Who's getting Burn Notice next Tuesday?
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Saturday, June 28, 2008 15:46
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Burn Notice Rocks! I haven't gotten that excited about a show in a long time.
I was hooked in the first five minutes of the pilot, but waited for it to go downhill. It never did. Really! The weakest episode to me was a solid B, maybe even a B+. Great characters, strong writing, great actors. Defintely doesn't take itself too seriously.
Love the dry voice-overs and the double-O MacGyver momemts, and the way the lead character can assemble most known weapons in his sleep, and matter-of-factly faces murderers/kidnappers/assasins, but squirms when his mom calls his cell :)
I had a blast watching it. My husband too, and we couldn't wait--we'd actually watch it as soon as it aired--no waiting until next week.
I watched it because of Bruce, but he is a secondary character--definitely grew through the series as previously mentioned. Very glad I tuned in, and I will be there with bells on when Season 2 premieres.
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Quote:Curiously, my wife seems to dislike Donovan- she says there's nothing about his character she likes. Maybe I'm reading into him, but he at once cracks me up AND gets my sympathy. He's from a severely dysfunctional family; I can relate to that.
Originally posted by ThereUR:
Great characters, strong writing, great actors.
Burned Chrisisall
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Quote:Nothing I've seen has ever come close to Firefly. But Burn Notice is my new Veronica Mars. I bought it on both iTunes, and then on DVD as well last week. Woohoo!
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Third ep even better...seriously, I haven't had this much fun with a show since Firefly.
I'll tell you another show I am absolutely hooked on: Psych, also on USA.
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Curiously, my wife seems to dislike Donovan- she says there's nothing about his character she likes.
I'm a little surprised to hear that. I thought he was pretty appealing. I really like the combining of the pretty univeral "fish out of water" idea with with the archetype of the cosmopolitan spook--it really works for me. It makes the spook more human as he fumbles through the day to day, with all the fun of seeing the action with the dangerous espionage and combat. With the dry humor layered on top with a great ensemble cast, and blueberry yogurt ;), I'm lovin' it.
Oh, BTW, if anyone is buying through Amazon, try to remember to start your session by clicking on the Amazon button on the FFF.net front page, because I think they get a piece of the action that way.
ThereUR
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Quote:Me too- I guess it's just a chemistry thing- kinda like the way I don't like the star of Farscape...most peeps seem to like him.
Originally posted by ThereUR:
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I'm a little surprised to hear that. I thought he was pretty appealing.
(?)Chrisisall
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Me too- I guess it's just a chemistry thing- kinda like the way I don't like the star of Farscape...most peeps seem to like him
Ummm... [raises hand]
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Quote:Meaning you're with ME...or MOST PEEPS...?
Originally posted by ThereUR:
Ummm... [raises hand]
Confused Chrisisall
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With most peeps I haven't watched Farscape in awhile, but Crichton/Browder floats my boat.
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I just got word that I should get this series tomorrow or Thurs at worst (probably Thurs knowing the UK postal service).
Looking forward to seeing this from what I've read here. Will update you when I get going.
And not to derail the topic but I thought Crichton was the only watchable thing in the pilot of Farscape. I wasn't hooked on the rest and didn't watch any more but I understand why it was so popular, it just didn't do it for me.
"I don't believe in suicide, but if you'd like to try it it might cheer me up to watch."
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I'm rushing through Burn Notice- only 2 eps left unseen. I was tryin' to spread it out- but no such luck.
Some of the spy stuff is outright silly, some of it rings true, but all of it is entertaining, akin to the lighter Bond fare.
I'm a fan.
Scorched Chrisisall
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