New Amsterdam.....
POSTED BY: AURaptor
UPDATED: Tuesday, April 8, 2008 13:21
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a great way to catch up on or start watching a show is Hulu...
I just started NA last week. It was like with Firefly, I could never make that Fox connection... but I watched the first two, and i like it so far...
and keep those spoiler alerts on for a little while longer, thanks
I just looked at hulu and the featured video tonight is Season 2, Episode 1 - When she was bad - BtVS
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I agree with ecgordon and SINGATE that this show has Highlander vibe. I don`t know why I even watched the show. How could New Amsterdam even compare to my beloved Highlander? The premise of the show was lame, he was immortal until he found "the one". I knew that I was going to hate this show. Boy, was I wrong. The main character is very likable,as is the rest of the cast. The detective plots are good and the flashbacks are outstanding. This show has become the only show that I watch faithfully
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Quote:The weekly murder mystery feels perfunctory. The outstanding flashbacks and the dramatic layers of Amsterdam's character is what pulls you in. It gets you thinking, how much can a man grow and change over 400 years? How much knowledge and how many skills can he accumulate? How many different languages and accents can he master? More importantly, how much character, integrity, and compassion can he learn--and are those qualities things that can be learned given enough lifetimes? I can't stop watching.
Originally posted by traveler:
Got to throw twists into it or it will get predictable. But the acting and idea are good. Just need to tweak up the writing.
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Originally posted by canttakesky:
The weekly murder mystery feels perfunctory. The outstanding flashbacks and the dramatic layers of Amsterdam's character is what pulls you in.
I agree - but cop shows sell -
Anyway, I've caught up on this program, (since I can never seem to see it on it's air date) - on HULU.... and I now wait for the inevitable cancelation (the programs i like never make it, and yet American Idol will probably last forever..!!?!! go figure..)
One thing that I noticed in the closing credits - the name of the Story Editor - Speed Weed.. that's just too cool to make up..
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Kristine Sutherland ( Joyce Summers ) shows up on tonight's episode. She plays the wife of a cop who was John Amsterdam's prior partner, but who is now dying.
Been a few yrs since I'd seen her on the small screen. Good to see her, but the part has her lookin' a bit on the ragged side.
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It' getting kind of hard to follow. I was mixed up at the end of the last episode.
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Originally posted by canttakesky:Quote:The weekly murder mystery feels perfunctory. The outstanding flashbacks and the dramatic layers of Amsterdam's character is what pulls you in. It gets you thinking, how much can a man grow and change over 400 years? How much knowledge and how many skills can he accumulate? How many different languages and accents can he master? More importantly, how much character, integrity, and compassion can he learn--and are those qualities things that can be learned given enough lifetimes? I can't stop watching.
Originally posted by traveler:
Got to throw twists into it or it will get predictable. But the acting and idea are good. Just need to tweak up the writing.
I have to agree with this assessment being accurate, and I think it may be a conscious decision on the writers and directors part to make the actual homicide investigation boring, lets face it, if you lived that long wouldnt you get bored too? Its a reflection of how he sees his own life. When your life is measured in centuries, vs. years, daily goings on become less important than the bigger picture. His interest in each case so far has been sparked by something in his past. Almost every episode has been a balance to some percieved inbalance or injustice he thinks he caused, or stood by and allowed to happen.
As for how he gets away with this incredible secret, one of my very favorite books said, "you can scream the worlds secrets in a sea of humanity, no one will believe you. Whisper them and the secrets are no more."
It is very Wonderfalls meets Highlander without the quirky humor.
It makes me miss last years cancelled show, "Raines."
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