I finally got to watch Pushing Daisies! I'm three episodes behind in discussion so I'm probably not the first to say: if they would lose the fairy-tale voice-over the show would be so much better.
Who died and made you Elvis?
Cordelia ,'Storyteller'
Boxed Set, Vol. IV: It's always suicide-mission this, save-the-planet that.
A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much any other "genre" (read: sci fi or fantasy) show that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
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Laga - Oct 18, 2007 10:56:02 am PDT #7646 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
sumi - Oct 18, 2007 11:07:39 am PDT #7647 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Blood Ties: This week's episode (ep. 14) is up at itunes. . . shall check to see if it's up On Demand yet when I get home from work.
Daisy Jane - Oct 18, 2007 11:09:08 am PDT #7648 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I really like the voice over. It's like another flavor of the Dukes of Hazzard voice over.
Laga - Oct 18, 2007 11:14:49 am PDT #7649 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Maybe I'm not getting what the show is going for. I'm finding it very distracting. Of course I've only seen the one epsiode. Perhaps it'll grow on me.
Polter-Cow - Oct 18, 2007 11:15:38 am PDT #7650 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I didn't even know Dukes of Hazzard had voiceover.
But I do, for the most part, quite enjoy the PD voiceover because, like everything else about this show, it's just so...different from everything else on television. None of the characters are narrating. We just get an omniscient storyteller, and I love a good yarn. Little bits like "The way it happened was this" just amuse me.
It doesn't look like they're losing the years-months-weeks-hours business, so I'm trying to live with it. There are a couple times this week where I thought it was nice and appropriate (like, for instance, right before the grave robber died, it's a nice touch to sum up his entire life so far in those terms).
Hayden - Oct 18, 2007 11:17:16 am PDT #7651 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I didn't even know Dukes of Hazzard had voiceover.
Voiced by Waylon Jennings, even.
§ ita § - Oct 18, 2007 11:19:14 am PDT #7652 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It reminds me a bit of Desperate Housewives. Although that narrator wasn't divorced from the action, she was now omniscient.
Daisy Jane - Oct 18, 2007 11:24:05 am PDT #7653 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Voiced by Waylon Jennings, even.
Who also sang the theme.
But yeah, it's very much in the "Once upon a time in Hazzard County there was a family of bootleggers..." vein.
Laga - Oct 18, 2007 11:27:35 am PDT #7654 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Looks like them Duke boys got themselves a mess of trouble.
Kat - Oct 18, 2007 11:34:56 am PDT #7655 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Just got to see last night's PD.
Did anyone else find the sword fight delightfully Princess Bride-ish?