New Episode 2/12 PINOCCHIO

[rueful]

Hey, who said we wanted facts getting in the way of our theories? (just kidding!)

I found this little snippet in The Buffalo News from an article that was really about Patrick Swayze and Tim Roth's new shows:

[Regarding Roth: A human lie detector, in other words, with his own fancy schmancy consulting firm and his own beautiful assistant to bolster his cause without any fear of getting a bullet in her chest protector. She’s no Marley Shelton, perhaps, in “The Eleventh Hour” (whose gorgeous eyes and high forehead make her the major new beauty on TV, if you ask me) but then Roth is not exactly “The Eleventh Hour’s” Rufus Sewell either. He’s just a homely Everyguy who always looks as if he knows far more about life than they tell you in the tourist guidebooks.

[dirtygirldiva]

I know, but it would be like if I was another board and someone said that Ru never got to play a king...I just had to...lol

Nice pickup there rue. I do like Swayzes show...too bad he may not be around long enough to film the second season...

[rueful]

Well, we definitely need someone around here to keep us on the straight and narrow!

I liked the first episode of Beast pretty well, but I've just been so busy lately (hmmm, I wonder with what?) that I haven't seen more. Swayze seems like another down to earth, nice guy, though, and I wish him all the best.

[lizap]

I have found all of the other Bruckheimer shows to be kind of oppressive in various ways, either that or just uninteresting, so I'm really encouraged by the fact that in all of his interviews and I think also in the Craig Ferguson appearance, Rufus mentioned that humor is one thing he would like to see developed in the show. I think this show has the most light-hearted feel of any of the Bruckheimer shows, and it seems likely that since Rufus wants to emphasize the humor, he will find ways of making that known to the producers, etc.

[peach]

I agree lizap, Bruckheimer shows are oppressive and why is the lighting so horrible? I hope the writers were listening to Ruf when he said he wanted more humour, they've touched on it but so far it's few and far between. He was hysterical on Ferguson's show, so sweet and adorable.

[lizap]

Yes, peach, I just love that interview on Ferguson so much!

[rueful]

I'm glad that's the show he was on, because Ferguson is a better interviewer than the other late night hosts; he actually lets his guests talk a bit. I'd love to see Rufus on Ellen or on Bonnie Hunt's new show, because they're both very funny women but not so manic and I think they're the best at putting guests at ease.

[peach]

I used to be a big fan of Letterman, now he's just a bloated hateful interviewer. I don't like him anymore. Ferguson, isgood he listens to what each guest has to say and as you said Rue, he lets them finish a sentance too, plus he's real funny. Charlies Rose is the worst, understandably it's his show but he loves to hear himself talk and never lets a guest get a word in.

[rueful]

Oh, you're so right about Charlie Rose, and it drives me crazy, because his is the only interview show that actually has Broadway actors, playwrights, other writers, intellectuals, etc. He has a fabulous booking producer (or whatever they're called). Why oh why doesn't the man let his fascinating guests talk?

[ambra]

I would love to see Rufus on Ellen, just to see him dance over to the couch!

[peach]

Oh Ambra, that would be nice. I'd like to see him on her show too!

Rueful, Charlie Rose is an itellectual, not that it's a bad thing, but he's just so impressed by his own smugness, I have on occasion watched because his guests have been so varied. but he is so annoying that eventually I end up turning him off, he's downright rude. Rosie O'Donnel always had Broadway people on, she really got people excited about theatre again
but she too has gone off the deep end, so sad.

[Vittoria]

Bahhh! Repeat? Bummer! I was just noticing that in the listings today. Oh well... I'll watch it anyway!

So much looking forward to the next new one. "Pinocchio" sounds interesting. I'd like to see where that picks up from the other episode.

Indeed, it will also be nice to see more humour as Rufus was saying (in the interview) that he wants.

[tipou]

although i think tht they pushed it a bit, in the network blurbs, describing gepetto as "dr. hood old nemesis" - i think nemesis is a strong word in this case. lets say, uncaught suspect at worse! sounds to me like an artificial and lazy way of advertizing.

[ambra]

I don't like the word "nemesis" either in this case. When I think of a nemesis I think of Moriarty to Holmes, a long-standing battle of wits between good and evil. As far as we know, Hood has only encountered Gephetto in the premiere.

Speaking of the premiere, there was something mentioned in it that has yet to be established on the show. Rachel says Hood needs a handler because some of his views and/or actions upset certain people to the point someone planted a car bomb and tried to kill him. So far, Hood hasn't done or said anything so controversial that I can see it upsetting anyone, much less motivating someone to kill him. I thought maybe "Eternal" might touch on a backstory that he was a vocal proponent of stem cell research and/or involved in it because of what happened to his wife and some fanatics decided to get rid of him. I really would like to know what he did or said that caused someone to want to murder him and why the FBI would see his life as still being threatened enough that he has to travel with Rachel for protection.

[tipou]

yes... he seems quite harmless to me, as you say...