Title: PUSHING DAISIES - TWIN PEAKS on helium
Bob Gutowski - October 9, 2007 03:48 PM (GMT)
I really enjoyed "Pushing Daisies," but the question of the subsequent episodes being as lush and beautifully written as the Sonnenfeld -directed pilot is on my mind. The thing was just so sure-footed, as opposed to, oh, the last Andy Richter debacle.
Craig Blamer - October 9, 2007 04:34 PM (GMT)
Didn't see it, but I really like the title. Maybe down the road there can be a spin-off called "Hauling Ashes"...
Lisa Larkin - October 10, 2007 04:48 AM (GMT)
What it's really like is a blending of WONDERFALLS and DEAD LIKE ME, which makes sense since Bryan Fuller was behind all three of these shows. I loved the pilot, which I recorded on DVR in SP mode since I knew I'd want to keep it. After purging the commercials, the runtime was a paltry 40 minutes. That's got to be an all time commercial-to-program high. <_<
Chester Berne - October 10, 2007 06:39 PM (GMT)
It was beautifully done, unique for broadcast tv and I wonder how long it will stay unique.
Jim Donahue - October 11, 2007 02:11 PM (GMT)
Well, I'm liking PUSHING DAISIES, but it does strike me as a bit too antic, too precious. I'm hoping it pulls back a tad.
I much prefer Fuller's WONDERFALLS, which, despite being almost as "out there" in concept, remained more human and relatable.
Keith Allison - October 12, 2007 07:16 PM (GMT)
"Precious" is a good description. It's a little much for me, a little too self-consciously "Let's make Big Fish mixed with Twin Peaks." But I didn't dislike it so much that I won't give it a couple more episodes.
Frank Coleman - October 19, 2007 05:08 PM (GMT)
We are both fans of DEAD LIKE ME and are seriously loving this new series. It's twisted but sweet at it's heart. The fact that we are real-life childhood sweethearts who found each other only after 35 years (and the invention of Google) means we're just total suckers for the storyline. ;)
Long may it run.
best to all,
Frank Coleman
Bambi Everson
Jim Donahue - October 19, 2007 09:40 PM (GMT)
A co-worker who watches the show had a question that I couldn't answer.
Once Ned touches a dead person or animal, is he/she alive forever (asuming Ned doesn't touch him/her again)? I'm guessing Ned is supposed to be in his late 20s. If he brought his dog back to life at the age of nine, the dog is now around 20, and he sure doesn't look it.
Terry Barhorst, Jr. - October 19, 2007 10:58 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Jim Donahue @ Oct 19 2007, 03:40 PM) |
A co-worker who watches the show had a question that I couldn't answer.
Once Ned touches a dead person or animal, is he/she alive forever (asuming Ned doesn't touch him/her again)? I'm guessing Ned is supposed to be in his late 20s. If he brought his dog back to life at the age of nine, the dog is now around 20, and he sure doesn't look it. |
I've been wondering about that too. The impression I'm getting (mostly from Digby) is that barring accidently death, disease, etc... (though there's no real evidence of this yet), the re-animated are immortal and 'stuck' at the age of their death. Time will tell.
Richard Harland Smith - October 20, 2007 01:26 AM (GMT)
Frank and Bambi, get a room! :P
My wife and I both liked DEAD LIKE ME, although we had to warm it or it cool to us over the course of the first season. Still, we saw something in the first few aggravating episodes that made us hang in there. With PUSHING DAISIES, neither of us could get into it at all. I don't think we'll be back.