by wdstarr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(William December Starr)
Sep 29, 2007 at 01:09 AM
In article <1190677709.093529.321270@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Pizza Bagel <tehMottJuice@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> quoted:
>
http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2007/09/chuck-and-the-d.html
....
> Adam Baldwin does what he can with his gruff spy character, but
> the fact that his character shoots someone in cold blood in the
> pilot adds a discordantly dark note to the proceedings.
Odd. I'd say that his character's instructions to his squad that
they were to take Chuck alive but could kill the "CIA skirt"
certainly added such a note, but his shooting the rogue/traitor
without warning at the beginning of the show seemed to me to be
_prudent_ rather than cold-blooded. Even if Casey hadn't already
known about the man's abilities (which he probably did) the guy had
just shown himself to be a Jason Bourne-level fighter who'd evaded,
disabled or killed a whole bunch of (presumably) highly competent
armed guards -- doing a police-style by-the-book "Stop or I'll
shoot!" on him was probably just a good way to get your spine
broken.
--
William December Starr <wdstarr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
