tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10794229.post1840854063884845616..comments2023-11-02T02:36:21.399-07:00Comments on Check the Fien Print: Take Me To The Pilots '15: ABC's 'Blood and Oil' aka 'Oil Tree Hill'Daniel Fienberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875425500395284200noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10794229.post-56203521815104848022015-08-07T22:11:44.951-07:002015-08-07T22:11:44.951-07:00Meaty premise covering what is a CW-level soap? An...Meaty premise covering what is a CW-level soap? And since it's set in the faux wilderness/mountains of "North Dakota"? And about oil? Works for me, even without the direct ties you mentioned, though certainly the Nate/Cappie rivalry that's set up in the premiere could be Different-Nate/Lucas-esque, albeit without actual blood...<br /><br />Anyway... As glib nicknames go, it doesn't need to be LITERAL.<br /><br />-DanielDaniel Fienberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15875425500395284200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10794229.post-58668007800372584952015-08-07T20:12:09.955-07:002015-08-07T20:12:09.955-07:00Really late to this question ... but, it's stu...Really late to this question ... but, it's stuck with me, so, here goes:<br /><br />Why "Oil Tree Hill"? I enjoy your sense of humor, and am good with jokes for the sake of jokes. Just trying to figure out if I'm missing something, whether an obvious joke or if you're trying to say something about the show without spelling it out. The non-review makes mention of themes from other shows and previous actor roles, including Gossip Girl, Dallas, Greek, and Nashville. I don't see anything about basketball, half-brother/genealogical rivalries, or towns where no one leaves but everyone is somehow an entrepreneurial genius.<br /><br />Anyway ... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10794229.post-83507341532964479152015-07-30T12:30:11.256-07:002015-07-30T12:30:11.256-07:00"I also recommend either steering away from t..."I also recommend either steering away from the Native American stuff or doing it better, because the line "Whoever kills a spirit animal is cursed" from a never-seen-again NA character got my biggest laugh from any drama or comedy pilot this year."<br /><br />That's an apt reaction. The Keystone Pipeline is a huge deal w/ SD natives at this moment. And a demonstration was staged just the day after this post was published. The resistance is primarily ecologically motivated and is tied to spirituality that also concurs with science. The repercussions envisioned are not some mystic karmic retribution for killing a single critter or so, but logical outcomes of destroying the land that sustains us. The land/earth is viewed as sacred and Pope Francis is currently attempting to restructure Catholicism in the same light. It's not an exotic concept, or at least, it shouldn't be! These are issues that affect us all and isn't based on some backward contrived non-native mumbo-jumbo view of native spirituality.<br /><br />Tribal rights are being trampled by Big Oil and the recourse leaders are taking is through legal avenues that keep on shutting them down and out. They have not been properly consulted as they should according to law. Civil disobedience is brewing because it is the only way their voices can be heard. Not only do they speak for their peoples as a whole, but they are speaking on behalf of all of us. Rationally.salticidnoreply@blogger.com