HIGHLA-L Digest - 9 Jan 2006 to 10 Jan 2006 (#2006-5)
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Topics of the day:
1. This one's for you. (3)
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Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 09:16:20 EST
From: Dotiran@aol.com
Subject: Re: This one's for you.
In a message dated 1/8/2006 9:20:54 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
mac.westie@VERIZON.NET writes:
>>>How very predictable of you.
Oh thank you. I do so like to be consistent :)
It truly is a wonder however, how different we all are. I haven't found
anyone else yet who watched it who didn't come away with one word for it:
stupid. Your mileage obviously varied.
I watched the show because of my admiration for several of the actors,
especially Aidan Quinn, but even his baby blues couldn't convince me on this one.
I was embarassed for him and for all the actors who were in such
stereotypical roles. The characters weren't deep or riveting or even much fun, just
"types."
It was a bit like watching Adrian Paul in some of the dreck he has been in
these last few years. You want to root for him, you know he is doing the best
job he can with the material, but ultimately, the "vehicle" drags even the
best down with it.
In both cases you walk away feeling like you've been slimed.
De gustibus non est disputandum
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Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 17:44:46 -0700
From: Pat Lawson <plawson@webleyweb.com>
Subject: Re: This one's for you.
Dotiran wrote:
>It truly is a wonder however, how different we all are. I haven't found
>anyone else yet who watched it who didn't come away with one word for it:
>stupid. Your mileage obviously varied.
As did mine. I rather enjoyed it. Had a few problems, but then most pilot
episodes do.
So now you have found someone else who watched it and didn't think it was
stupid.
Pat
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Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 16:24:24 -1000
From: MacWestie <mac.westie@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: This one's for you.
Dotiran@aol.com
> It truly is a wonder however, how different we all are.
I often find that comforting--right now, for instance.
>I haven't found
> anyone else yet who watched it who didn't come away with one word for it:
> stupid.
Really? I've read & heard a lot of criticism of this show, some of it valid
& well-drawn, along w/ considerable praise. You are the only one to resort
to "stupid."
> all the actors who were in such
> stereotypical roles. The characters weren't deep or riveting or even much
> fun, just
> "types."
The Catholic priest in bed w/ the Mafia is a type? Or do you mean the
Alzheimer victim whose misfiring brain wreaks havoc on her loved ones? Or
the clergyman whose faith in God survived the loss of a child to leukemia?
> It was a bit like watching Adrian Paul in some of the dreck he has been in
> these last few years. You want to root for him, you know he is doing the
> best
> job he can with the material, but ultimately, the "vehicle" drags even the
> best down with it.
Oh, please--AP has been in 100% unadulterated crap since HLTS (& since
season 5 at that). Book of Daniel is, at worst & so far, adulterated crap.
> De gustibus non est disputandum
Shun-SHENG duh gao-WAHN.
OHLR--if AP still had the long hair (& Hollywood representation w/ a pulse),
HE could have played Daniel's pal Jesus. And I bet the show wouldn't have
been called "stupid" on this list.
Nina (who recognized Phyllis Diller as the wordless parishioner whose
bedside death Daniel attended?) mac.westie@verizon.net
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