tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10794229.post3917383714495510766..comments2023-11-02T02:36:21.399-07:00Comments on Check the Fien Print: Take Me to the Pilots '07: ABC's "Pushing Daisies"Daniel Fienberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875425500395284200noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10794229.post-65935739163608618322007-06-20T09:24:00.000-07:002007-06-20T09:24:00.000-07:00ummm....Lee Pace's character is named Ned, not Aar...ummm....Lee Pace's character is named Ned, not Aaron.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10794229.post-42561092584586710152007-06-13T14:36:00.000-07:002007-06-13T14:36:00.000-07:00anonymous, hah. Do you're saying my anger over th...anonymous, hah. Do you're saying my anger over the Firefly cancellation is a bit out of place this many years later?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10794229.post-41036993898053910662007-06-13T14:01:00.000-07:002007-06-13T14:01:00.000-07:00I loved the Wonderfalls pilot, but agree with the ...I loved the Wonderfalls pilot, but agree with the poster who said it got tired after a couple of episodes. And I thought Dead Like Me was completely overrated.<BR/><BR/>I still definitely plan on giving Pushing Daisies a chance, but I have a feeling it will be another "The Nine": heavily hyped pilot followed by mediocre series that gets canceled after a couple of months and leaves fans upset. Unfortunately, I have a feeling the PD fans will be of the cultish variety and won't shut up about the cancellation for years and years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10794229.post-87881766447234318202007-06-13T11:52:00.000-07:002007-06-13T11:52:00.000-07:00Yeah. I fully accept the charges of tweeness or ov...Yeah. I fully accept the charges of tweeness or over precocity. Something in Fuller's style just resonnates with me for some reason.<BR/><BR/>His week-to-week premises are all the same as well -- Ordinary person with extraordinary abilities has to use said powers to help one lost soul per week (either literally or figuratively). So George had to collect one soul per week and encourage them to go into the light on "Dead Like Me." And Jaye had to listen to one animal per week to set one person's life right. So if Aaron has to help solve one murder per week, I'm fine with that for a while, at least. The stuff with Anna Friel's character just adds a Moonlighting touch (GET IT?!?!? "TOUCH"?).<BR/><BR/>All I'm saying is that I really liked the pilot and I know that I don't need to worry about where it goes from here, because it isn't going anywhere from here... It's a nice relief...<BR/><BR/>DanielDanielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08110645467194876282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10794229.post-20555351914272013572007-06-13T11:33:00.000-07:002007-06-13T11:33:00.000-07:00Count me amongst those who found it twee; "overly ...Count me amongst those who found it twee; "overly precious" is how I've been describing it to people. Never been a huge Fuller fan (although "Company Man" is one of the best hours of TV I saw all year). The whimsy is so inorganic and annoyingly in your face (every shop and restaurant is given a too clever by half name, the visual scheme which plays like poor man's Burton, Kristin Chenoweth as a horned-up kewpie doll, etc...). I also agree with Carrie that I don't see how this premise can sustain itself for 22 episodes. The ticking clock element of its gimmick is fairly limiting and watching the show pretend it's never read an X-Men comic book while its two romantic leads struggle with their inability to be physically intimate was getting irksome by the end of the pilot.<BR/><BR/>I give it 5 episodes before people are sending pies to ABC.Andrew Dignanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03535783608109870688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10794229.post-88246469612409384532007-06-13T11:11:00.000-07:002007-06-13T11:11:00.000-07:00I liked this pilot very much but got a big sense o...I liked this pilot very much but got a big sense of "where do they go from here?" at the end of it. Is the show going to be about finding a way for the two leads to actually be able to touch each other again, therefore fulfilling the love story? Or are they just going to tread water every week, solving murders and hitting the same note about love that can never be realized? The latter is my fear.<BR/><BR/>I also liked Wonderfalls at the beginning, but after a few episodes got bored with the quirky and just wanted more from the show and I felt a similar feeling while watching this pilot. I'm going to give it a shot, but as Veronica Mars might say, "Mark me down as skeptical."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10794229.post-28359431959557967182007-06-13T04:14:00.000-07:002007-06-13T04:14:00.000-07:00Hey, I've watched Pushing Daisies! (And the three ...Hey, I've watched Pushing Daisies! (And the three ABC half-hours, too.) I'm too busy whoring myself out to <I>write</I> about them, not to watch them. Get your facts straight, bub.Alan Sepinwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.com