Bruce Campbell sighting: USA Network's Burn Notice
Friday, June 29th, 2007 - 4:30pm
Actually, judging by the pilot last night, it's a fun show; kind of a latter-day MacGuyver with a little Bond thrown in for fun. Plus, you learn all sorts of useful facts like how to shake a trailing car or how to shoot through a front door. Plus, it's got Bruce and it's set in the skin-capital of the US, Miami. Can't go wrong there. Anyone else catch it?
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I fell asleep to it, but that was no fault of the show. I was trying to hold out for The Chin, but alas. I liked the beginning, but had no clue what the tone of the rest of the episodes would be.
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Fedaykin98 wrote:
There is a re-run tomorrow at 5:30pm of the pilot.
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Yeah, I briefly forgot, this is USA and they replay all of their shows a dozen times.
Fedaykin98 wrote:
I liked it for the most part but it didn't really gel for me, but I attribute that to it being a pilot which is rarely spectacular. I'll definitely watch it again because I can see some solid potential there.
Plus it's got Bruce Campbell in sleazy mode!
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Did he play the piano?
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Fedaykin98 wrote:
No but it would have been quite fitting if he had!
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He acts like he does in the Old Spice commercials, but it's as if in the commercials he was a total failure.
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"If ads put your sanity to the test
come on down to Rat Boy's nest!
light up a stogie, and soon you'll see
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'I'd hit it!'" - HP Lovesauce
This show is awesome. At 51 minutes you can see one of my clients houses. Looks like the shot of him walking down the driveway and the interior/pool scenes are shot at different houses.
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It's not at all bad, but I liked Psych more. Also this one's got a high OPH (oogaba per hour) ratio.
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I think the concept and overall theme are great. It was lots of fun. However, I think it may be suffering from pilot-itis, because the writing / dialog was pretty bad in places... especially for the attractive female main.
Also, shihonage doesn't lie - Tyrian and I kept yelling at the screen that this was not 1980, not a Spelling show, and it wasn't Miami Vice. They couldn't do a scene without first focusing for ten or so seconds on a random bikini-clad young woman who was totally uninvolved in the story. Kinda cheesy after the third time.
We're hoping the next few eps will loosen up a tad - Bruce Campbell was great, as always.
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Fun stuff. It feels a lot like a classic detective novel, with a colorful cast of characters that pops up on a regular basis, alternately screwing each other over and helping out. By cramming everyone's backstory into one episode, it definitely suffers from the aforementioned pilot-itis, but further episodes should flow a bit better.
It would help if they improved the writing and acting for Fiona and his mother, as they were kind of awful. I actually think Fiona's character was nicely original and shows some promise, as it's rare to see a genuinely threatening, violent woman on television.
I really enjoyed it. I've liked the actor since I saw him in Touching Evil. And of course Bruce Campbell.
Guessing you're not a CSI: Miami fan.
Fedaykin98 wrote:
That's how it is down here. In the area they shoot you have to stare for at least 15 seconds and then you do what you are suppose to do. It's a city ordinance.
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I'm all set to watch this tonight. I was not too interested with the early commercial barrage for the series - I thought, "good for Guy Pearce." Then the last round of them during the day Friday happened to have Bruce in almost every shot. Sold American!
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It's not the cleanest thing - Jones is hired to recover Hitler's homemade porn. I greatly enjoyed it, though.
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LOL! I have to keep the region in mind. But now I wonder, if in addition to that ordinance, some zippy, early 80's instrumental music with lots of keyboard action has to be playing at all public functions...
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It depends on the section. Some areas require salsa, reggaeton, rap, classic rock, etc.
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I often have the same problem.
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Maybe you need to mark those areas with signs, like "You're Now Entering Phil Collins Territory" or "Bienvenidos a la Avenue de Tito Puente."
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We already do that. Little Havanna, Little Haiti, Coral Gables, Miami Beach, etc.
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Ugh. I watched this last night and that was most definitely not "the guy from Memento" like I thought. His smile when he was trying to be charming was just kind of creepy... Dunno if I'll bother getting this show anymore.
Can anybody let me know how the rest of Eureka compares to its first episode?
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Fedaykin98 wrote:
You wanted more Bruce, you got more Bruce in episode 2. It seemed like every character complaint from the pilot got addressed here. Even the mom was less annoying yet more poignant.
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"If ads put your sanity to the test
come on down to Rat Boy's nest!
light up a stogie, and soon you'll see
how rock can be commercial-free!
'I'd hit it!'" - HP Lovesauce
I would agree, I thought the second episode was much better than the pilot.
Bruce is good at playing sleazy guys!
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I caught the pilot and it was pretty well done. Big helping of Magnum P.I. in the show, though updated for the 00s.
What got me was the prospect of having to sit through a four season run to find out why he got burned. I wouldn't mind if they move towards that in the first season, but I can't sign up for another show where information is doled out with an eyedroper week to week.