Imzadi
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- Oct 29, 2004
A tip on a new TV series that I think may become the new "Criminal Minds." Some of you may have seen the premiere already on Mon. It's Kevin Bacon's new show on FOX, called The Following.
Kevin is an ex-FBI agent, pulled back into active duty to get ONE serial killer who has it in for him. It very much mimics the Hotch/The Reaper storyline. The difference is that this serial killer has a cult following, to carry on his work,
whereas the Reaper didn't.
This new show is rather gory. It's on cable TV - FOX, so we probably haven't even seen the half of what they will do.
But, so far, it has about as much gore as some of the worst CM episodes. I think that kind of goes with the "serial killer" genre. 
Anyway, there are two threads about The Following so far on the CB. The will have to duke out which one stays (or not.) The Official thread lacks punctuation, so I think people have had a hard time reading the thread title. It would make more sense as: The Official "The Following" thread. The other thread is titled: Following with Kevin Bacon.
Kevin is an ex-FBI agent, pulled back into active duty to get ONE serial killer who has it in for him. It very much mimics the Hotch/The Reaper storyline. The difference is that this serial killer has a cult following, to carry on his work,
whereas the Reaper didn't. This new show is rather gory. It's on cable TV - FOX, so we probably haven't even seen the half of what they will do.
But, so far, it has about as much gore as some of the worst CM episodes. I think that kind of goes with the "serial killer" genre. Anyway, there are two threads about The Following so far on the CB. The will have to duke out which one stays (or not.) The Official thread lacks punctuation, so I think people have had a hard time reading the thread title. It would make more sense as: The Official "The Following" thread. The other thread is titled: Following with Kevin Bacon.
One of the writers has an eye fetish. 
, which has become about recycling old gimmicks: a third "eye" episode, a second member of the team losing the love of his life to a serial killer, or inserting gore, e.g. maggots into an episode just for the grossness of it, the gore in the "The Following" seems intrinsic to the storyline (so far.) It has a freshness that CM now lacks. 
