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So Who Watched Chuck? & What;'s Your View?

POSTED BY: Darkfly
UPDATED: Sunday, October 14, 2007 17:05
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GORRAMREEVERS

Wednesday, October 3, 2007 6:46 PM

My fav part of ep#2 was when Adam was fighting the other agent-Lady, and she was kicking his butt.

I kept hearing Wash say "Tell the part when Jayne gets his butt kicked by a 50 pound girl, 'cause that's NEVER gettin' old! " :)

-GR

JWHEDONADDICT

Thursday, October 4, 2007 6:46 PM

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Originally posted by Stoweaway:
Did you guys catch Chuck's brain dump when he says, "Oceanic flight 815 was actually shot down by......"

My husband was screaming at the television. "By who? Who shot them down?!"
Seems he's having a little LOST withdrawal.

The Lost board where I hang out occasionally is having a field day with this one.

Did that board happen to catch the numbers on the fortune from the fortune cookie Duncan gave Veronica on VERONICA MARS, in Season 2? Hurley's numbers?

And don't we ALL know who shot the plane down by now?

Select to view spoiler:

Desmond realized he did it

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DEEPLYKIDDING

Friday, October 5, 2007 12:03 AM

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Anyone seen any interviews with Adam since Chuck started? I'd love to hear his 2 cents about the show. Maybe at the upcoming cons.

Stoweaway - I did a quick google search "Adam Baldwin Chuck" and found a few, particularly:
http://www.buddytv.com/articles/chuck/exclusive-interview-chuck-star-1
1355.aspx

I thought the show was *awesome*, in a goofy sort of way. Great escapism!

I'd rather be a smartass than a dumbass...

DARKFLY

Friday, October 5, 2007 4:18 PM

Isn't Chuck just so AWESOME.

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EMBERS

Friday, October 5, 2007 6:54 PM

I seriously love this show, it is my new favorite show on TV...
Best thing: lots of Adam Baldwin doing what he does best (no one else on the planet can be so threatening AND so funny at the same time!)

I hope it is a huge hit.

STOWEAWAY

Friday, October 5, 2007 7:28 PM

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Originally posted by DeeplyKidding:

Stoweaway - I did a quick google search "Adam Baldwin Chuck" and found a few, particularly:
http://www.buddytv.com/articles/chuck/exclusive-interview-chuck-star-1
1355.aspx

I've been so busy lately I've hardly had time to Google anything. Thanks, Kidding. I appreciate the link.

JWHEDONADDICT

Friday, October 5, 2007 7:34 PM

I really enjoyed the second ep. even more than the first, but I think I like REAPER better so far, and I've only seen the second ep.

REAPER is very Joss-like.
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"They talk about me in the chatty rooms?"--Angel

"I'm 1120 years old. Just give me a frigging beer!"--Anya

"All I had to do is want it bad enough...and guess what I want to do now, you prissy son of a bitch?"--Spike

For Joss!

REGINAROADIE

Friday, October 5, 2007 7:56 PM

I really liked CHUCK, and I liked the second ep way more than the first. I like how they're approaching it as a more comedic version of ALIAS, which personally I felt could have used a few more laughs.

The one detail that I appreciated about it is that even though Chuck has all of the govt's secrets in his head, he's not a fighter or have any other abilities. Because the basic plot of the show (normal person gains abilities and has to save people on a regular basis) is similar to both REAPER, JOURNEYMAN and BIONIC WOMAN. And one cliche that happens (BIONIC WOMAN being the most guilty of them all) is that the hero gets the abilities and then they know how to wield them and kick ass. What I like about CHUCK is that he's still a normal joe even after getting all the govt's secrets in his head. Like when he has to land the helicopter, he has to be talked down and has to remember a videogame in order to land successfully. He doesn't know already how to do this superspy stuff yet.

Plus, it funny to see Adam Baldwin as this tough guy working in a place that he is so overqualified at. I love it when he chased down the shoplifter and threatened Chuck with the scanner gun.

As per REAPER, I kind of see it more as a Kevin Smith kind of thing, even though he only directed the pilot. He said when he read it that it reminded him of Shaun of the Dead, and that he'd describe it as one part Clerks, one part Dogma and one part Ghostbusters, with healthy dashes of Twin Peaks and X-Files mixed in.

Which I think is apt. After watching Buffy, I felt that DOGMA is what Buffy would have been like if Joss actually believed in God. Where he would have used real angels instead of some pretty-boy vampire. So now when I see REAPER, I see it as a glimpse into a parallel universe where Kevin Smith created Buffy.

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NCBROWNCOAT

Saturday, October 6, 2007 1:18 AM

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Originally posted by embers:
I seriously love this show, it is my new favorite show on TV...
Best thing: lots of Adam Baldwin doing what he does best (no one else on the planet can be so threatening AND so funny at the same time!)

I hope it is a huge hit.

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I love AB too in this. It looks like the writers took a look at Firefly or AB himself had some input into the character.

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EMBERS

Saturday, October 6, 2007 1:49 AM

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Originally posted by reginaroadie:

The one detail that I appreciated about it is that even though Chuck has all of the govt's secrets in his head, he's not a fighter or have any other abilities. Because the basic plot of the show (normal person gains abilities and has to save people on a regular basis) is similar to both REAPER, JOURNEYMAN and BIONIC WOMAN. And one cliche that happens (BIONIC WOMAN being the most guilty of them all) is that the hero gets the abilities and then they know how to wield them and kick ass.

I was deeply disappointed in Bionic Woman, because I had assumed she would try to maintain her civilian life and separation from the secret government organization for as long as possible, but instead by the end of the second episode she had 'signed on'... and now it feels to me just like an Alias clone (a show I have not use for),

Chuck seems to be much more committed to making the NSA and CIA work at meeting his requirements, letting him remain his own man (or nerd)....
Chuck is definitely my kind of show!