Re: FOX orders "Virtuality" backdoor pilot

On Apr 12, 9:34=A0am, David <dimla...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> from the hollywood re****ter
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> 'Virtuality' takes off at Fox
> By Nellie Andreeva
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>SNIPPED

> "It's very much about what's fantasy and what's reality; what we do to
> escape our lives and what actually institutes our lives; are these
> things very different," UMS president Katherine Pope said.
>
> "Virtuality" is a brainchild of Braun, who shaped up the idea with
> Berman, his producing partner at BermanBraun.
>

Television: the sincerest form of plagiarism....
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With a minimum of research, I found 3 previous TV series about
"virtual reality"-
(1) VR Troopers (1994):
syndicated, 92 episodes (2 seasons)
(2) VR5 (1995):
13 episodes - 10 aired on FOX, remainder aired on SciFi
(3) Harsh Realm (1999):
9 episodes (and 1 unproduced) - 3 aired on FOX, remainder aired on FX
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VR Troopers was similar to "Power Rangers", just for kids, but
successful enough.
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But, when FOX tried the "virtual game", they just didn't know what to
do with it once they had it.  So we have this downward spiral of fewer
and fewer episodes.
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The only research they apparently did was to see that the "Matrix"
movies are still being aired.
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Maybe they should give up TV series and make movies instead.
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At least there would be less of an investment for viewers to make.
This movie would be both the "pilot episode" and the "series finale"
all in one viewing! [SILLY GRIN]