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Old 08-16-06, 11:52 AM
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Just saw "Mercy Reef" (a.k.a. Aquaman)...

First off I gotta say they did a great job with a fairly lame character. I mean growing up I was a big superhero fan. I loved The Superfriends and "accepted" Aquaman...but he was a pretty damn boring character.
That said....

This show was pretty damn good!!!

Selling points:

1) monsters - (the Sirens are like vampires)
2) eye candy - (like every young adult oriented show...everyone is "model" material)
3) hip music - (hell...I alot of the music I listen to now, I got turned onto from Smallville).
4) likable characters (come on...Ving Rhames...how much more likable do you get than that!!!)


The problem is...the new "CW" network didn't pick it up.

I don't understand why reality television thrives like weeds in an unkept garden, but fun, sci-fi-fantasy shows like this (as well as Surface, Smallvile, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) are ridiculed and thought of as stupid.

The networks don't realize that there's a market out there for this stuff. Not everyone cares about "reality tv".

I say "Mercy Reef" should be allowed to find its audience as Buffy and Charmed did. The world loves superheroes and as much as he''s a crappy character, Aquaman should be given a chance.

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Old 08-16-06, 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by jerkfacemike
I don't undertand why reality television thrives like weeds in an unkept garden
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Old 08-16-06, 07:23 PM
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There's a long thread discussing this show and it's unaired pilot here: http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread.php?t=445148

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