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Francie

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  1. I need to have you know -- I cackled. I outright, out loud, scared the cats cackled at this. Well played, Ciarra, well played. Man, I loved that 35th anniversary special. The photoshoot section with the boxes. Back when production values mattered. That time -- what, 1996? - felt both like the the pinnacle of quality television and like the end of an era. It's hard to explain why -- I enjoyed that time immensely and was unhealthily addicted to watching GH. The Cassadine saga with Stefan and Nikolas. The Sonny/Brenda/Jax triangle. Lucy with her Doc. Jonathan Jackson and Amber Tamblyn. The introduction of Sarah J. Brown's Carly. But so many of the veteran performers were already being cast aside and some history was being forgotten. And then came Miranda. And, more importantly Guza left as head writer and Culliton wrote the show into the ground in a matter of weeks. JMHO. YMMV.
  2. Oscar, after getting beaten up and having his money stolen from the male hustler: I have learned my lesson! Oscar, after getting led around by the nose and having his money stolen from a female con artist: Clearly, I learned the wrong lesson!
  3. Not if Greenpeace has anything to say about that.
  4. The kids now have the money with the GoJo deal to fund the Pierce deal. So, it should be a 'go.' But the kids were only interested in it as a way to get their father's attention, so with their motivation for it gone, it'll probably fall apart due to their inability to follow through on it.
  5. So, so, so many great lines! Chef's kiss to the comic relief in the middle: Everything about Connor's sticker system, with "subsequent circulating mourners" and "second tier bereaved." But especially ... Connor: ... after two stickering perambulating circuits .. Shiv: We call them SPCs. and then Roman: They call that the second week itch, I believe. Shiv: Heard the latest about the, uh, Wisconsin court thing? Wylla: I'm sorry, what court thing? Oh, I need there to be an afterlife in this universe where Logan witnesses the the cow-print couch being placed in his living room.
  6. The best possible ending. Seeing Roman smile and have him recognize he's better off? Going into this episode, I so much wanted to see Gerri and him have a moment. But I realize now that Roman being on his own and away from it all was the ending he needed. And, man, I just hated him -- hated him! -- just two episodes ago on election night. This season opened with the most depressing birthday party ever, and then we see Logan Roy -- apparently not long before that -- enjoying the company of his girlfriend, colleagues, and oldest son. Who knew Karl could sing?
  7. My favorite blink and you'll miss it moment was when Connor said there was one person in the room who didn't think he was a joke, and Matsson did a two thumbs point to himself. The bored multi-multi billionaire who has amuse himself. Shiv and Tom were devastating on the balcony, but the comment that cut someone to core the most? Was Nate telling Kendall that he (Nate) wasn't Gil and Kendall wasn't Logan. He didn't mean it as an insult. And the fact it was a matter-of-fact observation made it all the more powerful. Who'da thought Connor's choices could singlehandedly save American democracy? Stay in the race, bud, and syphon off those votes in the honeymoon swing states!
  8. You're very welcome. I'm glad I was able to contribute something positive to this board. :)
  9. No. Current Waystar execs edited Logan Roy's statement, and Kendall told the audience, "Here's what my father had to say about the value." Breaking it down more fully, Kendall was saying, "Here's how this legend, this figure almost mythical in how successful and business savvy he was, evaluated the potential of this project." That was a misstatement of fact, and it was done with the specific intent to overvalue Waystar, and for further nefarious purposes in tanking a deal Romana and Kendall were just entrusted to complete by virtue of their being voted as co-CEOs. I'm thinking of the wrong being done to the shareholders, stake holders in the deal with Go Jo, and the public at large. What you're referencing seems to be a possible defamation claim Logan has against them for changing his words. You can't defame a dead person. That's why there's so man tell-alls after people die. One's reputation is not an asset that's passed along, inheritance-style. Whatever other book cooking they did, that illegal act stands alone. Kendall's just at fault, but in my imagination he skates and Greg takes the fall. A girl can dream.
