Who's getting Burn Notice next Tuesday?
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Saturday, June 28, 2008 15:46
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I liked Burn Notice. Watched every episode. It certainly has an element of "cheesyness", but it is a fun show. Definitely good for a summer series. But in the last year, there have been so many good new shows (Chuck, Reaper, Damages, Journeyman, Breaking Bad, New Amsterdam, Sarah Connor Chronicles, Life, Dirty Sexy Money) that I liked in the last year.
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
I'm hoping for a kind of cross between Miami Vice & Man From Uncle here, but I'm open to a pleasant surprise, if it should be.
I'd say it's more like a cross between Spenser for Hire and MacGyver. Without spoiling anything...Michael Westin by and large spends time solving fairly small problems in each episode while gaining clues about his "burn" along the way. He is essentially the straight man in the series while his mother and partners in crime provide the comedy. Although I like the series I can't see shelling out $35 for only 13 episodes.
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Quote:Both shows I liked.
Originally posted by singate:
I'd say it's more like a cross between Spenser for Hire and MacGyver.
Quote:With tax, that's about $3 an ep...I guess they know we'll pay for quality...$20 would be a fairer price IMO.
Although I like the series I can't see shelling out $35 for only 13 episodes.
Miami Chrisisall
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
With tax, that's about $3 an ep...I guess they know we'll pay for quality...$20 would be a fairer price IMO.
It will be joining the list of shows I don't own due to pricing:
Farscape
Battlestar Galactica(new series)
Doctor Who(newest series)
Torchwood
Eureka
The Invisible Man
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Originally posted by chrisisall:Quote:Better than Miami Vice was?
Originally posted by MacBaker:
Any series with Bruce Campbell, spys, and hot babes, is on my list of must haves. Burn Notice is the best summer series on TV.
Curious Chrisisall
Miami Vice wasn't a "Summer Series". Summer series didn't even exist back then. Summer series tend to run about 12 to 13 episodes, which I think is actually a good thing, because the writing tends to be more consistent, and there tends to be few if any "filler" episodes.
The Closer used to be a favorite summer series, but it got too predictable. A shame, but series like "Burn Notice" and "In Plain Sight" have proven that summer series can work (IMHO).
I think shorter seasons tend to bring up the quality of a series. Battlestar's best season was the first season (the only short one), and Doctor Who and Torchwood have had consistently good and varied stores because of their short seasons.
I'd given some thought to movin' off the edge -- not an ideal location -- thinkin' a place in the middle.
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Quote:Rescue Me is good for that reason.
Originally posted by MacBaker:
Summer series tend to run about 12 to 13 episodes, which I think is actually a good thing, because the writing tends to be more consistent, and there tends to be few if any "filler" episodes.
Gimmequalityisall
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Burn Notice is great, the humor is certainly a cut above most of the drivel one finds on tv these days. And yes, the character of Fiona is great, as all ex-revolutionary, carbombing, gun-running, Irish, quasi-ex-girlfriends should be.
I'm eagerly awaiting the second season.
And Torchwood, Eureka, and of course, Doctor Who are some of my faves as well, though I'd put down the consistency in Torchwood and Doctor Who to the excellence of the Beeb's writing staffs and not to the shortness of their seasons.
"I'm not going to say Serenity is the greatest SciFi movie ever; oh wait yes I am." - Orson Scott Card
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Quote:Where does Burn Notice place in that bunch, BrowncoatSandinista?
Originally posted by BrowncoatSandinista:
And Torchwood, Eureka, and of course, Doctor Who are some of my faves as well
Curiousisall
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As far as I'm concerned, Burn Notice is a must-have. I love the characters and the plots were great. There's just a "style" to the show that is rare. It very quickly became a yardstick by which my wife and I measured other shows.
For example, we started watching Psych and enjoyed it, but both of us found ourselves saying, "its no Burn Notice though..."
- Leto_V
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seriously are certainly coming to
a middle." - Mal
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Quote:That's good...I have to get it cause Bruce Campbell's in it- good to hear it's ALSO a fine show...
Originally posted by LetoV:
For example, we started watching Psych and enjoyed it, but both of us found ourselves saying, "its no Burn Notice though..."
Bruceisall
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