tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412211079606886638.post7941652763877477292..comments2024-03-27T13:36:16.415-04:00Comments on All Things Law And Order: Law & Order LA “Reseda” Recap & ReviewChris Zimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11323003119915694545noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412211079606886638.post-2951571071658603512011-05-09T02:58:49.459-04:002011-05-09T02:58:49.459-04:00^^^^^
I wouldn't be surprised if other shows ...^^^^^<br /><br />I wouldn't be surprised if other shows on other major networks, "got it wrong", as well; from time to time. In fact, they most likely have.nygma619https://www.blogger.com/profile/04005422252386348929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412211079606886638.post-29397299991261359882011-05-09T01:41:23.203-04:002011-05-09T01:41:23.203-04:00Exactly, the NBC drama bar is the lowest of all th...Exactly, the NBC drama bar is the lowest of all the networks, and LOLA is low even compared to that.<br /><br />Those making adverse comments now about the retooling are no different from all those who made adverse comments about the original LOLA.Its just that its a Mothership show now for mothership fans.<br /><br />LOCI is doing very well though.janethylandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06607205529296693442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412211079606886638.post-14195454310844488552011-05-09T00:09:09.612-04:002011-05-09T00:09:09.612-04:00Just to show that SVU isn't the only one on th...Just to show that SVU isn't the only one on the L&O Brand who gets the "Order" side wrong today.<br /><br />Someone at TV Fanatic posted that the 3 strikes rule & it's portrayal in this episode wasn't completely accurate:<br />"This episode was so full of it, it was disturbing to watch. I have been a prosecutor/DDA in LA County for 23 years. Drugs, stolen nygma619https://www.blogger.com/profile/04005422252386348929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412211079606886638.post-59212459953409050742011-05-08T21:48:44.766-04:002011-05-08T21:48:44.766-04:00I've never been a big fan of Alfred Molina and...I've never been a big fan of Alfred Molina and I thought that on paper the retooling of the show looked like a terrible idea (I'm a former cop and D.A., now a law professor and I had trouble buying Morales' career change), but as the previous commenter said he's handled it very well and the chemistry with Molina and Corey Stoll is just as good as it was between Stoll and Skeet Samuelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16677938517789784260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412211079606886638.post-8860355417313251322011-05-07T19:20:21.205-04:002011-05-07T19:20:21.205-04:00Also please quit the flaming, people! If you don&#...Also please quit the flaming, people! If you don't like the show, please either stop repeating posts forcing the same shallow, bitter arguments (not 'truths') down our throats or offer constructive criticism as to how the show could be improved (Don't suggest bringing back Skeet either. His character is dead! Stop fantasising!). Janet, in particular, if you could be a little less gahkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12313090652718664813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412211079606886638.post-19496889065820118272011-05-07T19:05:24.349-04:002011-05-07T19:05:24.349-04:00Those who don't like Alfred Molina on this sho...Those who don't like Alfred Molina on this show underestimate how versatile he is an actor. He played a brilliant comic role in Julie Taymor's somewhat misjudged film of Shakespeare's "The Tempest" (had good elements, but they didn't cohere into a beautiful whole) and while the move from lawyer to cop seems a bit absurd on paper, he handled the transition remarkably wellgahkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12313090652718664813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412211079606886638.post-51215473663447149062011-05-07T02:37:10.769-04:002011-05-07T02:37:10.769-04:00Highest rated NEW drama, or just on NBC, if the la...Highest rated NEW drama, or just on NBC, if the later; that's not setting the bar terribly high.nygma619https://www.blogger.com/profile/04005422252386348929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412211079606886638.post-49910959312713704772011-05-05T02:46:05.906-04:002011-05-05T02:46:05.906-04:00Is Reseda meant to be a mexican enclave then? I go...Is Reseda meant to be a mexican enclave then? I got no sense of that from the episode. We could have been anywhere.janethylandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06607205529296693442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412211079606886638.post-38735758153801574272011-05-05T01:57:17.985-04:002011-05-05T01:57:17.985-04:00Thankyou. I take a bow!
