Chris Marquette Message Board / If you had to pick just four episodes...

Re: If you had to pick just four episodes...

dummy@example.com (coronetblue) — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:18:43 +0000

Well, I had to send CBS-Paramount a list of the specific episodes and I sent:

Pilot
Death Be Not Whatever
Jump
The Book of Questions

Pick one and start discussing!

Re: If you had to pick just four episodes...

dummy@example.com (mshaffer) — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 10:30:31 +0000

All of you have made great choices. I would also consider including Queen of the Zombies. There are a lot of great allusions, and it was a fun episode.

Whichever episodes you choose, it might be fun for us to discuss the highlights of those episodes. It could provide you with some talking points for your question and answer sessions.

Re: If you had to pick just four episodes...

dummy@example.com (TheCentralScrutinizer) — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 19:43:24 +0000

That's so cool! I sure hope this one works out.

Re: If you had to pick just four episodes...

dummy@example.com (coronetblue) — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 19:34:48 +0000

They've granted permission before, as long as there is no admission charge, for a one-evening Twilight Zone screening and another time for a five-evening Star Trek series. Got lucky and at one screening I was able to do a live-before-the=audience interview with ST actor and producer Jonathan Frakes (Will Riker in Star Trek: The Next Generation), who has a house near here.

Re: If you had to pick just four episodes...

dummy@example.com (TheCentralScrutinizer) — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 18:18:44 +0000

Sounds great. I wish I could attend. I hope CBS cooperates!

Re: If you had to pick just four episodes...

dummy@example.com (coronetblue) — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 12:19:12 +0000

North and about as east as you can get -- midcoast Maine, near Camden, half-way between Portland and Bar Harbor.

Assuming CBS-Paramount sends me one of their legal contracts giving permission, the series will take place over four Thursday eves in June, beginning June 9. Each episode will have its own evening and its own discussion. This may seem like a ways off, but it isn't really. CBS-Paramount can easily take 4-5 weeks to give me a decision. By mid-May I need to have press releases with photos sent to a dozen media outlets and newspapers. I never know if we will get 10 or 50 people showing up on any given evening. I just put out the information to as many people/places as possible and then let the universe do what it does.

Re: If you had to pick just four episodes...

dummy@example.com (TheCentralScrutinizer) — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 03:28:07 +0000

Where do you live? When is this event anyway?

Re: If you had to pick just four episodes...

dummy@example.com (coronetblue) — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 02:51:49 +0000

I just emailed TeeJay, while she is sleeping, the images I got off the site.

Don't know if I can audio-record it. Need to see if I can find someone local with a recorder I can use -- I'll let you know. I wouldn't try to video it myself, cause it would keep me from participating fully. I initiate/coordinate the series, though I have a couple lead the discussions. They've literally lead over a thousand discussions, plus they loved the series. I introduce the evenings and participate in the discussions.

Steve

Re: If you had to pick just four episodes...

dummy@example.com (TheCentralScrutinizer) — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 02:27:20 +0000

It's sleepy time in Germany right now, but I emailed TeeJay and explained a little more of what you're looking for. If you guys can get together over Yahoo Messenger, she can send you files easily. Are you recording your presentation because we'd love to see how it turns out.

Re: If you had to pick just four episodes...

dummy@example.com (coronetblue) — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 02:13:36 +0000

Hey Deb, you must have been tuning into my thoughts!

I literally just finished watching all of The Cat, parts of POV, and all of No Future and Book of Questions. The Cat and No Future were my second choices, yet Book of Questions got first place. The Bat Mitzvah is touching, funny and beautiful...and the episode has the most Grace, using both meanings of the term, in all of Season Two.

So the four episodes to be screened and discussed are:

Pilot
Death Be Not Whatever
Jump
The Book of Questions

Now I can send the list off to CBS-Paramount's legal department, who want very specific information before they will consider granting rights for the screenings. Thanks to all for your thoughts and input. Now all I need is some high-resolution images from the series...

Steve

Re: If you had to pick just four episodes...

dummy@example.com (TheCentralScrutinizer) — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 00:34:35 +0000

Of that list, I'd choose Book of Questions, but again a lot of that deals with the death of Judith. Still, there are some amazing conversations in that one. And of course Grace's Bat Mitzvah is quite beautiful.

Re: If you had to pick just four episodes...

dummy@example.com (coronetblue) — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 19:50:21 +0000

Thanks! At this point I'm going with:

Pilot
Death Be Not Whatever
Jump

and an episode from the second season, which -- God knows -- is getting more difficult to choose as I review plot summaries. Right now I'm looking at either:

The Cat
POV
No Future
The Book of Questions
The Rise and Fall of Joan Giardi

There are issues to discuss in any episode, for example:

The Rise and Fall of Joan Giardi -- What does it mean to be worshiped as a hero or despised as a villain?

Romancing the Joan - What is the nature of love?

Figuring that some of the people haven't seen the series, I am not including episodes like Friday Night or Trial and Error, as well as some others - in order not to give away huge pieces of the plot.

Re: If you had to pick just four episodes...

dummy@example.com (justme) — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 22:52:45 +0000

I like TeeJay's list, except I would substitute "Friday Night" for her final choice(s). I might throw in "The Devil Made Me Do It" or "Wealth of Nations" for some good ethical issues to discuss. It sounds like a really interesting project! Please let us know which ones you picked and how it went.

Re: If you had to pick just four episodes...

dummy@example.com (coronetblue) — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 23:25:35 +0000

Thanks TeeJay & Deb! There's still time for others to chime in on this, as I have a bunch of re-watching to do!

Steve

Re: If you had to pick just four episodes...

dummy@example.com (TheCentralScrutinizer) — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:20:16 +0000

Book of Questions! Great one. Same with Death Be Not Whatever.