| Re: OT: Raines (Linda Park Alert!) |
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Group: alt.startrek · Group Profile
Author: Elvis GumpElvis Gump Date: Mar 22, 2007 20:24
> I watched the pilot on Thursday night. Jeff Goldbloom is always good
> and really underplayed his part. Linda Park from Enterprise was in a
> couple of scenes. Nicole Sullivan was in a couple of scenes, too, but
> I hoping there is some comedy potential here. Frank Darabont directed
> the show and it was motion picture quality.
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> My overall impression, it was a quality, entertaining, and interesting
> show where the more solid clues he gets about a murder victim, the
> more he gets to know a murder victim and solve the case. However, my
> concern is that it was a very quiet show, no real blood and gore, so I
> question how many people will notice it. Hopefully, it will develop
> an audience.
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> Personally, Tenspeed and Brownshoe seemed to be better, smarter, and
> quicker written.
I caught tonight's episode (3-22) and I liked it in spite of it being
another fucking cop show with another fucking person who talks to more
fucking dead people (who aren't really ghosts, but shifting figments of
his imagination). The story of the murdered illegal was actually
touching in the end.
Nicole Sullivan is more than a bit jarring because of her long stint on
MadTV I keep expecting the thing to lead to some madcap skit when I see
her. I like the boss guy Matt Craven who is one of those guys who I
remember liking but can never remember where I saw him ever and
Madeleine Stowe who I thankfully can't look at without remembering her
naked in practically every movie she ever did. Thank you Madeleine. Of
course she's there in the same tired fucking therapist part that it
seems like every other crime show has since Fucking "Analyze This". I'm
getting tired of therapists, cops and ghosts so all this needs is a
doctor and nurse in an ER for a hat trick or booby prize or whatever
mixed up metaphor.
I think Andy Richter as the detective by accident is probably funnier
(and I hate Andy Richter) but I like "Raines" and seeing Linda makes me
miss "Enterprise" even as bad as it was most of the time.
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