Who's getting Burn Notice next Tuesday? by chrisisall

I've not seen an ep, but I hear great things about it- I'm in.

Anyone else?

Ex-spy Chrisisall

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Monday, June 9, 2008 5:31 PM

AURAPTOR

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
I've not seen an ep, but I hear great things about it- I'm in.

Anyone else?

Ex-spy Chrisisall

And miss Fiona in action? Just try and stop me !!!

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Monday, June 9, 2008 7:39 PM

I am SO in.

Not burned Chrisisall

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Wednesday, June 11, 2008 8:36 AM

Burn bump

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Wednesday, June 11, 2008 10:18 AM

MACBAKER

Any series with Bruce Campbell, spys, and hot babes, is on my list of must haves. Burn Notice is the best summer series on TV.

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

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Wednesday, June 11, 2008 10:27 AM

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Originally posted by MacBaker:
Any series with Bruce Campbell, spys, and hot babes, is on my list of must haves. Burn Notice is the best summer series on TV.

Better than Miami Vice was?

Curious Chrisisall

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Wednesday, June 11, 2008 10:27 AM

IGOR

I am not sure of your reference to next Tuesday. The 1st season of Burn Notice is being re-aired on Thursday 11:00pm on USA network. The 2nd season starts in July on USA. Do watch this show, it`s my favorite of all the currently aired shows by a wide margin.

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Wednesday, June 11, 2008 10:34 AM

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Originally posted by Igor:
I am not sure of your reference to next Tuesday.

The DVD's comes out the 17th of this month here in region 1 (USA & Canada).

Noticeisall

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Wednesday, June 11, 2008 11:06 AM

I had vaguely heard of this series but it only really came to my attention in the Bruce Campbell thread from a ways back. It's similar to how I discovered the great Brisco.
Because he's in it it peaked my interest but so far I have done nothing (it probably won't be out in the UK for decades so I'd have to import it anyway).

So I'll hold out for your review Chris. We share some similar tastes in TV and movies and your opinion as a fellow Browncoat means something.
Don't get big headed or anything, I'm just sayin is all.

If you like the first couple of episodes I'll give it a chance. If you don't then I won't and maybe wait till it hits UK TV. Unless I already missed it....

"I don't believe in suicide, but if you'd like to try it it might cheer me up to watch."

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Wednesday, June 11, 2008 11:23 AM

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Originally posted by lwaves:

If you like the first couple of episodes I'll give it a chance.

Believe me, on new properties I'm usually a tough sell. I got the first season of Alias a couple years ago on a recommendation from some folk here, and while I sort of enjoyed it, kinda, it wasn't funny enough to support the nuttyness of the concepts, nor serious enough in plot to support the melodrama IMO...so, sold it. I also jettisoned Angel season two, Buffy season five & Earth 2 pretty fast as well.

I promise not to say I love this thing just because the Great Bruce Campbell is in it- he has been in some borderline crap in his day (McHale's Navy, Congo, Menno's Mind anyone?).

I'm hoping for a kind of cross between Miami Vice & Man From Uncle here, but I'm open to a pleasant surprise, if it should be.

Anticipatory Chrisisall

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Thursday, June 12, 2008 4:11 AM

PATSRULE

I liked Burn Notice. Watched every episode. It certainly has an element of "cheesyness", but it is a fun show. Definitely good for a summer series. But in the last year, there have been so many good new shows (Chuck, Reaper, Damages, Journeyman, Breaking Bad, New Amsterdam, Sarah Connor Chronicles, Life, Dirty Sexy Money) that I liked in the last year.

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Thursday, June 12, 2008 4:12 AM

SINGATE

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
I'm hoping for a kind of cross between Miami Vice & Man From Uncle here, but I'm open to a pleasant surprise, if it should be.

I'd say it's more like a cross between Spenser for Hire and MacGyver. Without spoiling anything...Michael Westin by and large spends time solving fairly small problems in each episode while gaining clues about his "burn" along the way. He is essentially the straight man in the series while his mother and partners in crime provide the comedy. Although I like the series I can't see shelling out $35 for only 13 episodes.

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Thursday, June 12, 2008 5:05 AM

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Originally posted by singate:

I'd say it's more like a cross between Spenser for Hire and MacGyver.

Both shows I liked.

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Although I like the series I can't see shelling out $35 for only 13 episodes.

With tax, that's about $3 an ep...I guess they know we'll pay for quality...$20 would be a fairer price IMO.

