Human Target Musings

It's Under Control - for TVRealm

2012-01-16T22:58:00.000-08:00

The 12th Challenge over at TV Realm was to make a poster using only text, no photo. This phrase immediately came to mind.

We all know how many times Chance said this in the last few episodes...Needless to say he was never under control, so I'm not sure if he was saying that to reassure others or reassure himself. Or convince himself.

Human Target - Gren{ade} Vidlet

2012-01-07T14:00:00.000-08:00

I've always thought this song would be perfect for Chance, but when I started looking around, the song seemed very well protected, so I abandon the idea. That was probably almost a year ago.

With this LiveJournal TVRealm challenge, I thought I'd take a risk with this short segment of the music. You can buy the whole thing at iTunes!

I love the twist from the last line of the song to the clip I added at the end. She certainly does save him if he needs it.

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Vidlet set

2011-12-22T17:58:00.000-08:00

So one of the TV Realm challenges was the Bingo Challenge. Oh, brother. Choose a row and a column or diagonal. You know. Bingo.

So I chose the column starting with The End and the row starting with Memories. Don't ask about the abbreviations. I just don't even want to know!

Since I love making fanvids, I chose vidding for all of them. Vids have to be over 10 seconds. Not a problem. Making them shorter is a problem. I hate cutting up the music.

The End had to be Criminal Intent, from the last scene in the series and it got long enough that it went on its own.

So far, along with The End, I've done Just Kiss The Girl (twice, once for the column and once for the row), Bliss, Shine and Dress Up. Human Target is in Just Kiss the Girl and Dress Up. Yes, even Guerrero dressed up in Imbroglio! Watch out for them, that Dress Up vidlet is FAST.
Enjoy!

Icons and Badges

2011-12-22T17:29:00.000-08:00

For this TV Realm challenge I'm doing over on LiveJournal, it appears I need team signature badges and icons! Who knew rabid fandom came with requirements!? Awww, darn, so boring to make these.... NOT.

I have my Criminal Minds badge and icon (made from the badge):

And my V (2009) badges: the second was made by my friend havers as an example, so I knew what I had to do! (Thanks again Antje!)

All this insanity started with Law & Order Criminal Intent and so far, I only have one icon for it! Tsk!

So here are my Human Target badges and single icon. So far. I really need a Guerrero icon. What about one of him hanging upside down (from Kill Bob)? XD

Maybe one of him blowing up the Eldo.....

A Penny for Them

2011-12-21T15:03:00.000-08:00

Actually, I'd probably give more than a penny to know what Chance is thinking here. This is from Imbroglio S2E9. Ilsa is not pleased to see him at the opera as she feels the pressure of her sister-in-law's visit.

This screen cap is from a clip I'm using in a vidlet set for a TV Realm Challenge which, with any luck, will be uploaded in the next day or so! The theme for this vidlet is Dress Up and includes characters from a few different fandoms near and dear to my heart.

TV Realm Challenge on LiveJournal

2011-12-15T00:14:00.000-08:00

I've been a member of LiveJournal for quite a long time. (You can find me as quietfireca - surprise) I never found LiveJournal easy to use and didn't get used to it even though I have friends there. But my friend havers who does the Lovely Kathryn blog uses it all the time and recently did a series of challenges that had her making some really fun things! So when the latest challenge in her group came up, I thought I'd give it a try. I thought it might be an opportunity to make a bunch of mini-vids. (These full length vids take at least 40 hours, usually more.)

So I joined TV Realm (which is a community of other nut cases like me) and was put in the Team Chiller group. You can see my other completed challenge on my LJ just before this Matchmaker challenge.

This was the current challenge

Ep Summary: Matchmaker, Matchmaker, make me a match! Find me a find, catch me a catch.
Basically, here is the summary:

• Ep Details: You are the matchmaker. Put two tv characters who've never met before, on a blind date. Graphically or through writing.

• Graphics: You'll need 10 images total in your picspam (or multiple mini-spams) of the TV characters you're setting up on a blind date. You decide whether you're setting up one couple together, with 5 images of each person. Or multiple matches 1-3 images each. As long as you have 10 images in your entry, you're fine.

I thought that Guerrero and Kalinda from The Good Wife would make a most interesting couple. This isn't really my "thing", but when I put the photos together I had a good chuckle! I'd like to be a fly on the wall when these two are together! They do interesting things to cars...

Irresistible?

2011-12-12T13:33:00.000-08:00

I was curious exactly how old Mark Valley was, so I did a quick Google. This photo came up and cracked me up! (He was born December 24, 1964 so Happy Early Birthday, Mark!)

So if you're a drooling fan girl, enjoy this! lol! I don't drool.... Okay, possibly when he's Christopher Chance. There are some more older photos where I found this here.

Boy, I bet this guy gets whatever he wants!

Still working on some Human Target stuff but I got sidetracked with the Criminal Minds vid I've been planning for months. You can see it below (or if you're getting this as an email update, just click on the title and watch it on the web.)

Some Screen Caps!

2011-11-23T13:49:00.001-08:00

Wow, I can't believe it's been so long since I posted...
Sometimes when I'm working on a video, I find some nice screen caps - sometimes they're just amusing.
I thought I'd share a few caps I found in The Return of Baptiste. While you're looking at them, you can listen to this radio interview by Mark Valley. I learn something new everytime I hear an interview - and no, I haven't heard them all. Sigh. He didn't even talk about HT!
Although I've recorded most of Harry's Law I haven't been keeping up with it. I guess Oliver Richards didn't grab me fast enough...
Here is the link to that radio interview, and here are your HT screen caps. Just a very few from the start of the episode.

Chance's Special Talent - A Human Target Quirk

2011-10-19T23:41:00.000-07:00

I'm pretty sure this was written for the guy viewers, but I can't help chuckle continuously when I watch this series of clips from Imbroglio, so I guess it appeals to everyone.

Thanks (I think) to writer Robert Levine for keeping a smile on my face. Each one of the characters handles Chances "talent" in beautiful form.

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Embassy Row - from Bear McCreary's Point of View!

2011-10-16T13:41:00.000-07:00

I have never gone back through Bear McCreary's blog, but this entry came up on my Google Alerts today even though the blog entry is from 2010.