NYGM....you need to read ...Thankyou. I take a bow!<br /><br />NYGM....you need to read more carefully. I said "highest rated NEW drama", whicch LOLA was and now isnt.<br /><br />Anywaqy I have the last Wallander novel to read now.It will occupy my time better than a LOLA epsiode.Mankell is a great crime writer.janethylandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06607205529296693442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412211079606886638.post-52534073051034979082011-05-04T21:45:47.937-04:002011-05-04T21:45:47.937-04:00Janethyland -- you rock. Well said, well expresse...Janethyland -- you rock. Well said, well expressed and just reading your post was cathartic enough for me to release my frustration with the REBOOT.cbsplaysdirtyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02900303616442316881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412211079606886638.post-69810797131629782582011-05-04T13:59:44.526-04:002011-05-04T13:59:44.526-04:00So your upset because the show after being revampe...So your upset because the show after being revamped doesn't feel "younger"? That's a pretty shallow argument. This isn't Jersey Shore. The music openings sucked, Coyote is just coming across as a little wooden. Not to mention Rex Winters was still bland, and was not inherently interesting.<br /><br />And highest rated drama? SVU was still beating it.nygma619https://www.blogger.com/profile/04005422252386348929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412211079606886638.post-44040505878282729832011-05-04T10:28:30.755-04:002011-05-04T10:28:30.755-04:00Janet, you said "Im {sic]going to stand up fo...Janet, you said "Im {sic]going to stand up for my right to protest and proclaim these truths." You mean - these are truths as YOU see them - meaning they are just your opinions.<br /><br />For someone who doesn't like the show, why are you even watching? And if you are complaining about the show and NOT watching, you're probably bitter about something that we will never figurexfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642127690556286378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412211079606886638.post-92022902533035616222011-05-04T09:38:38.958-04:002011-05-04T09:38:38.958-04:003)Now the ratings are awful. People say move it he...3)Now the ratings are awful. People say move it here, move it there...just as they did for mothership but it makes no difference. Where ever they moved that it was still a bubble show. And the fact is, even with the Obama Osama announcement on Sunday night LOCI still managed to equal and beat LOLAs Monday numbers. LOLA is now always last in its slot, even against all repeats. Everything beats janethylandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06607205529296693442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412211079606886638.post-74894481162597003692011-05-04T09:35:53.829-04:002011-05-04T09:35:53.829-04:002)All the depth and nuance and sensitivity has gon...2)All the depth and nuance and sensitivity has gone. Splat! Now its Mothership and its gone from being a balanced unity into being an unbalanced homily. The heavy formula crushes creativity and the characters have become the usual stereotypes...which is that all gold dealers are Jews, that all cops chew gum, that all ADAs are runway models who look nice for the middle aged men who might be janethylandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06607205529296693442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412211079606886638.post-50372801004883923912011-05-04T09:34:35.515-04:002011-05-04T09:34:35.515-04:001)This show has now become Mothership Mark 2 for M...1)This show has now become Mothership Mark 2 for Mothership fans.<br /><br /> I wonder if Greenblatt realised that what he was getting when he agreed to the hiatus or did the wiley wolf con him? Anyway thats what it is now. Practically all semblance to LA has gone, replacing the warm sunny colours of LA with the drab blue/grey colours of northern cities like New York. They neednt bother with janethylandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06607205529296693442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412211079606886638.post-33302114927425889982011-05-04T04:32:26.033-04:002011-05-04T04:32:26.033-04:00It would help if the said witness had any "cr...It would help if the said witness had any "credibility" to their claims.<br /><br />Also you don't seem to have any problems talking at these hours in the morning either.<br /><br />Wolf retooled the show because of things going on behind the scenes. Not because of the ratings.<br /><br />"Those are the numbers. let them speak for themselves."