One thing I didn't like about Playthings is that part of it seems like a rip-off of Dead in the Water (saving the kid from water, with a very similar coming out of the water scene), and considering this was only season 2, I thought it was too early to be copying something from another episode.
Loved, loved Nightshifter - Ronald, Henrickson!
I have to tell you a story about Styx: I went to an NFL playoff game a couple of years ago (it was after Nightshifter had aired) and the band singing the National Anthem was Styx, and I'm like "seriously?" Styx does not seem like a band that you would get to do the National Anthem. Well, it turns out the real reason they were there was to play "Renegade." Apparently, during the season, the video/audio guy/people would play Renegade while showing big hits the defense would put on the opposing team on the JumboTron. So, after the National Anthem, they played Renegade, and holy crap, the entire stadium went nuts, everyone was up on their feet, singing and dancing...I'm probably the only one in the stadium who was smiling and singing along for an entirely different reason...and I was picturing Dean at the end of the episode, as he pulls his ski mask off. :-)
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Date: 2010-07-01 12:23 am (UTC)Loved, loved Nightshifter - Ronald, Henrickson!
I have to tell you a story about Styx: I went to an NFL playoff game a couple of years ago (it was after Nightshifter had aired) and the band singing the National Anthem was Styx, and I'm like "seriously?" Styx does not seem like a band that you would get to do the National Anthem. Well, it turns out the real reason they were there was to play "Renegade." Apparently, during the season, the video/audio guy/people would play Renegade while showing big hits the defense would put on the opposing team on the JumboTron. So, after the National Anthem, they played Renegade, and holy crap, the entire stadium went nuts, everyone was up on their feet, singing and dancing...I'm probably the only one in the stadium who was smiling and singing along for an entirely different reason...and I was picturing Dean at the end of the episode, as he pulls his ski mask off. :-)