This is completely amazing. I have enough music background to follow a lot of it, but a peek into the creative genius of Bear McCreary and how the music for the episode pulled together was a real treat.

This video is just a small portion of his blog entry which you can read HERE. The details of Chance's Fight/Dance Tango sequence with Agent Barnes are especially interesting!

Guerrero and Connie Pucci

2011-10-14T17:24:00.000-07:00

There is a very sweet story on fanfiction.net (in the Human Target stories!) called Eavesdropping that reminded me about Guerrero and his reaction to Connie Pucci. Since I miss these guys so much, it was an easy job to compile this set of clips from Imbroglio.

The actress guest starring as Connie Pucci is Olga Sosnovska. I recognized her from an early episode of Law & Order Criminal Intent (Probability) where she was every bit as gorgeous as she is in Imbroglio!

The music during the last three clips is.... you guessed it. La Traviata.

Chances Update

2011-10-14T00:35:00.000-07:00

No, I'm talking about my video Chances! Sorry to get you excited.
Well, YouTube giveth and YouTube taketh away....

I was wondering why Chances wasn't getting the usual number of viewings and when I checked, YouTube had unexpectedly blocked it:

.....your video is blocked in these locations:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antarctica, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Bouvet Island, Brazil, British Indian Ocean Territory, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, France, French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Island, North Korea, Northern Mariana Islands, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Reunion, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

No, wouldn't it just have been easier to list the countries it was viewable in?

Never fear, if you are in one of these countries and you'd like to see Chances, it's on Vimeo here!

Oh, yeah, I forgot, I can embed it here, too. :-)

Chances from CI Musings on Vimeo.

Communication Breakdown Photos

2011-10-07T17:04:00.000-07:00

Ahhh, watched Harry's Law again this week and it just made me miss these guys even more... Although Ollie Richards is growing on me. It seriously annoys me he's not in every scene. If the camera is focused on Kathy Bates, I'm not.

So here are a few pics from the set of Communication Breakdown.

Mark Valley looks like he's enjoying smushing Indira Varma's face into the leaves. Bad Boy!

Perhaps she plans revenge with the knee? He still looks like he's having too much fun. We all know Ilsa was barefoot in the jungle - do you like her little rehearsal booties? - not to mention the big fluffy jacket?

Here is the clip from that scene (in typical bad quality Blogger uploads - sorry!) Doesn't it make you want to watch the whole episode?

Every Guy is Looking For a Woman to Tell Him What To Do

2011-10-04T23:45:00.000-07:00

I found this year old interview with Chi McBride that I had never seen. He is discussing the changes in Season 2 and boy, he made me laugh. The funniest part starts at about 4 minutes!

Harry's Law

2011-09-23T17:39:00.000-07:00

So Mark Valley is now a regular on Harry's Law. I've watched 20 minutes of his first episode which I recorded the other day. In that 20 minutes I kept expecting Chance to ditch the suit and go back to his offices with his real team! This is going to be really disconcerting. I'm not sure I'm going to hang in there..... But it's nice that Mark Valley has a job. And the dialogue can be rather entertaining. Shall we say.....the jury is still out!

Frazzled!

2011-08-26T02:31:00.000-07:00

Ever noticed how Chance gets frazzled?
Ever noticed it happens when Ilsa is in danger? He yells at her..... Hello? It's particularly noticable in Imbroglio - he yells at her after she has just saved him from drowing. Not exactly smooth, debonair or "under control"!
It's okay Chance. We understand what the problem is!

Frazzled from CI Musings on Vimeo.

Video clips are from
Communication Breakdown
Imbroglio and
The Trouble With Harry
and I'm sure there are others!

Under Control?

2011-08-15T17:05:00.000-07:00

"It's under control" is one of Chance's favourite lines at the end of Season 2. He says it three times in The Trouble With Harry and at the very start of Marshall Pucci. But I think he was under quite a bit of strain at the end of Communication Breakdown, S2E8.

This might just be my wishful thinking - to see Chance losing control of that guy facade - but I've examined the video clips numerous times (I cannot make a vid and not include them).

In the first screen cap in profile, Chance really looks like he is cracking from the horror of what Ilsa has been through and shocked by how close she came to death. I think Indira Varma did an incredible job in this scene. I could not take my eyes off her for many many viewings - it's one of those unforgettable tv scenes. Her silent trembling and the incomprehension on her face as her eyes are riveted on Chance are haunting. And there is something around Mark Valley's eyes that makes me think he bought it, too!

From Communication Breakdown, S2E8

But when you flip around to face him, he has lost that vulnerability. Pity! But it's still an amazing scene with only her name spoken once.

From Communication Breakdown, S2E8

The music is Semi-Automatic by Boxer Rebellion and you can listen to it here. I was going to embed the scene here, but Warner Bros claimed the rights and I couldn't embed it. You'll just have to head for your dvrs! And hopefully Season 2 will be released soon.

Location: Geneva?

2011-08-13T20:43:00.000-07:00

I was watching the news recently and they had some shots of the new Vancouver Convention Centre from the water. Aha!

Chance and Ilsa jumped from this building in Ilsa Pucci S2E1.

and this is Vancouver Convention Centre.

I think we have a match!

Next time I'm in Vancouver I might have to go on Human Target locations tour!

This post is for Saturn - because she misses Human Target, too!!

Here are some location photos I came across while they were shooting Ilsa Pucci.
Makes me want to go and watch the episode....

and here are a few of my screen caps from the episode.

Location: Steveston

2011-07-21T16:04:00.000-07:00

This wasn't too hard to figure out!
This is one of the final clips from Kill Bob, S2E11 where Chance walks back down the wharf. You can see him in this cap if you look hard!

And this is a touristy promotional photo advertising Steveston.

Here is a map of Vancouver with locations mentioned so far - so when you visit, you'll know where to go! ;-)

And seeing we have that established, here are a couple of caps from the episode!

Mark Valley moves to Harry's Law

2011-07-13T20:15:00.000-07:00

It didn't take long for Mark Valley to land on his feet in another tv series. Hardly surprising! Not sure I'll follow, though. I tried Harry's Law and it didn't take with me. You can read more about the changes on EW.com

Mark Valley will always be Christopher Chance to me. He was perfect.

