> -----Original Message----- > From: Charlie Griefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 2:52 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: So, what new shows are you missing most? > > On Dec 7, 2007 11:29 AM, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Journeyman" has been better than I expected it to me. They've, I > think, > > safely left "Quantum Leap" territory and really seem to be trying > some new > > things. > > I'm loving the hell out of Journeyman. I know a lot of people that > either didn't bother with it ("I saw it when it was Quantum Leap") or > gave up within the first 3 episodes. to be fair, the first 3 episodes > were very slowly paced. I'd have given up on it myself... except my > wife was into it (she's hot for the dude from Rome).
My wife never watched "Rome" and I was glued to it. She get's pissed at me: as I'm watching "Journeyman" I'll yell things like "Lucius Vorenus won't take treatment like that!" Of course I always consider actors in any show as being the sum of their characters. I think that's why I love "Boston Legal" so much... it does that for me. (Did anybody catch the "Communicator" noise when Denny opened his phone on the last episode... I laughed for minutes on end and my wife had no idea what was going on.) > Very glad we stuck with it. After the 3rd ep it really just took off. > Every episode since then has been suspenseful and well written (IMO). > Last week it was "pre-empted" for Life, and I was pretty bummed. Yeah... I much prefer a "slow burn" on show. I know that they can't do it much because of rating pressures, but I think that networks need to start considering the long haul instead of the instant hit. Building a show's audience is harder, yes, but it's more reliable in the long run. > Unfortunately, it's on the verge of being cancelled (I think too many > folks dropped it within those first 3 episodes). Good news is that > NBC has decided to air all existing episodes (at one point there was > the possibility that the final ep might not be aired). Doesn't look > good for a full season order tho, let alone a season 2. Of course it is... I like it. ;^) Like I said - The networks have to suck it up and start working at a loss with some of these shows and build their audiences. I'm glad they're, at least, giving the better ones the chance to "finish" - "Studio 60" for example - but I can't see how such shows wouldn't eventually gather a self-sustaining audience eventually. > I do like Pushing Daisies... but boy they (Chuck and the piemaker) > seem pretty cavalier being around each other. They get pretty close > considering what one touch will do. Freaks me the hell out. Like > when you see your kid standing on top of the monkey bars :) YES! When they're sitting next to each other in the booth or standing next to each other in the kitchen! I know it's a "fairy tale" and I'd bet dollars to doughnuts it's on purpose but even as I'm laughing my ass off on the show I have this vague queasy feeling in the pit of my stomach. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade to ColdFusion 8 and integrate with Adobe Flex http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:247912 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