  10. I have a new wishlist item: Greg goes down for ordering the sound person to alter Logan's words. Like goes to white collar country club prison for a couple months going down. Because altering Logan's pitch from whatever percent it was to double seems hella illegal to me. Like fraud in the inducement of the existing and potential investors and perhaps a whole host of other federal trade regulations and laws. Sure, Greg was following orders, but that does not get him off the hook (and, nope, not going to make a comparison of that with Matsson's tweet). Interesting to me is that, had Roman not delivered his father's message to ax Gerri, she'd likely be supporting him and guiding him right now. Indeed, we started the show with two women scorned: Gerri, because of Roman, and Shiv, because of Tom. I though Shiv vocalizing Tom's betrayal to him was actually a healthy step. While, in my head, I know they are a toxic pair, in my heart I can't help but root for those two crazy kids to work it out ... and go live on a beach or in a home with a yard so that Mondale can be let out of his crate! This episode lacked all the great bits of dialogue I've come to expect. Way to set a high bar and not live up to your own impossibly high standards, show! I blame the lack of Marcia, Lady Caroline, Connor, and I especially blame the fact the Greek chorus -- Karl, Frank, and Gerri -- were not together much. They even teased us with the three of them sitting in a balcony. In a balcony, people!! I was ready for them to go all Waldorf and Statler, at least with each other, and deliver some devastating killer insults, but then Kendall had to go and actually make a good presentation. Dammit, Kendall, ruining my fun!!
  11. Can you access you tube Paramount Plus channel? The channel puts up either the ready room interviews or whole shows on them (I've never watched it, but it comes into my youtube feed as 'suggestions.') Otherwise, I agree that it might be a browser issue. Thank you! I thought I was going crazy with the near universal praise I see outside this forum. There've been two reviewers with whom I've been in near entire agreement, but as to the rest -- I was feeling like one of those minority of people who eats cilantro and tastes soap. I can't understand how so many others are tasting something else. By the way, and mainly the reason I'm responding -- I absolutely love your screen name! I know that has nothing to do with what we're talking about here. One might say it's a moo point.
  12. I hate that lazy writing. The whole notion that, "Oh, we can totally get away with doing this insanely stupid thing if we have one character be the defeated voice of reason." Any script writer whose television or movie offering relies on that should have their writers guild card revoked faster than one can say 'plot contrivance.'
  13. Kestra is named checked two or three times (I forget if she was mentioned in Riker's post going through the alien birth canal videocall), and both had to do with Riker's man-pain. He mentions in the first episode that he thought Kesta would like some time away from him, for instance. That was my disappointment. Whether the PicardS3 show runners like it or not, Riker had his own family now, and it was shucked aside so that the showrunners could pretend Picard and Riker were some kind of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance duo. That was my point. Riker's faux annoyed (or real annoyed -- who knows) "Do you hear yourself?" is stupid if he isn't taking on real or pretend offense. And I agree with you that the writing is so bad and so trying to be all Marvel-esque that the joke doesn't work without extrapolation. But Riker's line was "Do you hear yourself?," and he should only be offended if the comment involved Deanna. The exact point I'm making -- how the women got erased out of this -- seems to be point you're making to say, "this wasn't even about a woman." He didn't say they shot or had a scene with Kestra at Starfleet Academy. They didn't re-hire the actress from Season 1 or have a Starfleet Academy set for a one-minute scene like that. TM said Kestra was at Starfleet Academy on social media because he was getting questioned about it there. At the time he shot the show, he quite clearly didn't know or care where Kestra was. Now, whether he actually shot scenes with Deanna and Will that were cut from Season 7 is a little unclear. He said there were scenes that intercut with a Crazy Amanda. So those scenes were at the very least were scripted, and it seemed like they were shot. But even that he didn't confirm 100%. Given the threat they were under, no parents should have assumed and no reasonable, normal parents would have thought their child was safe. They would have -- and should have been -- worried sick. Like so many others have said, the tone of this show was so off.
  14. Agreed. Joel committed a little "light" white collar crime.
  15. Thanks. When you mentioned it was on free tv, I was confusing Pluto with one of the streaming channels like tubi or freevee. I did look up Picard's availability on free tv last night, and the second season of Picard is available, but not the first. So second season episodes are available, on demand, for free. I'm going to mix sci fi franchises and say people should warned, it's a trap!