Ilsa's Passport

2011-07-10T18:20:00.000-07:00

I'm a little confused over this! From Communication Breakdown, S2E8 we know that Ilsa is Irish but grew up in London. All EC passports are red, and this is not a US passport. So can someone enlighten me? I'm thinking it's a creation by the props guys....

from The Other Side of the Mall, S2E6

Tribute to Axed Series

2011-07-08T17:15:00.000-07:00

I tripped across this awesome article today which gives information I didn't know about the mall shooting location (The Other Side of the Mall, S2E6) and some other fun details. The full article has photos and information about "V" as well. Click on the article link at the bottom of this post to see more photos from the set.

#YVRShoots – Tribute to Axed Series As New TV Season Begins

POSTED July 7, 2011 BY Susan Gittins

....Next on the list of shows I wish had got another season is Human Target, also cancelled in June after two seasons on FOX. While I didn’t get to see as much of Human Target filming as V, what I did see was fun to watch because of the stunts. All three male leads — Mark Valley, Chi McBride and Jackie Earle Haley — did some of their own stunts at their big Christmas episode shoot inside the International Village (Tinseltown). I watched and photographed Valley practicing roundhouse kicks to limber up and saw Jackie Earle Haley do his own stunt-fighting. And Chi McBride, while not as athletic as his co-stars, proved no slouch either, bashing a villain extra with a Christmas bell while dressed in a boiling-hot Santa suit (a young woman kept his face cool with a portable fan between takes). Human Target saved the best for last though, filming its series finale on the roof of the Hotel Vancouver in a raging snowstorm. I asked the stunt coordinator David Chue how they achieved some of the visuals and yes, some of it was greenscreened in studio but a lot was filmed on the roof, too.
FOX cancelled Human Target with a slew of other dramas in an overnight bloodbath to make way for new series....

Read the rest of the article here

The Power of Ilsa Pucci

2011-07-02T15:23:00.000-07:00

I started working on this blogpost long ago and it sort of morphed into the recent video because of the song lyrics, but it's finally time.....

The title of this post isn’t referring to Ilsa’s power because of her wealth. It refers to the effect she manages to have on Chance. (Guys are just going to hate hearing this stuff about Chance, but.....)

Ilsa’s mechanism for dealing with things she can’t cope with is to turn and walk away. I recognize it, because I do it.

There is a lot Chance won’t bend for (and that’s for another blog entry), but have you ever notice how often he’ll follow her when she turns away? Lucky Ilsa, she has the power.

Some of these clips can be interpreted that he's just following her to talk to her, but there is a definite pattern. It isn't very often that he won't follow her. The last time it takes him a few hours to get going and a prod from Winston.

Let me know if you think of other examples!

And in the very last clip, he *runs*.

Clips are from

The Return of Baptiste

The Other Side of the Mall

A Problem Like Maria

Marshall Pucci

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Do Chance and Ilsa sound a bit chipmunky? I've altered their pitch to help prevent YouTube blocking the video.... And sorry for the roll in some of the clip transitions. I don't know why it does that when I don't get that happening when I make video. ??????????????

Human Target - Never Gonna Leave This Bed (Video)

2011-06-26T01:29:00.000-07:00

This song works well for these two! Enjoy!

Chance and Ilsa - I'm not ready to give up this pairing yet! A little bit of humour, a little bit of drama, a lot of attitude and a bucketful of chemistry.

Never Gonna Leave This Bed - Maroon 5

You push me
I don't have the strength to
Resist or control you
Take me down, take me down

You hurt me
But do I deserve this?
You make me so nervous
Calm me down, calm me down

Wake you up
In the middle of the night to say
I will never walk away again
I'm never gonna leave this bed, oh

So come here
And never leave this place
Perfection of your face
Slows me down, slows me down

So fall down
I need you to trust me
Go easy, don't rush me
Help me out, why don't you help me out?

Wake you up
In the middle of the night to say
I will never walk away again
I'm never gonna leave this bed, oh

So you say "Go, it isn't working"
And I say "No, it isn't perfect"
So I stay instead
I'm never gonna leave this bed

Take it, take it all
Take all that I have
I'd give it all away just to get you back

And fake it, fake it all
Take what I can get

Knockin' so loud
Can you hear me yet
Try to stay awake but you can't forget

Wake you up
In the middle of the night to say
I will never walk away again
I'm never gonna leave this bed, oh

You say "Go, it isn't working"
And I say "No, it isn't perfect"
So I stay instead
I'm never gonna leave this bed, ooh

Take it, take it all
Take all that I have
Take it, take it all
Take all that I have
Take it, take it all
Take all that I have
Take it, take it all
Take all that I have

Take it, take it all
Take all that I have
Take it, take it all
Take all that I have
Take it, take it all
Take all that I have

Blueberry Football

2011-06-12T11:20:00.000-07:00

or Soccer if you wish. Keep your eyes on the blueberries. Whoop, there's a pair, almost a third. Blueberry avalanche! I think Chance would be just as happy kicking his feelings under the table in this scene!

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From Marshall Pucci, S2E13.

Blueberry Football from CI Musings on Vimeo.

Love Lost

2011-06-11T00:19:00.000-07:00

Love Lost is by The Temper Trap. This is the music that was playing at the very end of Marshall Pucci S2E13. I leave it to you to figure out what they were trying to tell us!! (Sorry if I leave you wanting more.... No spoilers for the UK crowd who are just getting this season on SyFy!)

I've uploaded this on Vimeo because the Blogger quality is soooo bad and Vimeo doesn't ask as many questions as YouTube.... so far.

Love Lost from CI Musings on Vimeo.

You can hear it complete here:

and purchase it on iTunes.

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Human Target on SyFy in the UK - Promo

2011-06-08T13:14:00.000-07:00

Human Target Season 2 from Rosie Skinner on Vimeo.

Budding Thrillseeker and Trust

2011-06-07T20:20:00.000-07:00

In the first episode of Season 2, Ilsa Pucci is put in a position where she really has no choice but to jump through a plate glass window from the 17th (?) storey of a high-rise in Geneva. She looks pretty anxious about trusting Chance.

