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'Point Pleasant' proves sodden viewing when evil washes into town
By MELANIE McFARLAND
Out of all the entertainment treatment Satan's spawn received through the decades, very few can be classified as good. Knowing that, you'd think anyone adding to the family album would feel the pressure to really make it cook.
Sadly, there's little hellfire to speak of in the premiere of "Point Pleasant," split between tomorrow and Thursday at 9 p.m. on KCPQ/13 -- an even more
disappointing notion when you realize the show is in part the creation of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" executive producer Marti Noxon.
The trademark wit, depth and intelligence sparkling throughout Noxon's retired TV masterpiece is miserably absent from "Point Pleasant's" dragging first hour. This is "North Shore of the Damned," a beach community populated with the kind of beautiful people usually disemboweled by the likes of Freddy Krueger.
The town's unnaturally pretty youths are frolicking on the beach when a fierce storm angers the waves, bringing the doe-eyed, nearly drowned Christina
Nickson (Elisabeth Harnois) bobbing into view. Rescued by Jesse (Sam Page), a lifeguard and the town Adonis, sweet Christina is unaware that her father is the Prince of Darkness.
And the Kramers, a family who let Christina crash in their dead daughter's bedroom, let her stay at the urging of their reclusive daughter Judy (Aubrey Dollar) who, like mother Meg (Susan Walters) and father Ben (Richard Burgi), pines for her lost sister.
From the moment she arrives, the town starts behaving strangely in the usual ways. Things explode. People make out or draw a strange symbol that naturally
occurs in Christina's iris. In another city, a shadowy businessman (Grant Show), who is related to Christina in some way, waits patiently for hell to break loose. Ax murders can't be far behind.
Accursed as the first hour looks, we will concede that "Point Pleasant" isn't beyond improvement. It is midseason, and if shows such as "Medium" are
hitting a chord with viewers, well, why not this noise?
Besides, Harnois shows a titch of potential. She already works the same magic with her coy glances that Benjamin McKenzie's Ryan does on "The O.C.," which
is pretty much all you need to star in a Fox series.
So "Point Pleasant" could end up being a decent match with "The O.C." once it settles into its Thursday night regular time slot. Mind you, that assessment should be considered a sign of faith in Noxon rather than anything you'll see after tomorrow's "American Idol."
The Washington Post.
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'Point Pleasant'
Preview Wednesday at 9 p.m.; regular time slot Thursday at 9 p.m. on Fox
The tagline you'll never see: "Something wicked this way comes . . . and she's hot!"
The basics: Christina Nickson (Elisabeth Harnois) is the new girl in the ocean town of Point Pleasant, N.J. On the surface, she's your typical teenager -- crazy about the beach, crazier about the boys and not immune to severe jealousy fits. But Christina has one seriously whacked family tree that she isn't totally clued in about: Dear old Dad is Satan himself and mortal Mom is MIA.
After a dramatic and mysterious arrival in Point Pleasant -- she is rescued at sea during a freak storm -- Christina, inadvertently or not, begins to stir things up in the sleepy community. She comes between studly lifeguard Jesse (super hunky Sam Page) and his possessive girlfriend Paula (Cameron Richardson), pits best friends against each other and even gets the seemingly pious town elders to do some bad things. While this is going on, the Princess of Darkness seeks the truth about her past.
The lowdown: This drama about the devil's spawn looks an awful lot like Fox's hit "The O.C." -- good-looking teenagers with too much money cavort in skimpy bathing suits in a sun-drenched beach community. And just like "The O.C.," the lead character is taken in by a caring family where she becomes fast friends with their reclusive daughter. (Maybe Fox should have called it "The P.P." Or, um, maybe not.)
Fox isn't showing much faith in "Point Pleasant," sticking it in the competitive Thursday 9 p.m. time slot against TV's top-rated "CSI" and round three of the Donald Trump series "The Apprentice." Let's face it, the devil is no match for the Donald.
Reality check: Although there are more than a few "Carrie"-inspired scares throughout the premiere, "Point Pleasant" is essentially a run-of-the-mill teenage drama disguised as a show about the supernatural. Lovers of the paranormal who are hoping for a full hour of creepiness will be disappointed -- along with anyone older than 30. But fans still pining for "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," which shares a producer with this show, just might find it pleasant in "Point Pleasant."
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And the Richmond Times Dispatch:
Adults Richard Burgi and Susan Walters are among the stars of this hourlong drama hoping to ride the
"Desperate Housewives" wave, but it crashes before it ever reaches shore.
More important, however, is the interchangeable cast of teenage characters trying their best to make Point Pleasant, N.J., the equivalent of the beaches of "The O.C." (That Fox series -- a much better one is set in California.)
There's the usual triangular plotline (A lusts after B, but B only has eyes for C) suddenly complicated by the arrival of a stranger. And what a strange arrival it is.
