tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post115866451028979079..comments2024-03-28T18:01:28.997-04:00Comments on What's Alan Watching?: So this thief walks into a bar...Alan Sepinwallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1158722900323820612006-09-19T23:28:00.000-04:002006-09-19T23:28:00.000-04:00While I share your choices for favorite scenes, I ...While I share your choices for favorite scenes, I don't agree with your assessment of the show as a whole. I loved the deliberate pacing. When the heist started to go wrong, it <I>really</I> went wrong, and the tension was heightened because everything preceeding that had been so calm and minimalistic. <BR/><BR/>I loved the dialogue, or lack thereof. All of the relationships were illustrated perfectly in a few simple sentences, or a brief look between two characters. Instead of having the characters drop clunkers about the theft being perfect and nothing going wrong, the team just laid out the plan, carried out the job, and reacted as was necessary.<BR/><BR/>The only guy I wasn't interested in was the transport man, Joe. He's not developed enough for me. Well, none of them are that fleshed out after one episode, but he doesn't have enough of a personality.<BR/><BR/>I was surprised that the show didn't shy away from the fact that these guys are criminals. All of them exhibited the level of professional brutality necessary for that kind of work, and it was refreshing to see something less sugar-coated.<BR/><BR/>Hope's backstory got my attention. She's not the typical "conscience of the criminal" I expected her to be. And I loved that piano scene.<BR/><BR/>This is my favorite of the new pilots so far, and one I'll stick with for a while.velvetcannibalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14649039454592018539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1158679204418776182006-09-19T11:20:00.000-04:002006-09-19T11:20:00.000-04:00D'oh! Obviously, the first one should be "Heist." ...D'oh! Obviously, the first one should be "Heist." <BR/><BR/>I blame them for using such generic titles -- not that "Smith" is a whole lot more distinctive.Alan Sepinwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1158671233408393012006-09-19T09:07:00.000-04:002006-09-19T09:07:00.000-04:00Oops. Confusing typo."Thief" went the lightweight...Oops. Confusing typo.<BR/><BR/>"Thief" went the lightweight "Ocean's 11" route and tried to have fun with the mechanics of the heist, the quirks of the criminals, and so on. "Thief" went all Michael Mann on us: brooding, visually stylish, and focused more on the crooks' psyches than the science of how to crack a safe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com