From Ilsa Pucci, S2E1

But in the final episode of Season 2, when she is again in a no-choice situation with Chance, does she look worried? Maybe she would be if she looked at his face! This time the trust comes with less fear.

From Marshall Pucci, S2E13

Here are the two scenes in video.

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The Softer Side of Guerrero

2011-06-03T13:17:00.000-07:00

From Cool Hand Guerrero, S2E10

This post started out as just a photo, but then I got carried away. I rediscovered this clip when I was making Where I Go and was completely charmed. When I re-visited the whole scene, I though it was worth sharing more than a screen cap!

That "Ilsa put you up to that?" just cracked me up.

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Scene Stealer - Carmine the Puppy

2011-05-31T16:21:00.000-07:00

It's hard to upstage Mark Valley, but this little guy did it in the first clip. In the second clip, I think Mark wins!

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From S1E12, Christopher Chance.

Location: West Georgia Street/Hudson's Bay Building

2011-05-29T20:04:00.000-07:00

from Marshall Pucci, S2E13

I'm trying not to get started writing about this whole scene, because I adore it on so many levels, not the least of which was the *snow*!

It appears that Chance is dangling Ilsa over West Georgia Street. The building to the left of Ilsa's back is the Hudson's Bay Company Building in downtown Vancouver at Granville and Georgia. If you watch it in HD you can read part of the word "Company".

The Bay is a department store and outfitted the Canadian Olympic team last year. They are famous for the red Maple Leaf mittens and for the Hudson's Bay Blanket!

Now I'm trying to wrack my brains - I'm sure I recall a scene where Chance sits on a chair that has a Bay blanket drapped over the back... or was that on Fringe..... uh-oh. Well! I guess I'll have to re-watch a bunch more episodes and see if I can un-earth the mystery.

So what building are they dangling from? It's the Hotel Vancouver. But more about that another time..... hmmmm reminds me of a pub rally during first year at UBC and a clue we had to get from the penthouse of the Hotel Vancouver.....

Save Human Target!

2011-05-21T22:28:00.000-07:00

Here are a couple of the places to join other fans;

http://www.facebook.com/SaveHumanTarget

http://www.youtube.com/user/SaveHumanTarget
and

http://twitter.com/#!/HumanTargetUSA

V - Jack and Erica - Faithful (Video)

2011-05-19T11:21:00.000-07:00

So far, the only connection I've found with V to Human Target is that they are both filmed in Vancouver and that Joel Gretsch looks freakishly like Mark Valley. I got over that pretty quickly as their characters are nothing alike! The music was so suited to V that I really strayed!
I hope you enjoy it anyway.

If you are receiving this as an email update, please click on the title and view the vid on the web. Kinda smug that I figured out a way to make the tears glint.

Jack Landry is faithful to God, to fighting the Visitors and to Erica Evans. Erica is faithful to her son Tyler, to fighting the Vs and ultimately to Jack.

Jack Landry is a fascinating character with a strong moral compass who speaks his mind. He is sensitive, caring and empathetic. He is the perfect feminine counterpart to Erica's masculine-tough, determined and in-control exterior. They are a wonderful pairing with a joint goal and enormously complimentary skills. He keeps her grounded, she pushes him to his moral limits and circumstances push him even beyond.

The Jack and Erica relationship is electric at times. There is a good reason Hobbes quips about The Thornbirds in the boxing scene. There exists a huge bond of trust between the priest and the FBI agent. They disagree -- Erica gets right in Jack's face numerous times - but they always come back to each other.

The biggest shake up to their relationship is after Joe dies and Tyler leaves. Erica becomes emotionally shut down to everything but anger and pushes Jack away. In her devastation and numbness Erica physically turns to Hobbes. Jack understands the kind of man Hobbes is and is crushed that Erica chooses Hobbes. After 12 years as a priest, he is poorly equipped to intervene on his own behalf. If Jack had shown up on Erica's doorstep instead of Hobbes that night or if he'd answered Erica's phone call, we'd have a different story. (Relax Jack, Erica called Hobbes the "break" she needed from real life, not exactly the basis for a deep lasting relationship.)

About the quote at the end: We'll leave it for Anna to figure out, since she's so hung up on finding the human soul....

As for Hobbes. Yes, he is a glorious hunk of masculinity. But he has an agenda, mixed loyalties and is basically responsible for Erica's ex-husband's death. He came as a paid mercenary and late to the party. Like Ryan, he was not up-front with his conflicting issues and betrayed Erica and Jack although at the end of Season 2 they are not aware of that yet. He also took advantage of Erica when she was vulnerable. He is not a good guy.

Thanks to my friend tjara for introducing me to this song. It is brilliant. It is so powerful and I thought it suited this pairing perfectly, although she is not a V fan so will not realize the gem she sent my way!

This vid is for my friend Susan E. -- a fellow V fan! -- who is having back surgery in a few days. I hope this takes her mind off it for approximately 4 minutes!

To enjoy this vid, Criminal Intent fans will have to get over that Joel Gretsch who plays Jack Landry also played the philandering obnoxious husband to Brooke Shield's character in Siren Call (S6E2) -- this character couldn't be more different and if you watch the V series, you forget him quickly.

Faithful Lyrics
(as best tjara and I could figure out!) -- by Cherine Nouri

There´s a whisper in this place
Like a prayer
Something sacred something true
It´s happening here
We are being blessed

We are now the chosen ones
You and I
as a silver thread winds down
on the moonlight
Tying me to you

I will be the one you know
You will be the one to know me
This is love that´s born to be
Forever faithful

We have touched but never touched
Skin on skin
But I´m closer to you now
Than I´ve ever been
Ever in this love

I will be the one you love
You will be the one to know me
We will give the love to be
Forever faithful

Everyday to me is drowned to
The light that´s in your eyes

Tonight

And you will be the one I love
The one I love
To know me yeah
And I promise you to be
Forever faithful

(You will be the one I love)

You will be the one to know me
And I promise you to be
Forever faithful

Human Target Cancelled by FOX

2011-05-15T12:34:00.000-07:00

I’ve never had to write this kind of a blog post. My experience with Criminal Intent was quite different and incredibly rewarding. Far beyond any dreams I could possibly have had. I’m sorry I didn’t have the same amount of time to devote to trying to save Human Target because hard work does seem to have an impact at some level.

