Sucky news - I was hoping he'd get his own series after "The Finder" tanked. :(
-- "Surf-crazed aliens... Of course." - Amber, "Alien Surf Girls", Episode #1.1, "Wipeout". Wait a minute... "Of course"?! "*Of course*"?!! Did I miss a step here??!!
On Mon, 3 Sep 2012, Ian J. Ball wrote:
> In article
> <bb915cda-cd19-46aa-b7fa-47eb4d478...@v15g2000yqi.googlegroups.com>,
> Tom <drso...@aol.com> wrote:
> Sucky news - I was hoping he'd get his own series after "The Finder"
> tanked. :(
I was sorry "The FInder" was cancelled.
Like I said before, he was a big guy, yet the role wasn't really about him being a tough guy. Oh there were a few bits of that, when required, but most of the time he used other things, and I'm sure he liked not playing the typecast.
>Sucky news - I was hoping he'd get his own series after "The Finder" >tanked. :(
I liked The Finder a LOT. I will say, however, in this context only,
that it's a good thing that The Finder was cancelled because had it
been renewed like it should have been -- while it was on the bubble,
it had had a decent shot at renewal until Fox remembered its man-crush
on Keifer Sutherland and inexplicably renewed Touch -- it would be
filming this week and his death most certainly would have ended the
show anyway.
And about three minutes after I wrote the above and moved on to
reading other posts, it occurred to me that the show ended on a couple
of cliffhangers, with Willa running away and whatnot. Storylines that
*should* get resolved on parent-show Bones. The *obvious* solution
would be to have Walter promise on Leo's deathbead or graveside to
find Willa and then one or more gypsy skeletons find their way to the
Jeffersonian.
Dennis M <denni...@dennism3.invalid> wrote:
>Arthur Lipscomb <art...@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
>>Coincidentally, I have The Green Mile on order. I hadn't planned >>on watching it anytime soon but now I'll definitely watch when it >>arrives.
>Not one of your better King adaptations IMO. I always thought they tried >to ride on the coattails of Shawshank but the story was nowhere near as >good (MCD did a good job with what he had though).
He didn't play a character but a plot device, but what he did with it
was entertaining enough.
> Dennis M <denni...@dennism3.invalid> wrote:
>> Arthur Lipscomb <art...@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
>>> Coincidentally, I have The Green Mile on order. I hadn't planned
>>> on watching it anytime soon but now I'll definitely watch when it
>>> arrives.
>> Not one of your better King adaptations IMO. I always thought they tried
>> to ride on the coattails of Shawshank but the story was nowhere near as
>> good (MCD did a good job with what he had though).
I think that was my initial reaction when I saw it in the theater. I think I liked it but not enough to want to sit through it again.
> He didn't play a character but a plot device, but what he did with it
> was entertaining enough.
I had a promo code for some free blu-rays from WB and Green Mile was on the list of blu-rays to select from. After making some other selections, I had narrowed my final selection down to Green Mile and a couple of other choices. However, after reading various rave reviews, I decided to give it another shot.
Arthur Lipscomb <art...@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
>On 9/4/2012 11:27 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>>Dennis M <denni...@dennism3.invalid> wrote:
>>>Arthur Lipscomb <art...@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
>>>>Coincidentally, I have The Green Mile on order. I hadn't planned
>>>>on watching it anytime soon but now I'll definitely watch when it
>>>>arrives.
>>>Not one of your better King adaptations IMO. I always thought they tried
>>>to ride on the coattails of Shawshank but the story was nowhere near as
>>>good (MCD did a good job with what he had though).
>I think that was my initial reaction when I saw it in the theater. I >think I liked it but not enough to want to sit through it again.
>>He didn't play a character but a plot device, but what he did with it
>>was entertaining enough.
>I had a promo code for some free blu-rays from WB and Green Mile was on >the list of blu-rays to select from. After making some other >selections, I had narrowed my final selection down to Green Mile and a >couple of other choices. However, after reading various rave reviews, I >decided to give it another shot.
No one should rave about that movie, given the unsatisfying and obscenely
manipulative plotting, but there are some good scenes and some very good
performances.
