Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Leverage


One of my favorite shows, Leverage, was probably underrated like Firefly but like Firefly lives on in syndication. I've seen Aldis Hodge in A Good Day to Die Hard, The East and Walking Dead. Mark Sheppard has been on White Collar and Supernatural. Rick Hoffman from Suits was on Leverage as was Saul Rubinek who has been in many shows like Warehouse 13, Person of Interest and Psych. Tom Skerritt played Nate Ford's dad (and was on White Collar). Goran Visnjic. Bruce Davison. Clancy Brown. Jeri Ryan had a recurring part. John Billingsley. James Frain. Adam Baldwin from Firefly was in a couple episodes. John Schneider was in an episode as a baddie as was Luke Perry. Paul Blackthorne from Arrow. Richard Kind was in a couple. Will Wheaton and Richard Chamberlain had recurring parts also. D.B. Sweeney was in an episode. Cary Elwes was in an episode and also on Psych. Giancarlo Esposito was in Leverage and of course went on to Breaking Bad.

Along with Leverage and Firefly, I'm a cult fan of Arrested Development and Party Down.

Fans rally for favorite shows, but is it worth it? by Meghan Lewit
Of course, fan power still has its limits. As was oft-discussed in the wake of the Mars Kickstarter launch, it’s the studio and creators who stand to benefit financially from the film, while supporters will have to be satisfied with the T-shirts, stickers, and signed posters they received as rewards for contributing (along with the movie itself, of course). But detractors who reasonably question the wisdom of people sending their hard-earned dollars to Warner Bros. tend to overlook the illogical, myopic love that beats in the heart of every long-suffering fan. As Captain Malcolm Reynolds says of his ship at the end of Serenity (which could just as easily be applied to the franchise’s scrappy fans): “You can learn all the math in the ’verse, but you take a boat in the air that you don’t love, she’ll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps her in the air when oughta fall down, tells you she’s hurtin’ ’fore she keens. Makes her a home.”

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