My deepest sympathies go out to the cast and crew who worked so hard to make Human Target the amazing production it was. I wonder if they are all in mourning? Or are they already in negotiations and signing contracts for their next endeavors? I’m in mourning, but comforted by the fact that I’ve got episodes to re-watch and examine – because there is lots still there to analyse and enjoy! So it’s not the end of this blog!

What are the reasons for the cancellation? I can only speculate.

If they are looking at the ratings – I’m certain they would have had more viewers if FOX had shown it consistently in the same timeslot. It wasn’t Where’s Waldo?, it was Where’s Human Target? It’s like they were deliberately sabotaging the show by moving it all over hell’s half acre. It became a target easy to miss.

Expense? Yes, I bet Human Target isn’t cheap to make. It’s filmed in Vancouver and the Canadian dollar is very high right now, so the exchange rate doesn’t improve the cost of the show.

Demographics? That would be an interesting study. When I first uploaded my Chances vid, the biggest group of viewers was guys 35 and under. That switched to women later and remains that way. Big Canadian viewings!

In Season 2, HT added the ladies as regular cast members and I became devoted to the show. I’m guessing a lot more women watched regularly now. That was a smart move on the part of the producers. After all, we’re the ones with the death grip on the household purse strings and who just might pay attention to the advertisers….. (Did the prime advertisers for HT change from beer in S1 to household cleaners in S2?)

I’d love to know what they pitched for a Season 3. Sigh. Whatever it was, it didn’t work….

And now I’m without Lie to Me, as well. FOX has not won any brownie points with me this week. The one bright spot is the public recognition of the Criminal Intent Binder Project by Kathryn Erbe.

Stay tuned! I’m not done with this blog yet! I'm just side-tracked with finishing a V vid!

Human Target Season 1 Music

2011-05-06T10:25:00.000-07:00

Throughout the first season of Human Target, the music was all composed by Bear McCreary, consisting of, as he puts it "... a dynamic adventure score in the language of classic cinema." Bear worked with a full 60-piece symphonic orchestra every week. It's a truly amazing feat. Visit Bear's site to see a list of all the other fabulous scores he has created. (You will definitely recognize them.) You have to be a very special kind of person to do this. Amazing man. "Amazing" seems to be the best word I can come up with to describe him and his accomplishments! He received an Emmy nomination for the Human Target Main theme.

Opening Credits for Human Target Season 1

Bear McCreary

All Bear's music from Season 1 has been produced on a 3 CD compilation with over 3 hours of music. It is a Limited Edition of 2000.

You can read a great interview with Bear McCreary here.

Bear maintains an up-to-date blog which surprised me. All that talent and time to blog....

You can see him perform on YouTube here. I see he's really new to YouTube. Lucky us. I'll be subscribing to his channel!

Well, it was my very lucky day when a package arrived from my friend Susan. It was my birthday present, held captive by postal services and customs until yesterday. In the package was the Human Target Season 1 Soundtrack. WAAAAHOOOOO!

Thank you so much Susan! I bet you can guess what I'm listening to right now!

Semi-Automatic

2011-05-05T12:04:00.000-07:00

This is an awesome song. It was used in Communication Breakdown as Chance rushes to Ilsa - he is sure Hector Lopez will kill her. The quiet urgency of this song contrasts beautifully with the violence and fear. But I can't listen to it with comfort yet, as in my mind it's completely integrated with these riveting clips. It's one of my favourite sequences in all tv viewing, exquisitely played by Indira Varma and Mark Valley and it features prominently in both my Human Target fanvids.

Here is a short clip as the song starts - Semi-Automatic continues in this amazing scene for over two and half minutes.

from Communication Breakdown, S2E8

This song is by The Boxer Rebellion and you can listen to it complete here

Buy it on iTunes here
Buy it on Amazon.com here

The Banana Spider

2011-04-18T17:21:00.000-07:00

So what could a guy like Christopher Chance possibly be afraid of? I think we were all surprised to find out he hates spiders, one in particular.

When you do a little research on Banana Spiders, some references say they're not so toxic, but others say they are deadly. I've added a bit of info below if you're dying to know more. The most interesting thing I found was that the females usually eat their mate. I wonder what Chance would have to say about that....?

Here are two clips about Chance and Banana Spiders, the first with Maria who knows him well and the second with Ilsa. I think Chance scared Ilsa more than the spider scared her!

from Salvation and Reclamation, S1E7, and Communication Breakdown, S2E8

The Banana Spider seems to be one of the Brazilian Wandering Spiders found in South and Central America. P. fera is the most venomous species of spider. Its venom contains a potent neurotoxin, which at deadly concentrations causes loss of muscle control and breathing problems, resulting in paralysis and eventual asphyxiation - which fits pretty well with Chance's drama queen description!

I tried looking at pictures of spiders to see if Ilsa's spider looked anything like a Banana Spider, but I have to tell you, my heart really wasn't in it....

Who First?

2011-04-14T09:49:00.000-07:00

In a comment in a previous blog post, Marie asked who I thought was attracted to the other first, Chance or Ilsa? Ooo, that’s a hard one. I think it’s pretty gradual. This isn’t cut and dried and this post became longer and longer the more I thought about it. (and this post has taken weeks to compose!)

Ilsa was enamored by the legend/mystique of Christopher Chance even before she met him. She spent 6 months learning about him and searching for him. She convinced herself she needed him. So she was invested first, although she didn’t realize it.

And as I’ve said before, once she found him she couldn’t give him up, even when she learned up-close and personal about his past. She is fascinated and puzzled by him (In The Wife’s Tale he didn’t stand up for himself to the wife whose husband he had killed years before, even though that husband was going to ditch his wife. But that’s another topic… ).

