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 Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 12:52 am Post subject: Pushing Daisies |
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I'm watching it right now, actually. Commercial break.
Anyway, it's a new show that I find clever and, erm, adorable. So, anybody else a fan? |
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| Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 1:01 am Post subject: |
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What?  I am completely lost...what are you watching? |
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| Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 6:50 am Post subject: |
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Ooo, I really want to watch it but I keep missing its time slot or I forget it is on. It does look very adorable.
Oh, Gwen, Cade is talking about the new TV show Pushing Daisies.
Ta,
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| Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 6:55 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm addicted to that show. It's amazing. |
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| Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 7:12 pm Post subject: |
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I saw the pilot... is the rest good?
See it was cute but that was it. And it was kind of funny, but funny in a "oh that's funny but not funny enough to make me laugh" kind of way. And it is cute, almost Dr. Seuss like? But it just didn't keep me.... and I'm kind of lazy with television. |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 3:35 am Post subject: |
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| i love that show! |
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| Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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Love it, love it, love it, love it, love it!!!!!!!!!
That basically sums up my feelings. |
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| Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 6:33 pm Post subject: |
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They've only just starting showing this here, and I found the first episode pretty good. Witty, original, and quirky - it's a refreshing change, and I'm looking forward to the next episode.
(I am, however, pretty p.o.'d at ITV - despite having advertised it for a good month before airing, they've decided that they don't have enough time to air all the episodes before Euro 2008 (England aren't even playing!) and so are skipping the second episode to go straight on to the the third - grr at them! /rant) |
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| Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 2:22 pm Post subject: |
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| LOL. I saw the trailer. Imma watching it. It's pretty funny XD! |
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| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 4:45 pm Post subject: |
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Ugggh. Hate it. Actually, here's an mini-article I slipped into the school paper after watching the pilot:
Uuuugggggghhhhhhhh. The premise of Pushing Daisies is actually quite original: Ned (the protagonist) has the ability to bring the dead to life with a single touch. Once they’re alive, however, he cannot touch them again without ‘killing’ them; also, if he doesn’t touch them again within one minute, another person in proximity dies.
It’s a great concept: too bad the series doesn’t pull it off.
Ned, who is supposedly the main character of the series, has less emotions than a robot (that’s been turned off and beaten over the head with a baseball bat). In fact, the supporting character and business partner Chi McBride is more entertaining and enjoyable than the hero himself.
Unfortunately, this is only the beginning. The series insists on the idea of an old, semi-English narrator to comment on absolutely everything: we are left no room to assume what’s going through the character’s mind, because the show is more than happy to point out even the most obvious moments. The series sounds like a bad Doctor Suess book without rhyme.
Finally, the plot progression is terrible. Dialogue seems to be rushed out, stopped for moments that just aren’t emotionally touching, and resumed later in the same bizarre pattern. The show seemed to stagnate until it was time for a commercial break, then something significant to the plot was revealed, and wham, commercial time. I can understand the need to leave the audience guessing, but do you really need to sacrifice the show to do it? |
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| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 7:14 pm Post subject: |
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| I've watched a few episodes and I like it so far. It isn't amazing but it's cute and fun and the plot is lovely and I actually quite like the Dr Seuss feel. |
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| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 11:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Ah, the classic school newspaper op-ed piece. To each his own, Kang; I don't think that the aspects you criticized are necessarily wrong. I enjoy the style of narration and the acting, and I think it's different from a lot of things on the television today. (Dare I say "Grey's Anatomy"? *makes the sign of the cross*) Clearly you feel differently; thanks for your opinion! |
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| Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 2:33 pm Post subject: |
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Oooh, I haven't watched that in ages now!
Yeah, watching Pushing Daisies was my favourite method of procrastination. It's a really great show - and so cute, too! 
Emmerson and his comments rock, btw. |
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