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    Kings: Beautiful and Bold, with a Little Gay Problem

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    Image of Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith
    03/17/09

    In reply to Kings: Beautiful and Bold, with a Little Gay Problem
    The blond guy: he used to be on Home & Away?
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    Image of TryThisAtHome TryThisAtHome
    03/16/09

    In reply to Kings: Beautiful and Bold, with a Little Gay Problem
    If you want to see a cool/strong gay character on TV, go to Weeds on Showtime. It has 2, yes, TWO gay characters:

    Sanjay played by Maulik Pancholy and DEA Captain Roy Till played by Jack Stehlin. BTW, totally caught the PC "the way God made you." Thought that was great. Also thought that the voiceover in the promos was Pacino. Happy that it was McShane.
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    Image of iplaudius iplaudius
    03/16/09

    In reply to Kings: Beautiful and Bold, with a Little Gay Problem
    The music in the first clip was Liszt’s Liebestraüme (Love-Dream). Not sure what it portends to set a scene like that to a schmalzy and overplayed bit of programme music; I would’ve gone with something weightier, probably something liturgical with a big choir like angels from above.


    Second scene was awesome ... wish I’d watched this.

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    iplaudius was starred iplaudius was unstarred
    Image of LucilleMcGillicuddy LucilleMcGillicuddy
    03/16/09

    @iplaudius: The character played the Liszt piece earlier in the show.
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    Image of i'm a bottle i'm a bottle
    03/16/09

    @iplaudius: How about something out of the Magnificat? Would Suscepit Israel be too close to the thematic content? Pergolesi has a beautiful version whose music would fit well.
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    Image of i'm a bottle i'm a bottle
    03/16/09

    @iplaudius: Nope, Agnus Dei from J. S. Bach's B-Minor mass works the best with the scene. Try it with the sound off.
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    Image of aurorabora aurorabora
    03/21/09

    @iplaudius: Okay, this isn't really important and probably will never get read anyway, but I feel the need to point it out: the piece in the clip is actually Liszt's Etude in Db Major, also known as "Un Sospiro." Just had to get that off my chest, because it's one of my favorite piano pieces of all time and is absolutely gorgeous.


    (And I'm just commenting now because I finally got to watch the pilot. I thought it was wonderful - great synopsis, Richard.)

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    Image of Lizawithazee Lizawithazee
    03/16/09

    In reply to Kings: Beautiful and Bold, with a Little Gay Problem
    I'm sorry, there was something going on in the show that wasn't Ian McShane? I missed that.
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    Lizawithazee was starred Lizawithazee was unstarred
    Image of Suckit Suckit
    03/16/09

    In reply to Kings: Beautiful and Bold, with a Little Gay Problem
    "...you cannot be what G-d made you..." - points to NBC screenwriters, thank you!
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    Image of Alexis Alexis
    03/16/09

    @Suckit:


    Yeah, I'm surprised that line wasn't mentioned above. It really stuck out.


    yay, liberal agenda!

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    Alexis was starred Alexis was unstarred
    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    03/16/09

    In reply to Kings: Beautiful and Bold, with a Little Gay Problem
    Bah!


    It'll never last. NBC screws up or passes on anything that could be watchable and noteworthy. (See Mad Men, they couldn't understand the premise, and Heroes, what shite that show's become.) I don't trust them with original, thought provoking, dare I say marginally SyFy (Urgh, that's so friggin abominable) programming. They should stick to what they know...new reincarnations of Law & Order and shows that obviously star men that look like John Krasinski.




    Hey, Richard, Alex Cabot is back on SVU! Woot! And it looks like she's got a secret.
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    Spirit Fingers was starred Spirit Fingers was unstarred
    Image of rina rina
    03/16/09

    @Spirit Fingers: ZOMG! The return of Alex Cabot was the highlight of my week. Let's hope that Ms. No-Inflection McShouts-Her-Lines stays on "special assignment."
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    rina was starred rina was unstarred
    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    03/16/09

    @rina: Oh, that's where they sent her, "special assignment?" I thought she went to that place where the blonde-awful-acting faux Benson replacement currently dwells when Hargitay was on maternity leave. I'd like to never see her again, thank you. She just confused Stabler and made me want to punch the TV.
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    Spirit Fingers was starred Spirit Fingers was unstarred
    Image of rina rina
    03/16/09

    @Spirit Fingers: Let's be honest, it's not that hard to confuse Eliot Stabler.


    But yeah, I think she's on special assignment at the Justice Department or something. I hope she finds herself at the wrong end of a terrorist plot.

