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Originally posted by RahlMaclaren:
The ONLY problem I have with Castle is that it's on a network that I can't get very well. Even tonight with CLEAR SKY it came in choppy and unwatchable. Unless, I'm standing with one hand on the antenna, well, than it comes in just fine.

Grrr.... Sucks sometimes, living on the corner of No and Where.


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Originally posted by Kwicko:
With a show like Castle, I can suspend my disbelief. I don't think they REALLY expect you to believe that a writer is going to be allowed to go on hot calls with homicide detectives. The whole idea is a bit campy, so I roll with it, and it's fine.

However, when a show like Law & Order slips and fails, I tend to take it a bit more seriously. One episode recently, they'd just fished a woman's body out of the East River, fully clothed. She's still lying on the ground, clothed, soaking wet, and the Medical Examiner (and why is the M.E. *always* a black woman?) say, "Well, she's definitely been raped." And then never goes on to explain how she could possibly no that from a fully clothed drowning victim they just fished out of the river!

S.V.U. found its way out of my lineup the other night, when a guy was on trial after blacking out and bludgeoning a woman to death while he was drunk. The prosecutor, of course, didn't believe a bit of it - she thinks alcoholism is a crock. Of course, then she shows up drunk to court after pulling an all-night bender, this in light of the fact that NEVER have they even intimated that she might be a bit of a tippler.

I guess it grinds my gears when a show refuses to even follow its own internal logic. Castle DOES follow it, so all is well, as far as I'm concerned. And I don't believe in vampires or demons, but Buffy worked for me - and worked really well - because it stuck to its internal logic, and generally either stuck to the accepted vampire lore, or explained WHY it was a crock. Made it easy to suspend disbelief, and get drawn into that world. Supernatural is the same way - they stick to their rules, even if their rules seem ludicrous by our standards. And the whole show works beautifully because of that.

Anyhoo, that's my tuppence.

Mike

Let the wild rumpus start!

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The same for True Blood. No way will vamps be "out of the coffin" and own bars or have a romance with a telepathic human who works at a bar owned by a shape shifter that can change into a dog. But it works somehow in northern Louisiana.

As Bill tells Sookie in the first season,"Don't you think it's not magic that keeps you alive? Just because you understand the mechanics of how something works doesn't make it any less of a miracle. It's just another form of magic ...and my magic is just a little different from yours."

That sets up the whole mythos and believability of the story or any story by that matter.

As for Castle, it's not about the murders or the mystery. That's just the back drop. It's about the inter play of the characters . Just like Firefly but this time it takes place not in the space of the future but in a NYPD precinct.


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Originally posted by Kwicko:
The prosecutor, of course, didn't believe a bit of it - she thinks alcoholism is a crock. Of course, then she shows up drunk to court after pulling an all-night bender, this in light of the fact that NEVER have they even intimated that she might be a bit of a tippler.

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Originally posted by Bytemite: Hulu discussion boards are vicious and full of people who are trying to take crime fiction /comedy too seriously.

I don't know about everyone else, but I think that the camp and cheese factor for Castle is part of the fun. I guess... some people... don't like camp? *speech broken, like my poor traumatized brain*

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You mean bashing Castle because it's not "real" enough? That's lame. The cheese factor *is* part of the fun :P

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Castle I like, but really, just because of Nathan. Anyone else were the star, I doubt I'd watch.

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Originally posted by UnabashedVixen:

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Castle I like, but really, just because of Nathan. Anyone else were the star, I doubt I'd watch.

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I don't think the show would work with someone else.

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Originally posted by Bytemite:

Also complaints about it looking "cheap" or "low-budget" which to me really mean the same thing.

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I don't think the show would work with someone else. Because it is campy, and silly, but Nathan as Castle is funny and endearing and just so enjoyable to watch. Does anyone else feel like it's really just "The Nathan Fillion Show" ? It seems like they are all having so much fun. That makes it fun to watch.

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Originally posted by RahlMaclaren:
The ONLY problem I have with Castle is that it's on a network that I can't get very well. Even tonight with CLEAR SKY it came in choppy and unwatchable. Unless, I'm standing with one hand on the antenna, well, than it comes in just fine.

Grrr.... Sucks sometimes, living on the corner of No and Where.


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Find here the Serenity you seek. -Tara Maclay

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