Soooooo, yeah.
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apocalypsosIf you haven't already heard, HBO bought the rights to Olli and Christian. Not the rest of VL, just Christian and Olli's storyline. And they're going to turn it into a TV show.
At first, I was like, "I might like it. If, you know, they get Thore and Jo and set it in Germany and everybody speaks German." Because it's already been done, and quite well at that.
But then I let it settle a bit, and now I'm a little bit more cautiously optimistic about it. Because on the face of it, yes, we already have a Christian and Olli, and they're wonderful. There's a reason they're so popular. But VL does not center around them. There's a reason Nana can only compile a handful of minutes here or there -- because they're not the main characters nor the main storyline.
This would be a television show with a main couple consisting of two men, featured on a network which more often than not turns out quality original programming. So I'm hesitantly being positive about it. Let's just see who they cast and work from there.
(Jensen as Christian, Jared as Olli? Heh, in my dreams. Hey, we know they have chemistry! And somebody suggested Eddie Cahill as Olli, and now it won't leave my head because Eddie Cahill and Jo actually look a LOT alike.)
At first, I was like, "I might like it. If, you know, they get Thore and Jo and set it in Germany and everybody speaks German." Because it's already been done, and quite well at that.
But then I let it settle a bit, and now I'm a little bit more cautiously optimistic about it. Because on the face of it, yes, we already have a Christian and Olli, and they're wonderful. There's a reason they're so popular. But VL does not center around them. There's a reason Nana can only compile a handful of minutes here or there -- because they're not the main characters nor the main storyline.
This would be a television show with a main couple consisting of two men, featured on a network which more often than not turns out quality original programming. So I'm hesitantly being positive about it. Let's just see who they cast and work from there.
(Jensen as Christian, Jared as Olli? Heh, in my dreams. Hey, we know they have chemistry! And somebody suggested Eddie Cahill as Olli, and now it won't leave my head because Eddie Cahill and Jo actually look a LOT alike.)
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Date: 2010-02-19 12:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-02-19 12:17 pm (UTC)by the way, i blame you completely for the fact that i've mainlined my way through almost all of Dexter this week.
oh lord, SHOW. awesome.
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Date: 2010-02-19 12:24 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-02-19 12:44 pm (UTC)Here's a link to the YouTube playlist of their entire storyline from the very beginning. It's FANTASTIC. I mean, I can see why they'd want the rights to the storyline, because it's awesome, but at the same time a lot of it rests of the chemistry of Jo and Thore, who are adorable beyond words.
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Date: 2010-02-20 06:20 am (UTC)Maybe this is piggy backing on my "Fox is going to make an American version of Torchwood" terror.....who knows.
It's probably because I just like Thore and Jo so much that other actors won't be able to compare. =)
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Date: 2010-02-21 05:24 pm (UTC)