Miami Chrisisall

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Thursday, June 12, 2008 5:13 AM

SINGATE

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
With tax, that's about $3 an ep...I guess they know we'll pay for quality...$20 would be a fairer price IMO.

It will be joining the list of shows I don't own due to pricing:

Farscape
Battlestar Galactica(new series)
Doctor Who(newest series)
Torchwood
Eureka
The Invisible Man

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Thursday, June 12, 2008 6:12 AM

MACBAKER

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
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Originally posted by MacBaker:
Any series with Bruce Campbell, spys, and hot babes, is on my list of must haves. Burn Notice is the best summer series on TV.

Better than Miami Vice was?

Curious Chrisisall

Miami Vice wasn't a "Summer Series". Summer series didn't even exist back then. Summer series tend to run about 12 to 13 episodes, which I think is actually a good thing, because the writing tends to be more consistent, and there tends to be few if any "filler" episodes.

The Closer used to be a favorite summer series, but it got too predictable. A shame, but series like "Burn Notice" and "In Plain Sight" have proven that summer series can work (IMHO).

I think shorter seasons tend to bring up the quality of a series. Battlestar's best season was the first season (the only short one), and Doctor Who and Torchwood have had consistently good and varied stores because of their short seasons.

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

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Thursday, June 12, 2008 6:34 AM

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Originally posted by MacBaker:
Summer series tend to run about 12 to 13 episodes, which I think is actually a good thing, because the writing tends to be more consistent, and there tends to be few if any "filler" episodes.

Rescue Me is good for that reason.

Gimmequalityisall

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Thursday, June 12, 2008 7:33 AM

BROWNCOATSANDINISTA

Burn Notice is great, the humor is certainly a cut above most of the drivel one finds on tv these days. And yes, the character of Fiona is great, as all ex-revolutionary, carbombing, gun-running, Irish, quasi-ex-girlfriends should be.

I'm eagerly awaiting the second season.

And Torchwood, Eureka, and of course, Doctor Who are some of my faves as well, though I'd put down the consistency in Torchwood and Doctor Who to the excellence of the Beeb's writing staffs and not to the shortness of their seasons.

"I'm not going to say Serenity is the greatest SciFi movie ever; oh wait yes I am." - Orson Scott Card

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Thursday, June 12, 2008 7:37 AM

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Originally posted by BrowncoatSandinista:

And Torchwood, Eureka, and of course, Doctor Who are some of my faves as well

Where does Burn Notice place in that bunch, BrowncoatSandinista?

Curiousisall

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Thursday, June 12, 2008 10:55 AM

LETOV

As far as I'm concerned, Burn Notice is a must-have. I love the characters and the plots were great. There's just a "style" to the show that is rare. It very quickly became a yardstick by which my wife and I measured other shows.

For example, we started watching Psych and enjoyed it, but both of us found ourselves saying, "its no Burn Notice though..."

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Thursday, June 12, 2008 11:00 AM

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Originally posted by LetoV:

For example, we started watching Psych and enjoyed it, but both of us found ourselves saying, "its no Burn Notice though..."

That's good...I have to get it cause Bruce Campbell's in it- good to hear it's ALSO a fine show...

Bruceisall

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Thursday, June 12, 2008 11:03 AM

BROWNCOATSANDINISTA

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
Where does Burn Notice place in that bunch, BrowncoatSandinista?

Curiousisall

I don't really put them in order. It's more like the energy shell theory of the atom. There's Firefly at the center, the nucleus if you will, with a cloud of other shows close to it, i.e. Torchwood, Burn Notice, Doctor Who, Eureka, Summer Glau Chronicles, and then another cloud further beyond that, i.e. Mythbusters, Anything on Cosmology that the Science Channel Does, etc.

Does that make any sense at all?

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Thursday, June 12, 2008 11:11 AM

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Originally posted by BrowncoatSandinista:

Does that make any sense at all?

Totally. Serenity/FF is my nucleus also, with Star Trek TOS, Buffy, Heroes, Rescue Me, Dark Angel (and hopefully Burn Notice & Glau Chronicles) in close, and other stuff like Stargate Atlantis & Brisco County, Jr. slightly farther out.

Atomic Chrisisall

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Thursday, June 12, 2008 11:52 AM

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I'd say it's more like a cross between Spenser for Hire and MacGyver.
Both shows I liked.

