Re: OT - anybody here watching the TV pilot & series "Debris" ?

On 3/12/2021 11:25 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
> On 3/12/2021 6:41 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>> In article <[email protected]>,
>> Dimensional Traveler  <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> On 3/12/2021 5:24 PM, David Lesher wrote:
>>>> a425couple <[email protected]> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> On 3/11/2021 9:40 AM, David Lesher wrote:
>>>>>> Watched the first 2 episodes via the NBC streaming app.
>>>>>> I can't say I am enthralled with it. The overblown
>>>>>> buddy aspect, the piled-on drama over her family, etc. don't
>>>>>> help. I may watch next week's episode...but "may"....
>>>>>>
>>>>> Yeah.  I understand you.
>>>>> I saw the 'pilot', and I've now seen about half
>>>>> of the 2nd.  "may" is right.
>>>>
>>>>> Total ridiculous,  they (some authority/supervisor)
>>>>> tell him her father is somehow alive, while she is deeply
>>>>> grieving him, but not tell her, and not want him to tell
>>>>> her.....
>>>>> WTF?
>>>>
>>>> "We don't know how to write well, and/or our actors suck
>>>> So
>>>> Dredge up the old tropes, lay on in thick layers, let dry,"
>>>>
>>> Its more likely to be "We can't write well" AND "Someone different
>>> writes each episode without knowing what anyone else is writing until we
>>> see it on TV".  Not only does the production NOT care about continuity,
>>> their methods are actively _hostile_ to continuity.
>>
>> Oh, dear.  Don't they have a showrunner?  Don't they have a
>> "bible"?
>>
> Probably, someone has to hand out the episode writing assignments.  And 
> a series bible gives at least a 50% chance that the writers will 
> remember the characters' names.  Anything beyond that would be harmful 
> to the writers' creativity.  And their ability to turn scripts in on time.
> 




Debris is written by J.H. Wyman.


Wiki
J.H. Wyman


His first major feature script was The Mexican (2001) starring
Julia Roberts and Brad Pitt, directed by acclaimed director
Gore Verbinski. He then created the FOX series Keen Eddie (2003).

In 2008, Wyman joined the first season of the FOX science fiction
series Fringe as a writer and co-executive producer. At the
start of season two, he was promoted to executive producer and
co-showrunner (titles he shares with Jeff Pinkner).[1][2]

At the beginning of season five, he became the sole showrunner.
He also directed two episodes: "A Short Story About Love"
(Season 4, Episode 15) and the season-five finale,
"An Enemy of Fate".

Wyman is the creator, executive producer and showrunner
of the FOX science-fiction series Almost Human (2013).

In 1997, Wyman formed his production company, Frequency Films,[3]
which produced such film and TV projects as Pale Saints,
Keen Eddie, Almost Human and Dead Man Down.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._H._Wyman#Filmography



Reviews
The Mexican
Roger Ebert

"The Mexican" stars Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts and involves
a quirky, offbeat relationship--but it's not between Brad
and Julia, it's between Julia and James Gandolfini. I like
it that way. Considering how badly Jerry and Samantha--the
Brad and Julia characters--get along when they're together,
a whole movie involving them would be a long, shrill slog.
Gandolfini comes in from left field and provides a character
with dimensions and surprises, bringing out the best in Roberts.
Their dialogue scenes are the best reason to see the movie.

These scenes make the movie special. The screenplay,
by J.H. Wyman, could have easily been one of those
dreary road stories where the guy and the girl head
south together on a rendezvous with steamy love scenes
and lots of bloody chases. Instead, this movie is
about something. Not something terrifically profound,
to be sure, but at least it prefers style and wit to
tired old ideas.
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-mexican-2001












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