The Middleman Options

[DarthMarley]

This one flew under my radar until now.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Middle_Man

The Middle Man (or The Middleman) is a comic book series written by Javier Grillo-Marxuach with art by Les McClaine and published by the notable Viper Comics, and a television series picked up for the 2008 season by ABC Family.[1]

The series was initially intended to be a television pilot. Grillo-Marxuach decided he wanted to write a series that represented all of the things he grew up loving (what he calls the "Javi-centric World View"). With a little coaching from Paul Dini, he realized his dream in the medium of comic books-- for several reasons, not the least of which was how much it would cost to produce a "tentacled ass monster" for television.

The Middleman's slogan is "fighting evil so you don't have to" and the character has been doing it for an unknown length of time. The Middleman is not just the incarnation in the current mini series; it is a job, a title, a persona that is handed down from Middleman to Middleman.[3] There are no written records of the Middlemen throughout history, only Ida holds the answers to the present day Middleman's predecessors.

Each Middleman receives information via Ida from O2STK. They carry out their orders in typical hero fashion and always save the day.

The current series follows hero-by-day artist by night Wendy Watson as she tries to balance her normal life of boyfriends, mothers, and roommates with her more surreal adventures with the Middleman. She is assumably training to become the next Middleman.

Thus far, the adventures of four Middlemen have been chronicled in the book and its supplements - Present Day Middleman, World War Two Middleman (and his doomed sidekick "The Middleboy"), Victorian Middleman and Barbarian Middleman, who operates in a quasi-Hyborean era.

All of the historic Middlemen (with the exception of Victorian Middleman) have female sidekicks who bear a peculiar resemblance to Wendy.

The correct spelling of the hero's name is "The Middleman," and not "The Middle Man."

http://abcfamily.go.com/abcfamily/path/sec...man/page_Detail

Premieres June 16, 2008 on ABC Family.

[DarthMarley]

[DarthMarley]

The creator's pedigree:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javier_Grillo-Marxuach



Creator's LJ

[BitsyBoo]

This one flew under my radar until now.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Middle_Man
http://abcfamily.go.com/abcfamily/path/sec...man/page_Detail

Premieres June 16, 2008 on ABC Family.

I'm getting the impression that all the middlemen are male, even though you say that Wendy would be training to be a Middleman. I like the concept, especially in terms of using history, but I am so over the hero has to be a male.

[DarthMarley]

It's a man's world, baby.

[BitsyBoo]

It's a man's world, baby.

Can we get an emoticon that has the eyes rolling so far out of the head that they roll across the floor? I need one for occasions just like this. LOL

[Rowan]

Can we get an emoticon that has the eyes rolling so far out of the head that they roll across the floor? I need one for occasions just like this. LOL

I guess he's never heard of the expression "the hand that rocks the craddle rules the world"

[DarthMarley]

TV Guide scan

[DarthMarley]

Loglines!

Episode 1.01 - The Pilot Episode Sanction
While temping at a laboratory, Wendy Watson meets The Middleman after an experiment goes awry. Now, following a battery of rigorous tests, Wendy is recruited into The Middleman's ranks.

Airs: 16th June 2008


Episode 1.02 - The Manicoid Teleportation Conundrum
Wendy finds her first day on the job challenging. Meanwhile, she and The Middleman search for a killer alien.

Airs: 23th June 0208


Episode 1.03 - The Accidental Occidental Conception
The Terracotta Warrior, a spirit from the underworld, plans to abduct the last heir to the Qin Dynasty, a young boy named Duncan. Elsewhere, Wendy and Lacey feud.

Airs: 30th June 2008


Episode 1.04 - The Sino-Mexican Revelation
The Middleman benches Wendy after she fails to stop a gang of luchadores abducting Sensei Ping.

Airs: 7 July 2008


Episode 1.05 - The Flying Fish Zombification
The Middleman and Wendy are faced with a perplexing situation, ravenous zombies who want one thing: trout.

Airs: 14 July 2008


Episode 1.06 - The Boyband Superfan Interrogation
The Middleman and Wendy investigate a haughty 14-year-old named Cindy who has a dangerous obsession with Drysea, "the world's most popular boy band".

Airs: 21 July 2008


Episode 1.07 - The Cursed Tuba Contingency
The Middleman and Wendy search for a tuba that is purported to cause any that listens to it to drown.

Airs: 28th July 2008

[DarthMarley]

Episode 1.08 - The Ectoplasmic Panhellenic Investigation
Episode 1.09 - The Obsolescent Cryogenic Meltdown
Episode 1.10 - The Vampiric Puppet Lamentation

[DarthMarley]

http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2008/06/04/sli...atalie-morales/

[DarthMarley]

If you liked the old Adam West Batman, or Get Smart, or dig comics, then you will probably like this show.

The pilot is faithful to The Middleman V1, which is what happens when the writer of the comic gets to produce the TV show.

[DarthMarley]

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[DarthMarley]

Who is the Middleman?

[DarthMarley]

http://www.mediablvd.com/magazine/the_news...0806161187.html

[DarthMarley]

If you didn't watch Middleman, then you made baby Jesus cry!

[DarthMarley]

Last week's show:



This weeks show:

[RaiderDave2112]

I think the show is okay but I think it would be better if it was just half an hour instead of the hour. They could trim some of the fat from the series then.

[DarthMarley]

No!

Middleman is perfect in every way.