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Terminal City [TV Series] (2005)
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Terminal CIty [TV Series] - Review
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"Terminal City is one of the many victims of bad timing. Either that or it is a hastily concocted doppelgänger produced for the sole purpose of replacing a rival networks hit show that was soon coming to an end. Unfortunately from my own perspective, it appears to be the latter. When HBO unleashed Six Feet Under onto the airwaves in 2001 it was an immediate sensation. The morbidly fascinating ensemble drama about a disconnected family reuniting after the death of the patriarch was exciting and new, heartfelt and absurd; every minute of the hourlong was engrossing to a disturbing degree and shows in the five seasons it stayed on primetime cable television. The blending of drama and comedy with a dash of fantasy and the occasional musical number was a revelation for viewers bored with the parade of uninspired dribble that clogged every channel for hours until infomercials were a welcomed distraction. Needless to say, I was a fan of Six Feet Under and miss it dearly. Thusly it was ... "
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"This is a Spout Mavens review (#1). For more information, read here. As this is a Spout Maven review, and my first one, I feel I have to throw out some qualifiers for just this first entry. If you are a regular reader (thank you), you may have noticed that I tend to write my reviews more like true blog entries, at least in general, so that I can write from the first person and contribute feelings as well as thoughts, but for these reviews, I'll try to be more review-y than blogg-y. Also, because I tend to write blog entries rather than reviews, I like to talk about how I happened to arrive at watching the particular film in question, so that people understand where I'm coming from and any possible biases I might have going into the entry/"review." Since the Spout Mavens review screeners, i.e. films that probably not too many people have seen, I will forego this habit for these reviews. Also, since Spout Mavens get to keep what they watch, I will also forego discussion of my "t ... "
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