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« Reply #1020 on: May 11, 2012, 05:37:11 AM » |
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Does anybody here besides me watch AWAKE? I have a theory as to the over all "reality-reality" of what's going on, but I'm sort of a tree falling in the woods, because I can find nobody else who watches it.
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« Reply #1021 on: May 11, 2012, 08:24:57 AM » |
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I watched and gave my full attention to the first four or five episodes, but now I'm usually just in the room while it's on, half tuned out. "Which reality has the heroin? Not that heroin, the other heroin. Wait, is it the same heroin?" Haven't seen last night's yet.
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Dobbin
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« Reply #1022 on: May 11, 2012, 08:31:58 AM » |
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My theory is that neither reality is real-- in the "real" world, both the son and mother are dead (or both alive, it kinda doesn't matter), and it all happening in a hospital bed in his head, as he susses out the clues about the accident over the course of an extended coma, Stephen Segal in HARD TO KILL style. When he becomes truly "awake" is when the show ends. That's the only thing, over-arching plan-wise, that makes any sense to me. Other than a quantum-physics multiple universe sci-fi answer that doesn't seem to fit with the show's overall feel.
this is all with the caveat that it may be possible that they began the show with no real overarching plan in the 1st place.
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« Reply #1023 on: May 11, 2012, 08:35:06 AM » |
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Warren Littlefield was on the radio this morning to promote his new book about the history of Must See Thursdays. Didn't hear the whole interview, but heard him claim that at its peak, NBC's Thursday night had 60% more "eyeballs" than all three other networks combined. Also, that Kelsey Grammer expected his role on Cheers to be so brief that he slept in his car on the lot. |
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« Reply #1024 on: May 11, 2012, 08:39:31 AM » |
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From the 2011 Fall TV show thread before the show even premiered: That looks pretty damn good, very interested to see how it plays out. The only thing is how long can you keep that premise going? I hope that when/if the series has an ending it isn't something stupid like he's in a coma and both are dreams.
So without seeing a single episode I may have figured out the ending. "What a twist!" |
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« Reply #1025 on: May 11, 2012, 08:45:49 AM » |
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From the 2011 Fall TV show thread before the show even premiered:
So without seeing a single episode I may have figured out the ending. "What a twist!"
Yeah, I still think it would have made a much better movie than TV series. My admittedly inattentive impression is that it's turned into a writing exercise to see how many Lost style 'coincidences' they can come up with -- though nowhere near as badly as Touch does, which turned me off right quick. |
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« Reply #1026 on: May 11, 2012, 09:16:07 AM » |
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That Parks and Rec episode sure was the best thing ever. It might be the last new episode I ever see in Indiana, since I'm supposed to move this summer so all that "break out a new map" stuff really hit home.
Community was wonderful too, a fun excuse for another flashback episode and all the asylum stuff was pretty perfect.
I hope that since 30 Rock is over next season that they let Liz Lemon stay with Cyclops.
I kept forgetting this was the last episode of The Office for the season. It had some fun moments, but Robert California totally did get a Poochie out. But I sort of liked that. That's pretty much what his character was for anyway. Remember when everyone skinny-dipped? This season was weird.
I plan on watching Awake if it gets a second season.
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« Reply #1027 on: May 11, 2012, 09:50:50 AM » |
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I was a bit worried during the Andy/April stuff, though, because I thought for a minute that what they were driving at was her dawning realization that he was too dumb and unhelpful, and that them having problems would be their arc next year. I'm glad that wasn't the aim.
I like them together, but sometimes the writers make Andy a bit too stupid, where it goes past funny and into, "If he were really that stupid, he probably wouldn't be able to dress himself in the morning, let alone attend college courses". They did the same thing with the Zooey Deschanel show in the early going, but they seem to have a better handle on it now. |
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« Reply #1028 on: May 11, 2012, 10:09:45 AM » |
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I like them together, but sometimes the writers make Andy a bit too stupid, where it goes past funny and into, "If he were really that stupid, he probably wouldn't be able to dress himself in the morning, let alone attend college courses".
They did the same thing with the Zooey Deschanel show in the early going, but they seem to have a better handle on it now.
That's kind of the way it goes with dumb characters on sitcoms. They start out a little dense and eventually devolve over the years into becoming mentally handicapped. Kevin and Erin on THE OFFICE are also examples of this. Although Erin's use of "calibrate" last night clashed with her usual "how does she not drown in the shower?" portrayal on the show, but that's just because THE OFFICE is written by labradors with light keyboard skills at this point. |
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« Reply #1029 on: May 11, 2012, 10:36:46 AM » |
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That's kind of the way it goes with dumb characters on sitcoms. They start out a little dense and eventually devolve over the years into becoming mentally handicapped.
Ted Baxter Crissy Snow Vera on Alice Yeah it happens often. |
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« Reply #1030 on: May 11, 2012, 03:15:47 PM » |
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Like Joey on FRIENDS!
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« Reply #1031 on: May 11, 2012, 04:02:01 PM » |
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Or Kelly on MARRIED WITH CHILDREN. Or, kinda, Bart in THE SIMPSONS; he used to be kind of introspective, early on.
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« Reply #1033 on: May 11, 2012, 07:16:50 PM » |
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Kevin and Erin on THE OFFICE are also examples of this. Erin being "dumb" has always really irritated me. When she was first introduced she was just kinda naive and endearing, but when they needed to break her and Andy up they made the very specific point of saying, for the first time ever and like six times in one episode that she's "stupid," and it wound up feeling really obnoxious and forced. The character has evened out, and her and Andy are one of my favorite things about The Office at this point, but for a while it was kinda awful. I'm gonna miss Spader, as he'd become one of the best things about the show (Despite being completely absurd) as he's incredibly watchable and creepy. |
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« Reply #1034 on: May 15, 2012, 08:40:51 PM » |
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