On Apr 28, 6:01 am, Audie Murphy's Ghost <takebackamer...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> In article <vqna14d0cuil0flnsv3p0t6j78998fk...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Rob Jensen
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> <ShutUp...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:35:08 -0400, Audie Murphy's Ghost
> > <takebackamer...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > >> As it stands, Beth and Mick will never consummate their
relationship.
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> > >You're probably right about that. and I hope you are. Moonlight
should
> > >not become Moonlighting.
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> > I think that JWH is wrong and Beth and Mick *will* consummate their
> > relationship -- and sooner rather than later. The show already
> > skipped the obvious "when will Lois find out that Clark is really
> > Supervampire" trope entirely by the third episode.
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> > Similarly, the will theywon't they thing is entirely played out. We
> > know they will, they know they will. So with that issue *and* the
> > fate of the show being on the bubble, I'm kinda expecting them to pull
> > the trigger on Mick and Beth sleeping together *and* Mick turning
> > Beth. If they do, then I figure that they might otherwise have held
> > off until the end of the second season, but I think that they really
> > are headed toward skipping ahead to the post-coital/post-honeymoon
> > issues, conflicts and metaphors, which would really take it into very
> > different territory than most, if not all, other vampire series have
> > gone.
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> This all makes a lot of sense to me. They may let Mick and Beth sleep
> together before much longer, but I don't know if they'll have Mick (or
> somebody else) turn Beth. That might be even worse than letting the
> two of them go at it.
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> > OTOH, I don't expect the show to go totally post-modern, either. No
> > Moonlight(ing) for this show. Other than perhaps the occasional
> > comedic episode done to break up the pacing, and even then, the fourth
> > wall would likely be Beth's cameraman at Buzzwire. (Jeez, I wish
> > they'd make Kevin Weisman a regular!)
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> I've wound up liking this show a lot more than I thought I might when I
> first heard about it. The actors have brought it off, there's the
> romance stuff and the super-powers stuff, and (most important) they've
> avoided drawing out the more obvious payoffs. That part is why I think
> you might be right about Mick and Beth becoming a couple. It's not the
> obvious thing for the show to do, so early on.
Well, i do like the show....BUT, if he doesn't remain a vampire than
there is no show. Obviously, he is going to come in contact with evil
characters of all sorts...humans he may be able to handle as another
human, but when it comes to evil vampires...how does he cope?
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