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New Hinda
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Israel
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 Posted - 01/24/2008 : 09:38:57 AM
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Originally posted by Food
The thread mentions Suzanne Plechette, and less than 24 hours later, she dies. :(
A lot of Internet comments on Suzanne Pleshette, of blessed memory, have mentioned how good she was in "The Bob Newhart Show." Nobody in "The Bob Newhart Show" or "Newhart" made much of an impression on me. I remember she was very good as Annie Hayworth, the school teacher, in THE BIRDS. |
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Culfy
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
United Kingdom
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Posted - 01/26/2008 : 03:56:56 AM
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Originally posted by RossM
For me its Colombo. Peter Falk is hilarious for sure, and I like how the show is from the point of view of the killer, but the plots are all exactly the same. Colombo knows right from the start that its the millionaire killer and spots the key evidence within seconds. Then its just a matter of trapping the guy. But Falk is so watchable that the show is not bad by any means, just not nearly as good as I remember it being.
As I see it, the problem with Columbo is that te episode is always as good as the villain and the world that surrounds him. I remember watching amazing episodes, such as the ones with Donald Pleasence or that one that takes place in a military school. But then you have lots of apisodes that are pretty lame, and not even Falk can save them.
At least Columbo, by virtue of its format, forced writers to try and come up with decent plots and twists. I think it was Ken, who in discussing A Stranger Among Us talked about the cliche of having the murderer as the most unlikely person (generally a person who has only appeared in a couple of scenes and not played any real part in the plot); with Columbo, the writers couldn't rely on this twist.
Going back to tv shows, I remember when Ang Lee's Hulk was being released, I bought a video of the original series. I wanted to write something on how the big budget film could never match the melancholic atmosphere of the tv series.
Boy was I wrong
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