Brimstone....

[fajrdrako]

I watched the pilot episode of Brimstone again yesterday.

My goodness I love that show. It's got a nice style - somewhere between Homicide: Life on the Streets and Buffy and Milton, all swirled together like ice cream.

Better, the Pilot has two of my favourite actors of all time in it: Peter Woodward and John Glover. Both those men really float my boat.

Does anyone else remember the Nick Mancuso TV show Matrix? I don't remember quite clearly enough to be sure of the details, but Brimstone is almost exactly the same premise, except in Matrix the protagonist didn't kill in revenge for the rape of his wife - he was a professional hit man. And, yeah, I just looked, according to IMDb, Carrie-Anne Moss was in it too. How cool: starting a career of being in shows called Matrix. I hadn't even known she was Canadian.

Matrix didn't have John Glover, but you can't have everything. It did have Nick Mancuso. Trade-off.

Another cool connection: I sort-of know the woman who wrote that review on Matrix there on IMDb. A friend of friends. Small world.

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Re: Matrix!

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I thought there were maybe a total of six of us who ever saw it

I thought so too - obviously we were both wrong! I've loved Nick Mancuso since Stingray, and I enjoyed the quirkiness of Matrix, though I didn't think the scrips were quite as tightly written. One of my coworkers was crazy over the show too, when it was on. We used to compare notes on it the day after.

And yeah, I remember the angels, though I don't remember Eartha Kitt - maybe I missed that episode? I can't believe it! I'm a huge fan of Eartha Kitt. Saw her live once, she was terrific. But I digress.

No, I don't remember the car, but then I've still only seen a few episodes of Brimstone. I'm sort of rationing them. Don't want to go through the tape too fast.

royally fucked over by their respective networks

That happens too often, and too often it happens to my favourite shows. (Respectful pause to mourn Firefly, gone but not forgotten.)

Re: Matrix!

[movies-michelle.livejournal.com]

I've loved Nick Mancuso since Stingray, and I enjoyed the quirkiness of Matrix, though I didn't think the scrips were quite as tightly written.

Stingray was just all over cool; there's a show I'd love to see on DVD, complete with the original music. They did an episode about Native American's protesting the construction of a building over a burial site that had this song that ran through it; I can still sing parts of it and I haven't watched it in years.

I think Matrix was just not as good a show, but it also wasn't given that much time to find its legs.

And yeah, I remember the angels, though I don't remember Eartha Kitt - maybe I missed that episode?

I think you must have. Trust me, it was not something easily forgotten--in a good way. *g*

Stingray and Matrix

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

there's a show I'd love to see on DVD, complete with the original music

Wouldn't that be great? I'm missing a few episodes, and the others are deteriorating sadly.

Yes, I'm sure I'd remember Eartha Kitt!

If "Matrix" came out on DVD I'd buy it, too.