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Life
Oct 11, 2008 9:11:53 GMT -5
Post by Squeemonster on Oct 11, 2008 9:11:53 GMT -5
This is the first ep of Life I've seen this season. Hopefully it's an aberration----or have they gone all in for the quirky and left any semblance of realism far, far behind? That storyline, both in general and in its particulars, was ridiculous. Actually, I quite enjoyed it. Not one of my favorite Life eps, by far, but I still liked it. I know the case-of-the-week was pretty over-the-top, but it wasn't anything I wouldn't expect from a tv show, and it did make me ponder the psychological ramifications of an experiment gone awry like that. Much like that ep of VM did. And it once again tied in as a reminder of how damaged Crews must really be from his time in prison. I'll need to have a sit-down and re-watch the whole season, so far. But in my recollection, what they're doing is quirky, quirky, quirky, then BAM! a slam right in the face with realism. I'm thoroughly enjoying it--it keeps me on my toes, because sometimes it's quirky, realism, quirky quirky, and sometimes it's realism, realism, quirky, quirky, realism, and so forth. I think they're doing a great job with the Crews character. They lead you along, you're enjoying his quirkyness, his skewed but insightful way of viewing situations and people, not thinking too deeply about all of it, then all of the sudden they give you a peek into the vast abyss of his damage and pain and need for justice. He scared the bejeezus out of me last night with his intensity while talking to the professor. So, I'm still loving the show. Although, YMMV after seeing the previous eps, if you do get a chance to see them.
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Life
Oct 11, 2008 9:34:02 GMT -5
Post by Spaced Out Looney on Oct 11, 2008 9:34:02 GMT -5
Another school doing the Stanford Prison Experiment?! Did we learn nothing? (Though I guess we're pretending that the Stanford Prison Experiment doesn't exist in this verse.) On the other hand, it makes for good drama and sheds light on important issues.
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Life
Oct 11, 2008 9:40:06 GMT -5
Post by Spaced Out Looney on Oct 11, 2008 9:40:06 GMT -5
Yay, Robin Swiegert is back!
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Life
Oct 11, 2008 9:48:50 GMT -5
Post by Spaced Out Looney on Oct 11, 2008 9:48:50 GMT -5
I loved the moment where Crews knew that there would be a riot right before it happened. Cause, you know, he knew.
The case of the week seemed to be a microcosm of the show as a whole. The letting in of the light, reflecting how brightly lit the show is, symbolizing liberation. The interviews of the study subjects interspersed parallel to the interviews of all the people in Crews' life.
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Life
Oct 11, 2008 9:50:12 GMT -5
Post by Spaced Out Looney on Oct 11, 2008 9:50:12 GMT -5
Officer Riddler. Hmm. I think I like Detective Kumquat better.
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Life
Oct 11, 2008 9:54:59 GMT -5
Post by Spaced Out Looney on Oct 11, 2008 9:54:59 GMT -5
Interesting how Crews' body language changes when he's talking to his ex.
Crews initially refused his lawyer's legal aid? That's interesting.
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Life
Oct 11, 2008 10:06:48 GMT -5
Post by Spaced Out Looney on Oct 11, 2008 10:06:48 GMT -5
Oooh, I did not that coming. That the Professor was the one who called Jennifer or that he was playing with Crews.
And Crews' just got really scary there. Yikes.
And then this bit with Crews and Ted. Aiee!!!! So good.
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Life
Oct 11, 2008 10:08:06 GMT -5
Post by Spaced Out Looney on Oct 11, 2008 10:08:06 GMT -5
You don't need locks for a prison. Just prisoners. Oooh...
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Life
Oct 11, 2008 10:13:10 GMT -5
Post by Spaced Out Looney on Oct 11, 2008 10:13:10 GMT -5
And just because you're there doesn't mean you have to be there, you can go somewhere else.
Hey, that finally makes sense! (in a concrete rather than an abstract way, I mean.)
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Life
Oct 11, 2008 10:13:59 GMT -5
Post by Spaced Out Looney on Oct 11, 2008 10:13:59 GMT -5
And Crews' starts the Conspiracy Wall again.
Wow. Good episode.
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Life
Oct 11, 2008 10:17:06 GMT -5
Post by Squeemonster on Oct 11, 2008 10:17:06 GMT -5
You don't need locks for a prison. Just prisoners. Oooh... Yeah, I loved that line.
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Life
Oct 11, 2008 10:18:17 GMT -5
Post by Spaced Out Looney on Oct 11, 2008 10:18:17 GMT -5
This is the first ep of Life I've seen this season. Hopefully it's an aberration----or have they gone all in for the quirky and left any semblance of realism far, far behind? That storyline, both in general and in its particulars, was ridiculous. It seemed pretty realistic to me (ETA: for TV, that is). What didn't you like about it? On the other hand, I could have cared less about the B-plot except for the old boss coming back.
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Life
Oct 11, 2008 11:04:53 GMT -5
Post by Spaced Out Looney on Oct 11, 2008 11:04:53 GMT -5
You know, it was pretty trusting of Reese to leave Crews alone with the student after Crews was acting all scary. I don't think that I would have done that.
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Life
Oct 12, 2008 18:41:56 GMT -5
Post by Spaced Out Looney on Oct 12, 2008 18:41:56 GMT -5
I just occurred to me; would it make sense for Ted to be able to help them with analyzing the footage? The footage is evidence in a murder and he doesn't work for the cops. He's also on parole, I think. They could set him up as a consultant or something, but it seems to me that if they had to do that, it would actually be easier to "call in the geeks." Maybe they had him help and didn't tell their boss or anything.
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Life
Oct 12, 2008 20:16:55 GMT -5
Post by Lola m on Oct 12, 2008 20:16:55 GMT -5
"That was your partner. She says there's a dead guy. She wants to know if you'd like to, uh, catch who killed him." Oh! The prisoner experiment thing. And someone took it too far? Or did someone use it to hide a killing? "This has never happened before." Yeah, I think if a murder had happened before then the college might have issues with running the experiment. "This is not an experiment anymore, this is a crime scene." Yeah, they're all having trouble making the mental leap. And OMG, the Captain with his "the first wife is the roughest"? ;D And then, it's the old Captain!! Whoa!!
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