So Who Watched Chuck? & What;'s Your View?
POSTED BY: Darkfly
UPDATED: Sunday, October 14, 2007 17:05
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Originally posted by zzetta13:]
zzetta13:
your signature is so large that it messes up the layout of every thread you post to...
if you could reduce it a little bit then it would help your fellow Browncoats read posts within threads.
(but I do love all things celebrating Wash!)
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Originally posted by reginaroadie:
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.
I agree with that statement, but I always thought Marshall was funny, and that scene in Season 5 with Jack and the crib? Priceless!!!
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Originally posted by reginaroadie:
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.
What I meant about it being Joss-like was more the humor, the style of the show, and that the lead character reminds me of Xander, being recruited by a cross between Quentin Travers and Giles (but looking like Leland Palmer!). The show reminding me of Joss's work had nothing to do with the religious aspects...it's the overall package.
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Joss is like a present, he's like a gift as far as I'm concerned.--Ron Glass
"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
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True. One of my all time favorite episodes was when Marshall had to dig up Sydney and then take over her mission. That was priceless. Favorite Jack Bristow moment was the "fortune cookie' crack.
But you have to admit that the humor on the show was more of an afterthought, rather than a driving force.
I read somewhere that with the two agents that are tailing Chuck, it's basically Sydney Bristow and Jack Bauer together. And that is so true, if you think about it. Imagine Keifer Sutherland in the Casey role and you have the exact same dynamic.
I always thought Keifer would be a great straight man in like an action comedy. He's always funny whenever he does a talk show, so I think he could get some great laughs.
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Originally posted by embers:
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'
I didn't enjoy the second ep of Bionic Woman as much as the first. I liked the first, but didn't love it. I had hopes for it, but in the end I agree it's starting to feel like an Alias clone (I was a fan of that show, though), especially because I did read the new TV Guide w/Michelle Ryan on the cover and the article inside implies that Jaime will be continuing to be going back and forth with her loyalties to the organization after all throughout the season. It's a little sad to me that I'm not loving the show, because I actually think Michelle Ryan is good in this role...good enough that I really want to like it so I'll give it a few more eps before I make a final decision. The rest of the cast I could take or leave.
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Joss is like a present, he's like a gift as far as I'm concerned.--Ron Glass
"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
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The main reason I'm sticking behind it is because so many people from BATTLESTAR GALACTICA are involved with it both in front of and behind the camera. So maybe it'll improve. Not all show can hit the ground running. Sometimes they have to work their way up.
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"And it starts with a sentence that might last a lifetime, or it all might just go down in flames. If I let you know me, then why would you want me? Each day I don't is a shame. Each day I don't is a great shame."
Loudon Wainwright III - "Strange Weirdos" off the "Knocked Up" soundtrack
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Originally posted by reginaroadie:
True. One of my all time favorite episodes was when Marshall had to dig up Sydney and then take over her mission. That was priceless. Favorite Jack Bristow moment was the "fortune cookie' crack.
But you have to admit that the humor on the show was more of an afterthought, rather than a driving force.
I read somewhere that with the two agents that are tailing Chuck, it's basically Sydney Bristow and Jack Bauer together. And that is so true, if you think about it. Imagine Keifer Sutherland in the Casey role and you have the exact same dynamic.
I always thought Keifer would be a great straight man in like an action comedy. He's always funny whenever he does a talk show, so I think he could get some great laughs.
The spork? Loved it! But what about Marshall going on the mission w/Syd and his fake British accent? And Jack saying 'thong'? Or when Vaughn was getting ready to tell Jack he was going to propose to Syd?
I don't think the humor of Alias was an afterthought so much as comic relief. Not the driving force, but just as necessary sometimes. Reminded me that the characters were human after all.
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Joss is like a present, he's like a gift as far as I'm concerned.--Ron Glass
"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
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Regarding Bionic Woman: I had seen the pilot at Comic Con in San Diego, and I had been really excited about it....
but they made some changes in the pilot before airing the show on TV:
they got rid of the really interesting, intense, and angry deaf sister... who was an amazing actress and created a really strong sisterly connection w/Jamie Sommers
and they replaced her with the cuter, less intense, weaker actress who doesn't seem to create any sisterly feeling or chemistry w/Michelle Ryan's character.
I felt it is was like they cut the heart out of the show, literally.
It certainly changed my feeling about the pilot, and then when added with this second episode (which seriously turned me off) I'm now feeling very luke warm about the show.
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Originally posted by embers:
Regarding Bionic Woman: I had seen the pilot at Comic Con in San Diego, and I had been really excited about it....
but they made some changes in the pilot before airing the show on TV:
they got rid of the really interesting, intense, and angry deaf sister... who was an amazing actress and created a really strong sisterly connection w/Jamie Sommers
and they replaced her with the cuter, less intense, weaker actress who doesn't seem to create any sisterly feeling or chemistry w/Michelle Ryan's character.
I felt it is was like they cut the heart out of the show, literally.
It certainly changed my feeling about the pilot, and then when added with this second episode (which seriously turned me off) I'm now feeling very luke warm about the show.
It said in that TV Guide that she was a last minute replacement for Mae Whitman, but it didn't specify why that was. When I read that, I thought about the character being a computer hacker, and how Mae Whitman looks like (forgetting her name at the moment) Mac from Veronica Mars, and I got a little happy 'cuz in my weird little brain I was thinking they were re-creating Mac a little bit...which thrilled me. But I didn't know about the deaf thing.
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Joss is like a present, he's like a gift as far as I'm concerned.--Ron Glass
"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
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Ahem, speaking of Chuck...
Originally I didn't have any interest in Chuck because I didn't know Adam Baldwin was in it (what are they thinking not having him in the advertisements?!). I caught a rerun of the first episode by accident and I'm hooked. You haven't lived until you've seen AB run down a shoplifter! The "creepy guy upstairs" thing is also new & amusing. I think the show is getting better.
Not too into the Bionic Woman. Only the evil chick from Battlestar Galactica seems interesting to me. Jamie's a big whiner with a whiner sister. But it's a good cast, so there's potential. I think I'll wait and see if it catches on...
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