I just watched Leverage. You're right, it does use the Hustle formula, and not as well. I don't hate it. Mostly because I love Timothy Hutton and the geek guy amuses me.
Wesley: Feng Shui. Gunn: Right. What's that mean again? Wesley: That people will believe anything. Actually, in this place, Feng Shui will probably have enormous significance. I'll align my furniture the wrong way and suddenly catch fire or turn into a pudding.
'Conviction (1)'
Cable Drama: Still Waiting for the Cable Guy to Show Up with the Thread Name...
To be determined... (but it's definitely [NAFDA])
Vortex - Dec 08, 2008 3:48:15 pm PST #1924 of 11998
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
dcp - Dec 09, 2008 5:21:50 pm PST #1925 of 11998
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
The 2nd episode of Leverage is being ROFL funny.
esse - Dec 09, 2008 8:06:11 pm PST #1926 of 11998
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
I didn't care for Leverage. It was just like an American version of Hustle, but not as smart, stylish, or fun.
Yes, totally, but I am such a sucker for any and all capery thief/confidence artist/spy/rogue spy type shows that I am more than willing to give it a pass on that count. Hustle was kind of a special snowflake for me, and I don't really expect anything else to live up to it; but I like the spins they've put on the characters enough in Leverage that it's lesser qualities don't bother me as badly.
le nubian - Dec 10, 2008 2:32:01 am PST #1927 of 11998
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I am such a sucker for any and all capery thief/confidence artist/spy/rogue spy type shows
SA is me. I've seen foreign language Brazilian heist movies because I just like the fucking genre.
sj - Dec 10, 2008 3:29:49 am PST #1928 of 11998
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I am such a sucker for any and all capery thief/confidence artist/spy/rogue spy type shows
Me too.
sumi - Dec 10, 2008 4:24:49 am PST #1929 of 11998
Art Crawl!!!
Me too!
I'm really enjoying Leverage and next week: Mark Sheppard!
esse - Dec 10, 2008 5:21:10 am PST #1930 of 11998
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
I've seen foreign language Brazilian heist movies because I just like the fucking genre.
Exactly! And I will grant whole heartedly that Hustle set the bar very very high, but man, I rewatch the eight aired episodes of Eyes again and again just because. I will sit through the last two Ocean's Eleven movies with only minor heckling. (Okay, that's a lie.) I will refrain from pointing out plausability problems if it's pretty enough.
I am perhaps exactly the target market. (I may have wanted to be a thief and/or spy when I was a kid.)
Invisible Green - Dec 10, 2008 6:01:05 am PST #1931 of 11998
I rewatch the eight aired episodes of Eyes again and again
I thought only five episodes aired. Though I did find seven more online (legally, though I can't remember at which website they were located, maybe MSN?).
esse - Dec 10, 2008 6:21:03 am PST #1932 of 11998
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Yes? I can't remember. I downloaded whatever episodes I could find. God, I loved that show.
§ ita § - Dec 11, 2008 4:42:12 pm PST #1933 of 11998
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I am a caper/heist slut myself, but grew out of love with Hustle because I thought they were getting too tangled up trying to justify their "not stealing" mandate and just failing. S1 was good, though.
Leverage doesn't seem as similar to me as to many people. Makes me think of Mission Impossible, but with profit.