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revdorothyl at 06:44pm on 20/01/2005 under television as mirror
revdorothyl at 06:44pm on 20/01/2005 under television as mirrorJust a quick note, because my class starts soon, but I wanted to register a marginally favorable response to the premiere of Marti Noxon's new gig, "Point Pleasant" last night. (No actual plot spoilers contained below, as far as I can tell.)
Admittedly, the main attraction for me was the chance to see a bunch of veterans of other sci-fi series: 1) Richard Burgi (The Sentinel -- hubba, hubba!) as the kindly doctor, 2) James Morrison (the too-sexy-for-his-own-good "in vitro" colonel from Space: Above and Beyond, and a scary guest star on a couple of episodes of Prey) as the all-too-briefly-guest-starring foster dad for the devil's daughter, 3) Dina Meyer (the ex-Batgirl from Birds of Prey and a Romulan in the last and least-loved ST:TNG movie) as the town slut and mother of the budding town slut, and 4) even Michael Cavanaugh (the alien-hunting government heavy who chased Robert Hays and son each week on the series Starman) VERY briefly guesting as DevilDaughter's Mr. French.
I have a hard time telling any of the younger generation apart, but Richard Burgi and the good-and-evil-battling-it-out theme are reason enough for me to have set my VCR to tape the second episode this evening. I just hope that one doesn't turn out to be quite such a sucky Peyton-Place-athon as the previews suggested.
Oh well. Hope springs eternal!
Admittedly, the main attraction for me was the chance to see a bunch of veterans of other sci-fi series: 1) Richard Burgi (The Sentinel -- hubba, hubba!) as the kindly doctor, 2) James Morrison (the too-sexy-for-his-own-good "in vitro" colonel from Space: Above and Beyond, and a scary guest star on a couple of episodes of Prey) as the all-too-briefly-guest-starring foster dad for the devil's daughter, 3) Dina Meyer (the ex-Batgirl from Birds of Prey and a Romulan in the last and least-loved ST:TNG movie) as the town slut and mother of the budding town slut, and 4) even Michael Cavanaugh (the alien-hunting government heavy who chased Robert Hays and son each week on the series Starman) VERY briefly guesting as DevilDaughter's Mr. French.
I have a hard time telling any of the younger generation apart, but Richard Burgi and the good-and-evil-battling-it-out theme are reason enough for me to have set my VCR to tape the second episode this evening. I just hope that one doesn't turn out to be quite such a sucky Peyton-Place-athon as the previews suggested.
Oh well. Hope springs eternal!
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