Funny how networks manage to avoid the mess ad agencies get themselves into when it comes to stealing ideas, er, ‘reimagining’–aka a George Parker homage–then calling it their own. You just take a character that kinda looks like they could be from another show, switch her occupation, change her hair color, and team them up with actresses from yes, other shows. I just saw this ad for a new ABC show. No clue what the show is, but I can guess by the title that it’s women detectives doing something. “Hey, she looks like the medical examiner from...and she’s was a detective on...and that one was a lawyer on...” The secret is that each one looks like they could be on any other popular CSI/detective-type show. I wanna say Hollywood has no freaking shame when it comes to this, but compared to some ad agencies, they actually do a better job of at least disguising their sources.
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Wow. A new series that looks like every other series.
Funny how networks manage to avoid the mess ad agencies get themselves into when it comes to stealing ideas, er, ‘reimagining’–aka a George Parker homage–then calling it their own. You just take a character that kinda looks like they could be from another show, switch her occupation, change her hair color, and team them up with actresses from yes, other shows. I just saw this ad for a new ABC show. No clue what the show is, but I can guess by the title that it’s women detectives doing something. “Hey, she looks like the medical examiner from...and she’s was a detective on...and that one was a lawyer on...” The secret is that each one looks like they could be on any other popular CSI/detective-type show. I wanna say Hollywood has no freaking shame when it comes to this, but compared to some ad agencies, they actually do a better job of at least disguising their sources.
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