Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Rubicon -- Well worth your time

2010-10-29 Thread PGage
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 2:59 PM, PGage wrote: > > The problem is not really the pace in terms of not having shoot-outs or > explosions or car chases. The problem is in the pace of the storytelling. > The damn thing moves so slowly that it is actually hard to keep track of the > key elements of the

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Rubicon -- Well worth your time

2010-09-23 Thread PGage
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 6:23 AM, Tim Northrup wrote: > An early review of the show compared it to the movie "Three Days of > the Condor", and I think that's a fair comparison (I loved that movie > as well). > Just checked in on last Sunday's episode; I see the producers decided to explicitly com

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Rubicon -- Well worth your time

2010-09-15 Thread PGage
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 6:23 AM, Tim Northrup wrote: > > > The Mrs. and I have also been enjoying this. While some here seem to > find the sometimes glacial pace annoying, I do not. I find the pacing > more "realistic" if you will, when compared to something like :24 > where everything is BIG and

[TV orNotTV] Re: Rubicon -- Well worth your time

2010-09-15 Thread Mark J.
On Sep 15, 10:35 am, David Risner wrote: > My wife & I are really enjoying The Big C.  I think that the homeless on > purpose brother thing is getting a bit old already, but we both like the job > Laura Linney is doing.  We really enjoy the interactions between Laura > Linney's character and her

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Rubicon -- Well worth your time

2010-09-15 Thread David Risner
> From: "Jon Delfin" > To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 8:44:31 AM > Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Rubicon -- Well worth your time > > On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 9:23 AM, Tim Northrup > wrote: > > On Sep 14, 8:51 am, Ron C

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Rubicon -- Well worth your time

2010-09-15 Thread Gil Templeton
I, too, thought Redford and Dunaway made a steamy, mysterious, engaging couple... - Original Message - From: "Jon Delfin" To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 8:44:31 AM Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Rubicon -- Well worth your time On W

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Rubicon -- Well worth your time

2010-09-15 Thread Jon Delfin
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 9:23 AM, Tim Northrup wrote: > On Sep 14, 8:51 am, Ron Casalotti wrote: >> Now caught up, I have to comment at how much I am enjoying the show, >> how great the plot (and therefore the writing) is and how impressed I >> am by the cast and their performances. > > The Mrs. a

[TV orNotTV] Re: Rubicon -- Well worth your time

2010-09-15 Thread Tim Northrup
On Sep 14, 8:51 am, Ron Casalotti wrote: > Now caught up, I have to comment at how much I am enjoying the show, > how great the plot (and therefore the writing) is and how impressed I > am by the cast and their performances. The Mrs. and I have also been enjoying this. While some here seem to fin

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Rubicon -- Well worth your time

2010-09-14 Thread Kevin M.
On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 9:56 PM, Dave Sikula wrote: > Speaking of shows that seem like they ought to be good, but really > aren't, did anyone else bail on "The Big C?" I like most of the > actors, but the show just lays there waiting to be congratulated for > trying to be daring or groundbreaking.

[TV orNotTV] Re: Rubicon -- Well worth your time

2010-09-14 Thread Dave Sikula
Speaking of shows that seem like they ought to be good, but really aren't, did anyone else bail on "The Big C?" I like most of the actors, but the show just lays there waiting to be congratulated for trying to be daring or groundbreaking. --Dave Sikula On Sep 14, 9:21 pm, PGage wrote: > On Tue,