Me: "His name is Michael Weston." torrain: "He used to be a spy!" Me: [WIDE EYED STARE] torrain: "What?" TV: "His name is Michael Weston. He used to be a spy." ME: "HOW DID YOU KNOW, YOU SORCEROR" torrain: wut
The cardboard's gotten soft around the edges; it feels like the writer's have said "okay, five-year update" and people don't fit their new selves yet. Sam's reaction when confronted with the bad guy felt wishy-washy. Sam should not ever feel wishy-washy. I'll buy that Maddie gets frightened into giving details, but not that she gets frightened into giving the real ones, not so easily; you can snow her, but she knows very well how to recognize people intimidating her and how to appease them, and it feels like she's just forgotten that.
It's not that they've gotten cardboard as in they lack depth; it's that they've gotten cardboard in that they've stopped being strong.
Here in Saskatoon, Cass (my wife) and I are driving down Preston Ave, and this conversation (or something similar - my memory's not so great) happens:
C: My name is Michael Preston. I used to be a street. Me: What? C: You know, like Burn Notice, but with Preston instead of Weston. Me: OK. Me: "We got a burn notice on you. You're an alley now." When you're an alley, you've got nothing... C: "Where am I?" Me: (in a cheesy Irish accent) "Behind houses!"
Now, EVERY time we watch the show, I say "Behind Houses!" at that point in the intro and Cass cracks up like a little kid. And you thought YOU guys were weird. :P
I watch the series by 360+day tape delay; without cable, I just binge-watch the previous season when the DVD set comes out each June.
-- Steve's that fond of the show, and looks forward to next June's final set to complete the collection. (Well, that and get a copy of "The Fall of Sam Axe" to complete the collection.)
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Date: 2013-06-19 02:35 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-06-19 03:10 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-06-22 05:03 pm (UTC)How is that different to every other series of BN?
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Date: 2013-06-22 08:24 pm (UTC)It's not that they've gotten cardboard as in they lack depth; it's that they've gotten cardboard in that they've stopped being strong.
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Date: 2013-06-19 03:46 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-06-19 09:05 am (UTC)C: My name is Michael Preston. I used to be a street.
Me: What?
C: You know, like Burn Notice, but with Preston instead of Weston.
Me: OK.
Me: "We got a burn notice on you. You're an alley now." When you're an alley, you've got nothing...
C: "Where am I?"
Me: (in a cheesy Irish accent) "Behind houses!"
Now, EVERY time we watch the show, I say "Behind Houses!" at that point in the intro and Cass cracks up like a little kid.
And you thought YOU guys were weird. :P
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Date: 2013-06-19 09:48 am (UTC)-- Steve's that fond of the show, and looks forward to next June's final set to complete the collection. (Well, that and get a copy of "The Fall of Sam Axe" to complete the collection.)
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Date: 2013-06-19 03:49 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-06-19 04:26 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-06-21 03:29 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-06-21 04:49 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-06-20 04:26 am (UTC)