I love this little coy look she gives after Chance has turned his back in The Return of Baptiste. She often asks him point-blank if he’s worried about her. And he always hedges. Chance is a master at avoidance. Why is she toying with him? (sorry these Blogger uploads are such crappy quality)

from The Return of Baptiste, S2 E4

Marie mentioned the look on Ilsa’s face when Ilsa first sees Maria – and I hadn’t noticed (great catch Marie!), but oh, she has quite the expression. For a change she doesn’t have Chance all to herself. Maybe she was expecting a 60 year old bald woman... I think Ilsa is later mad at him because he continually backs Maria over and over even when Maria is so blatantly using him. Is Ilsa jealous? or pragmatic?

Of course the complication with Ilsa is her lasting loyalty to Marshall. If they come back for another season, watch to see if her wedding rings come off. They need to. When she said goodbye to Winston and Ames at the end of Marshall Pucci, she seemed like a woman with a great weight lifted off her shoulders.

As for Chance, he is immediately intrigued by Ilsa – but maybe that has more to do with 6 months on an ashram without women. The fact that he accepted her as a partner proves he is interested in more than a one episode stand. All through Season 1 he seemed to be looking for a connection, for a soulmate. He is our lonely hero. Yet he has such a fight-or-flight response that it’s a miracle he doesn’t run away from Ilsa in the first episode of Season 2.

We know for sure by the time of The Trouble With Harry, he is invested. Definitely off his A-game because Ilsa is in the thick of things. But it’s this look after Harry accuses him of having feelings for Ilsa that is so amusing. It’s just a subtle widening of his eyes but it’s saying volumes - of something.

from The Trouble With Harry, S2 E12

Is this a look of shock because

a) He’s just realized, yes, he cares for Ilsa and that’s why he’s off his game?

b) He knows he has feeling but is shocked he hasn’t covered them up well enough?

c) He is shocked that even Harry has figured it out?

I’m leaning towards c)

Chance wouldn’t have let Ilsa kiss him if there wasn’t something there. Of course, he is a *guy*, but he knows the difference between what’s right and wrong – after all he let Maria go and turned away from her kiss at the end of A Problem Like Maria.

Of course Winston and Guerrero have figured out there is something going on during Communication Breakdown… Ames doesn’t get it till we see her sweet look of surprise and approval just before Chance climbs the outside of the building to go after Ilsa in Marshall Pucci.

Chance and Ilsa seem to sort out a lot in Communication Breakdown. Ilsa knows Chance pretty well by the time they start fighting, so she knows exactly which buttons to push, but Chance learns a huge amount about Ilsa in this episode. Not that he doesn’t do his own button pushing… He learns that she’ll tramp through the jungle in bare feet, that she won’t accept help if she’s mad, that she’s not afraid of spiders, that she knows what it’s like to be shot, that she’s not a trophy wife and that she is perfectly capable of saving him if necessary. She does not curl into a ball and need to be saved, even at the end of Communication Breakdown when she shoots Hector Lopez in self-defense.

I haven’t quite figured out why his anger at Ilsa over the Maria thing evaporated. Ilsa was trying to control him – or rather she was trying to control the situation after he had failed. But maybe she earned his respect (yet again) while they were out in the jungle. She seems to have to do that every few episodes – but that thought, too, is for another time.

So, I really don’t have an answer to Who First? Chance is too enigmatic to pin down. I may have missed something and will continue to watch for clues.

And none of this is addressing whether each of them realizes the other cares. Of course Chance had an unfair advantage thanks to this exchange with Winston and Guerrero.

from Communication Breakdown, S2 E8

In general, the writing for these two was really good. There wasn't a lot of on again/off again stuff the really annoys me in other shows. So once again, thumbs up to Matt Miller for monitoring this so carefully.

So, what do you think?

Location: Alex Fraser Bridge

2011-04-09T11:36:00.000-07:00

This screen cap is from Christopher Chance, Season 2 Episode 12, set 6 years in the past, just after Baptiste has killed Katherine Walters and Christopher Chance (played here by Lee Majors). Junior stands up and becomes the new Christopher Chance.

In the background is the Alex Fraser Bridge which spans the south arm of the Fraser River. It's the easiest bridge in the Lower Mainland to drive in my opinion although you do get used to all of them the more you drive them (except maybe the Pattullo).

So I figure this must have been filmed on the south shore in the late afternoon. Lol! Unless it was filmed on the north shore in the early morning! My best guess (from someone who hasn't driven along there in a few years) it was at the Fraser Surrey Docks along River Road heading out of Surrey into Delta.

If you're into bridges, you can read more about the Alex Fraser here on Wikipedia.

WonderCon 2011 Panel

2011-04-08T15:04:00.000-07:00

Since Human Target's origins are in the graphic novel realm, some of the stars and show runner Matt Miller were part of a panel at WonderCon 2011.

They talked about their characters, about the past two seasons and plans for the next season if they are renewed.

They even refer to the snowing scene on the rooftop in Marshall Pucci. Ahem, it hadn't even occurred to me that it's suppose to take place in San Francisco.... I'm always so charmed that it's Vancouver. That scene has got to be one of my favourite scenes to watch EVER! The snow is simply magical.

You can read the whole article by Karl Keily on comicbookresources.com here.

Oh, my!

2011-04-08T00:18:00.000-07:00

This was completely unexpected! Especially since I entered at almost the last possible moment and they're not familiar with the Human Target Fandom. What can I say, but

Gee, Thanks!! I really appreciate it!

You know, really I did win the best prize (just like everyone else who entered). We got to create our videos using amazing music by this talented Singer/Writer.
More about the contest is here.
Nick Gardener's YouTube Channel is here.
To watch my vid: Human Target - Where I Go

P.S. I love this little prize poster - artypartypants even added a little jpg of Chance from the vid! How sweet! Thanks again!

Sign the Petition for Another Season of Human Target!

2011-04-04T13:40:00.000-07:00

Human Target - Where I Go (Video)

2011-04-01T03:23:00.000-07:00

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This is a Christopher Chance and Ilsa Pucci fanvid for the Nick Gardner contest. http://artypartypants.livejournal.com/7526.html to vote

My interpretation of this song, in the context of Human Target, reflects Chance’s conviction that no one can go where he’s been and he would never want anyone to. Where does he “go”? He is tortured by self-recrimination for deeds past and is endlessly searching for redemption. He frequently runs away from the people he cares most about fearing they will be hurt or worse. Until Ilsa. In the end, he keeps her from following in his footsteps….

