I'm somewhat biased because it was shot in my old hometowm. :-) I saw "Mr Brooks" in the theatre, so it has been awhile. I enjoyed it. Enjoyed the anticipated twist at the end. I didn't anticipate how they would get to the ending that I expected. That's always good. And I didn't realize that two actors would be playing the same man. I missed all of the previews, I expect.
I think that it was Costner's best movie since before that water movie and the Postman movie. (And I loved the novel that the Postman was based on, so I can't blame him for that one.) --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > They are showing episodes that have actually aired on showtime. It > basically because they are disparate for programming as a result of the > strike. I imagine they will have to do a significant amount of > editing. I'm going to keep watching on DVD. It should not be edited in > my opinion. What did you think about Mr. Brooks? > > maidmarian_thepoet wrote: > > > > > > Sure--I watch Dexter. Despite the fact that I came to work telling my > > co-workers that Showtime was scraping the bottom of the barrel by making > > a series about a serial killer. It is surprisingly good. I was under > > the impression that it completes this year. That just like many > > British series, it will actually have a definite ending. > > > > I am trying to imagine a sanitized Dexter on network TV. That would be > > a shame. Dexter's crimes have actual moral consequences for himself. I > > would imagine network TV would soften both the crime and its impact on > > the protaganist. (Much as they soften's some of the other Brit dramas > > that they imported to American TV) > > > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > > <mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com>, "Tracey de Morsella (formerly > > Tracey > > L. Minor)" tdlists@ wrote: > > > > > > Any Dexter Fans here. Since I got disgusted with Showtime for > > > continuing to repeatedly abandon its speculative fiction series, I > > never > > > got a chance to check out Dexter. However a two weeks ago, after > > really > > > getting into the movie Mr. Brooks, I decided to check it out. I rented > > > the first four episodes of the first season and I am hooked. Are any > > of > > > you into this show. The strike is forcing CBS, to air it on its main > > > network. > > > > > > By MICHAEL HINMAN > > > Source: TV Week > > > Dec-04-2007 > > > http://www.syfyportal.com/news424509.html > > <http://www.syfyportal.com/news424509.html> > > > Just as the Writers Guild of America strike was about to begin, > > various > > > news outlets -- including SyFy Portal -- talked about how the major > > > broadcast networks may look to their cable properties to help fill out > > > their winter and spring schedules. > > > > > > CBS was the first to publicly admit they are doing just that as they > > are > > > looking at ways of bringing shows like "Dexter" and "Weeds" over in > > > sanitized form from Showtime. > > > > > > CBS is looking to bring the series starring Michael C. Hall as a Miami > > > Police Department investigator who murders bad guys in his spare time. > > > Showtime has had an increase of more than 1 million subscribers in the > > > past year with David Duchovny's new series, "Californication," > > recently > > > picking up a foreign distribution deal worth $800,000 ... per episode. > > > Click here to find out more! > > > > > > Les Moonves, president and chief executive of CBS Corp., teased the > > > possibility of moving Showtime programming to CBS at the 35th Annual > > > Global Media & Communications Conference in New York City, according > > to > > > TV Week. > > > > > > Whether other networks follow suit with their cable channels is more > > of > > > a matter of "when" than "if" it seems, which means reruns of shows > > like > > > "Battlestar Galactica" and "Eureka" could end up on the NBC schedule. > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]