See this is what I mean about similar tastes. I liked MacGyver enough to watch most of it (but not all) and I loved Spenser For Hire. It was one of those shows back then that people I knew never watched until I suggested it and then they were hooked. And of course it features Avery Brooks who later went on to command a certain deep space station. Good stuff indeed.

I saw the pilot to Alias and the second episode and decided that it was an inferior rip on Dark Angel. Bits I've seen of it since then have done nothing to convince me otherwise.

12 to 13 episode seasons are good (early Dead Zone, Dexter, Six Feet Under, Buffy season 1, to name a few) and over here in Blighty we get a lot of 6 to 8 episode seasons (Life On Mars being a major one). I wish more shows would be shorter, and then they'd stick more to the central plot of the season, without running off on tangents. But then we'd miss some of the funnier, one-off episodes I guess. With half the episodes would Joss have had time to do Once More With Feeling?

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Thursday, June 12, 2008 12:02 PM

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Originally posted by lwaves:
I loved Spenser For Hire.

I may just have to buy this....
http://www.amazon.com/Spenser-Hire-Collection-Robert-Urich/dp/B0009NSD
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I really should have owned it already.

Hawkisall

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Thursday, June 12, 2008 12:43 PM

ELVISCHRIST

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Originally posted by patsrule:
I liked Burn Notice. Watched every episode. It certainly has an element of "cheesyness", but it is a fun show. Definitely good for a summer series. But in the last year, there have been so many good new shows (Chuck, Reaper, Damages, Journeyman, Breaking Bad, New Amsterdam, Sarah Connor Chronicles, Life, Dirty Sexy Money) that I liked in the last year.

Dude... It's like you're IN my DVR... :)

Those are all shows that I watched and liked over the past year, some more than others. I won't really miss Journeyman or New Amsterdam, but they were okay.

Burn Notice might not be the best thing on TV, but it's certainly worth a watch. I watched all of S1 when it was new, and I'm eagerly awaiting S2.

I also eagerly await the next season of The Shield. And I really, REALLY want to see The Wire, starting from the beginning. Sadly, it's just out of my price range right now. Same with the fantastic BBC series MI-5, which is kind of similar to "24", except that it's actually good. :)

Get Burn Notice, Chris. Bruce Campbell is good. Jeffrey Donovan is better. What I like best about it is the snarkiness - it doesn't take itself too seriously.

EC

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Thursday, June 12, 2008 3:14 PM

NCBROWNCOAT

I LOVE the snariness of Burn Notice too. And the voice overs of spy craft are good too. Of course they leave out one or two crucial details of how to use a cell phone to detonate a bomb or make a bomb out of things readily available in the home, don't want the teenagers to actually succeed in doing it, but other things like how to shake a tail ring true.

Another good series currently on BBC America is Robin Hood, but it's not your father's Robin Hood. Think of Robin with the crew of Serenity. And a kick ass Maid Marion, who's not quite head over heels over Robin, at least not yet.

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Friday, June 13, 2008 9:43 AM

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Originally posted by ElvisChrist:
Same with the fantastic BBC series MI-5, which is kind of similar to "24", except that it's actually good. :)

Okay you confused me there for a sec. I thought MI-5 ?? Never heard of it, until I looked it up and realised you meant 'Spooks'. Yes that is a good show that is consistently on top form.

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Another good series currently on BBC America is Robin Hood, but it's not your father's Robin Hood. Think of Robin with the crew of Serenity. And a kick ass Maid Marion, who's not quite head over heels over Robin, at least not yet.

You jest, do you not.
Robin Hood for the hoodie generation. The merry men never kill anyone for a start. Aimed squarely at the teen market, so that age group may like it.
I think you are greatly insulting the BDH's by making that comparision to our crew.
My ancestors feature several Sheriff's of Nottingham (I kid ye not, it is a genuine position) and they would have caught this stubbled whippersnapper in an instant.

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I may just have to buy this....
http://www.amazon.com/Spenser-Hire-Collection-Robert-Urich/dp/B0009NSD
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I really should have owned it already.

Me too. Think I'll order this next time I go through Amazon. Although the movies were never as good as the series. Hopefully this will lead to the series being released.

"I don't believe in suicide, but if you'd like to try it it might cheer me up to watch."

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Friday, June 13, 2008 9:57 AM

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Originally posted by lwaves:
Although the movies were never as good as the series. Hopefully this will lead to the series being released.

Now that you mention it, the movies were filmed in Canada, not Boston, and Spencer drove a Ford Probe, not the Mustang....
Still, worth it for fans.

