Burn Notice season 2 begins tonight (July 10)!
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UPDATED: Sunday, September 21, 2008 01:55
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Originally posted by embers:
no, I don't see any easy answers or break throughs...
he was raised to be a paranoid loner, and he has a job that reinforces that that is all that works...
it is why he can't connect w/Fiona (well... and also she is violent psychotic and kinda unstable...)
I don't think Michael will ever let down his barriers...
and I don't think his Mom will ever really get past her 'denial' (where she remembers her children's abuse as though it was spending quality time with their Dad!)
I'm pretty much thinking that this show isn't about happy endings.
But we shall see!
Yeah, that one line of Michael's, after Madeline was telling him he should trust people, really stuck with me: "Where would I have learned to do that, Mom?"
(Since I'm one of those who haven't watched broadcast TV for about 10 years (just DVDs of shows I hear a lot about, like Firefly), I only just discovered Burn Notice last week on Hulu.
Instantly became my favorite, and I'm all caught up now.)
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I've gotten a little bit impressed with the technical direction of the show. Recently, there's been some issues and plotlines surrounding a Russian sniper rifle, which I correctly identified from the "x-ray" that Michael took of it as a Dragunov SVD. Turns out that it is indeed a Dragunov. My feeling is it's significant because fewer than 100 of these were legally imported into the U.S., and there whereabouts are known to the ATF - so if you wanted one that wasn't traceable, you'd have to smuggle it in.
It is a very highly-regarded sniper rifle, with accuracy reported at within 1 minute of angle (MOA) at 1000 yards. It's also quite distinctive looking.
I'm currently saving up for its "little brother" - a Romanian clone version called alternatively the Romak III, FPK, PSL, or SSG97, that's still allowed to be imported to the U.S. The Romanian version uses a larger, beefed-up version of the AK47's action mechanism, where the Dragunov used a longer-stroke system and is supposed to be quite smoother to shoot.
I just found it interesting that they were pretty darned accurate about something which is pretty arcane to most viewers, and found it a happy coincidence that they mentioned something I've been researching for myself...
Mike
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Originally posted by Kwicko:
I've gotten a little bit impressed with the technical direction of the show. Recently, there's been some issues and plotlines surrounding a Russian sniper rifle, which I correctly identified from the "x-ray" that Michael took of it as a Dragunov SVD.
http://www.dragunov.net/
I've been really impressed with all the insider info in the voiceovers since the beginning, wishing they'd put it all in a How-to book, sorta like the "Worst Case Scenario" books.
Turns out, they're gonna be putting out a series of novelizations...
'Burn Notice': The Novel - Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/features/books/la-ca-tie-ins24-2008aug24,0,1463
672.story
The first one came out August 5th...
Amazon.com: Burn Notice: The Fix (Obsidian): Tod Goldberg: Books
http://www.amazon.com/Burn-Notice-Obsidian-Tod-Goldberg/dp/0451225546
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Yup, dragunov.net is what I refer to as "gun porn" - I have no reason being there, but I can't stop looking and drooling!
The voiceover "instructions" have impressed me, but I never really knew for the most part whether they were BS or not. And I'd love to see them in a handy-dandy little Worst-Case Scenario handbook.
Thanks for the heads-up on the novels. I may have to check 'em out.
Mike
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One thing I really detest about the show - and pretty much ALL TV shows that use it - is the way they depict tailing and surveillance, having them follow about 20 feet behind the car they're trailing, and parking right out front of the building they're surveilling.
That one bugs me to no end, but only because they seem to get other details so right.
Then I tell myself that it's a FUN show, not a Frederick Forsyth book, and I can pretty much let it go...
:)
Mike
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Yeah, and there was that one episode with the kidnapping ring, where Sam's peeking in the window of the kidnapper's hideout in broad daylight... wearing a bright red shirt!
I'd always have to shake my head when watching magnum, p.i., as he was tailing somebody in his bright red Ferrari.
They made a joke out of it in the Starsky & Hutch movie, cuz they're taking pictures of the Vince Vaughn character from the trademark candy apple red Torino, and Vince Vaughn's looking right at 'em with a curious look! 
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Shit...I haven't been watching this for awhile. Watched the first one or three eps but then my interest waned, probably because I was only half-watching while doing other things. So, I'll probably watch it again from the beginning 'til the finale so I can really take it all in.
I saw the preview for that one ep where Michael's using an inhaler--that made me laugh so hard, that's brilliant. So, I can't wait 'til I get to that ep ^_^
--Faith
"I can't get it right...get it right...since I met you."
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Originally posted by FaithLovesPurple:
I saw the preview for that one ep where Michael's using an inhaler--that made me laugh so hard, that's brilliant.
This was the most recent episode. He posed as a twitchy lab geek. One of the few times I can remember when Michael provided a major portion of the comic relief.
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Yes, the inhaler was a nice touch.
I also like the Old Spice guy.
I bet CIA recruitments are way up.
"If you have it you don't need it. If you need it, you don't have it. If you have it, you need more of it. If you have more of it, you don't need less of it. You need it to get it. And you certainly need it to get more of it. But if you don't already have any of it to begin with, you can't get any of it to get started, which means you really have no idea how to get it in the first place, do you? You can share it, sure, you can even stockpile it if you like. But you can't fake it. Wanting it, needing it, wishing for it. The point is, if you never had any of it, ever, people just seem to know."
-Bruce Cambell, Old Spice
Firefly Music Video: Tangerine dream - Confrontation, Thief soundtrack
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All I gotta say is...I'm really glad they play Burn Notice marathons occasionally so I could catch up :)
So, who saw the season finale?
Man, I *hate* how they always do those stupid cliffhangers! The commercials kept saying that he'll finally find all the info. he needs, but that was such a lie.
And I knew it would be like that because when there was like 10 min. left, I knew they couldn't wrap it up in time so I was just waiting for it to get to the "arrg, I can't wait for next season!" thing. Well, they sure know how to make a person want to see the next season :p
--Faith
"I can't get it right...get it right...since I met you."
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