FORKNI-L
Digest - 9 Aug 2007 to 10 Aug 2007 (#2007-28)
Fri, 10 Aug 2007
There are 2 messages totalling 90 lines in this issue.
Topics of the day:
1. FK and Kindred: The Embraced (2)
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Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 18:07:10 -0700
From: Kristen Fife <fenix23fyre@y.......>
Subject: FK and Kindred: The Embraced
Hi All, SORRY I have been gone for a bit! Real Life
(translate: my job!) has me running in circles right
now. HOWEVER, the good news is that I may get my
employer to pay for a trip to Toronto for me at the
end of August! :) We're sending a recruiting team up
there...but that's got nothing to do with FK. Except
saying "hi" to everyone and staying the weekend over
Labor Day. :)
Anyhoo...last weekend I received a copy of Kindred:
The Embraced that I had ordered, and it's difficult
not to compare and contrast it with FK, seeing as how
it started right around the time that FK ended. After
I watched the entire DVD set, I went and rewatched
various episodes from FK from Seasons 1 & 2. I'm still
struck by how well written our Forever Knight is, and
the sheer *depth* of the characters and plots. They
are obviously different shows with different premises,
but FK is just much more mature and honestly, more
believable as an urban fantasy. :)
Kristen Fife, Author
http://writersweekend.com - Spend a Passionate Weekend With Your Muse
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Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 02:18:48 EDT
From: Gaelin Wade <GaelinWade@a.......>
Subject: Re: FK and Kindred: The Embraced
fenix23fyre@y....... writes:
> They are obviously different shows with different premises, but FK is just
> much more mature and honestly, more believable as an urban fantasy. :)
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I suppose that is to be expected given that Kindred was based on a role
playing game. Is that a step up or step down from a graphic novel? :-) Besides,
one was a crime drama. The other, a Spelling produced, uh, soap opera.
I enjoyed both FK and Kindred. (Kindred after all had Mark Frankel and
Patrick Bauchau and FK had Nigel Bennett:-) ) I thought both were entertaining, yet
different.
FK seemed more about an individual, Nick, and his life with those around him.
Whereas Kindred spent more time depicting an entire Vampire society with
Julian Luna at its center. Also, Nick was tormented by what he was and what he had
done and sought redemption for it. Julian had regrets, but accepted that a
part of him was monstrous yet he never let that define him. He, well, embraced
who he was. He was kind of like Nunkies in that regard. But more moody like
Nick. :-)
I think it's fair to say that FK dealt with darker themes where Kindred
wasn't very thematic at all. FK's episodes were self contained. Kindred relied on
developing the stories and characters over the course of several episodes.
Unfortunately, it only lasted for 8.
I think it's difficult to compare the two series in terms of development.
Kindred had only 10% the number of episodes of FK. But in general, I thought
Julian Luna was a fairly well developed central character and there were others
that had potential. I would have loved to learn more about Daedalus and the
Nosferatu and more about Archon as the former Prince of the City.
Gaelin
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