  16. This has gotten a little bit interesting, in not being able to look away from something horrible kind of way Terry Matalas, on the future of PS3 follow-up Legacy show: So, basically TM is calling on his fans to complain loudly about Starfeet Academy in the hopes of getting it derailed in favor of his show. So, tear down one show in order to get yours greenlit? And there is a sci fi nerd debate going on right now on twitter about it. Lines are being drawn. Threats not to watch one or the other being made. This won't end well. Both shows might end up getting send to bed without supper. Cool -- I can still watch Nepenthe after my paramount+ subscription expires in a few days. Yay me! First break I've caught with this d@mn show all year.
  17. On that point, you and I are in total agreement. How about, let's meet up at a better-lit bar than that Blade Runner Bar from this show (I know, supposedly Guinan owns that bar, but I didn't watch the first two seasons, so I only know it as a wannabe Blade Runner bar), I'll buy (since money is now a thing in the future) you a drink of choice (points for it being prune juice), and we can make 'em throw up a couple TNG episodes on the big screen. I'll bring Lower Decks, Chain of Command II, and - for actually comedy -- A Fistful of Datas.
  18. We're in agreement that I didn't take Worf's comment as sexual. But Riker sure did when he said, "Do you even hear yourself?" Right? I mean, I'm also clearly not part of the designed audience for these show runners. Others perhaps need to weigh in -- those that found the comment funny, that was supposed to be a joke, right? One aimed at Riker being annoyed with Worf for intimating about his past with Troi? First, why must I have to point that out? ;) I didn't realize there was a limit to bandwidth and that I needed to prioritize my issues in accordance with gravity of issue. I've commented on the stupidity of Beverly hiding Cousin Oliver sufficiently, and I certainly reserve the right to comment more on it should I wish. You can trust that I realize the square peg being pounded into the round hole to make that timing and explanation work. I just find it oddly stupid, in an almost amusing way, that Beverly is supposedly 'honoring' Jean-Luc by naming his kid after her own dead husband. The reason you offer about time passing, to me, cuts against it being a great reason to pick that name as an homage to Jean-Luc. His best friend died nearly 50 years ago. Besides, according to this show, Will Riker is Jean-Luc's Sundance to his Butch Cassidy. So, to honor Jean-Luc, she should have named the kid Will? That might actually have been entertaining. Frankly, if Beverly wanted to honor Jean-Luc then name the kid Jean-Luc or something J-L-ish, or Rene, after Jean-Luc's dead nephew. But to name him Jack, I just shake my head. That's all on the show runners, though, who clearly just liked the name Jack Crusher and went with it. You have no disagreement from me that the there was a lot being crammed into this series. Frankly, though, they squandered it and it wasn't quite as limited. They had 600 minutes they could have played with. They didn't have to have only 45 minutes shows, which they did on multiple occasions. The show runners might complain that their budget limited them to that amount, but they could have written better, slightly longer, more meaningful scenes, especially when involving the characters simply talking with each other. I'm also not advocating for this show to have been the Cousin Oliver and Sydney LaForge show instead of largely what it was, the Cousin Oliver Hour Three-quarter Hour. But I don't think the show runners should high fiving themselves as much as they have been about writing strong female characters. We are in disagreement whether the reunion was worth it. For those that enjoyed the moments, great. For those that are happy the actors got to get back together, great. But, for me, those moments are largely unwatchable -- if I have the volume on. The dialogue, the plot, all of that, makes me cringe. It makes me sad. :( It was such wasted potential. All because the OG7 were mainly the source of comic relief for these show runners. For them, these OG7 characters were foisted upon them, while they wanted to be writing for Cousin Oliver and Over-the-top Amanda, and then shoving as many cameos and nostalgia-laden props as they could. And I personally think the OG7 got the short shrift. Again, I don't even quibble about how much time they got -- other than the scenes were poorly written and choppy and could have had a beat or two more to them. I mean, take Worf rescuing Deanna and Will. That scenes plays like: [Deanna hugs Worf and Will kinda side-hugs him] Worf: Don't touch me! Worf, continues: Hey baby, I've been thinking about you everyday .... [beat] ........................ just so I can tell you how I've been meditating! Will: Inappropriate! [Me -- you're a beat late with that quibble, my friend, because you now look like an idiot, because he 180'ed that before you complained] Deanna: That's great! [No, literally, I think that's what she says. Maybe, "That's great, Worf." Please don't make me ever watch this scene again. And I write that as a HUGE Troi/Riker shipper] Worf: We must now go to an exposition room where you can be provided some exposition. Deanna and Will: Sounds great. We'll follow you. [end scene] I mean, yay?!!!