<br /><br />In other words nygma619https://www.blogger.com/profile/04005422252386348929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412211079606886638.post-3192115503197516232011-05-04T02:17:26.940-04:002011-05-04T02:17:26.940-04:00In court you always know when a side is afraid of ...In court you always know when a side is afraid of losing when they resort to discrediting the witnesses.janethylandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06607205529296693442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412211079606886638.post-79598407034790388162011-05-04T02:16:04.249-04:002011-05-04T02:16:04.249-04:00Are you waiting here in the early hours of the mor...Are you waiting here in the early hours of the morning for me, NYGMA619 ?Im honoured.<br /><br />If Wolf thought the fall ratings were bad enough to retool a show he is certainly going to think the retooled ratings are awful.<br /><br />Those are the numbers. let them speak for themselves.janethylandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06607205529296693442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412211079606886638.post-66640878896967537552011-05-04T02:12:15.045-04:002011-05-04T02:12:15.045-04:00@cbs again, your looking at the ratings with a bla...@cbs again, your looking at the ratings with a black and white perception.<br /><br />Also Corey Stoll is doing fine.nygma619https://www.blogger.com/profile/04005422252386348929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412211079606886638.post-35624118781569036462011-05-04T02:10:20.245-04:002011-05-04T02:10:20.245-04:00@Janethyland
An American cop? Is that what this ...@Janethyland<br /><br />An American cop? Is that what this is coming down to, being good enough to be an AMERICAN Cop? Seriously, you guys have a skewed perception of what a cop REALLY IS?<br /><br />The most competitive seasons fall on November, February, and May. Because they are a part of sweeps. And they are not reruns. November falls between fall and winter. You think just because nygma619https://www.blogger.com/profile/04005422252386348929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412211079606886638.post-37224615261342893962011-05-04T01:35:09.709-04:002011-05-04T01:35:09.709-04:00Jane:
If the mothership comes back, it won't ...Jane:<br /><br />If the mothership comes back, it won't be until the 2012-'13 season for reasons already noted upthread.<br /><br />If that actually did happen, I can see where Kathryn Erbe takes Eames over to the 2-7 and becomes the new LT., which I think is actually what would have happened if the mothership had not been cancelled after last season.Wallyhorsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14719571110881868168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412211079606886638.post-61675291552156074432011-05-04T01:29:59.129-04:002011-05-04T01:29:59.129-04:00And actually Im beginning to wonder if Wolf change...And actually Im beginning to wonder if Wolf changed things because he wanted the show to fail so that he could put in another bid to bring back Mothership...janethylandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06607205529296693442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412211079606886638.post-59767294782889144722011-05-04T01:28:22.154-04:002011-05-04T01:28:22.154-04:00I have never been a fan of Skeet. You obviously do...I have never been a fan of Skeet. You obviously dont know anything Ive written on this show from its previous incarnation.I wrote alot and I loved the show.I dont think Molinas works as an American cop.<br /><br />Very few people here were actually interested in this show before Christmas.They were interested on other sites.This is a Law and Order stronghold and this show is now Mothership Mark 2janethylandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06607205529296693442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412211079606886638.post-34799040602744380022011-05-03T23:13:11.362-04:002011-05-03T23:13:11.362-04:00I agree with Jane. The show seems forced and the ...I agree with Jane. The show seems forced and the teaming of Molina and Stoll isn't natural. The previous history of Morales as ADA makes the entire dynamic awkward and unbelievable. Stoll used to pop on screen, now he is in a shadow and he is a fantastic actor being overshadowed. The whole chemistry of the show was upset. I stopped watching after the Bell episode...REFUSED to watch cbsplaysdirtyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02900303616442316881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412211079606886638.post-64753672745035158482011-05-03T23:10:05.254-04:002011-05-03T23:10:05.254-04:00To add to xfool's comments(which I totally agr...To add to xfool's comments(which I totally agree with), I love how you say the episodes are getting worse, but you say nothing about the episodes. And I also love how you conveniently leave out the other variables that xfool brought up about the ratings, and think that the ratings situation is all black and white. And you have NO PROOF that any lobbyists were "paid off" to praise nygma619https://www.blogger.com/profile/04005422252386348929noreply@blogger.com