In 2002 John Doe opened with ...
Question: In 2002
John Doe opened with a naked man curled on his side in a clearing. It moved to a close-up of his eye as it opened and looked around. In 2003
Stargate SG-1 opened its seventh season with a naked man curled on his side in a clearing. It moved to a close-up of his eye as it opened and looked around. Now in 2006 we have
Kyle XY which opened with a naked man.... I know TV repeats itself, but this is a bit much. Were the same writers on all three shows? Or did everybody just like this scene so much we have to see it again and again?
Answer: Not being familiar with the
Stargate setup, I would just say the similarities between the
John Doe and
Kyle XY premises go beyond the naked-hunk-in-the-woods image, though it is a striking one. Even a classic one. Which is why it's fair game to try it again, because the fact is that this image works.
Kyle seems to be getting some mileage out of it. Producers often express surprise when confronted with a scene or a shot that copies something that came before, but in this case, I can't imagine
Kyle's creators being unaware of such an iconic shot as the one that also opened
John Doe. Think of it as an homage, not a rip-off. And enjoy the show. It's kind of cute.