  19. So Beverly is going to honor the father of her child by naming their kid after his best friend ... who happens to be her dead husband? To me, the dead husband part trumps. She isn't naming the kid after the father's best friend. She's naming it after her own husband. Because, otherwise, that's like saying Jack Crusher's (the elder Jack Crusher) most important relationship was his friendship with Picard, and not his love affair and marriage with his wife, Beverly. I think that's, overall, my second biggest problem with this show: the show runners kept disregarding and erasing what should be the most important thing. Take as a minor example, Worf's throwaway threesome 'joke.' Dorn delivered his line well, as did Frakes. But, to me, it didn't make sense because the scenario wasn't involving all three parties of the so-called love triangle. It involved three geriatric men (or geriatric-looking in Picard's case) going on an away mission. I know for many the joke worked, but for me, I was perplexed why Riker was interpreting Worf's comment as sexualized. And for Riker to read it that way, he had to assume Worf meant it as a dig against Riker. Like, "Heh, heh, I'm going to mention the word 'threesome' just to get your goat." All the meanwhile, the apex of that triangle, Deanna, is nowhere involved in the scenario or conversation. All too often with this show it was the women who were being overlooked and disregarded. Kestra's well-being was treated as an afterthought that had to be clarified on social media. The show runners want credit for creating two "legacy" children, but they put all their focus and effort upon Jack and completely neglected to give Sidney any substance. And I agree, Alandra existed to placate Levar Burton (not that I blame him for wishing Geordi to have a second daughter or his being proud of his daughter's inclusion as the portrayer of that character). I think the showrunners thought they wrote the women well because they had 'bad ass' women fighting and being all physical, and Beverly got to launch torpedoes, and Troi got to fly the saucer, and there were a lots of women on the Titan bridge. But the female bridge members weren't fleshed out characters, and being bad ass to me isn't the same as being well-rounded. Seven's story seemed to be limited to her displeasure at being dead-named. (Though she then turned around and called Data a "robot," which was kinda like, 'well, I guess your concern for properly addressing people only goes one way.' But I'll disregard that as bad writing and a cheap joke foisted upon her.) As I mentioned that was my second biggest problem, my biggest problem was just the glibness of it all. All those moments where the writers were too afraid of sentimentality that they had to misdirect nearly every heartfelt line. Way too much of the dialogue was like, "I'd like to tell you all, after all these years .... [beat] ... i call dibs on the captain's chair!" It was all "I missed the carpet the most," and "ha!ha! my offscreen kidnapping amounted to 'good in bed, bad at pizza.'" The only time where an emotional moment wasn't turned into a joke was when it involved a father and his son. Ugh, I'm hoping by Memorial Day, I'll have this show exorcised. If I hadn't encounter these OG7 characters at an age and time where they became so important to me (and if I didn't resemble Holly Hunter's character in Broadcast News as much as I do), it would be out of my brain by Cinco de Mayo. My fear is that it'll be the Fourth of July before I run out of ammunition and my frustration has finally dissipated.
  20. I mean lots and tons of exciting things happen. You'll be on the edge of the seat of your pants!! [small voice] did I fix it? [/small voice]
  21. If Matalas gets his legacy show, based on his interviews and which characters he mentions the most, it'll primarily focus on Jack and Seven, with Shaw (Matalas says he has a brilliant way to bring him back that isn't a cheat), and Raffi as the two primary supports. Then, to round out the cast, he'd add Sidney. After that, he wants Frakes. After that he seems to want Levar, Dorn, and Beverly to crop up in cameos. Presumably Jean-Luc, Data, and Troi would be welcome as well as memberberries. But whenever they're mentioned, if they ae mentioned, they come across as afterthoughts. You've seen Marina Sirtis pimping this show? That surprises me. I haven't seen her at all of late. She was part of the New York press event that the entire OG7 were part of back before the premiere, and then she went on the Star Trek cruise last month, but other than that she's largely been MIA. And she acknowledged on the cruise that she wasn't thrilled about the sit-at-home, nagging housewife stuff they wrote of her. But she's done no press I know of. No social media. And that can be because she's in London and deleted her twitter account. The PicardS3 cast members who've been promoting (I'll be nice) the show the most have been Frakes, Ryan, and the actor who plays Shaw. Gates has been slightly engaged. Maybe Burton too. But the rest -- Spiner, Dorn, Stewart, and Sirtis -- have quiet on social media. Stewart did two late night appearances that bookended the season, but he posted only once on social media, right at the premiere. And that was just to say that the cast was an ensemble. I've found their silence interesting. Spiner claims that his twitter account was hacked and that he'd not be on twitter awhile.
