That was the beginning of my Kevin Spacey love.
Never send a minion to do a god's work.
Glory ,'The Killer In Me'
The Minearverse 5: Closer to the Earth, Further from the Ax
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Kristen - Aug 21, 2007 4:24:03 pm PDT #6927 of 10001
Juliebird - Aug 21, 2007 5:11:26 pm PDT #6928 of 10001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
But... it's Mike Post!
I know, right?! /not a fan of the L&O's and plethora of other police procedurals he did (that I saw).
Ginger - Aug 21, 2007 7:03:20 pm PDT #6929 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Mike Post wrote the Hill Street Blues music. His work is sacred.
Strega - Aug 21, 2007 7:13:43 pm PDT #6930 of 10001
WiseGuy definitely had more foot fetishism. I think they're about even on incest. And sometimes Terranova's hair was almost as weird as Profit's, actually.
I still think Roger LoCocco should have had a spin-off. Oh, Roger.
Mike Post wrote the Hill Street Blues music. His work is sacred.Absolutely. (Although I'd have said The Rockford Files.)
Kristen - Aug 21, 2007 7:31:17 pm PDT #6931 of 10001
I think they're about even on incest.
And heroin use.
Burrell - Aug 21, 2007 7:51:02 pm PDT #6932 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
People who liked the insanity of Profit should try the Mel Profit arc of WiseGuy. It's just as bizarre, in completely different ways.
Loved that too! So wonderfully wrong.
I was thinking about Profit last night after we watched the commentary. One of the writers (I lost track of who was talking early on, except for Pasdar's lovely voice) mentioned, tongue in cheek, the hero's journey. It made me realize that Profit actually owed more to the old antagonist figure.
Dana - Aug 22, 2007 4:00:56 am PDT #6933 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Everyone should watch Wiseguy regardless of their Profit-viewing status. (Frank! Frank McPike!)
Frankenbuddha - Aug 22, 2007 4:20:14 am PDT #6934 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Everyone should watch Wiseguy regardless of their Profit-viewing status.
Unfortunately, the music rights fiasco on the DVDs has made me hesitant to get them (how can you have the climax of the Sonny Steelgrave saga WITHOUT "Knights in White Satin"!?!??!?).
Dana - Aug 22, 2007 4:35:35 am PDT #6935 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Everyone should rent Wiseguy and look on the internet to find out when to put "Nights in White Satin" on their stereos.
Seriously, yeah. That's one of the biggest blunders ever in terms of music licensing problems. I've only seen through a certain point on the DVDs because there's a whole arc missing, due to music licensing difficulties.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 22, 2007 4:47:36 am PDT #6936 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I've only seen through a certain point on the DVDs because there's a whole arc missing, due to music licensing difficulties
Wait, they took out the episodes? That's WORSE than just dubbing in some generic music.
Of course, Wiseguy got trashed by CBS back in the day anyway - I remember a big continuity gap either during or right after the Mel Profit saga where they basically skipped a bunch of episodes or reordered them so they made no sense or something. Not QUITE as bad as Firefly where they showed the pilot last, but it was pretty frelling stupid all the same.