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Jun. 12th, 2007 09:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
weewarriorSo, I actually liked the pilot episode of John From Cincinnati, which, judging from media and message board reactions, makes me a member of an elusive club of maybe four people - including, possibly, persons related to and/or bribed by David Milch.
Sure, it was somewhat odd, and so far, most of the characters seem bizarre rather than engaging ( although I have developed a strange fondness for Matt Winston's suicidal motel owner, probably because he gets to monologue with a teddy bear, and has the greatest view on the Pacific from his living room. Seriously, I want that view). The dialogue and some of the characters remind me fondly of Deadwood - even though this is not remotely close to either the intensity or the quality of that show - and the plot could develop into something intriguing, seeing that it already contains one character levitating and another resurrecting dead parrots, while the title character moves between repeating sentence fragments he picked up from the other characters and suddenly spouting prophetical, apocalyptic phrases that the others largely seem to ignore, presumably at their own peril.
Of course, the show could just as well fall into the dreaded Twin Peaks/Carnivale trap and turn into nothing but boring pseudo-mysticism without a point or even a punchline, but so far, I'm willing to give it a shot.
ETA: Sigh. So, I guess I misspelled Cincinnati, huh? Ratten.
Sure, it was somewhat odd, and so far, most of the characters seem bizarre rather than engaging ( although I have developed a strange fondness for Matt Winston's suicidal motel owner, probably because he gets to monologue with a teddy bear, and has the greatest view on the Pacific from his living room. Seriously, I want that view). The dialogue and some of the characters remind me fondly of Deadwood - even though this is not remotely close to either the intensity or the quality of that show - and the plot could develop into something intriguing, seeing that it already contains one character levitating and another resurrecting dead parrots, while the title character moves between repeating sentence fragments he picked up from the other characters and suddenly spouting prophetical, apocalyptic phrases that the others largely seem to ignore, presumably at their own peril.
Of course, the show could just as well fall into the dreaded Twin Peaks/Carnivale trap and turn into nothing but boring pseudo-mysticism without a point or even a punchline, but so far, I'm willing to give it a shot.
ETA: Sigh. So, I guess I misspelled Cincinnati, huh? Ratten.
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Date: 2007-06-12 08:04 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-06-12 08:23 pm (UTC)It does have several actors that you might know: Bruce Greenwood, Rebecca De Mornay (who plays a grandmother, I kid you not), Luke Perry (who plays a very smarmy character), Jim Beaver (Bobby on SPN), Ed O'Neill, Willie Garson from SATC, and Luiz Guzman.
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Date: 2007-06-12 08:27 pm (UTC)Have a pony for being guinea pig.
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Date: 2007-06-12 08:36 pm (UTC)I'm totally willing to test the show, but it really can go either way. I sometimes like shows and then I suddenly... don't like them. It happens.