tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post3672068611819474036..comments2024-03-28T18:01:28.997-04:00Comments on What's Alan Watching?: Pilot Watch: ABC, Part 1Alan Sepinwallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-73331364969547789362007-06-14T16:34:00.000-04:002007-06-14T16:34:00.000-04:00Alan, how does "Carpoolers" compare with "The O...Alan,<BR/> how does "Carpoolers" compare with "The Office"? Any similarities?<BR/> Also, I don't know if anybody is still reading the Sopranos threads, so I'll say this: I think the ending is meant as an out for people who don't want to believe Tony is dead, but he is. I'll have to re-watch it for clues, but I had an epiphany about the song, "Don't Stop Believin'". The song, in this context, is about denial. Tony's denial and ours about him being a regular family guy, about there being any seperation there. Also, the fans who love Tony can remain in denial that he was whacked, but indeed, he was.<BR/> As an aside, my next-door neighbor when I was a kid had been shot point-blank in the head and survived, minus an eye, and his senses of smell and taste. He said it's true, he never heard the shot or even felt it.Homertojeebushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14716825626940216299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-27193742051734588842007-06-14T13:19:00.000-04:002007-06-14T13:19:00.000-04:00I had the exact opposite reaction to Goss's man ch...I had the exact opposite reaction to Goss's man child son on Carpoolers. He ruined the show for me. Every time he came on the screen I wanted to run away, hit mute, or claw out my eyeballs, I just couldn't decide what to do first. I also hated Napoleon Dynamite, and he reminded me of Jon Heder, so this might have something to do with my apprehension towards the character.<BR/><BR/>I really enjoyed Sam I Am. I found myself laughing out loud and I responded to Sam's character immediately. I think this is one ABC comedy that can actually work, but I'm concerned about the scheduling. Isn't it sandwiched between two reality shows on a Monday? That seems strange.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-59167853470821888002007-06-14T12:15:00.000-04:002007-06-14T12:15:00.000-04:00Am I crazy, or is ABC taking a risky approach with...Am I crazy, or is ABC taking a risky approach with Cavemen? The commercials just dealt with cavemen being perceived as primative. In the show, they very clearly substitute cavemen as African Americans. While this broadens the concept a bit, I felt it got a little offensive at times, ie the "'magger" jokes scene. Also, it seems to be taking a look at the racism of twenty years ago rather than today. I'm not sure how relevent that is.<BR/><BR/>I truly hope Pushing Daisies makes it. I originally wrote it off as being far too quirky, but that central tragic romance is so compelling, I could see that attracting a broader audience. I've watched it four times now while showing it to different people, and it just gets better with each viewing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-16276599867073319102007-06-14T11:35:00.000-04:002007-06-14T11:35:00.000-04:00Two questions:1. It's been all-but-confirmed that...Two questions:<BR/><BR/>1. It's been all-but-confirmed that Adam Brody turned down the Lee Pace part in Pushing Daisies. Would the show have worked with him and would its prospects for longevity be better?<BR/>2. The presence of recent Tony winner Julie White could make Cavemen tolerable. What's her part?Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00295270766215749309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-57802884228635310792007-06-14T04:07:00.000-04:002007-06-14T04:07:00.000-04:00The upside of every. single. show. on TV. coming b...The upside of <I>every. single. show. on TV.</I> coming back midseason is that it'll be easy to sample almost all of the new shows.<BR/><BR/>Except the ABC ones (excluding "Daisies," of course) because you know, I really have a high tolerance is soaps, but enough is enough.dark tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13461345493748899275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-410525249493677302007-06-14T03:53:00.000-04:002007-06-14T03:53:00.000-04:00Fox = "American Idol comes back in January!"Fox = "American Idol comes back in January!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-20142459549821444322007-06-14T02:57:00.000-04:002007-06-14T02:57:00.000-04:00On paper, Sam I Am sounds a lot like My Name Is Ea...On paper, <I>Sam I Am</I> sounds a lot like <I>My Name Is Earl</I> -- a medical emergency causes a bad person to reassess his/her life and become a good person, blah blah. In fact, the lack of true originality (with a few exceptions) is what bothers me most about ABC's pilots. We have several themes and variations on <I>Sex and the City</I>-ish "four friends lead melodramatic lives", and the overall vibe feels like ABC's building an entire schedule around a <I>Grey's</I> audience. I'm sure that this is an oversimplification, but at least <I>Pushing Daisies</I> sounds truly original.<BR/><BR/>For that matter, the fall schedule has each network appearing to brand itself according to genre: ABC=Grey's, NBC=Heroes, CBS=CSI. And Fox? Who knows? I'm not sure they do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-15617264103194987612007-06-14T02:11:00.000-04:002007-06-14T02:11:00.000-04:00"Carpoolers" Sounds a lot like this Australian sh..."Carpoolers" Sounds a lot like this Australian show from the 90's that was just great (for the life of me I can't remember the name of it or any of the cast members names though), in that show they were on a train though. If it is at all like the show I am thinking about then this show will be must see TV.<BR/><BR/>P.S. I really love this blog, it gives a good idea of what to look out for as I don't get to see any of the adverts here in Aus. So Thanks.Krystlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12703354921961497542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-10058404222501293672007-06-14T01:06:00.000-04:002007-06-14T01:06:00.000-04:00I've been looking forward to Pushing Daisies becau...I've been looking forward to <I>Pushing Daisies</I> because I did like <I>Wonderfalls</I>, but I hope it sustains its premise better. As enjoyable as I found the concept of <I>Wonderfalls</I>, it seemed like the episodes got darker as it went on and lost some of the fun of the earliest stories. (I wonder if that odd turn is why Fox really yanked it so fast; those shows didn't turn up until the DVD set.)<BR/><BR/>The main reason I enjoyed it at all--and part of why I look forward to this--is because Fuller seems to have tapped into the same vein as Thorne Smith, who's all but forgotten now but wrote the original novels that the <I>Topper</I> films and series were based on, as well as <I>Turnabout</I>, the original body-switching comedy, and other supernaturally-tinged farces. A lot of writers have tried, but Fuller's one of the few who gets the balance right for the most part.<BR/><BR/>BTW, great job on the 15 Minutes, even with Olbermann goofing off. And in a week of wall-to-wall Sepinwall, imagine my surprise to be catching up on issues of Astro City only to come across your letter. Very cool. (And a good question, too.)David J. Loehrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03730376433424754068noreply@blogger.com