Comments on: On the Fringe of Quality TV http://popvultures.com/2008/09/18/on-the-fringe-of-quality-tv/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:47:59 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Samantha http://popvultures.com/2008/09/18/on-the-fringe-of-quality-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-3328 Samantha Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:47:50 +0000 http://popvultures.com/?p=977#comment-3328 Oh I hear you on the suspension of disbelief, Kyle! The lab: so dirty, and then instantly clean, sort of. Do we really need another pretty blonde FBI agent? Really? But you know the moment that did it for me... when they were synthesizing the blood blah blah blah serious montage of serious lab work blah blah blah and then suddenly, in the background you see the silhouette of a CAT wandering by and THEN hear a meow! All I could think of was Steve Martin in "The Man With Two Brains" shouting, "Get that cat outta here!" during brain surgery. Seriously, a cat? Oh I hear you on the suspension of disbelief, Kyle! The lab: so dirty, and then instantly clean, sort of.

Do we really need another pretty blonde FBI agent? Really?

But you know the moment that did it for me… when they were synthesizing the blood blah blah blah serious montage of serious lab work blah blah blah and then suddenly, in the background you see the silhouette of a CAT wandering by and THEN hear a meow! All I could think of was Steve Martin in “The Man With Two Brains” shouting, “Get that cat outta here!” during brain surgery.

Seriously, a cat?

]]> By: Kyle http://popvultures.com/2008/09/18/on-the-fringe-of-quality-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-3323 Kyle Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:04:56 +0000 http://popvultures.com/?p=977#comment-3323 I haven't seen the second episode yet, but I don't know if I'm going to be able to take this show, mostly due to suspension of disbelief issues. Which, given that I enjoyed several seasons of Alias and most of Lost so far, is kind of ridiculous, but there were so many eye-rolling moments for me in the pilot, mostly relating to science (my former profession) and Boston (my current home). Please, that lab? In the basement at Harvard? There is no scrap of disused space anywhere on the Harvard main campus, and no lab anywhere has ever been that big since Lavoisier went to the guillotine. Harvard researchers get maybe 20 square feet for their own, if they're lucky. Nitpickery, I know, but I can't help but pick at it. And you're right, whatsername is incredibly bland. If she were more compelling, maybe it would distract me from the disbelief issues. I haven’t seen the second episode yet, but I don’t know if I’m going to be able to take this show, mostly due to suspension of disbelief issues. Which, given that I enjoyed several seasons of Alias and most of Lost so far, is kind of ridiculous, but there were so many eye-rolling moments for me in the pilot, mostly relating to science (my former profession) and Boston (my current home).

Please, that lab? In the basement at Harvard? There is no scrap of disused space anywhere on the Harvard main campus, and no lab anywhere has ever been that big since Lavoisier went to the guillotine. Harvard researchers get maybe 20 square feet for their own, if they’re lucky. Nitpickery, I know, but I can’t help but pick at it.

And you’re right, whatsername is incredibly bland. If she were more compelling, maybe it would distract me from the disbelief issues.

]]> By: Jess http://popvultures.com/2008/09/18/on-the-fringe-of-quality-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-3316 Jess Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:55:14 +0000 http://popvultures.com/?p=977#comment-3316 All the Top Model shows are percentage shows for me (with the exception of the Australian one which is unexpectedly high quality). I can happily work in front of them, while keeping my ear cocked for any descent into blatant lunacy. All the Top Model shows are percentage shows for me (with the exception of the Australian one which is unexpectedly high quality). I can happily work in front of them, while keeping my ear cocked for any descent into blatant lunacy.

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