two things related only by being in my head at the same time:

[capri0mni]

1. International Talk like a Quaker Day (with examples) (from a f/Friend on a Quaker-Pagan mailing list) This post made me LOL, and I like the idea, and I shall be doing it. Care to join me? Oh, and one of my favorite books when I was growing up was a Pirate-Quaker crossover story called Obediah the Bold (about a Quaker boy who daydreamed about being a pirate).



2. There was so much anticipation, in May, for Season 2 of Heroes. And I'm a bit surprised my f'list isn't flooded with thoughts about it... Or have I culled many Merkins from my f'list, since then, so the new episode hasn't been watched, yet? If that's the case, I can hold off on my thoughts for a bit, I guess.... Except to say: that "limited commercial interuption" spiel was a hoax.

Comments

[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

I'm right there with you on the commercial thing... showing three commercials in a row for the same thing isn't really any different from showing three different commercials. And then there was the endless promotion of their other shows. Sheesh!

Heroes, for me, is more about potential. It has the potential to be a great show, but it's usually just a good show. I love the concept, but they get a bit too bogged down in the daily details while hinting at the meta. They need to give us more of the big story.

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

Heck. Considering what's on T.V., these days, I'll settle for "Good." As for daily padding, they're trying to make an epic-season spanning arc. I don't mind that, in general; I much prefer a leisurely pace to wham-bam sensationalism.

My other thoughts (critisms and speculation) are all spoiler-dependant, so I'll wait till my International f'list has a chance to see it before I make that post (and my idea will probably change after next week's episode, anyway)

[timjr.livejournal.com]

It wasn't a hoax. It was limited in commercials, there was only one!

Just over... and over... and over...

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

It wasn't even a good concept for selling the product, either, imnsho.

But they still had the same amount of time devoted to commercials that they ordinarily would have... That's what I'm saying.

[timjr.livejournal.com]

Did they? I only remember about two breaks in the programming. Which for an hour show is quite few...

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

There were two breaks, that's right. But they were two long breaks. I got the feeling that they just took the normal amount of commercials, and smushed them together into two chunks.

[alto2.livejournal.com]

I watched, but haven't had time to comment. Not sure what to think yet, actually. I stumbled on another blog talking about the guy in the hood, and I thought it was fairly obvious who it was, but their uncertainty made me question myself. I don't want to spoil anyone, so I'll keep mum on my original suspicions. I certainly don't think Mr Bennett is taking his own advice very well, and Claire's not exactly strictly following orders, either. Hiro is my favorite, though, and I can't wait for more of him. Far's I'm concerned, the name of the show could be spelled Hiro's, and I'd be happy.

Somehow, I didn't notice the ads at all, probably because I was on IM with a friend and we watched together. Can't comment on that.

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

Heh.

I think Hiro is everyone's favorite, and that he has always, clearly, been the keystone and linchpin of the series. His name is obviously deliberate, and so is his sidekick's (Ando), which in Indo-European languages is a root for the word "man." So really that duo is the center of the show (Hero and Everyman -- reminds me of the medieval and renaissance allagorical plays). Won't say any more about that as I'm liable to go over into spoilerific territory...

But I couldn't help but notice that NBC has turned Monday night into a Hiro-franchise. "Chuck," the preceding show, is about a computer nerd hero. And "Journeyman," the following show, is about a time-traveling hero.

And then, CBS has a new romantic sit-com about geeks called "The Big Bang Theory," also on Monday night (so I didn't watch)... Can't help but wonder if they're trying to cash is on Hiro-love, just a little bit..

[alto2.livejournal.com]

I think it's true that everyone loves Hiro, but even if you're right about the other NBC stuff (and I wouldn't know), I don't think they can cash in on it, because there's only one actual Hiro. Accept no substitutes.

[scarfman]

There were two three-minute commercial breaks. That's fifty-four minutes of story. When the standard is forty-five or under, I think that successfully constitutes limited commercial breaks.

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

Okay... it just felt like the commercials went on forever.... ;-)