Writers crossover

[AntonyF]

I just read this about how the writers are exchanging shows from CSI and Two and A Half Men. I don't watch either show, but I can just imagine how crazy that is.

Personally I'd like to see something like The Shield and Brothers and Sisters. Just some guns, drugs and violence in Brothers and Sisters would be counterbalanced by Mackey sitting down and talking about his problems in a day out at the spa.

What would be your choice of writers crossover?

 

[firehawk12]

What the fuck? Is it still April 1st?

 

[Starbreaker]

This is almost crazy.

 

[Holdfast]

This is almost crazy.

I wouldn't bother to qualify the descriptor.

I'm not sure which is going to be more car-crash TV - the 2.5 men written by CSI or the CSI written by 2.5 men. At least Two and a Half Men is meant to be a comedy.

 

[shivkala]

I think a few people would like to see the writers from Battlestar Galactica switch with the writers of Stargate: Atlantis. People seem to think that Atlantis is too predictable, cutesy, etc. and that BSG is too dark, lacking in humor (at least upbeat humor) and characters with redeemable traits.

Then of course you could swap the writers of BSG with the writers of Lost and see if either can make any sense of where the other show is going.

The writers of Scrubs have shown they can work with interpersonal relationships and drama, while the writers of Grey's Anatomy have shown they can do humor. Then there's the in-joke the writer's of Scrubs inserted a few years ago, when Eliot brought up Grey's Anatomy and J.D. replied, "Oh, I do love that show. It's like they've been watching our lives, and then just put it on TV!"

 

[Gepard]

I think a few people would like to see the writers from Battlestar Galactica switch with the writers of Stargate: Atlantis. People seem to think that Atlantis is too predictable, cutesy, etc. and that BSG is too dark, lacking in humor (at least upbeat humor) and characters with redeemable traits.

I'd clone the writers from BSG, replace the writers for Atlantis entirely, then take said writers out back and "retire" them.

 

[Mistral]

I think a few people would like to see the writers from Battlestar Galactica switch with the writers of Stargate: Atlantis. People seem to think that Atlantis is too predictable, cutesy, etc. and that BSG is too dark, lacking in humor (at least upbeat humor) and characters with redeemable traits.

I'd clone the writers from BSG, replace the writers for Atlantis entirely, then take said writers out back and "retire" them.

You are thinking of a 9 mm retirement, aren't you?

 

[Skywalker]

Doctor Who and Lost.

This is a crossover, not just a writers' switch, correct?

 

[Philo]

Aww, that's not as crazy and cool as I thought it was going to be. It's just an episode of Two and a Half Men with CSI guesting. The only thing that makes it original is that the CSI writers are actually writing the episode.

EDIT: Okay, nevermind. I think I misread that admittedly poorly written press release. Now I'm not quite sure what's going on, but if it's what it looks like I hope they go all the way. I think it might be really fun.

 

[wamdue]

I dont think this is a story crossover, just writers from one show writing the other, and using elements from there usual shows in there new one.

 

[TGTheodore]

What amazes me is that a few of the concerns here slightly echo the bias of many publishers and producers ... that an established writer can "only write" the genre s/he is first known for.

It might surprise a number of people to know that "comedy" writers might be comedy writers simply because it was their first professional job, when in fact most of their previous work had been in a completely different genre.

While it's true, some writers are specialty writers, good dialogue and storylines are universal.

Hence writers' frequent uses of pseudonyms, so they don't get type-cast the same way many actors do.

--Ted

 

[Philo]

^ Indeed. That is, for the most part, what excites me about this idea. I'm not a watcher of either show.

I dont think this is a story crossover, just writers from one show writing the other, and using elements from there usual shows in there new one.

The press release seems to indicate that it is. George Eads is supposed to appear in the Two and a Half Men episode. It doesn't really give any details about the CSI episode, though.

 

[wamdue]

^ Indeed. That is, for the most part, what excites me about this idea. I'm not a watcher of either show.

I dont think this is a story crossover, just writers from one show writing the other, and using elements from there usual shows in there new one.

The press release seems to indicate that it is. George Eads is supposed to appear in the Two and a Half Men episode. It doesn't really give any details about the CSI episode, though.

I think the CSI episode is about a dead sitcom actress, as for George Eads, I think it will either be a cameo as himself, or a character similar to Nick, but not Nick himself.

 

[Gepard]

You are thinking of a 9 mm retirement, aren't you?

What? Noooo. No. No no no. (Yes.)

 

[Philo]

^ Indeed. That is, for the most part, what excites me about this idea. I'm not a watcher of either show.

I dont think this is a story crossover, just writers from one show writing the other, and using elements from there usual shows in there new one.

The press release seems to indicate that it is. George Eads is supposed to appear in the Two and a Half Men episode. It doesn't really give any details about the CSI episode, though.

I think the CSI episode is about a dead sitcom actress, as for George Eads, I think it will either be a cameo as himself, or a character similar to Nick, but not Nick himself.

Yeah, it does say it's a cameo. And no, I doubt it'll be CANON!

 

[TGTheodore]

Well the Two and a Half Men episode was pretty good. The CSI writers did a solid job, although some of the jokes might have fit better during the show's first season. And their twist on the Teddy plotline didn't account for one BIG story hole.

LOVED the shot through the body depicting the process of a fart. And the Chuck Lorre placard written by the CSU writers at the end was hysterical.

Looking forward to seeing how the 2.5 Men writers do on Thursday with their CSI script.

--Ted

 

[The Habs Fan]

I think it would've been cool if back in the day the DS9 and VOY writers wrote a couple of episodes of each others shows.

 

[TGTheodore]

I think it would've been cool if back in the day the DS9 and VOY writers wrote a couple of episodes of each others shows.

Well, there was overlap in staffs. Primarily at the higher level, though. Ron Moore and Brannon Braga wrote for TNG, DS9 and VOY. And I'm guessing there were at least a few others who wrote for the latter two series.

--Ted

 

[Harvey]

Well, there was overlap in staffs. Primarily at the higher level, though. Ron Moore and Brannon Braga wrote for TNG, DS9 and VOY. And I'm guessing there were at least a few others who wrote for the latter two series.

Well, Ron only came onboard Voyager in season six, after Deep Space Nine finished its run. After writing only two episodes, he promptly left.

Braga never wrote for Deep Space Nine, according to Memory Alpha. I believe he jumped straight from The Next Generation to Voyager (perhaps with Generations and First Contact in between).

 

[Mistral]

if you are going to cross-over writers I suggest the twisted minds from The Riches tackle something mundane like Grey's - that way the bodies wouldn't necessarily be patients and blackmail would be the soup de jour. Hey, they could even have someone impersonate a brain surgeon and get stuck faking a surgery-maybe on Jessica Simpson or someone like that. Then, afterwards, as a plot twist she could say something intelligent. Now that's an episode I'd love to watch.