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Old 01-30-2012, 11:40 PM
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I guess i am alone in thinking that the pacing was really slow. It was disappointing to me.
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Old 01-31-2012, 05:16 AM
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Seth (Equidaily) found a very cool media website, AV Club. Warm review and then a very funny, clubby sequence of comments:
http://www.avclub.com/articles/pilot-again,68437/
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I guess i am alone in thinking that the pacing was really slow. It was disappointing to me.
As 'Luck' Story Editor/Script Writer (and ATR progenitor) John Perrotta explained Friday on the show with me, Sunday viewers were basically watching hour one of a nine hour movie. As Scav noted earlier in the thread, watch next week and you'll see the pacing pick up.
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I guess i am alone in thinking that the pacing was really slow. It was disappointing to me.
A lot of first episodes seem to be like that.

Rome was just good enough in a few parts in episode one to bring me back.

I almost gave up on John Adams after one episode -- and quickly, either episode two or three was one of the best shows I've ever watched.
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A lot of first episodes seem to be like that.

Rome was just good enough in a few parts in episode one to bring me back.

I almost gave up on John Adams after one episode -- and quickly, either episode two or three was one of the best shows I've ever watched.
the john adams' was great. i bought david mculloughs book to get all the details that had to be missed. i'd never known much about adams before then, and wasn't much of a fan. great watch/read. learned a lot, cast adams in a new light and gained a lot of understanding.
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Rolling Stone weighs in..

and that in itself is a major accomplishment for racing

http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/...#ixzz1kzJ1rEGU
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Old 01-31-2012, 02:45 PM
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Even right-wing talk show host Michael Savage weighed in (negatively) on it last night. He complained that it was just another "Hollow-wood" creation of aging west coast morally bankrupt hippies, and featuring a couple of past their prime actors totally miscast. He did take a couple of calls from authentic-sounding race track guys from New York who tried to fill him in on what the game is all about.

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Even right-wing talk show host Michael Savage weighed in (negatively) on it last night. He complained that it was just another "Hollow-wood" creation of aging west coast morally bankrupt hippies, and featuring a couple of past their prime actors totally miscast. He did take a couple of calls from authentic-sounding race track guys from New York who tried to fill him in on what the game is all about.

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Is there anything that this idiot even likes? He complains about everything. He is a walking hypocrite.
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Is there anything that this idiot even likes? He complains about everything. He is a walking hypocrite.
I listen to him, not for his politics, but because he and I were schoolmates at Jamaica High School and Queens College in New York during the late 50's and early 60's.

I would say he likes, not necessarily in this order, boating around SF Bay, his two dogs, good food and wine, and (especially) himself. Not so much a hypocrite as a narcissist.


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Rolling Stone weighs in..

and that in itself is a major accomplishment for racing

http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/...#ixzz1kzJ1rEGU
Enjoyed that review, but I took exception to the idea that horse racing is hovering around the popularity of jai alai and air hockey. Clearly we get ranked below Little League Baseball by ESPN, though, so maybe I'm the one who's off base (no pun intended, sorry for that).
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Enjoyed that review, but I took exception to the idea that horse racing is hovering around the popularity of jai alai and air hockey. Clearly we get ranked below Little League Baseball by ESPN, though, so maybe I'm the one who's off base (no pun intended, sorry for that).
Renewed for a 2nd season..let's see Jai Lai do that

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/201...season/118176/
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Renewed for a 2nd season..let's see Jai Lai do that

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/201...season/118176/
that is awesome!! I'm very happy for JP.
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Old 01-31-2012, 09:56 AM
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I guess i am alone in thinking that the pacing was really slow. It was disappointing to me.
they were setting the story line / plot for the season. While I did enjoy the pilot episode, I bet the next episode better and faster paced.
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