Re: 1st Season New Amsterdam - Soldier's Heart - 5 star poll - SPOILERS AHOY !

erilar wrote:
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> Anim8rFSK <ANIM8Rfsk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> In article <drache-07E031.12373411032008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>  erilar <drache@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> In article <ANIM8Rfsk-A17B02.08231811032008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>  Anim8rFSK <ANIM8Rfsk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>> In article <UIwBj.5908$7d1.1316@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>  "Joetheone" <joetheone@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>> "Anim8rFSK" <ANIM8Rfsk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>>> In article <Q4ydnTkPcZAIEEvanZ2dnUVZ_vSdnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>>> jewahe <j.hanvey@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>>>> George Avalos wrote:
>>>>>>>> "Soldier's Heart"
>>>>>>>> 3-11-08 New Amsterdam
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 5 stars (Patton & McAuliffe)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 0-1 stars (Weygand & Gamelin)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -George
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 1.75
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Slowing getting better, but still rather bland. I like the
>>>>>>> flashbacks,
>>>>>>> but I don't like the way it seems that the current case is his
>>>>>>> way of
>>>>>>> resolving those past events.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The current cases are not very interesting. They seem like
>>>>>>> nothing more
>>>>>>> than a device to introduce the flashbacks.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That's exactly the problem.  The overall result is interesting,
>>>>>> but the
>>>>>> cases are pretty mundane.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2.75
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>> 2.5
>>>>> Mundane is a good word. Clumsy, almost. Seems like it's not really
>>>>> thought
>>>>> out, that they think the premise can carry thewhole show, without
>>>>> really
>>>>> fle****ng the ideas out.
>>>>> And every time I look at the guy, I think of Dennis Leary, and
>>>>> what he could
>>>>> do with the role.
>>>>
>>>> LOL - that's who he reminds me of!!!
>>>
>>> OK, so who's Dennis Leary?
>>
>> Actor/comedian.  He's on Rescue Me.
>> http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001459/
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> Oh, one of the many things I don't watch 8-)

Rent the first season.  It's great television!  A bit over-wrought at
times 
but highly entertaining nonetheless.