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Showtime Developing Sci-Fi Replicant Series SYNS!!
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Showtime is developing a new sci-fi series from “Eyes” writers John McNamara and Sera Gamble. Before she teamed with McNamera on “Eyes,” Gamble was a photogenic screenwriter finalist on 2003’s “Project Greenlight 2":
The Hollywood Reporter explains the premise:
"Syns" (formerly "Dolls' Hospital") centers on a world in which humanlike synthetic organisms, known as Syns, are used for various purposes.
Find all of The Hollywood Reporter’s story on the matter here.
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i thought this was gonna be a blade runner show
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though
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And reprogrammed to do something new each week when they wake up? Sounds interesting and original.
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Bladerunner, Ghost In The Shell, or Dollhouse? Or is it, dare I say, something new?... ish?
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knowing Whedon's lousy luck, Dollhouse will get canned before it reaches 13 eps but SYNS will run for a Stargate SG-1-like 12 frakking seasons.
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and "The Island" had to settle out of court for sounding too much like "Parts: The Clonus Horror". Hopefully the rest of it's different - and good.
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remember her from Project Greenlight 2, was she the one that actually got her script approved?
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lots of good-looking filmmakers that season.
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freudian to the upmost.
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aka "sex"
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And you know there's going to be lots of boobies in this. I approve.
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targetting people that don't watch tv.
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More importantly, she's been shepherding Supernatural along for three years, as an Executive Story Editor and then this year as Supervising Producer. She did most of their vampire stories, and while she hasn't done any of the major storyarc episodes, she's done decent work throughout.
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The next generation of Real Dolls.
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whining about relationships.
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which is sort of what I expect from Sci-Fi.
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and then halfass a unicorn dream and glowy eyes 20 years later and decide that they're now replicants?
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and without all those shitty Joss Whedon quirks. Fuck that guy, his shows deserve cancellation.
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They will be used for sex. Wouldn't we all rather see something along the lines of Brin's Kiln People? Even Whedon's new series sounds boring as hell. Doing memory wipes is a screenwriter's crutch almost as bad as timetravel. Who wants to watch a show about people who, by design, don't matter to society?
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Dec 09, 2008 10:09:25 AM CST
So, after there's bloody mutiny in an Off-world colony ...
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Will they be declared illegal on earth?
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All stolen from his novel "Spares." Really should have sued "The Island" as well as "the Clonus Horror."
I think they would have filmed "Spares" if it didn't go batshit crazy half way through.
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As much as I dig Joss Whedon and his genre work, I'm having a hard time getting excited for "Dollhouse." Maybe it's because Eliza Dushku, who's cute but at best a quality supporting actress, is the show's lead? I don't know.
I'm excited to see where "Syns" goes, though. Good science fiction is good science fiction, regardless of budget. If hundreds of Syns are walking around doing things on this show, it sounds like an evocative setup for a hard science fiction drama.
I'll most definitely check it out.
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