this show was okay, but it's not going to be very high on my
priority list.
i would be surprised if it lasted a full season.
didn't you just say that about reaper and the sarah connor chronicles?
;)
Jedit
Posted at 23/07/2007, 16:48
Quote by branch
i'm sure this is going to be really good.
sadly, you are mistaken. it's repulsively cloying and twee.
touchmymully
Posted at 23/07/2007, 18:32
Quote by branch
yay!!!!!!!
thank you!
this show is by bryan fuller, who also did wonderfalls and dead like me. so
i'm sure this is going to be really good.
and lee pace couldn't be more adorable...
i agree, brian fuller has yet to let down, everything he creates is brilliant!
but it scares me as well, not enough people appreciate his shows while they're
on the air. i'm expecting to get tied into another great show that will
ultimately get cancelled. wonderfalls only aired 4 eps before it got
cancelled, and then the fans rallied like they did for jericho last season,
but they didn't get through to the network. they got through to brian and the
cast, so they got together and finished the rest of the eps for the dvd set.
wit dead like me, it made it to a second season, and then got cancelled, but
that was at showtime, before they became the tv series pimps that they are now.
(dexter, weeds, brotherhood, meadowlands, californication). brian fuller
should be credited as showtimes first best series.
jas
ps, i can't wait to watch pushing daisies.
LBT
Posted at 23/07/2007, 20:11
i don't care much for the "detective with a gift" aspect of it, but the set
design, wardrobe, lighting, narration, and music made it difficult to turn away.
it's some sort of beetlejuice set in a quaint pleasantville, told like mouse
hunt. and amelie is somewhere in the mix, too. i can't get enough of this style.
touchmymully
Posted at 23/07/2007, 20:13
i just finished watching and i thought it was brilliant. brian fuller has
done it again.
why do all of the main female characters in his shows always have boy's names
(george/dead like me - jaye/wonderfalls - chuck/pushing daisies)?
get into this one, you will not be let down!
jas
thehun
Posted at 23/07/2007, 21:02
keep the comments coming whatever you like/dislike it's all about the viewers
and you need to realize that right freakin now.........input is the best way you
can participate. you guys determine what we watch on tv now and may not realize
that yet but it's the truth... so without your input everything is wasted......
kurai
Posted at 23/07/2007, 21:28
i see what lbt meant by referring to amelie - i really enjoyed this.
i love fuller's quirky way of going at a story (dead like me & wonderfalls)
but it seems the majority viewing public (and tv execs) don't agree with me
i *really* hope this gets a pickup/full season, but i have a nagging suspicion
that it will be too off-beat for a mainstream channel like abc.
cyber857
Posted at 23/07/2007, 21:43
if this is anything like dead like me, and hopful yit will flow in the same way,
this will be a quick favorite, unfortunetly no one watching it has a nelson box
attached to their tv so the tv execs wont know it, unless you email.
if you enjoy shows email the bank rollers, let them know, you watch it, dont let
what happened to firefly happen again, but for god sakes wait to email them
until after there is a public showing of the show. ^^
kindred1
Posted at 23/07/2007, 22:46
thanks eztv!
i enjoyed it and will check it out this fall.
it reminded me of tim burton's beetlejuice, slightly twisted yet quirky.
touchmymully
Posted at 23/07/2007, 23:39
let's also not forget to mention that it's directed by barry sonenfeld, here's
his resume:
space chimps (2008) ... producer
pushing daisies (2007) ... executive producer ; pilot director
enchanted (2007) ... producer
rv (2006) ... director ; irv (photo only)
big trouble (2002) ... confused sports radio call in voice ; director ;
producer
men in black ii (2002) ... neuralyzed father ; director
the crew (2000) ... producer
wild wild west (1999) ... director ; producer
out of sight (1998) ... executive producer
men in black (1997) ... director
get shorty (1995) ... doorman ; director ; executive producer
for love or money (1993) ... director
addams family values (1993) ... mr. glicker ; director
the addams family (1991) ... director
miller's crossing (1990) ... cinematography
misery (1990) ... cinematography
when harry met sally... ... (1989) ... cinematography
big (1988) ... cinematography
raising arizona (1987) ... cinematography
throw momma from the train (1987) ... cinematography
three o'clock high (1987) ... cinematography
compromising positions (1985) ... cinematography
blood simple (1984) ... cinematography
it seems as if the networks are starting to see that they just cannot compete
with cable tv series, thus pulling in some of the bigger and biggest names in
hollywood to create their programming (even if their shows end up getting
scrapped; example: black donnellys - paul haggis)
they need programming that really takes television "out of the box"
and this is very true with pushing daisies. abc is still very much on top,
sharing the hill with fox. this show seems right up their alley. something
quite different.
jas
whosthat
Posted at 24/07/2007, 00:42
this show is amazing one of the best pilots so far cant wait for the rest of the
season
karakana
Posted at 24/07/2007, 00:55
it's certainly not "lost" as i read on wikipedia, but it's amazing. more more more!
