On Mar 29, 10:56=C2=A0am, nick <nickmacpherso...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Mar 29, 10:09=EF=BF=BDam, moviePig <pwall...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On Mar 28, 11:17=EF=BF=BDpm, Garondo Marondo
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> > wrote:
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> > > By Garth Franklin
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> > > "Bionic Woman" executive producer David Eick tells SCI FI Wire that
> > > he's working on a pilot script for a proposed TV series based on
P.D.
> > > James' novel "Children of Men".
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> > > Alfonso Cuaron's 2006 film of the same name scored great acclaim,
but
> > > it departed quite dramatically from the novel - using only the basic
> > > story concepts. This new show is expected to follow James' work much
> > > more closely.
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> > > "It's really taking root more in the origins of the novels in that
it
> > > will focus on the cultural movement in which young people become the
> > > society's utter focus. Much like our culture, whenever Lindsay Lohan
> > > does something [and] it becomes the headline of every news show,
it's
> > > about how, when you don't have a responsibility to the next
generation=
> > > and you're free to do whatever you want, where do you draw the
line?"
> > > says Eick.
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> > > Eick adds it will question how society defines responsibility,
freedom=
> > > and a sense of values when it doesn't necessarily believe humans
will
> > > survive as a species. "So it's a very compelling, I think, human
> > > question that science fiction has always explored extremely
> > > provocatively. It's not really a war show like the movie was. It's
> > > more an exploration of that issue."
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> > >http://www.darkhorizons.com/news08/080328j.php
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> > Western Union puts this into perspective:
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> > "Bionic Woman" ... producer ... working on ... "Children of Men" ...
> > will focus on ... young people ... like ... Lindsey Lohan .......Stop.
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> It's about how Lindsay doesn't feel any responsibility to the next
> generation. It's about how Lindsay is in the terrifying new breed of
> youth who do what they want and how by doing what they want, they are
> risking our survival as a species. =C2=A0Looks like whatever left wing
> slant the original had is going to give way to full-on reactionary
> youth-ba****ng. =C2=A0 "Responsibility", "freedom, "sense of values",
sound=
s
> like science fiction as imagined by Cal Thomas.
Giving the guy some benefit of the doubt, and not having read
'Children of Men', I suspect that the real bellwether of this
enterprise (like so many, I suppose) is its target network. The
respective pilots for CBS, FOX, or HBO would probably be
unidentifiable as relatives...
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