tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925436477969629098.post3308064959951276108..comments2024-01-27T17:58:17.558-05:00Comments on I Screen, You Screen: On the fence about HBO's "Treme"TV Writerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14470009732090501985noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925436477969629098.post-49354170542843900712010-04-13T14:11:28.882-04:002010-04-13T14:11:28.882-04:00I should also say I didn't much care for the E...I should also say I didn't much care for the Elvis Costello cameo. I hope something more comes of his appearance. Otherwise it, like Goodman's diatribes, just smacks of Simon and crew telling the audience that they should care about these characters.The Colonelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00607564308464530669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925436477969629098.post-37350145601825761642010-04-13T12:25:03.246-04:002010-04-13T12:25:03.246-04:00I finally got around to watching the first episode...I finally got around to watching the first episode, and ... I like it. In fact, I'm encouraged about its prospects. Your words dampened my expectations a bit, so maybe that played a role.<br /><br />Yeah, it's a little messy and disorganized, but so is the city, so are the people, so is the music. Everyone's hustling, but no one's in a rush. Everyone's ambitious, but no one The Colonelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00607564308464530669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925436477969629098.post-46815631037109300922010-04-12T14:49:46.689-04:002010-04-12T14:49:46.689-04:00No! Zydeco is da shiznit!No! Zydeco is da shiznit!The Colonelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00607564308464530669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925436477969629098.post-28743131597718952272010-04-12T08:07:22.176-04:002010-04-12T08:07:22.176-04:00Bill, I will tell you that the characters become a...Bill, I will tell you that the characters become a little more rooted and fleshed out by the third episode, and the show starts narrowing its focus a little bit. But I agree that it's a bit too much in the beginning -- particularly since the pilot is 80 minutes long. 80 minutes is a long time to ask people to wade through a mosaic of vignettes about characters that, at the outset, are just TV Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470009732090501985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925436477969629098.post-38081920530446253542010-04-11T23:22:17.702-04:002010-04-11T23:22:17.702-04:00I wanted to like it, but shut it down halfway thro...I wanted to like it, but shut it down halfway through -- New Orleans is too obscure and parochial for me to care about, at least in this context. The character actors seem likable enough, but there was a lack of an "A" story to stitch the whole thing together. Zahn's wacky weedhead DJ was too silly to care about, and Pierce's trombonist was too rootless to identify with.<br /><the kevin scurry bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01304072308438980283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925436477969629098.post-29449641744814146972010-04-11T16:04:47.884-04:002010-04-11T16:04:47.884-04:00I have to agree that unspoken in your comment is a...I have to agree that unspoken in your comment is a comparison to "The Wire". Even if that means "Well, I took to "The Wire" right away, but I'm not taking to this right away." Somehow you have to step away from that.<br /><br />This is I know without having seen any of the episodes yet- David Simon and company are trying to get this amazingly illusive City Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17425944507992409231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925436477969629098.post-48104976415651572132010-04-10T23:08:56.996-04:002010-04-10T23:08:56.996-04:00I see your point, but I actually embraced The Wire...I see your point, but I actually embraced The Wire almost from the beginning. It was also a complex story, but I didn't feel like it tried to do quite so much right away. It was a straightforward slice of life.<br />It wasn't a slice of life and a musical and a bunch of other stuff.TV Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470009732090501985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925436477969629098.post-55400764108293462002010-04-10T22:42:49.924-04:002010-04-10T22:42:49.924-04:00What was your take on The Wire after three episode...What was your take on <i>The Wire</i> after three episodes?Rayhttp://www.moronosphere.com/rayinneworleansnoreply@blogger.com