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Dec 17, 2007 17:56:52 GMT -5
Post by HoudiniDerek on Dec 17, 2007 17:56:52 GMT -5
I thought I gave my "review" here earlier, after the DVDs finally arrived via NetFlix, but I guess not. It's either in the wrong thread or I changed my mind about voicing my opinion. I didn't like it, and ended up not watching the last few (unaired?) episodes. I get the whole anti-hero "guy you love to hate" thing, but it helps when the people who's lives he's ruining are just as bad or worse, kinda like the Sopranos. Though I haven't seen Dexter yet, at least the people he targets are not only criminals themselves, but also beat the system... With Profit, I just never got that the Gracen people were any worse than any other corporation. Sure, they were cheaters and alcoholics, etc etc, but Profit is just evil. The voiceovers, and his stepmother didn't help much. I like Pasdar in Heroes, though I can see that. They really aren't worse than any other corporation overall. Maybe that is why the series failed. It's too bad because I thought the show was very well written and could have gone in so many different directions. I also liked that it was somewhat SJC-based with character emotions being at the forefront. You get a lot of this in the last episode of the series. I like Pasdar in HEROES too though.
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Dec 28, 2007 11:34:16 GMT -5
Post by Maxwell - F.B.I. on Dec 28, 2007 11:34:16 GMT -5
For me, Profit is such a gem because of the quality of the writing. It's so top notch, and the actors seem to really eat it up and give their all in their performances. But to each their own. I just wish there were at least a couple seasons (maybe 30-40 episodes) of such an intense show. 8 episodes is just so sad. But then, as tragic as it is, I'm amazed in a way that Arrested Development somehow kept its head above water long enough to deliver us 53 episodes in the end. That should have gone on for 8-9 years at least! (sigh)
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May 1, 2008 20:13:52 GMT -5
Post by Succatash on May 1, 2008 20:13:52 GMT -5
I don't really care for the other ones you mentioned... Is anyone here a Joss Whedon fan? EVERYONE who has sat through the Firefly DVDs LOVES the show. It's a fact of nature. Will HD crush my view of reality?
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May 1, 2008 20:49:46 GMT -5
Post by greenguy on May 1, 2008 20:49:46 GMT -5
I don't really care for the other ones you mentioned... Is anyone here a Joss Whedon fan? EVERYONE who has sat through the Firefly DVDs LOVES the show. It's a fact of nature. Will HD crush my view of reality? I sat through 2 Firefly episodes when it was originally broadcast. Didn't do a thing for me, I found it boring. However, one cannot deny, it has a good following. Very popular show. Maybe I'm just getting old, I also found Heroes to be boring. I gave up after the first 6 episodes. It was like watching grass grow.
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May 1, 2008 22:31:05 GMT -5
Post by HoudiniDerek on May 1, 2008 22:31:05 GMT -5
I like PROFIT, but I was never into FIREFLY. HEROES was hard to get moving the first season because they were developing the characters. Once it got more story-line based, it was much better. You should try watching the whole first season, GG.
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Apr 19, 2009 1:46:03 GMT -5
Post by HoudiniDerek on Apr 19, 2009 1:46:03 GMT -5
I still think that this show could easily be brought back to the networks. If you merely did a two-hour pilot explaining the absence over the past few years, you could start up again mid-season. You could show the first 8 during the fall, have the new two hour pilot, and then show a few episodes to see if it could find its stride again. I would love to see that.
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Aug 25, 2011 19:56:44 GMT -5
Post by HoudiniDerek on Aug 25, 2011 19:56:44 GMT -5
I still think that this show could easily be brought back to the networks. If you merely did a two-hour pilot explaining the absence over the past few years, you could start up again mid-season. You could show the first 8 during the fall, have the new two hour pilot, and then show a few episodes to see if it could find its stride again. I would love to see that. I still think this. Or you could have Profit actually getting his way and working to stave off a new contender. Adrian Pasdar might be too old to be the actual lead character anymore.
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Dec 7, 2011 10:52:46 GMT -5
Post by Maxwell - F.B.I. on Dec 7, 2011 10:52:46 GMT -5
I know I'd watch.
This is still one of the greatest shows I've ever seen.
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Dec 14, 2011 22:46:16 GMT -5
Post by HoudiniDerek on Dec 14, 2011 22:46:16 GMT -5
Agreed. I was thinking of watching it the other day, but my wife is not so sure. We watched something else instead. But I still like the show.
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