A pretty blond teenager played by Elisabeth Harnois is found floating in the ocean with no boat or parent in sight.
Soon, odd and unpleasant things are happening in Point Pleasant -- power outages, gusts of wind, a teen queen saying yes when she had been saying no.
We're not giving away any secrets by telling you that the floater, named Christina Nickson, has unusual parentage.
"She's the child of darkness. She's under his protection. She's his child," says Grant Show early in Wednesday's premiere.
We're not sure who Show is supposed to be, or even where he is when he delivers these "Omen"-ous lines. But we hope the former "Melrose Place" star is being paid a lot to pretend to be creepy.
When not focused on lustful teens -- with occasional hints of adult hot flashes -- the hour is spent detailing Christina's blossoming powers.
For instance, in a minor fit of jealousy involving the lifeguard who saved her, she causes an explosion at a gas station. Plus, she looks amazingly good for someone just plucked from the ocean. This is no Sissy Spacek version of Carrie in need of a makeover.
Fox, never shy about copying a competitor or itself, apparently wants to cash in on the popularity of "Desperate Housewives" while maintaining "The O.C." demographic. ("Point Pleasant" will normally follow "The O.C" at 9 p.m. Thursdays.)
But "Point Pleasant" lacks a key ingredient found in both of the other prime-time soaps: a nudge, nudge, wink, wink tone that demands the viewer share in the joke.
"Point Pleasant" could use one of Seth's comic icebreakers from "The O.C." or one of Teri Hatcher's clumsy moves from "Desperate Housewives." Anything to make you forget lines like "Do you ever think things happen for a reason?"
Instead, we get killer bees.
Wait -- now I am giving away too much. But let me just add: Those bees are the best part of the show.
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http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire2005/index.php?category=0&id=30207 Quote:
Tru Is Dead, But Not Gone
Gail Berman, president of entertainment at Fox, confirmed to reporters that the supernatural series Tru Calling won't be coming back—but she added that six as-yet-unaired second-season episodes will eventually see the light of day. "We finished six episodes of Tru Calling, and we anticipate putting them on air at some point," Berman told reporters at Fox's winter press tour Jan. 17 in Universal City, Calif.
Berman added that the upcoming supernatural series Point Pleasant was the deciding factor in pulling Tru Calling from the schedule. "What changed for us was when we saw Point Pleasant, we really felt we had a show that was incredibly compatible with The O.C.," Berman said. "So our thoughts changed, not so much about Tru Calling, but the possibility of not only having an exciting show and a winner at 8 o'clock, but also something that could really make headway for us at 9 o'clock in an incredibly competitive time period."
Tru Calling, starring Eliza Dushku and Jason Priestley, had been picked up for a second season, but the show was put on hiatus before the season began. Point Pleasant premieres Jan. 18 and will air Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
Evenstar дает урок теологии для начинающих:
Lucifer in medieval Christian theology was the name of the chief of angels who rebelled against God and was cast down into Hell. He is identified with Satan. The name means "morning star".
Satan on the other hand...
In medieval Judeo-Christian theology, Satan ("adversary") is the personified concept of evil, and the jealous enemy of mankind. He is the chief of the angels who rebelled against God and was cast out of heaven.
The belief that Satan is in Hell is a product of cartoons and movies rather than the reality portrayed in the Bible. The Bible states that he still roams heaven and earth. Job 1:6 states that Satan appeared with other angels "before the Lord." Presumably in heaven. When God asked Satan where he had been, Satan replied, "From roaming through the earth and going back and forth in it." Satan has not been and is not in Hell. 1 Peter 5:8 declares, "Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour."
It is clear from passages such as these that Satan is not in Hell and probably spends most of his time on earth, seeking to destroy the lives of human beings and to keep them separated from God.
Satan will be cast into the lake of burning sulfur (Hell), but it is only after the battle involving Gog and Magog (which means the nations of the earth). When the enemies of God are defeated, "the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet were thrown." Rev 20:7-10 (New International Version).
In the Apocrypha, Satan represents the forces of evil. The rabbis taught that he was responsible for all the sins recorded in the Bible and, according to legend, the shofar is blown on Rosh Hashanah in order to confuse him.
The word "devil" is, in European languages, a corruption of the Greek diabolos, meaning "adversary, prosecutor", which is in turn a translation of the Hebrew Satan. In the plural it was also used in medieval theology to denote Satan's attending spirits.
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spikesfool!
He'd make a magnificent Satan. Why his eyebrow alone could play the part. Or his tongue.
ramses
Remember, according to plot Satan has somehow seduced a very good and moral woman....so whoever plays the part has to be sexy...
tubbyk
So James plays satan and Marti hires DB to play the good and moral woman he seduces. See? Simple!
arkady
James as Satan -- could he not have some fun with that? Although, the method acting implications could be kind of tough . . .
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