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sf/f TV development news - 2013

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I'm not a German speaker, and neither is most of the potential audience. Americans don't know no furrin languages and German in particular has fallen off the map so far that a lot of high schools don't offer it as an option anymore, at least that's true in California, where the kids are learning Spanish or maybe Chinese.

To an English speaker, the title evokes "Wonderland + dumb." But really, it's dumb because it's dumb. Doesn't pay to overthink this stuff. A title either works immediately on gut instinct or it doesn't.
 
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These days, most people will just think that's how Wonderland is supposed to be spelled.
 
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Or maybe they'll just have enough experience with the world to be aware that works of fiction and entertainment often employ variant spellings in their titles for effect -- Mortal Kombat, eXistenZ, Mötley Crüe, etc. Not to mention all the odd spellings in product names.
 
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The real probelm is that "Wunderland" is lazy. Throw an umlaut in there at least! :rommie:

RJDiogenes said:
These days, most people will just think that's how Wonderland is supposed to be spelled.
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Maybe we shold be glad they don't spell it WunDaLan or something like that.
 
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CorporalCaptain said:
Temis the Vorta said:
The real probelm is that "Wunderland" is lazy. Throw an umlaut in there at least! :rommie:

RJDiogenes said:
These days, most people will just think that's how Wonderland is supposed to be spelled.
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Maybe we shold be glad they don't spell it WunDaLan or something like that.
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Nope, sorry, there is no diacritic mark on the German word. :(
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really? I coulda sworn I'd seen Wunderland with the double dots over the "U" (Umlaut?)
 
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Oh holy gort, I meant it as a joke but of course someone's gone and done it already.

Can't tell if that's an umlaut or a smiley face. Probably both, for maximum cutsey poo-ness. :)

Moving on from this endlessly fascinating topic, who's up for a lavish steampunk soap? Now there's a topic that deserves an umlaut or three. Sadly Gaslight only has two vowells.

Midnight, Mass comic book adaptation.

The Midnight, Mass. comics creator John Rozum will serve as an executive consultant on the TV project, about a sophisticated, sexy, globe-trotting husband and wife paranormal investigator team — based in Midnight, Massachusetts — that takes on supernatural foes, macabre mysteries and the most frightening creature of all: marriage.
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I doubt it's actually supposed to be the German word "Wunderland." (no Umlaut) Remember how Wonderland was called "Underland" in Tim Burton's Alice film? I think it's probably just a pun along those lines.
 
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^You're probably right, but having been a Niven reader for a long time, my first thought on seeing it was the Known Space colony world, which had a largely German-speaking population.
 
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AvBaur said:
I doubt it's actually supposed to be the German word "Wunderland." (no Umlaut) Remember how Wonderland was called "Underland" in Tim Burton's Alice film? I think it's probably just a pun along those lines.
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Wunderland isn't supposed to have an Umlaut, is it?
 
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Maybe I should start the Church of Holy Gort since the guy seems popular. ;)

They'll need to add an umlaut or do something to signal to their very un-German speaking audience that its Wunderland like wunderkind and wunderbar. The fundamental problem is, Alice in Wonderland has no connection to German culture and it's quite a leap to expect people to get that without additional help. Twenty quatloos says they go the smiley face umlaut route in the logo graphic design.
 
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I got the first couple of issues of Midnight, Mass some years ago and dropped it pretty quickly. At this point I don't remember a thing about it. So the idea doesn't really excite me, but it could still spawn a good show, I suppose. Since it takes place in Massachusetts, at least in part, I'll probably give it a try.
 
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Another vampire series, but don't worry, it's on FX so it'll be for guys. Damon Salvatore types need not apply! ;)

Fittingly for male-driven FX, unlike the traditional, romanticized portrayals of vampires as tuxedo-clad studs, The Strain is vary male-skewing with bloodsuckers who have no seductive powers — they are parasites, husks of their former human form with stingers that drain blood for nourishment, while spreading capillary worms that convert victims into more vampires under the control of The Master.
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Worms? ewwww... :crazy:

He cited everything from Luther to Sons Of Anarchy, Game Of Thrones, The Sopranos, Deadwood, The Wire, Boardwalk Empire, It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia and Justified as influences.
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But not The Walking Dead? Betcha that series above all is why this show is being made. Subtract seduction from vampires and ya got - zombies! Even better, wormy zombies. FX has noticed the huge ratings and male skewing audience of that show and wants their own version.
 
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I might check that out. I've been planning to check out the books for a while now, but I haven't gotten a chance to yet.
 
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It's extraordinary how much of pop culture is driven by ancient gender stereotypes. Nobody got the memo that the 21st century is here.
 
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