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Offline Gunslinger

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I hope the season is better than the pilot
« on: July 27, 2005, 10:37:32 PM »
I just got done watching "over there" the new series that premiered on FX channel tonite and it left me wondering.....Did hollywood run out of TV actors?

Some of them were good and convincing because they looked like regular people put into a crappy situation.  The rest looked like hollywood actors that got turned down for extra roles on JAG.

In addition the writing/dialog was terrible.  I was really disappointed.  

The spoiler they showed of the rest of the season looked better than the entire pilot eppisode.

There were definatly some things that were true to life in the military.  

The idiot LT
The cheating wife

I really hope this season get's better.
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Offline lasersailor184

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« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2005, 11:07:28 PM »
In the writer's conference room:


Writer One:  Did we forget any stereotypes?

silence

Writer two:  Yeah, why don't we bring in some water melons!

silence

Writer One:  You idiot...

pause

Writer One:  there aren't any watermelons in Iraq!
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« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2005, 11:46:07 PM »
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Originally posted by lasersailor184
In the writer's conference room:


Writer One:  Did we forget any stereotypes?

silence

Writer two:  Yeah, why don't we bring in some water melons!

silence

Writer One:  You idiot...

pause

Writer One:  there aren't any watermelons in Iraq!


yup I'd say that's dead on balls accurate.
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Offline rpm

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« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2005, 12:44:08 AM »
I was less than impressed. Definitely not Steven Bochco's best work. Absolutely has room for improvement. Altho, I thought Eric Palladino as Sgt. "Scream" was one of the bright spots.
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Offline Gunslinger

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« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2005, 01:01:40 AM »
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I was less than impressed. Definitely not Steven Bochco's best work. Absolutely has room for improvement. Altho, I thought Eric Palladino as Sgt. "Scream" was one of the bright spots.


yea I liked him if he'd had better writers.  Some of his lines were way cheazy
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« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2005, 01:06:22 AM »
It was a heck of alot better than I expected it to be from the advertisements.  I thought I'd get some cheezy one liners and some RL video out-takes thrown in here and there.  It has room to improve, but I spent the entire hour watching TV.  Thats something for me.  I'll give it a chance.
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« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2005, 01:09:18 AM »
yeah not impressed.

was it the quarter back poor kid that lost his leg?
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Offline rpm

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« Reply #7 on: July 28, 2005, 01:59:26 AM »
Yup, 22 TD's last year...
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Offline Raider179

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« Reply #8 on: July 28, 2005, 05:54:33 AM »
Only question I got is why watch that when you can watch the real thing. Check out Gunner Palace for a good video on life in Iraq.
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« Reply #9 on: July 28, 2005, 06:27:14 AM »
I watched a south park rerun.

edit: it was the one where cartman gets the town rised up over mel gibsons the passion, that was some funny ****.
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« Reply #10 on: July 28, 2005, 07:16:13 AM »
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Originally posted by Gunslinger
I just got done watching "over there" the new series that premiered on FX channel tonite and it left me wondering.....Did hollywood run out of TV actors?

Some of them were good and convincing because they looked like regular people put into a crappy situation.  The rest looked like hollywood actors that got turned down for extra roles on JAG.

In addition the writing/dialog was terrible.  I was really disappointed.  

The spoiler they showed of the rest of the season looked better than the entire pilot eppisode.

There were definatly some things that were true to life in the military.  

The idiot LT
The cheating wife

I really hope this season get's better.



I wasted an hour of my time watching it.  I should have believed the review the Iraq vets gave it in the Seattle times.
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Offline lasersailor184

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« Reply #11 on: July 28, 2005, 09:19:05 AM »
Yeah, the moment the dude said he got a scholarship for football, I said he was gonna lose a leg.
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« Reply #12 on: July 28, 2005, 05:50:54 PM »
Didnt like it at all.
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« Reply #13 on: July 28, 2005, 06:07:03 PM »
Michael Cudlitz ("Bull" from Band of Brothers) is going to be on next week's episode. Pilots are seldom anything close to the rest of a series. Different writers, directors, ect., will change the look and storyline. I'll give it a few more before pulling the plug.

Considering this is the first TV series to depict soldiers while we are at war with the enemy since Gomer Pyle USMC, I think they've made a good start.
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Offline Charon

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« Reply #14 on: July 28, 2005, 06:10:14 PM »
It just seems wrong to me.

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