MarleysGh0st wrote:Wait, here's one:MarleysGh0st wrote:Fox uses Flash so I can't embed the image here, but you can follow this link to see her.
Too late.PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:Yeah. I noticed when I saw the previews, but I didn't want to be the first to comment on it. I didn't want people to think that I completely objectify men.
--Bob
We really liked "The Namesake" as well. It's a good movie.themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:MarleysGh0st wrote:Wait, here's one:MarleysGh0st wrote:Fox uses Flash so I can't embed the image here, but you can follow this link to see her.
I saw the ads for this and the female partner (Zuleikha Robinson) seemed familiar but I couldn't place her, so I checked imdb and duh, I just recently rented "The Namesake" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0433416/ and I really liked the movie, so I'm recommending it.
MarleysGh0st wrote: I agree with ear; the central premise is strange (even for a fantasy show) but the show has potential. Essentially, Amsterdam is Duncan MacLeod, without all those annoying guys trying to chop off his head.
One other point I found strange was the implication that he's remained a resident of New Amsterdam/New York all through the centuries, instead of roaming the world, a la MacLeod. That would seem to increase the risk of having awkward run-ins with aging, past acquaintances.
tlynn78 wrote:I watched. It was. mmm, okay. I was disappointed in it, it didn't live up to my expectations or its own possibilities. THere seems to be no chemistry at all between him and his partner. I'm hoping it will improve and intend to watch at least a couple more episodes to give it a chance.
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I was annoyed by his comments to his partner (who is supposed to be a DETECTIVE) continuously referring to his longevity, and her just staring agape or rolling her eyes. Like the "this place was a speakeasy in the '30's" How did you know?" "I used to drink" and the "I read lips .... temporary deafness ... from landing at Normandy" A few of those here and there could be clever, but if it keeps being so heavy-handed it'll get old quick, especially given her failure to catch on and call him on it.
Hmmnn. Perhaps she has been raised to be very, very polite to codgers.ulysses5019 wrote:I don't mind being objectified......maybe that's why Emma likes me?Yeah. I noticed when I saw the previews, but I didn't want to be the first to comment on it. I didn't want people to think that I completely objectify men.
Hmmnn. Perhaps she has been raised to be very, very polite to codgers.
"Journeyman" is on a different network - but I agree that I would have liked for it to be renewed.tanstaafl2 wrote:I would much rather have seen Journeyman get a longer shot at finding an audience but I guess that show was too cerebral, at least by TV standards, to have any shot. This one, not so much. The premise about the shaman giving him eternal youth until the "one true love" wanders by seems forced at best.
I will continue to watch for now but it I can perhaps see why it kept getting put back on the shelf. If it doesn't generate a solid following quickly I expect they will burn off the episodes they have in the can and then this one will join Journeyman in the TV show dumpster.
You would think perhaps they could have resolved that one by taking another page from the Highlander series and making him both immortal and "im"potent until the true love comes along making him both mortal and potent all at the same time.MarleysGh0st wrote:But on the show, she could be his great-great-great-great-granddaughter!tlynn78 wrote:I thought the chick playing the doctor/one-true-love possibility looks old enough to be his much older sister.
So, in other words, it's Highlander, but not good? Without head chopping, it might as well be Knight Rider.MarleysGh0st wrote:I agree with ear; the central premise is strange (even for a fantasy show) but the show has potential. Essentially, Amsterdam is Duncan MacLeod, without all those annoying guys trying to chop off his head.
Immortals aren't impotent, they just shoot blanks (or are barren, depending on gender). If I remember right, they don't breed even before they become immortal.tanstaafl2 wrote: You would think perhaps they could have resolved that one by taking another page from the Highlander series and making him both immortal and "im"potent until the true love comes along making him both mortal and potent all at the same time.
Well, we have to wait and see how they play out the "immortal until he finds his one true love" angle. One might think this means that the clock would start ticking for him to have a normal life span again, once they're united.fantine33 wrote:So, in other words, it's Highlander, but not good? Without head chopping, it might as well be Knight Rider.MarleysGh0st wrote:I agree with ear; the central premise is strange (even for a fantasy show) but the show has potential. Essentially, Amsterdam is Duncan MacLeod, without all those annoying guys trying to chop off his head.
Well, he did get a sword through the heart in a flashback, if that helps.fantine33 wrote:So, in other words, it's Highlander, but not good? Without head chopping, it might as well be Knight Rider.MarleysGh0st wrote:I agree with ear; the central premise is strange (even for a fantasy show) but the show has potential. Essentially, Amsterdam is Duncan MacLeod, without all those annoying guys trying to chop off his head.
Ah, yes. I meant infertile, rather than impotent. Although impotent goes so much better as a pair with immortal...fantine33 wrote:Immortals aren't impotent, they just shoot blanks (or are barren, depending on gender). If I remember right, they don't breed even before they become immortal.tanstaafl2 wrote: You would think perhaps they could have resolved that one by taking another page from the Highlander series and making him both immortal and "im"potent until the true love comes along making him both mortal and potent all at the same time.
I never thought about it before, but that must've been just to eliminate the possibilities of hooking up with a great great great whatever. In the first movie, they showed Christopher Lambert getting new names and identities from childrens' death certificates (I wonder how scammers do it now that you get a SSN at birth?) but the series and the rest of the movies just kind of ignored that part and made them vagabonds instead.
Which just confirms my suspicions that FOX is burning off these episodes just to have something to air until the regular programs come back.MarleysGh0st wrote:And Fox had to schedule the second episode tonight at the same time as Lost.
Feh!
I'm surprised no one has compared this show with "Moonlight" on CBS - same idea (immortal in the big city), except that the hero is a vampire.
They do have a similar theme. But I think the closest comparison is that they are both campy TV schlock. The acting on New Amsterdam may be a shade better. But given the apparent skills of the cast on Moonlight and the main female character in particular that isn't saying too much.earendel wrote:
I'm surprised no one has compared this show with "Moonlight" on CBS - same idea (immortal in the big city), except that the hero is a vampire.
Except the lead in both nights has been AI so maybe they are trying to give it a shot. Although I am inclined to agree that they are just burning them off to fill the void.earendel wrote:
Which just confirms my suspicions that FOX is burning off these episodes just to have something to air until the regular programs come back.
I agree with all of the above, especially about Journeyman; I knew from the start that the average TV audience person just wouldn't put up with all the literal jerking around, time-wise. Unless they were "really into it", & it took some getting into, at 1st, to warm up to the leads. Which was good acting on their part but maybe bad TV. Other shows where people got jerked around in time, say Quantum Leap, they stayed in the "new time" (most of the time) until the problem they were "sent to solve" was solved (& that show had a hard time picking up an audience too, but it lasted several years nonetheless).I would much rather have seen Journeyman get a longer shot at finding an audience but I guess that show was too cerebral, at least by TV standards, to have any shot. This one, not so much. The premise about the shaman giving him eternal youth until the "one true love" wanders by seems forced at best.
I will continue to watch for now but it I can perhaps see why it kept getting put back on the shelf. If it doesn't generate a solid following quickly I expect they will burn off the episodes they have in the can and then this one will join Journeyman in the TV show dumpster.
earendel wrote:
"New Amsterdam" was originally slated for the fall but was kept off the schedule. I suspect that FOX thinks it's a stinker but needed to air something to keep audiences until new episodes of existing shows are ready to air.
earendel wrote:Which just confirms my suspicions that FOX is burning off these episodes just to have something to air until the regular programs come back.
