Am enjoying 'New Amsterdam'.. Fox will surely Kill it... by Calhoun

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Am enjoying 'New Amsterdam'.. Fox will surely Kill it...

POSTED BY: CALHOUN
UPDATED: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 20:04
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008 2:43 AM

I am really liking New Amsterdam after 4 episodes. The guy in lead reminds me of Mal somehow and I like the flashbacks to his past.

Much, much better than most of the crud on TV. Fox must be getting ready to pull the plug soon.. it is what they do after all.

http://www.tv.com/new-amsterdam/show/68703/story/10324.html?tag=story_
list;title;3

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Tuesday, March 18, 2008 2:46 AM

CALHOUN

Hehe, gotta love this post from someone on the above link.

xphilenz

This is great - it's the start of EXACTLY what Fox needs to keep doing to gain my respect. CANCEL SHOWS - one by one until they have NONE on air. Then and only then will they deserve the respect of everyone for finally realizing they are have no right to be in this business at all. They screen little ever worth watching and watching anything that even STARTS to look good is very very dangerous - because the best shows are always the first ones that will be gone. Such is the level of insanity within this network. If you never want to be disappointed again - change the channel - this loser network just doesn't have a clue, and they certainly don't have the right to be wasting your time the way they do.

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Tuesday, March 18, 2008 3:25 AM

PHYRELIGHT

I really love this show, too. But, I think that they brought in John's soul mate too soon (unless they have some great plan, like Sara's not the one).

Darksiders can keep their cookies. We have better writers.

Grrr. Argghh.

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Tuesday, March 18, 2008 5:09 AM

CHARLIEBZ

I'm thinking maybe the doc really isn't the soul-mate. Maybe the partner?

Anyway, I like this show. I'm not going to love it because I expect it will be cancelled soon.

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Tuesday, March 18, 2008 6:57 AM

STORYMARK

After a decent start, it's been tanking ratings-wise. So, yeah, it'll likely be cancelled.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

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Tuesday, March 18, 2008 7:53 AM

PHYRELIGHT

Quote:
Originally posted by CharlieBZ:
I'm thinking maybe the doc really isn't the soul-mate. Maybe the partner?

That crossed my mind too. We'll see.

Darksiders can keep their cookies. We have better writers.

Grrr. Argghh.

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Tuesday, March 18, 2008 8:54 AM

OUT2THEBLACK

Quote:
Originally posted by Calhoun:
I am really liking New Amsterdam after 4 episodes. The guy in lead reminds me of Mal somehow and I like the flashbacks to his past.

Much, much better than most of the crud on TV. Fox must be getting ready to pull the plug soon.. it is what they do after all.

What you said , seconded...I really do get the Nathan-y vibe from Nikolaj , only he's Danish and perhaps somewhat less turnip-y...

There was a big debut screening of the show's pilot at a NYC Museum on March 3rd...Looked like the network was involved with that , so I'm hoping the plug-pulling won't be forthcoming , and your link from last fall was pretty old , and much has transpired since then...

Still , there are a disturbing number of parallels already developing vis-a-vis the network's (mis-)handling of this show...And its prior track record with that show about the spaceship with the Shiny-hiney and its so-very-pretty crew...

The ratings data that I've seen have shown New Amsterdam doing similar numbers to Terminator:TSCC , possibly with slightly better ratings , even...

One can only hope the nameless network won't F**-up yet another great opportunity...Not holding any breath , mind...Been down this road numerous times...

Nice interview with Nathan-y Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (John Amsterdam) , available at hulu :

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Tuesday, March 18, 2008 6:22 PM

CALHOUN

Meh

Hulu not available in my region....

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Tuesday, March 18, 2008 6:42 PM

MACBAKER

I've watched four episodes so far, and though not perfect, it has so much potential! What a great lead character, and what a clever use of the "immortal" myth. This is FOX though, and they don't care about classy shows with great characters and good writing. Instead, lets play to the lowest common denominator, and give the idiots more mindless reality fluff.

Is this a sample of how FOX will handle The Doll House? If so, I'm wondering if I should even bother! Sorry Joss, but I can't handle getting attached to another one of your brilliant ideas, just to see FOX destroy it again!

FOX should just get out of the TV series business, and stick to what works for their mindless audience, and their simple minded executives. All reality crap, all of the time!!!

If it wasn't for House, I'd block FOX on my SAT box. The rest of the network SUCKS!

I'd given some thought to movin' off the edge -- not an ideal location -- thinkin' a place in the middle.

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Tuesday, March 18, 2008 9:39 PM

LORDVELOS

FOX kills everything! They suck! EPIC FAIL!

They can't even report the news correctly 75% of the time.