This amazing song immediately stole my heart and I was over the moon that it was available for use with permission!
Please check out Nick Gardner’s other beautiful music on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/user/nrhgardner
Many thanks to him for allowing the use of Where I Go. It was this vidder’s dream of a song. My apologies Nick, if I didn’t quite hit your mark with some of the video transitions!

This vid is dedicated to my friend Magra, a vidder extraordinaire, who helped and encouraged me when I first started. Happy birthday! (This was finished on your birthday but technical issues delay it!)

"Where I Go" (C) 2009
Lyrics, Melody, Music written by Nick Gardner

The hand on the clock chimes, reads me my life line
Then you go and drop that bomb on me
You take a step back, then we can't get back
We're poor and they're expecting a fee.
We're fighting for air, it's not fair...
The Gods are immune to our plea
And I could go further, and commit murder
But tell me then where would I be?
[CHORUS]
Where I Go
Where I Go
There'll be fire that goes blazing on the snow
Where I Go
Where I Go
There'll be fire that goes blazing on the snow
And I know, where I go, isn't somewhere that you can easily see
And I know, where I go, isn't somewhere that you'll ever be
You'll ever be, you'll ever be...
[VERSE 2]
Tell me that story, of your life before me
Go back to it and set yourself free
Erase all the trouble, and then the struggle
Like the struggle to split sand from the sea
There's not enough time, to fix this crime
On the souls hurt so effortlessly
I wish I could be there, or at least not care
Then you wouldn't have to care about me
[CHORUS]
[BRIDGE]
When the sky starts turning and it goes back
The sun turns back and the ground cracks
At vanishing point on the broken glass floor
Through the mirror in your mind and the lock on the door
Goes nowhere, you can't go there, or know there, nothing grows there
'Cept your shadow grows smaller and in the blink of an eye
I can't see you anymore
[CHORUS]
You'll ever be, you'll ever be, you'll ever be..
You'll be, you'll be

Just Because it's March 29th

2011-03-29T18:19:00.000-07:00

While I was working on something else, I stumbled across this....

from Christopher Chance, Season 1 Episode 12

Ames. Meet Guerrero.

2011-03-25T22:13:00.000-07:00

Now if you've watched Human Target, you don't need any introduction to Guerrero. He's definitely a unique character and you can't help but love him (shhh, don't tell him I said that).

In no way do I condone guys hitting women, but somehow Guerrero gets a pass on this one. Guerrero does all those things we secretly wish we could do with an evil little grin on our faces.

I thought he was rather gentlemanly for the first few seconds when Ames pleads for help to escape Winston. That didn't last long....

So here again, we have the first meeting of the two characters with no first names.
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Braver

2011-03-21T23:57:00.000-07:00

P.S. Anonymous comments have been enabled on this blog, so you don't need a Blogger account to add your thoughts!

After writing the other day that Ilsa had searched for Chance for 6 months, I started thinking.

Ilsa sought out Chance to free her from the same people who had killed her husband. Once that was initially accomplished, she couldn’t let go. Really, what was she thinking? It seems that partnering with these men gave her a complete break from her previous life which had been ruined by the death of her husband and the subsequent threats. Now that she was free, what next? What’s even more interesting was that the team agreed to partner with her.

I love that she was so astute about Chance right off the bat in Ilsa Pucci, Season 2 Episode 1.

It didn’t take much for Ilsa to put together that Chance had an enormous conscience. She already knew he had recreated himself – that he was a former assassin turned bodyguard. She found him in an ashram, a spiritual hermitage, a place located far from human habitation designed for meditation and making penance in order to find solace and tranquility. This is clearly a man trying to change his life again.

However, it didn’t take much persuasion for Chance to take her on as a client. Maybe he applauded her persistence. Maybe he sensed her frustration or that indeed, she was not like his other clients. Maybe he was tired of ashram life. Maybe he thought he’d done enough penance. Or maybe it was the “braver” stab.
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Ilsa probes even deeper when being brave comes up again later in the episode.

And then there is this wonderful interaction between Chance and Ilsa after the bullets have stopped flying. She once again assesses him perfectly and he is willing to answer her honestly and not blow her off with a flippant remark. Beautifully written and acted.

Ilsa is a smart woman. She knows what to say although I don't think she was being calculating or manipulative at all in this scene.
In the end, Ilsa gets what she wants - at least in this episode - and I'm pretty sure it has to do with winning his heart by calling him brave.

Chance Meets Ilsa

2011-03-19T23:25:00.000-07:00

I love the first episode of Season 2, Ilsa Pucci. It's here we are introduced to billionaire philanthropist and recently widowed Ilsa. She has it all, except Chance.

This is a mini-vid of their first meeting. She is sophisticated, sexy, challenging and mocking. She's been searching for him for six months and has had six months to prepare her first words to him. How does Chance respond? He stops meditating and looks her up and down. Yep. He's obviously had too many months on an ashram.....

This episode was written by Matt Miller, the Season 2 showrunner, who leaves us wanting to know more about the multi-layered and complex Ilsa. I think he writes Ilsa better than anyone. There is a nice (early) interview with him here.
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There Oughta Be A Law

2011-03-18T16:45:00.000-07:00

There oughta be a law against guys with really blue eyes wearing blue shirts. Wow!

And where I didn't expect it.....

Both screen caps are from Ilsa Pucci, Season 2, Episode 1

Desire

2011-03-17T19:43:00.000-07:00

Normally Shazam does all my work for me. But not this time. So it was a happy day when I discovered that Fox has linked a lot of the episode music to iTunes. Love this song!
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from Communication Breakdown, Season 2, Episode 8

Buy on iTunes
or

Size Matters

2011-03-16T21:58:00.000-07:00

from Ilsa Pucci, Season 2 Episode 1

One day I was curious how tall Winston was. They all look waaaay up to him. So I went hunting. Chi McBride is 6' 4-1/2" according to the internet. Um, he's tall.
I couldn't stop there, so how tall is Chance? Mark Valley is 5' 10"
Guerrero? Jackie Earle Haley is recorded at 5' 5". And I wouldn't want to mess with him no matter how tall he was.
Guerrero's sidekick Ames? Janet Montgomery is 5' 6"

Ilsa Pucci? Indira Varma is 5' 7". Put her in 3" heels and she is the same height as Chance. Perfect. Equals.

