This is a re-post from 2011. I did not know many other bloggers then.
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| Just past the 52nd minute.... |
The Mystery of the Fifty-second Minute
Sounds like a great title, doesn’t it? Kinda like “The 39 Steps”, or “Sixth Sense”? Throw a number in the title, and you create a question and a grabber.
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| Maui, Hawaii: Hawaii 5-0 |
This is how one of my favorite TV shows always plays out. The main characters have a close bond, would die to save the other.
And then, lead M/C decides to do something dangerous, head out on his own.
Lead M/C must make hard decisions.
And then, lead M/C decides to do something dangerous, head out on his own.
Lead M/C must make hard decisions.
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| Oh, so delicious Alex O'Loughlin (or the M/C) |
Clues are rife, and predictions can be false. Eventually, bad guys capture Lead M/C.
The close friends discover some sort of truth. All their paramilitary connections rush to rescue M/C.
This always happens at the 52nd minute. Always.
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| Equally delightful Daniel Oh Kim |
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The amazing Grace Park
If I know this formula so well, then why do I watch these TV shows?
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Eye candy.
The men are young, buff, handsome, and have piercing blue/green/brown eyes.
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| Scott Caan, son of James Caan |
Grace Park? Amazing, vulnerable, tough. Every one of them is easy to appreciate.
Plus, HAWAII!!! Lush, green, blue ocean--everything to love.
| When #52 minute comes the culminating action happens, and TUH-DUH! All is well. The hero looks back at his place of imprisonment with tortured eyes. |
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Villain "Wo Fat" actor, Mark Dacascos, also on "Iron Chef"
Knowing the 52nd minute is coming lets me relax while I watch the tense parts where uncertainty should reign. At “52”, I sigh and wait for the final credits at 59th minute. |
I could write those scripts.
Let's be honest here. I think any of us could write these scripts. but could we create something that must have that big bang at 52nd minute? That is the question.
Let's be honest here. I think any of us could write these scripts. but could we create something that must have that big bang at 52nd minute? That is the question.
