tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post894016520329163176..comments2024-03-28T18:01:28.997-04:00Comments on What's Alan Watching?: Sepinwall on TV: An experiment that's part comedy, part tragedyAlan Sepinwallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-20249223533375611582008-01-18T21:14:00.000-05:002008-01-18T21:14:00.000-05:00Well, it's not like we're dealing with 22 episodes...Well, it's not like we're dealing with 22 episodes a season. I think there are only 7 in this first season (in part because of the writers strike), and the first three cover a span of only a few days. Terminal cancer doesn't mean you're gonna die tomorrow. I could see them doing four or five seasons that cover a year total.Alan Sepinwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-36820905201346055272008-01-18T21:07:00.000-05:002008-01-18T21:07:00.000-05:00Alan, any idea what they'll do if the series is a ...Alan, any idea what they'll do if the series is a hit? How long do they think he can live with a terminal cancer diagnosis before it starts becoming implausible? Seems like a great idea for a short series, but not something easily sustainable for 4 seasons.afogliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02820361829972093800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-56427498342259868822008-01-18T16:36:00.000-05:002008-01-18T16:36:00.000-05:00Gilligan was the guy who wrote that episode Cranst...Gilligan was the guy who wrote that episode Cranston was in. Cranston obviously made an impression. Anyway, after "Sunshine Days" I was certain we'd never hear from Gilligan again...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-61703297179440739522008-01-18T12:39:00.000-05:002008-01-18T12:39:00.000-05:00Scripted television in the middle of a drought by ...Scripted television in the middle of a drought by the network that brought me Mad Men? I'm in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-60739996597210541462008-01-18T11:32:00.000-05:002008-01-18T11:32:00.000-05:00Alan, are you planning on blogging on the episodes...<I>Alan, are you planning on blogging on the episodes, at least the first few?</I><BR/><BR/>Definitely. I've seen three, and probably need to see a few more beyond that before I decide if I like it, so might as well blog it a bit.Alan Sepinwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-46065080946300005312008-01-18T11:28:00.000-05:002008-01-18T11:28:00.000-05:00I've been looking forward to this since the first ...I've been looking forward to this since the first time AMC pimped it near the end of <I>Mad Men</I>'s first season. My love for Bryan Cranston knows no bounds.<BR/><BR/>Alan, are you planning on blogging on the episodes, at least the first few?R.A. Porterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14851961356321735388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-14384335383661172772008-01-18T11:15:00.000-05:002008-01-18T11:15:00.000-05:00Flashback to Malcolm's mom going away for a week a...Flashback to Malcolm's mom going away for a week and his dad losing his mind and dancing around in his underwear. Bryan Cranston can definitely play crazy. He was also great in that one X-Files where the guy thought he had to keep driving or his head would explode or something.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-72737100916867502562008-01-18T09:43:00.000-05:002008-01-18T09:43:00.000-05:00Alan, concerning this line from your review: This ...Alan, concerning this line from your review: <I>This is a man half-dead already, and if the cancer diagnosis has doomed him and led him down a reckless path, at least it's woken him up.</I><BR/><BR/>You might be interested in Peter Carey's novel <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/Bliss-Peter-Carey/dp/0679767193/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200666927&sr=8-2" REL="nofollow">Bliss</A> (amazon.com): "Peter Carey's hero is a happy innocent; he remembers his childhood as a Vision Splendid, indulges his wife and children, and is universally regarded as a Good Bloke. Then he dies - only for nine minutes, it's a heart attack - and wakes up in Hell. His wife is unfaithful, his partner's a rat, his son pushes drugs, his daughter sells herself, his advertising company promotes products that cause cancer."<BR/><BR/>Also an excellent <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bliss_%281985_film%29" REL="nofollow">movie</A>, though I haven't seen it in 20 years and have no idea if it's available in North America.billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16116980864333670109noreply@blogger.com