Re: Evil character joining party with paladin part 2

Keith Davies <keith.davies@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

There are shows that surprise you, because no short summary of
the premise can adequately describe them. Chuck did that to me.
Looked like something that would just be utterly annoying, but
having the protagonist defuse the bomb with porn in the pilot
was a stroke of gneius.

What's this?

TV show called "Chuck." Was on just before Heroes. The title
character works at a store called Buy More, which is Best Buy
painted green. The pilot episode, early on, at work, they had
mentioned a virus that took the form of a porn video of a famous
tennis player - you know what they're referring to. So, at the
end, they find the bomb. Big pile of explosives, wires everywhere,
and a laptop sitting on top with a countdown timer with only
seconds left. Everybody panics. Chucks say "We sell this model
(the laptop) at work. I know how to crash it." And logs in to the
web site distirbuting the porn virus, which causes the countdown
timer to slow to a stop. That, and having the female lead in her
underwear twice, got them off to a great start.

They've also made something of a game of having the same actors
reprise characters from cult classic movies. They had James Hong
play a very old chinese tong warlord confined to a wheelchair,
named Lo Pan. (Ben Lo Pan, IIRC, but still.) And Reginald
VelJohnson reprising Sgt. Al Powell of the LA Police Department in
a episode involving bad guys holding the staff of the Buy More
hostage, only things weren't quite what they seem. They know their
audience.

The good news is, they've gotten another season, due to the
machintions of the fans to get Subway to become a sponsor.
(Apparently, because one of the characters liked Subway sandiches,
there was an organized effort to have fans buy a sandwich for the
night of the season finale, and tell the shop owner why.)

--
Terry Austin

Terry Austin: like the polio vaccine, only with more ***. -
David Bilek

Jesus forgives sinners, not criminals.
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