New Amsterdam

[Bungleau]

Still mixed thoughts after the third episode... intriguing, but aside from the "one true love" thread, everything seems to wrap up nicely in each episode. There don't appear to be any other long-running story threads, which is great for the pablum-eating unintelligent masses, but fails to capture the necessary mindshare for really intriguing television (like Lost or CSI).

The whole "older-looking person, I'm your dad" thing will undoubtedly wear thin after a while, if not already. It looks like the process of his kids working for him will continue to be (over)used in each generation... I concur, though... watching your kids grow old and die again and again would have to be hard, and I would think would harden your heart. Perhaps that will show up in a future episode...

They're already using some of the Highlander ploys... where he was a celebrated craftsman or artist, and creates new works long after his "death". I'll be curious to see how many more they use...

In any case, I'll watch it again next week, just to see what happens.

[AngelofDeath]

I watched and I have enjoyed them all. I liked the nod to Highlander, when his grandson mentioned getting his head chopped off. He said, yeah I'll have to try that one.

I would like to see longer plot lines, long 2 or 3 episode stories.

[dplax]

Originally Posted by Bungleau The episodes are online at Fox.

So I get interested by reading the comments here...I head over to Fox, I install their webplayer...and then I get told that the online videos are only available in the US...grrrr

[Bungleau]

You're kidding me... my apologies! I'll see if there's another way to see it...

[dplax]

I do have *other* ways, but I would have preferred seeing it legally (even if they throw hundreds of commercials at you during their online viewing...)

[Bungleau]

They only throw about four... not bad, considering.

I just tried sending it to you as a friend's recommendation. I used the email addy in your profile... if that's not best, PM me a better one.

*edit* Let me know if that works.

[dplax]

Replied to the email, since I'm not sure whether it's the right email address, I'll reply here too.

Doesn't work, gives the same error of the service only being available in the US.

[Bungleau]

The email response did indeed work... bummer, that.

Let me know if using an anonymizer works. Failing that, I watched a couple of episodes on-line today (was at the eye doctor, and he took away my sight for a bit). Further observations:

1. Looks like the series is happily taking on issues. So far, I recall having seen rape, alcohol/drug abuse, honor killing, and police corruption. And that's without having thought about what happens in each episode.

2. It doesn't take the politically correct slant, although he (Amsterdam) seems to try to correct today's actions to make up for yesterday's mistakes.

3. It doesn't follow the length of planning that Lost goes through, methinks. The rape episode had the name of a rape victim being outed by "an on-line gossip blogger" (if I can paraphrase). Puh-lease... as if *one* person making a guess will make a difference. A noted person (can you spell Drudge?), but not an average joe... at least, not unless everyone else is also blogging about it.

New episode tonight... during the NCAA finals, methinks. Don't know if I'll really watch it or the game... yet...

[Bungleau]

Apparently the season finale is playing this Monday night. I read somewhere that they only filmed a few episodes, and that the cast has since been scattered to the winds. Too bad... it was growing on me...

At least there's one more fix available