Robert B. Chrisisall

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Friday, June 13, 2008 12:48 PM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
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Originally posted by lwaves:
Although the movies were never as good as the series. Hopefully this will lead to the series being released.
Now that you mention it, the movies were filmed in Canada, not Boston, and Spencer drove a Ford Probe, not the Mustang....
Still, worth it for fans.

Robert B. Chrisisall

Yes they were, probably Toronto as that seems to double for a lot of US cities, nice city but not Boston. Also the main female (can't remember her name) changed as well.

Ahhh....the Mustang. That brings back memories.
And he lived in a fire station which always seemed cool.

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Friday, June 13, 2008 12:59 PM

ELVISCHRIST

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Originally posted by ElvisChrist:
Same with the fantastic BBC series MI-5, which is kind of similar to "24", except that it's actually good. :)

Okay you confused me there for a sec. I thought MI-5 ?? Never heard of it, until I looked it up and realised you meant 'Spooks'. Yes that is a good show that is consistently on top form.

Sorry, I used the "Americanized" name for the show. I catch it whenever I can, but the DVD sets are tres expensive. :(

EC

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Sunday, June 15, 2008 8:19 PM

BROWNCOATSANDINISTA

Spooks is great! One of my favourites. Didn't think anyone here would have known it though ((Which in hindsight seems rather stupid of me, as we're all so diverse and cultured!)).

Robin Hood is decent, but yes, it's aimed squarely at my generation. Sadly, my generation isn't as smart as they think us. At least, some of my former classmates weren't so smart. For example:

"I get it, it's supposed to be about the war ((In Iraq)), but seriously, it's heavy handed that they changed the story and made Robin just back from a war in the middle east, innit?"

Me: /facepalm.

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Tuesday, June 17, 2008 7:58 AM

LETOV

So, updates? Anybody read this thread and check out the set? My curiousity has been peaked.

Edited: Just realized my poor timing. If its just coming out today permaybehaps this was a little pre-mature. I'll try back later :)

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Wednesday, June 18, 2008 10:30 AM

I GOT IT I GOT IT!!!
Be seeing it soon- $35 from Bestbuy (sale ends soon- then back to $40), a lot of coin for 11 eps, but I hear tell it's shiny...and, Bruce...

Happy Chrisisall

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Thursday, June 19, 2008 1:26 PM

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Originally posted by lwaves:

If you like the first couple of episodes I'll give it a chance.

Man, I just watched the first ep, and yeah baby, this is the real deal! My only gripe- I want more Bruce Campbell; he's just a supporting character, not a star here...
But if ya told me it was written by Joss hisself, I might have just believed ya, it's that tightly scripted.

Go for it.

I might have to get the USA Network on cable now to see the new eps starting in July...

Impressed Chrisisall

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Thursday, June 19, 2008 4:31 PM

MACBAKER

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
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Originally posted by lwaves:

If you like the first couple of episodes I'll give it a chance.
Man, I just watched the first ep, and yeah baby, this is the real deal! My only gripe- I want more Bruce Campbell; he's just a supporting character, not a star here...
But if ya told me it was written by Joss hisself, I might have just believed ya, it's that tightly scripted.

Go for it.

I might have to get the USA Network on cable now to see the new eps starting in July...

Impressed Chrisisall

Watch a few more episodes Chrisisall, Bruce's character gets more important as the series goes on, and in the season finale' we see how close he and Michael really are!

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

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Friday, June 20, 2008 11:15 AM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
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Originally posted by lwaves:

If you like the first couple of episodes I'll give it a chance.
Man, I just watched the first ep, and yeah baby, this is the real deal! My only gripe- I want more Bruce Campbell; he's just a supporting character, not a star here...
But if ya told me it was written by Joss hisself, I might have just believed ya, it's that tightly scripted.

Go for it.

I might have to get the USA Network on cable now to see the new eps starting in July...

Impressed Chrisisall

Cheers for the mini-review.
That's enough to convince me, I'm off to order it now. Might even treat myself to express delivery so I get it in a couple of days rather than over a week.
Even more stuff to watch!!

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Friday, June 20, 2008 11:36 AM

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Originally posted by MacBaker:

Watch a few more episodes Chrisisall, Bruce's character gets more important as the series goes on,

Just watched the second ep...

Select to view spoiler:

the Cagney & Lacy gag was not wasted on me, heh heh

And the quality remains consistent with the pilot. The commentary, while short, is good & funny. Bruce set loose is a thing of beauty.

