jesus Christ walking hand in hand is
> hardly silly... It's theologically disturbing... And I'm not even a
> Christian.
>
ROFL!
Ok. Why are you disturbed by this?
Anim8rFSK
peachy ashie passion <exquisi...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Merrick Baldelli wrote:
> > On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:53:43 -0500, peachy ashie passion
> > <exquisi...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >>>>> http://crosebrough.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/07/20/icons.jpg
> >>>>>
> >>>> Get one of your suit & tie sheep to click on that, 'cause I ain't. o_O
> >>> Ooo, ooo, me, me!
> >>>
> >>> hah
> >>>
> >>> okay, perfectly safe click there
> >> Rather silly though.
> >
> > Stalin, Mickey Mouse and Jesus Christ walking hand in hand is
> > hardly silly... It's theologically disturbing... And I'm not even a
> > Christian.
> >
>
> ROFL!
>
> Ok. Why are you disturbed by this?
Because he's not a Christian. Duh!
Obveeus
"Anim8rFSK" <ANIM...@cox.net> wrote:
> peachy ashie passion <exquisi...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Merrick Baldelli wrote:
>> > On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:53:43 -0500, peachy ashie passion
>> > <exquisi...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >>>>> http://crosebrough.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/07/20/icons.jpg
>> >>>>>
>> >>>> Get one of your suit & tie sheep to click on that, 'cause I ain't.
>> >>>> o_O
>> >>> Ooo, ooo, me, me!
>> >>>
>> >>> hah
>> >>>
>> >>> okay, perfectly safe click there
>> >> Rather silly though.
>> >
>> > Stalin, Mickey Mouse and Jesus Christ walking hand in hand is
>> > hardly silly... It's theologically disturbing... And I'm not even a
>> > Christian.
>> >
>>
>> ROFL!
>>
>> Ok. Why are you disturbed by this?
>
> Because he's not a Christian. Duh!
How do you know that Mickey Mouse isn't a Christian?
peachy ashie passion
I'm so sorry
Anim8rFSK
No.
--
Tiger Woods has just been named "Athlete of the Decade"
peachy ashie passion
I feel a little guilty for making you say it.
Merrick Baldelli
<exquisi...@hotmail.com> wrote:
Symbols for Communism, Commercialism and Christianity all
walking hand in hand and smiling like they're in a Coke Commercial is
just plain wrong... wrong I tell you... It's like dogs and cats,
living together!!! Mass hysteria!!!
Joe Ramirez
> One can think of other books in the 'paratime' vein that might make
> for interesting TV series if done well. Keith Laumer's "Worlds of
> the Imperium" and Isaac Asimov's "The End of Eternity" come to
> mind. For that matter, Harlan Ellison's unsold 1960s 'Man Without
> Time' script might be good for someone to revisit.
The best take on the the "timecop" premise was the series of Time
Police stories by Poul Anderson, which combined elaborate
considerations of twisted timelines, extreme alternate history
conceits, and detailed depictions of pre-modern societies. Most of the
recent time travel SF on television has been rather unengaging because
of the boring, dumbed-down version of time travel presented:
characters tend to move around only in the very recent past, or within
their own lifetimes. Anderson's Time Police moved all through history.
It's much more interesting to visit the city of Tyre in 1,000 BC, or
dark ages Scandinavia, than 1970s or '80s New York for the umpteenth
time.