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    rina was starred rina was unstarred
    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    03/16/09

    @rina: Well, yah, Stabler's a meathead, but he's so needed to whup-up on all those third act guys, you know after you find out the skeezy dude after the first doink, doink, has a good alibi, but not before Wong says ever so calmly, "Well, he's a psychopath..."
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    Spirit Fingers was starred Spirit Fingers was unstarred
    Image of LucilleMcGillicuddy LucilleMcGillicuddy
    03/16/09

    In reply to Kings: Beautiful and Bold, with a Little Gay Problem
    I loved that scene above. The young actor totally stole the scene from the formidable MacShane - no small feat.
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    LucilleMcGillicuddy was starred LucilleMcGillicuddy was unstarred
    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    03/16/09

    In reply to Kings: Beautiful and Bold, with a Little Gay Problem
    Ian McShane, you had me at "cocksucker".
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    Image of Bo_Thunder Bo_Thunder
    03/16/09

    In reply to Kings: Beautiful and Bold, with a Little Gay Problem
    Am I the only one who thinks the main character looks a lot like Heath Ledger??
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    Bo_Thunder was starred Bo_Thunder was unstarred
    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    03/16/09

    @Bo_Thunder: Am I the only one who thinks that Heath Ledger looked like Val Kilmer in the poster for A Knight's Tale?


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    Image of PaisleyPajamas PaisleyPajamas
    03/16/09

    @Bo_Thunder: Oh, yeah. And the double punch for me is doppleganger for my unrequited high school heartbreak.
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    PaisleyPajamas was starred PaisleyPajamas was unstarred
    Image of Wendy_Kroy Wendy_Kroy
    03/16/09

    In reply to Kings: Beautiful and Bold, with a Little Gay Problem
    Eh, I was underwhelmed. Most of the cast was good - I adore Al Swearengen, and thought Jack was great - but David just looked like the poor man's Matt Damon, and his love interest could not have been more anonymous. The pacing was turgid, and it's clear the production values won't be sustained after the pilot (see, e.g., Pushing Daisies). I applaud NBC's balls in green-lighting this, but, in the end, it's just another foreign property NBC has watered down until it's blander than the original.
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    Wendy_Kroy was starred Wendy_Kroy was unstarred
    Image of Colonel Mustard Colonel Mustard
    03/16/09

    In reply to Kings: Beautiful and Bold, with a Little Gay Problem
    I've seen the first 20 minutes (my TiVo is waiting patiently for me to finish) and so far I totally agree. I'm also pretty weary of "gay" being used as shorthand for "weak, louche, and spiteful". Not that I demand a gay hero character, necessarily, but couldn't we have one that isn't either comic relief or a villain?
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    Colonel Mustard was starred Colonel Mustard was unstarred
    Image of Colander Colander
    03/16/09

    @Colonel Mustard: Seeing an alpha-type who happened to be gay would be nice, though.
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    Image of limber limber
    03/16/09

    @LucilleMcGillicuddy: I got a totally different read off of prince Jack, weirdly. I thought this is a kid who is trying to be PR-savvy and concocting this image to fit what his father would prefer seen, who is very aware of how he needs to command in battle and earn respect, and who gets summarily blasted out of the water by this random David.


    I'm not getting the "evil gay villain" off this kid. I think he's more complex, and that stairs scene sold it for me. Poor guy.

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    Image of LucilleMcGillicuddy LucilleMcGillicuddy
    03/16/09

    @limber: I totally agree. I don't think he is a villain at all. I think, in this case, he was trying to be completely honorable.
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    Image of TriedandTrue TriedandTrue
    03/16/09

    @LucilleMcGillicuddy: Well - I would agree except that he teamed up with his uncle - the evil Corporate CEO dude at the end....and that guy is suppose to be evil, so.....I think Jack's character is headed in that direction.
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    Image of LucilleMcGillicuddy LucilleMcGillicuddy
    03/16/09

    @TriedandTrue: perhaps as a response to the pretty vicious treatment he just got?
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    LucilleMcGillicuddy was starred LucilleMcGillicuddy was unstarred
    Image of tunamelt tunamelt
    03/16/09

    In reply to Kings: Beautiful and Bold, with a Little Gay Problem
    Fuck. I forgot to watch this.
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    tunamelt was starred tunamelt was unstarred
    Image of Oy Veh (Informality Reigns) Oy Veh (Informality Reigns)
    03/16/09

    In reply to Kings: Beautiful and Bold, with a Little Gay Problem
    I was SO EXPECTING something on Billie Jean King.
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    Oy Veh (Informality Reigns) was starred Oy Veh (Informality Reigns) was unstarred
    Image of rina rina
    03/16/09

    In reply to Kings: Beautiful and Bold, with a Little Gay Problem
    Will Kings be getting the Richard Re-Cap treatment every week? Because if so, I'll definitely jump on board.
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    rina was starred rina was unstarred
    Image of NoelleBlue NoelleBlue
    03/16/09

    @rina: Oooo, I'd be on board with that one.
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    NoelleBlue was starred NoelleBlue was unstarred
    Image of Aaron Altman Aaron Altman
    03/16/09

    In reply to Kings: Beautiful and Bold, with a Little Gay Problem
    Swearingen and Star Trek: Voyager's Borg Queen? GAH!!! Between that and your review, Richard, I won't miss it again.
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    Aaron Altman was starred Aaron Altman was unstarred
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