  22. That's not how I read it at all. In episode 1, Susie saw the backs of some funny women going down the hall. She stopped and took notice because she assumed, from their comedic wit, they were writers. That's why she was surprised later when talking with Gordon Ford and he said he didn't have any female writers on the staff. In the skating rink episode, Susie came across the picture of Hedy and was shell-shocked. That was her first and only glimpse of Hedy in 15 years. And I don't think a 1960s a charity-attending housewife of a popular tv show host is going to have her picture plastered around the tabloids. It's no surprise to me that this was something Susie didn't know. And the show even tried to lay the groundwork for Susie not knowing by having Midge ask her about Gordon's wife, and Susie telling her she didn't know anything. Susie only returned to 30 Rock after having a horrendous day where she was already off her game by being threatened by Frank and Nicky. When she learned Midge was being forbidden to be on the show due to her status as writer, Susie impulsively went to 30 Rock to confront whomever she could find. And Susie very easily comes across as someone around 40. Frankly, I was surprised to hear Alex was in her 50s. Though, I hadn't given her age much, if any, thought.
  23. As much as I want to put this show in the rear view mirror already, in the spirit of “I tell my wrath, my wrath doth end,” I still can’t believe two things: That Beverly Crusher named a kid she had with Jean-Luc after her dead husband; and That Riker’s final, he thinks he's dying words were about his dead son and not his living daughter. That he was all “me and our boy will be waiting for you,” instead of “tell Kestra I love her” just galls me to no end. And that gets me to thinking, Riker didn’t stay in the borg cube to save humanity. He stayed to go find his geriatric former captain. His 82-fucking-year-old captain. I get the sentiment of a mentee or subordinate feeling like they owe something to their mentor or superior. But, good writing, I argue, would have the characters recognize the cost. Riker was opting for near certain death (or Worf was just joking – one can never tell with this show) to try to save an 82-year-old man versus living so as to not make his wife – who’s already suffered in losing a son – a widow and his minor-aged daughter – who already lost a beloved brother – fatherless. And that’s where I think, f** you, Riker. And I like Riker. So I especially hate the position in which I find myself. But we’re not supposed to take this show that seriously, show runners certainly would advise. And I get that. But the corollary is then true – I can’t take it seriously at all. And that’s why I condemn it as an expensively produced but cheap, superficial, glib piece of disposable nostalgia triggers.
  24. One was 1923. The first 3 episodes were great, and then it stalled for the next 7 and abruptly ended without any resolution of the problems presented in the first episode. It was all, "stay tuned until next year! Or two, or whenever, Harrison Ford's a very busy man)." The other was a sci fi show also on Paramount+ that sputtered and stretched until the very end when it magically wrapped everything up in the last few minutes. Looking again at Roman, Kendall, and Shiv, they all have potential, but they are each their own worst enemies. I was watching again the scene where Matsson was making fun of the entire Roy claim in front of them and his colleagues, and Kendall did a great job of shutting it down with, "Maybe it's funnier with subtitles" and saying enough of the bullshit. Matsson's tone changes and even his body language shifted a little, as he half-hollowly, half-sincerely apologized. Kendall called him out and got him to back down and return to task. But then he had to turn around and blow up the entire deal because that's what he wanted.
  25. Susie went up to the offices on the ice skating night because she didn't want to use the public restroom by the rink. Then she started wandering around, and landed in Gordon's office. On the day she ran into Hedy, she went up to confront them about Midge not being allowed to appear on the show.
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