07-02-2007, 11:08 PM | #1 | ||
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"Burn Notice" on USA
This is kind of fun.
Bruce Campbell is pretty much a pleasure to watch in anything, the lead sounds like Parker Stevenson circa Simon & Simon, the guy is part MacGyver part screwball. The supporting cast chews scenery but the whole thing is campy enough that it's more charming than annoying. This really isn't bad.
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07-02-2007, 11:21 PM | #2 |
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Excellent actor, was great on Xena
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07-02-2007, 11:48 PM | #3 |
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Your reference point on Bruce Campbell is Xena? Am I just too old to understand that? As for the lead, he was also in another USA cop series a couple years ago, with the chick from The Departed. I thought he was very good in it, and that it was a good series, but apparently I was the only one. Glad to see him back in something new. |
07-02-2007, 11:50 PM | #4 |
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Bruce Campbell has been great in pretty much everything I've ever seen him in. And I've seen him in some pretty wretched stuff, too.
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07-03-2007, 06:04 AM | #5 |
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we enjoyed it...not sure what happened to gabrielle anwar's upper lip, but the show was pretty good...we will be tuning in again
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07-06-2007, 12:43 AM | #6 |
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"That's what happens when you wire a cell phone to a blasting cap in the gas tank ... instead of to the electrical system"
Heh.
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07-06-2007, 01:12 AM | #7 |
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"Hail to the king, baby."
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07-06-2007, 01:30 AM | #8 |
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07-06-2007, 05:20 AM | #9 | |
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I watched the first episode and enjoyed it a lot (for a summertime show).. so, I should have the 2nd episode on my TiVO to watch this weekend...
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07-06-2007, 07:46 AM | #10 |
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TiVo'ed yesterday's episode. Will try to watch this weekend.
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07-06-2007, 09:14 AM | #11 | |
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This show brings me to something that I wonder if it rings true with others as well..
My standards for shows in the summer are just not the same as what they are in the fall... For instance I TiVO shows such as Kyle XY, On the Lot, and last summer Windfall that would easily fall in the scrapheap in the fall. I think it's a pretty smart technique, especially for the USA's, ABC Family's, etc. of the world.
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07-06-2007, 12:00 PM | #12 |
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Just noticed this, from last week's cable ratings
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070705/D8Q6GD9G1.html 1. "The Closer" (Monday, 9 p.m.), TNT, 4.63 million homes, 6.44 million viewers. 2. "WWE Raw" (Monday, 9 p.m.), USA, 3.85 million homes, 5.75 million viewers. 3. Auto Racing: Nextel Cup (Sunday, 2:30 p.m.), TNT, 3.82 million homes, 5.27 million viewers. ... 11. "Burn Notice" (Thursday, 10 p.m.), USA, 3.09 million homes, 3.98 million viewers.
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07-06-2007, 12:03 PM | #13 |
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I look forward to the summer almost more than regular TV. My shows include 4400, Monk, Psych, Entourage, and then this year On the Lot and Big Love.
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07-06-2007, 12:48 PM | #14 | |
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Keira Sedwick (sp?) disturbs me for some reason, so I will never give that show a shot.
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07-06-2007, 01:56 PM | #15 |
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I loved the first two episodes of Burn notice. This show will be a must see over the summer along with Dead Zone. Plus Jeffery Donovan is pretty hot and plays a good spy.... it is my kind of show
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07-07-2007, 10:53 PM | #18 | |
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07-09-2007, 03:29 PM | #19 |
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Just watched the first couple episodes.
Fun show. Won't go down in history or anything, but each episode had me laughing out loud a few times. Most TV can't do that. And I love how it does not take itself seriously at all. Like the totally pointless bikini shots on the beach every episode. Or like Fiona just choosing not to have an Irish accent anymore. PRODUCER 1: "We got the feedback from the pilot, and people like Fiona, but they find the accent annoying. We will have to think of a really clever plot device to have her lose the accent in a natural way. This will take some creatitive thinking . . ." PRODUCER 2: "We could just have her say that she doesn't want to have an Irish accent anymore and never discuss it again." PRODUCER 1: "Yeah. That works. What's for lunch?" |
07-09-2007, 04:17 PM | #20 |
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"Does that come in male?" referencing the male bodyguards shirt as Jeffery Donovan walked by. Made me laugh out loud.
The first 2 episodes were decent, light. I hope the show continues the smart ass/sarcastic sense of humor it has going. |
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Agreed on all aspects, but I thought the gimmick was that we may hear her change accents again?
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I am still really liking this show. To borrow a phrase, it is "suprisingly entertaining."
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Ditto. I look forward to it coming up on the Tivo every week. This might even make it if it was in a fall, primetime rotation.
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It's off for a week this weekend with the holiday, but I think a new episode airs on Thursday.
I agree--still watching it, too. |
09-01-2007, 10:09 PM | #25 |
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love this show. It's quality.
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Bruce Campbell interview.
http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/06/20/br...uad-interview/ Burn Notice starts back up next month!!!!! |
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Woot... I've been watching a few eps on USA (missed it last season), and I'm really liking it!
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Old comment now, but yes. Yes he was great on Xena. Of course, if you get past all of the other "actors" in Xena and Hercules, there was a lot to like. Aaaahhh.....Aphrodite.....
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Wasn't aware of that. What set was he killed on and from what? That got me thinking about Aphrodite again though. Whoever that girl was, she was hawt. I often wonder if people actually dressed like that back then.
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Yep, and I'm more than ready for it. Even been watching the reruns the past several weeks and actually thought about this thread last night so your bump is very well timed
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06-20-2008, 11:20 PM | #35 |
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Yup, I have been noting the commercials and waiting for the new ones to start.
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That is too bad about Ares, that was one of the better characters on Hercules.
Watching the most recent episode they've shown on USA and I got over halfway through before I realized the woman in it was Lucy Lawless. Fun, still looking good too. Love this show, might be my favorite on TV now.
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07-10-2008, 09:20 PM | #38 |
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Yikes, almost forgot about the new season premiere tonight.
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I enjoyed it, as usual.
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Good season finale and great to see we don't have to wait until next summer for more episodes.
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yeah - solid season finale and happy it'll be back in the winter. makes the long wait between seasons 1+2 a lil easier to stomach
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Just saw the finale tonight, darned good episode with a bit of a different feel than usual. Chase sequence at the end seemed to have more intensity than I usually get off the show but without sacrificing the style of the main points elsewhere in the episode.
It's not earthshaking stuff but it's damned good television.
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Yup, I enjoyed it. Always hate seeing a show go away for a while, but glad to see this is apparently coming back sooner than last year.
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