I don't have a television, so I'm always thrilled at the bar when I get a chance to see what the rest of the world is up to. Consider, for instance, that CBS is about to launch a primetime series about a vampire who is a private investigator, or, as we're supposed to say about them these days, a private investigator who happens to be a vampire. Read the promo copy and weep:
Mick St. John is a private investigator who has truly seen it all after being bitten by his vampire bride on their wedding night 60 years ago. He now lives between two realities, fighting his adversaries among the undead while being in love with a mortal woman. St. John must cautiously balance these two lives before they clash, proving that life's gravest dangers are found in the moonlight.Imagine the pitch. It'll be like CSI. But with a private investigator. Like Chinatown. But without Faye Dunaway. With some other chick who looks less like a space alien. And here's the hook. The guy's a vampire. Not like Tom Cruise was, nothing faggy like that. Like Buffy, or that Angel Spinoff. But with more Blade to it.
Hey, it beats politics.
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Well, it's gotta be better than American Idol. There are actually some pretty interesting shows on USA these days -- Psych, Burn Notice and Monk. Of the three, I prefer Burn Notice, simply because the femme fatale is a former IRA terrorist turned freelance named Fiona. The line this week by the protagonist narrator in a voice over " A trained and experienced military demolitions expert can fabricate a bomb like this is in two or three hours. A trained IRA guerrilla can do it in 15 or 20 minutes..." She had a great one this week when she wanted to talk about their relationship and he wanted to skip it. "Ok, we'll talk later. But if I'm not satisfied, I'll kick your ass." Crusader AXE's type of girl.
Note the Irish cop name, by the way. What is it about the Irish and the Vampires? Stoker was from Dublin, and Peter Cushing...
Hollywood Out Of Ideas - Chapter 6,322. Forever Knight, 1989, lasted a whole season.
I missed the promo so you'll have to help me out, here, with the answer to the most important question, to wit:
Is the vampire qua investigator's name pronounced "seint john" or "sinjun"?
I remember Forever Knight, and don't I wish that I could forget remembering. Or something.
At least it could have had a snappy theme song, like the MC Hammer cartoon, but no...
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