I'm still a bit too out of it to make a coherent enough post to adequately express all my thoughts concerning the WB pilot. However, I will say this now: I LOVED it. And quite frankly, once it was over both Midnite and I were sooooooo depressed for what should have been. And the revelation from TV critic Mark Dawidziak (of the Cleveland Plain Dealer), who hosted the showing, that the WB actually realizes what a mistake they made by passing on it only compounded that depression. (I mean, fat lot of good that admission does us all now!
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But the real reason why I wanted to start this topic now was to remind the people who were lucky enough to see the pilot of the "possible ad campaign" poster that I'd posted just as a joke back in 2004. Little did we know that somehow I really was tapping into Joe's first scene (with Carolyn):
Vlad's most recent post (in the WB ODERS FILMING OF NEW DS PILOT) about Jason Shaw's casting as Joe Haskell got me to thinking. Haven't we had enough of the comely heroine, dressed in the flowing nightie, holding the lit candelabra type of ad campaigns to promote DS? Why not go for something bolder, sexier? And when you've got someone like Jason Shaw as one of your stars, why not use his, er, attributes to their greatest advantage? Right?
So, I present to you one of the possible ads the WB might want to consider using to promote DS:
[click on the "Quote from: Mysterious Benefactor on April 07, 2004, 02:56:50 am" link]Well, not so much with the "secrets" part - but apparently with the "bare" part.
(Sorry to tease those of you who have yet to see the pilot (hopefully it will be shown again next year), but all will be revealed in due time.
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