Not based on the pilot.
The pilot isn't very good or it doesn't follow the books?
Anya Christina Emmanuella Jenkins. Twenty years old. Born on the fourth of July — and don't think there weren't jokes about that my whole life, mister, 'cause there were. 'Who's our little patriot?' they'd say, when I was younger and therefore smaller and shorter than I am now.
Anya ,'Potential'
Buffy and Angel 1: BUFFYNANGLE4EVA!!!!!1!
Is it better the second time around? Or the third? Or tenth? This is the place to come when you have a burning desire to talk about an old episode that was just re-run.
joe boucher - Aug 10, 2005 10:25:39 am PDT #1788 of 10464
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 10, 2005 10:37:37 am PDT #1789 of 10464
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I've heard it stinks worse than circa 1995 rat-eating Angel must have.
Topic!Cindy - Aug 10, 2005 10:39:55 am PDT #1790 of 10464
What is even happening?
I've heard it stinks worse than circa 1995 rat-eating Angel must have.Well, I'm glad for David. It looks like he'll have a huge, long running hit series on FOX, then.
ChiKat - Aug 10, 2005 10:58:12 am PDT #1791 of 10464
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Well, that's a shame. The books are pretty decent. Not great, but entertaining. Reichs does go on at length on some of the forensics/science stuff that I tend to skim, but the character development is good and Temperance is a likeable, smart lead.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 10, 2005 11:00:18 am PDT #1792 of 10464
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
In the previews, DB is looking and sounding mighty smarmy.
§ ita § - Aug 10, 2005 11:01:12 am PDT #1793 of 10464
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It made me realise how much I was taking for granted with The Inside. I mean, we have a woman who has difficulty relating to others, who's had a huge trauma as a kid, and is devoting their life to solving issues relating to death and crime.
But completely uninteresting. Yeah, I bitched about Rebecca's blank affect. This isn't that. This is ... plasticky. The writing's not tight, the suspense non-existent.
Just not good.
It looks like he'll have a huge, long running hit series on FOX, then.
Didn't work for Point Pleasant.
brenda m - Aug 10, 2005 11:04:17 am PDT #1794 of 10464
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
In the previews, DB is looking and sounding mighty smarmy.
Totally. The books have a much more serious tone, IIRC.
Oh, and now seems the time to ask. The Tivo Newsletter seems to believe that Monk is a spinoff of CSI. Can somebody tell me they're craxy before my head explodes?
Dana - Aug 10, 2005 11:05:38 am PDT #1795 of 10464
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
The Tivo Newsletter seems to believe that Monk is a spinoff of CSI. Can somebody tell me they're craxy before my head explodes?
Big-time craxy.
ChiKat - Aug 10, 2005 11:09:41 am PDT #1796 of 10464
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
In the previews, DB is looking and sounding mighty smarmy.
The book character that, I believe, DB's character is based on is pretty arrogant, but he can be charming, too. He's a detective trying to woo Temperance, but she's very skittish (been hurt, blah blah blah). So, he's trying to woo without becoming too overpowering. One of the things I like about the book character is that he's not all schmoopy with her. Arrogant? Oh yeah. Smarmy? Not.
Topic!Cindy - Aug 10, 2005 12:00:39 pm PDT #1797 of 10464
What is even happening?
It looks like he'll have a huge, long running hit series on FOX, then.
Didn't work for Point Pleasant.Fair point.