On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:19:04 -0600, "curmudgeon"
<briticanlankey@bresnan.net> wrote:
>Is the so called new and innovative TV program "Saving Grace" nothing more
>than a evolving genre masquerading as original idea?
>Has Hollywood not done this type of TV show before?
You can say that about just about everything these days... and
regardless, so long as it's done well... who cares?!?
>Look at the very short list below and decided for your self.
>
>Highway to Heaven 1984 - 1989 staring Michael Landon.
Michael Landon was a travelling angel saving people
>Touched by an Angel 1994 - 2003 staring Roma Downey.
Roma Downey was an angel saving people and preaching a lot
>Dead Like Me 2003 - 2004 staring Ellen Muth.
She was a reaper collecting the souls of the dead
>Joan of Arcadia 2003 - 2005 staring Amber Tamblyn.
She was a school child who saw / spoke to god in various guises.
Saving Grace 2007 +
She's a trashy woman but good detective who's being watched over by a
guardian angel (of sorts) because she's not headed to heaven if she
dies.
The only similarity between the five is that god exists (though he/she
doesn't appear in four of them) and three have angels, only one of
which is an angel that was formerly human - the others use the theory
that angels are seperate types of beings.
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