You Wearing Heels?

2011-03-15T22:28:00.000-07:00

The reactions of the women just cracks me up.
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This clip is from Dead Head, Season 2, Episode 5

Just Because

2011-03-15T00:27:00.000-07:00

I was looking up some stuff and landed on this frame from Ilsa Pucci (actually it might originally have been in Christopher Chance at the end of Season 1) and felt the need to make a screen cap!

Christopher Chance & Co. Offices

2011-03-13T18:09:00.000-07:00

Location, location, location. Here is the first one I'll look at.

I love this show because unlike V and Fringe, and I forget what else at the moment, Human Target is less likely to disguise Vancouver than the others.
Have they ever told us if the company (now Ilsa's company, I suppose!) has a name? They refer to it as an agency.

Whatever, they have claimed Vancouver's Sun Tower at 100 West Pender St. for their offices. The Sun Tower was built in 1912 and was bought by the Vancouver Sun newspaper in 1937. The Sun is no longer published there, but the name remains. I worked in it when a good portion of it was occupied by the Geological Survey of Canada (who moved when the Federal Government claimed it wasn't up to earthquake code - at least that's the story I got). I'll never forget the day someone jumped off it.....

Here are some screen caps from the show. You can see them larger by clicking on each photo.

Human Target - Chances (Video)

2011-03-12T11:49:00.000-08:00

YouTube has blocked Chances in Germany, so if you'd like to see it, you can find it on Vimeo here. Personally, I think the vid plays better on Vimeo! Not a clue why.

Chances from CI Musings on Vimeo.

And here is the whole blurb about the video again:

Christopher Chance and Ilsa Pucci are very different and yet the same when it comes to strong will and the need to do the right thing. This is about the other side of the action show. It is their story in chronological order. So Ilsa, is he worth it?

I missed Valentine's by one day.

There ends the short story.....

Chance is a former assassin, whose conscience has pushed him to the other end of the spectrum and is now using his talents as a bodyguard to, in his own way, make amends. In Season 2 of Human Target, billionaire and recently-widowed Ilsa Pucci steps in to underwrite Chance's redemption after he successfully uncovers and neutralizes a plot to steal her fortune.

At first she is enthusiastic, giving Chance and his team everything they want financially, but has second thoughts as she witnesses some of their unorthodox methods. She sees up-close and in-detail the backlash of Chance's past. Once she accepts that the outcome justifies the means, she settles into a relatively comfortable partnership with Chance, although she continues to struggle with their methods at times. When Maria, an old relationship from Chances past returns, a power struggle develops between the partners which spills over into the next episode, "Communication Breakdown". I think Ilsa's fit was all about jealousy, something I totally did not expect from her!

I needed a longer song for this video! There are so many great clips I left out due to lack of time. I really regret omitting the rest of the team who make a brilliant ensemble. I think I have to make another Human Target video just so I can use the clip of Guerrero blowing up the Eldo in "Marshall Pucci". Another thing lacking (but hinted at) in this video is the humour throughout the show. I only caught a few things -- like the time Chance looks at her as if she has two heads, when she almost blows his eardrum out and the clip of him climbing over the top edge of the building.

I love Ilsa Pucci. She's elegant, exotic and is driven by the need to do good. And as Chance says, "I don't think I've met anyone quite as strong as you are". During the 13 episodes she has appeared in, he has learned that she was far from a trophy wife, is willing to take chances for others and is completely capable of rescuing him if need be. Not to mention she'll jump off buildings with him... more than once. And she scares him. Gotta love that.

And what does she see in him? Besides the obvious. I guess that he is trying to do the right thing the best way he knows how and that he is confident in his abilities. He has fun doing what he does. He is motivated by more than money, which fascinates her, and he wants to fix everything.

It was an obvious choice to use this amazing song, but I didn't realize how good it was till I paid closer attention to the lyrics.

What is pretty cool about Human Target is that it's filmed in Vancouver. I used to work in the building they "use" as their office building. They filmed in the UBC undergraduate Chemistry labs -- which don't seem to have changed since I was there! There are so many Vancouver scenes that I get a jolt when I see the aerial shots of San Francisco.

I had a blast making this vid. It's like dancing to great music with wonderful partners.

Chances -- Five for Fighting

Chances are when said and done
Who will be the lucky ones
Who make it all the way?
Though you say I could be your answer
Nothing lasts forever
No matter how it feels today

Chances are we'll find a new equation
Chances run away from me
Chances are all they hope to be

Don't get me wrong I never say never
Cause though love can change the weather
No act of God can pull me away from you

I'm just a realistic man
A bottle filled with shells and sand
Afraid to look beyond what I can lose when it comes to you
And though I'll see us through yeah

Chances are we'll find two destinations
Chances run away from me
Still chances are more than expectations
And possibilities
Over me

Eight to five or two to one
Lay your money on the sun
Until you crash what have you done?
Is there a better bet than love?
What you are is what you bring
You've got to cry before you see

Chances, chances

Chances lost are hopes torn up pages
Maybe this time
Chances are we'll be the combination
Chances come and carry me
Chances are waiting to be taken
And I can see
Chances are the fascination
Chances won't escape from me
Chances are only what we make them
And all I need

Human Target Opening Credits

2011-03-12T10:01:00.000-08:00

I had no intention of starting this blog, but it seems I can't stop myself.

What initially attracted my attention to Human Target was the opening credits! I love great design and these are guaranteed to stop me in my tracks and pay attention.

You can see this better on one of my YouTube Accounts, but due to copyright, I couldn't embed that version here. This is the Season 2 opening credits.

These credits received Emmy nominations for Karin Fong, Jeremy O. Cox and Cara McKenney for "Outstanding Main Title Design". Hardly surprising!