I smell feature film material here, boys.
Another point- the lead actors aren't little children (no twentysomethings), something an Obama-aged dude like me can appreciate.

Samisall

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Friday, June 20, 2008 11:38 AM

FAITHLOVESPURPLE

Looove Burn Notice. Love.

--Faith

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Saturday, June 21, 2008 6:51 AM

Third ep even better...seriously, I haven't had this much fun with a show since Firefly.

Smart purchaseisall

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Sunday, June 22, 2008 9:17 AM

Fourth episode was merely great- not excellent, but even that had excellent moments.

It's like a more mature MacGyver set in Miami Vice locals, with a violent version of Maggie from Northern Exposure as an on again off again love interest. And Bruce, of course.

Smart with the duct tapeisall

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Sunday, June 22, 2008 10:31 AM

Burn Notice Rocks! I haven't gotten that excited about a show in a long time.

I was hooked in the first five minutes of the pilot, but waited for it to go downhill. It never did. Really! The weakest episode to me was a solid B, maybe even a B+. Great characters, strong writing, great actors. Defintely doesn't take itself too seriously.

Love the dry voice-overs and the double-O MacGyver momemts, and the way the lead character can assemble most known weapons in his sleep, and matter-of-factly faces murderers/kidnappers/assasins, but squirms when his mom calls his cell :)

I had a blast watching it. My husband too, and we couldn't wait--we'd actually watch it as soon as it aired--no waiting until next week.

I watched it because of Bruce, but he is a secondary character--definitely grew through the series as previously mentioned. Very glad I tuned in, and I will be there with bells on when Season 2 premieres.

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Monday, June 23, 2008 7:01 AM

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Great characters, strong writing, great actors.

Curiously, my wife seems to dislike Donovan- she says there's nothing about his character she likes. Maybe I'm reading into him, but he at once cracks me up AND gets my sympathy. He's from a severely dysfunctional family; I can relate to that.

Burned Chrisisall

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Monday, June 23, 2008 8:13 AM

CANTTAKESKY

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
Third ep even better...seriously, I haven't had this much fun with a show since Firefly.

Nothing I've seen has ever come close to Firefly. But Burn Notice is my new Veronica Mars. I bought it on both iTunes, and then on DVD as well last week. Woohoo!

I'll tell you another show I am absolutely hooked on: Psych, also on USA.

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Monday, June 23, 2008 1:58 PM

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Curiously, my wife seems to dislike Donovan- she says there's nothing about his character she likes.

I'm a little surprised to hear that. I thought he was pretty appealing. I really like the combining of the pretty univeral "fish out of water" idea with with the archetype of the cosmopolitan spook--it really works for me. It makes the spook more human as he fumbles through the day to day, with all the fun of seeing the action with the dangerous espionage and combat. With the dry humor layered on top with a great ensemble cast, and blueberry yogurt ;), I'm lovin' it.

Oh, BTW, if anyone is buying through Amazon, try to remember to start your session by clicking on the Amazon button on the FFF.net front page, because I think they get a piece of the action that way.

ThereUR

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Tuesday, June 24, 2008 5:43 AM

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I'm a little surprised to hear that. I thought he was pretty appealing.

Me too- I guess it's just a chemistry thing- kinda like the way I don't like the star of Farscape...most peeps seem to like him.

(?)Chrisisall

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Tuesday, June 24, 2008 6:43 AM

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Me too- I guess it's just a chemistry thing- kinda like the way I don't like the star of Farscape...most peeps seem to like him

Ummm... [raises hand]

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Tuesday, June 24, 2008 6:52 AM

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Originally posted by ThereUR:

Ummm... [raises hand]

Meaning you're with ME...or MOST PEEPS...?

Confused Chrisisall

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Tuesday, June 24, 2008 8:00 AM

With most peeps

I haven't watched Farscape in awhile, but Crichton/Browder floats my boat.

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Tuesday, June 24, 2008 9:45 AM

I just got word that I should get this series tomorrow or Thurs at worst (probably Thurs knowing the UK postal service).

Looking forward to seeing this from what I've read here. Will update you when I get going.

And not to derail the topic but I thought Crichton was the only watchable thing in the pilot of Farscape. I wasn't hooked on the rest and didn't watch any more but I understand why it was so popular, it just didn't do it for me.

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Wednesday, June 25, 2008 10:19 AM