On 1 Apr 2007 15:01:46 -0700, "ElBob-O" <robertjarmstrong@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
>On Mar 25, 9:06 pm, Todd <twrexxnos...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 23:53:37 -0700, Tim Hall <whoca...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> wrote:
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>> >This is rapidly becoming my favorite crime drama since H:LotS. The
>> >only downside is that I have to hit rewind on my Tivo occasionally
>> >because Goldblum likes to mumble.
>>
>> I went back and watched the first two episodes of Raines and found it
>> most enjoyable. It makes me sad that NBC is already moving it into
>> the kiss of death slot--Friday nights.
>>
>> Goldblum's sardonic wit works well in this role. I particularly liked
>> his disdain for the idiot beat cop.
>>
>> I like this show. It takes itself less seriously than Medium. Go
>> back and watch it on nbc.com if you get the chance.
>>
>> Todd
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>It was alright. Sardonic thing a fairly transparent imitation of
>House. Jokes need work: that mistaking "therapist" for "the rapist"
>was funny over twenty years ago. Turning "Close the door" into a
>***ual inuendo was brainless, even for prime time.
>
>And why did he make fun of the sketch artist's drawing after he'd
>insisted that the sketch artist do it, when the sketch artist had
>already warned it would be too speculative? The beginning of the
>episode had Raines say that the sketch artist was like himself because
>he seemed to be projecting his own limited experience into the unknown
>subject. That one part of the episode seemed to be at the kernel of
>truth of the series.
>
>I question how the Martinez guy was drawing time for manslaughter in a
>self-defense case, but I guess they ran it by LA legal advisors when
>they wrote it. Obstruction of justice, maybe, but not manslaughter.
>
>We'll see. After I'd watched the first episode of The Mary Tyler Moore
>Show I concluded it was one of the worst shows I'd ever seen! Three
>weeks later I was a hopeless addict.
I agree that it needs work, but it's certainly better than a lot of
the dreck we've seen from new shows this season. At least there's
something to watch on Friday nights now--at least until the Friday
night curse kicks in and it gets canceled.
Todd
P.S. Andy Barker, P.I., is not bad either.
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