Thursday, August 25, 2005

You know that new show coming to Fox this fall called Bones? Just based on the promos I’ve seen, I’m a little miffed.

1. The website tagline says, “Inspired by the life of forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs.” Normally, I’d say Woo!, but that’s wrong. The show is based on the character Reichs created in her novels (Dr. Temperance Brennan) who is based on her own life. Nit-picky? Yes.

I love Reichs’ novels. I think Dr. Brennan is a strong and interesing character. Where I quibble with the producers of the show is that they’re taking the character that Reichs created and putting her into an alternate world from where she lives in the novels. In the novels, Tempe divides her time between Charlotte and Montreal. I’m assuming that Tempe in TV-land will be in the US only given the prominence of the FBI with the casting of David Boreanaz as the male lead. In the novels the male lead is a Canadian detective.

2. My other point of contention is the TV-land Tempe’s age. Played by Emily Deschanel, who was born in 1978, TV Tempe is going to be much younger than Novel Tempe. Actually, TV Tempe is more like Novel Tempe’s daughter’s age. Wait, she has a daughter in Novel-land? And an ex-husband!

Why couldn’t the producers have stuck to the formula with which Reichs found success? I like the 40-ish Tempe with the college age daughter, ex-husband, Canadian cop boyfriend, and two locales she calls home. Don’t tell me that women over 40 aren’t available to take on the role in Hollowood - there are quite a few I can think of that would have made great casting as Tempe.

So are my nits going to keep me from watching? Nope - I’m willing to give the show a whirl. But I’ll drop it like a hot potato if it turns out to be anything like Karen Sisco.

LATER: Updated to include the link from Reichs’ official website where I noted that she has Posted by at 09:25 AM
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