Hmm. Not sure why the original post of this comment ended up as a reply to someone else's comment--that's vv strange.
I'm amused at the icon that was randomly selected by LJ hook, so I'm leaving it despite its seasonal inappropriateness.
I finally got to see Pushing Daisies, and I agree almost word for word with what you said about it. I found it completely disarmingly adorable. I love the surrealism and old-fashioned storytelling style. Though I do wonder how they will manage to sustain it.
Yes, I loved it. I found it very Lemony Snicket-esque, for some reason, but I knew from the moment I saw the bright oversaturated colors and heard the narration I would love it, but like you I'm pretty curious about how they're going to sustain it. It does seem more like a movie concept than a series concept--unless it is going to just become an odd detective show? But that's not what was charming about the premiere.
The central premise is fascinating and I found myself really hooked into the concept. Imagine you couldn't pat your own dog! :(
Since I had been spoiled about the "second touch leads to death" thing just from the promos, I was thoroughly expecting him to accidentally kill his dog after resurrecting him. I'm pretty amused, actually, that the writers thought viewers could cope more with the trauma of him accidentally killing [or un-vivifying] his mom than his dog! I wonder if he can pet his dog if he's wearing gloves? I guess you wouldn't really want to try that experiment in case it didn't work.
The lead guy seems completely lovely--I think I've fallen for him already, which is probably a big part of why I like the show. Oh me too! He's adorable! Apparently he was on Wonderfalls, too, which I watched about three eps of before it was cancelled, but I don't remember him from that at all. I completely love his obsession with pie, btw. I also really liked Chuck a lot. She's surprisingly calm about the whole "resurrected from the dead" thing, and her aunts are hilarious.
I really love this particular quirky style of show, and I love all the leads (except maybe Kristen Chenowith, but she's SUPPOSED to be annoying, so I guess she' s well cast), but I really can't imagine where they're going to go with this.
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Date: 2007-10-04 06:07 pm (UTC)I'm amused at the icon that was randomly selected by LJ hook, so I'm leaving it despite its seasonal inappropriateness.
I finally got to see Pushing Daisies, and I agree almost word for word with what you said about it.
I found it completely disarmingly adorable. I love the surrealism and old-fashioned storytelling style. Though I do wonder how they will manage to sustain it.
Yes, I loved it. I found it very Lemony Snicket-esque, for some reason, but I knew from the moment I saw the bright oversaturated colors and heard the narration I would love it, but like you I'm pretty curious about how they're going to sustain it. It does seem more like a movie concept than a series concept--unless it is going to just become an odd detective show? But that's not what was charming about the premiere.
The central premise is fascinating and I found myself really hooked into the concept. Imagine you couldn't pat your own dog! :(
Since I had been spoiled about the "second touch leads to death" thing just from the promos, I was thoroughly expecting him to accidentally kill his dog after resurrecting him. I'm pretty amused, actually, that the writers thought viewers could cope more with the trauma of him accidentally killing [or un-vivifying] his mom than his dog! I wonder if he can pet his dog if he's wearing gloves? I guess you wouldn't really want to try that experiment in case it didn't work.
The lead guy seems completely lovely--I think I've fallen for him already, which is probably a big part of why I like the show.
Oh me too! He's adorable! Apparently he was on Wonderfalls, too, which I watched about three eps of before it was cancelled, but I don't remember him from that at all. I completely love his obsession with pie, btw. I also really liked Chuck a lot. She's surprisingly calm about the whole "resurrected from the dead" thing, and her aunts are hilarious.
I really love this particular quirky style of show, and I love all the leads (except maybe Kristen Chenowith, but she's SUPPOSED to be annoying, so I guess she' s well cast), but I really can't imagine where they're going to go with this.