tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post2088957051361172440..comments2024-03-14T18:09:09.667-05:00Comments on Do Some Damage: TV GigUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-56545409995180398112011-04-07T10:35:20.348-05:002011-04-07T10:35:20.348-05:00Holy crap, NASTY BOYS was awesome. It had the grea...Holy crap, NASTY BOYS was awesome. It had the great song by Janet Jackson and was nothing but these guys dressed in black fatigues and ski masks driving around Vegas kicking down doors and shooting people. It was one of the first shows that started breaking me off of SciFi and into crime.<br /><br />Congrats on the gig.Bryon Quertermoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18142740189973184854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-77194414063337999042011-04-07T08:29:50.852-05:002011-04-07T08:29:50.852-05:00Thanks for the input everybody, I appreciate it.
...Thanks for the input everybody, I appreciate it.<br /><br />We had a meeting with the network deveopment guy yesterday and he told us they wanted stuff that was, "Completely new, never seen before," and then gave us a lot of restrictions about characters, language, plot, endings and so on.<br /><br />This is going to be interesting...John McFetridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09442198820998606682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-54525324770203599952011-04-06T21:56:45.698-05:002011-04-06T21:56:45.698-05:00Congratulations! Sounds very exciting and challeng...Congratulations! Sounds very exciting and challenging.<br /><br />You know there is that subplot in Breaking Bad about the brother-in-law cop and he's a narcotics guy. Maybe his role would have some clues for you. It might be that there is some overarching drug lord that they're trying to get to, and the episodes would be more about taking down the little guys first.<br /><br />Good luck!seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-81705213356142196342011-04-06T20:24:35.784-05:002011-04-06T20:24:35.784-05:00Big time congrats John! I loved Miami Vice, althou...Big time congrats John! I loved Miami Vice, although it kind of jumped the shark toward the end. I got to think about your question some more. I'll take narcotics cops over homicide any day. I would think it's your job to come up with something that hasn't been done before or do it differently. Your novels and stories are full of great material.Sean Patrick Reardonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14051252366031997054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-18048648892664761482011-04-06T15:29:36.194-05:002011-04-06T15:29:36.194-05:00Great news, John. I couldn't tell you which on...Great news, John. I couldn't tell you which ones were exclusively about narcotics cops, but I liked HOMICIDE, THE WIRE, MIAMI VICE, THE SHIELD, JUSTIFIED BEACON HILL BLUES, NYPD all the usual suspects.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-49997940832954371002011-04-06T14:38:05.292-05:002011-04-06T14:38:05.292-05:00great news
you should watch Adam-12great news<br />you should watch Adam-12Steve Weddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03876211586767139613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-7677358123810649892011-04-06T11:54:56.362-05:002011-04-06T11:54:56.362-05:00I'm just going to riff.
Low level/street ...I'm just going to riff. <br /><br />Low level/street level narcotics work is all very local and immediate and therefore more contained and I would think episodic. Individual cases with the bureaucratic eye willfully unaware or just ignorant of the larger connections. <br /><br />Robberies with a root in scoring could be a case of the week. The world of Pawn shops. <br /><br />A focus on the cops, their lives and their interactions with each other lends itself to a more episodic nature. Especially if you concede that narco cases often overlap with other divisions (homicide, robbery, etc)<br /><br />An undercover narco cop story line could be episodic in nature. <br /><br />Some side thoughts:<br /><br />Maybe a way to bridge the gap between episodic and serialized would be two and three part story arcs.<br /><br />If I assume that the "typical" formula for episodic tv is standalone episodes mixed with episodes that push a larger story arc forward that lends itself to the connectivity of drug cases.Brian Lindenmuthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02519203797661128049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-56315184546289820482011-04-06T11:06:55.338-05:002011-04-06T11:06:55.338-05:00Congratulations on the new gig.
I don;t have any ...Congratulations on the new gig.<br /><br />I don;t have any good suggestions for you along the way of narcotic cop shows. Look on the bright side: you have no footsteps to follow in or trip over. You are free of the creative shackles that might be imposed on you through expectation you had no part in creating.<br /><br />(Sorry. Been watching a lot of DEADWOOD lately.)Dana Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350344882342624735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-33197046752320521582011-04-06T08:22:58.275-05:002011-04-06T08:22:58.275-05:00I loved Miami Vice. It made the world they worked ...I loved Miami Vice. It made the world they worked in look dangerously glamorous, instead of seedy. But I'm not sure that would fly with today's audiences.Naomi Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08005429772070247806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-32438711957260352902011-04-06T04:23:38.440-05:002011-04-06T04:23:38.440-05:00Well, as much as I like Miami Vice, it was more ab...Well, as much as I like Miami Vice, it was more about '80s pop art and quirky cameos than the stories. The Mod Squad was about shirts and hairstyles and I've also never heard of the Nasty Boys! <br /><br />And I can't think of any others. But I suppose the duel life of the undercover cop is always the main thing.Paul D Brazillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12881642426845398389noreply@blogger.com