"Rob Jensen" <ShutUpRob@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 15 Mar 2008 02:35:06 GMT, "Sandy McDermin" <mcdermin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
>
>>I found the laugh track to be very intrusive, almost archaic matched up
>>against the smart sitcoms of today. Parker Posey was too ... much for
this
>>show. I can only take her in small doses. If the show was based on
Lauren
>>Ambrose, it'd be better. She's not as much of a caricature as Posey is.
>>
>>I'm pissed at Amy for not ending GG at season six and giving it a proper
>>ending. So, this drivel is not helping any.
>
> I haven't seen ROJJ yet as for some reason I've been on a movie kick
> the last four nights, watching only LOST and Olbermann off TV, but I
> do try to not come into a show bringing any excess baggage with me and
> try to look at the given show, movie, story, character on whether or
> not it succeeds on its own terms. Reviewers, however, have set the
> bar fairly low for me regarding ROJJ.
>
> 1) That said, Alexis's "I'm Reed Fish" doesn't look appealing to me as
> it looks like she's just playing Rory but a Rory with less
> intelligence
>
> 2) That said #2, I hated Canterbury's Law, deleted it in the first
> five minutes and enjoyed New Amsterdam. Don't know what Canterbury
> has gotten in the reviews, but New Amsterdamn was IMO unfairly
> savaged.
>
Canterbury started out very uneven and hard to follow, but by the
second half of the show
it settled down to one theme, mostly, and it wasn't too bad. I'll try
again next Monday to see. I
thought New Amsterdam was good. I'll definitely be tuning in again.
>>By the way, did it seem as if she were trying to cast GG clones? Parker
>>Posey = Lauren Graham and Lauren Ambrose = Alexis Bledel. I'm not
talking
>>about acting abilities which I'm sure you'll all argue with me about,
but in
>>terms of looks. They looked similar to the GG stars.
>
> I noted this in the thread ROTJJ (Was: Re: House) elsewhere here on
> ROJJ. Oh, and as for that T in Return of Jezebel James. Apparently,
> I think that the show is supposed to be named Return Of The Jezebel
> Jedi.
>
>>Amy ... just make a GG movie and clean up the mess you left!
>
> Amy didn't leave the mess.
>
> 1) The CW/WB did when it didn't give her the two year renewal that she
> asked for so that she wouldn't drop dead from exhaustion and 2) Alexis
> did by leaving the show without it getting a real finale.
>
> -- Rob
> --
> LORELAI: I am so done with plans. I am never, ever making one again.
> It never works. I spend the day obsessing over why it didn't work
> and what I could've done differently. I'm analyzing all my shortcomings
> when all I really need to be doing is vowing to never, ever make a plan
> ever again, which I'm doing now, having once again been the innocent
> victim of my own stupid plans. God, I need some coffee.
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