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Tuesday, March 18, 2008 9:46 PM

JSTN

I watched it and didn't care for it, but good luck to you, esp. in light of the man who single-handedly killed Surface is now in charge of programming at FOX, Kevin Reilly

He doesn't get Sci Fi at all, and has no appreciation for fan loyalty whatsoever, in fact he was arrogant and rude towards Surface's fans during my campaign to save the show.

Like I said. Good luck. - Jstn

http://www.savesurface.com/phpBB2/index.php

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Wednesday, March 19, 2008 2:52 AM

CALHOUN

There should be an anti-Fox campaign! Just for the hell of it. Spread the anti-Fox sentiment everywhere. Fox needs to die..

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Wednesday, March 19, 2008 4:45 AM

BGETTER

Wow! Crazy that I am not alone in my thoughts. My wife and I are loving this show, and the last time we were both engaged in a show like this was....firefly.

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Wednesday, March 19, 2008 4:37 PM

TWILIGHTSEEKER

Adds my two cents...I am really liking this show and am a bit leery that FOX will follow its usual path of killing it off cause I do....every time I go back to watching FOX..they remind me why I quit. I am willing to give them another chance with this and the new Terminator one.

twilight seeker

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Sunday, May 18, 2008 12:27 PM

STOWEAWAY

And now it's officially cancelled.

http://tvseriesfinale.com/articles/fox-announces-their-2008-09-schedul
e-whos-been-cancelled/

I am definitely disappointed but definitely NOT surprised.

Dollhouse, anyone?

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Sunday, May 18, 2008 1:57 PM

CALHOUN

Yeah.. Dollhouse..

I've been wondering how many times Fox has to pull Joss's scrotum up over his head before he finally says "I dont trust you near my genitals"..

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Sunday, May 18, 2008 10:51 PM

TILLIESONG

FOX is so totally Alliance/Blue Sun. Once again they've killed an intelligent, promising show. I'm sorry to say I don't trust them not to mess with Joss's nethers some more.

BTW, Out2theblack: what did you mean about turnip-y? I'm intrigued...

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Monday, May 19, 2008 10:03 PM

OUT2THEBLACK

Quote:
Originally posted by TillieSong:
FOX is so totally Alliance/Blue Sun. Once again they've killed an intelligent, promising show. I'm sorry to say I don't trust them not to mess with Joss's nethers some more.

BTW, Out2theblack: what did you mean about turnip-y? I'm intrigued...

Tillie , it's an ancient bit of Nathan-lore , and IIRC , it seemed to be an oblique reference to Nathan's bumpkin-y-ness in some respect...

Must have had something to do with him having fallen off the turnip-truck from the wild plains and environs of Edmon-chuck , Alberta , Uppper Canuckia...

There may have been video and Alan Tudyk involved somehow...You can bet ,
Hi-larity ensued...

I'll do some further research...

EDIT: I don't know , but I think Joss probably originated the turnip-y thing , and it might've been at Whedonesque...

" All right, now I have to jump in and set the record straight. EW is a fine rag, but they do take things out of context. Obviously when I said I had 'closure', what I meant was "I hate Serenity, I hated Firefly, I think my fans are stupid and Nathan Fillion smells like turnips." But EW's always got to put some weird negative spin on it. But so we're clear once and for all: If you read a quote saying "I'd love to do more in this 'verse with these actors in any medium" all I'm saying is that Nathan has a turnipy odor. It's not his fault, he doesn't eat a lot of them but everyone else in the cast noticed it and tht's not really something I'm prepared to deal with any more. And Jewel said outright she wouldn't do scenes with him except stuff like the SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER funeral scene which was outside in a high SPOILER wind. So if I do manage to find another incarnation for my beloved creation, it will have been totally against my will."

http://whedonesque.com/comments/9027

Wummo thing , Til , it's been much more Shiny , and sunnier , since you and the Tot got on this boat...Thanks !

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Tuesday, May 20, 2008 5:57 PM

RAYCHEETAH

Quote:
Originally posted by Calhoun:
Meh

Hulu not available in my region....

Not in the US? Check out this article:

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/01/07/watch-hulu-videos-outside-of-t
he-us-with-hotspot-shield/

New Amsterdam may also be viewed at:

http://newamsterdam-forever.com/index.html

-Raycheetah =^[.]^=
The enjoyment of any good thing is only enhanced by sharing it with others.

http://fans4writers.com/ support the WGA writers strike

http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=30176

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Tuesday, May 20, 2008 8:04 PM

TILLIESONG

Thank you for clearing up the mystery so thoroughly. I'd been wondering about that.

And as for the PS, right back at cha! I'm honoured to be in such company as yourself.

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