On Wed, 04 Apr 2007 02:21:19 GMT, Todd <twrexxnospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
>On 1 Apr 2007 15:01:46 -0700, "ElBob-O" <robertjarmstrong@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>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.
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>
>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
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>P.S. Andy Barker, P.I., is not bad either.
I love Andy Barker too.
I'm hoping that the Friday curse is not what it used to be, now that
we're in the Tivo time-****fting age.
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