The Look (4.9)
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The afternoon DJ on AFN here in Iraq is named Holly and sounds alot like the actress in this episode. I'll try and catch her last name.
I believe that only the army has Warrent Officer pilots. I'm fairly sure thay you have to be an officer to fly for the Marines. If this was true in vietnam then calling TC a warrant officer was a mistake.
I've never thought about Ricks rank, I imagine he was a junior NCO. Does anybody know?
I believe that only the army has Warrent Officer pilots. I'm fairly sure thay you have to be an officer to fly for the Marines. If this was true in vietnam then calling TC a warrant officer was a mistake.
I've never thought about Ricks rank, I imagine he was a junior NCO. Does anybody know?
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7 around the table , today sunday and a really good note for this episode : 9,5 with some 10 from a part of my familly..
Curiously the oter votes from members was not so high... and all of us had appreciated it...
The raison... the Music because it was what we call Music... Beatles ( or seems to be) , Rolling stones ( idem) and Otis Redding. As a radio, the music is important so the choice was terrible and well associated with what we think playing or broadcasting during the Vietnam war ( from french people we are... Thank you Apocalypse Now movie).
The story is correct and we are proud to give you the information that the Holly's car is a french car... a Renault "Fuego"... a sport car made in France... i suppose you didn't know that.... Very few renault were imported in USA ... no succes... and i understand why... Too small for youand certainly not the good moment for a new car brand in the 80's
I've noted THE big flub ( surprised that no one has seen it), when TC & TM take the copter to find Holly during the higgins anniversary , there was the plastic anniversary higgins baby hung on it and no more during the travel and finally again on the copter when they joined holly ... too big this time.
Happy to bring you something new.
Bruno.
Curiously the oter votes from members was not so high... and all of us had appreciated it...
The raison... the Music because it was what we call Music... Beatles ( or seems to be) , Rolling stones ( idem) and Otis Redding. As a radio, the music is important so the choice was terrible and well associated with what we think playing or broadcasting during the Vietnam war ( from french people we are... Thank you Apocalypse Now movie).
The story is correct and we are proud to give you the information that the Holly's car is a french car... a Renault "Fuego"... a sport car made in France... i suppose you didn't know that.... Very few renault were imported in USA ... no succes... and i understand why... Too small for youand certainly not the good moment for a new car brand in the 80's
I've noted THE big flub ( surprised that no one has seen it), when TC & TM take the copter to find Holly during the higgins anniversary , there was the plastic anniversary higgins baby hung on it and no more during the travel and finally again on the copter when they joined holly ... too big this time.
Happy to bring you something new.
Bruno.
Very american 4 a french...
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‘The Look’ – not outstandingly bad nor good, just an average episode in my view.
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Recognising her as a voice from Vietnam, Magnum visits a local radio DJ, who is experiencing a series of death threats over the phone, and who asks him to help look for her missing fiancé, whom she lost contact with in ‘Nam. An average instalment…
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This review contains spoilers.
I find ‘The Look’ to be neither an outstandingly bad nor outstandingly good episode of the series; overall, I just find it an average story.
Playing DJ Holly Hudson is Gretchen Corbett, one of several ‘Rockford Files’ cast to appear in MPI, in her second of two appearances in the series, after playing a different character in the first season episode ‘The Curse of the King Kamehameha Club’. Like the episode, she is not outstandingly bad nor good in the role.
I like the idea of a radio presenter with whom many Vietnam vets identified with and believed in, without even knowing what she looks like.
Interesting to listen out for is the large number of Universal stock music covers played at the radio station, from an era when this was cheaper to do that to use the original version. Thankfully, on the DVD version of the episode, these songs have not been replaced by stock music, as is the case on many other DVD releases of various television shows.
Jean Bruce Scott makes her only appearance of the season, and the last time she will be seen until the seventh season episode ‘Death and Taxes’ (she was presumably not seen in the meantime due to being busy filming ‘Airwolf’). Gone is her ‘severe’ look from the third season, losing the big glasses and having a more casual hairstyle.
Then there is the subplot, of Magnum, T.C. and Rick (well, mostly T.C. and Rick, while Magnum is busy on his case!) building a surprise birthday construction from Higgins’ birthday. At the beginning of the story, Higgins is suffering a heavy cold, but it suddenly disappears halfway through without explanation (maybe he was, as Magnum suggests, just feeling left out).
Either way, it seems implausible that they wouldn’t know when his birthday was – Magnum has been living on the several Estate for several years by this point, and even if he didn’t know, I find it hard to believe that Agatha, who has known Higgins since 1975, wouldn’t know its correct date.
And this leads on to one of the most noticeable continuity bloopers of the entire series: T.C. lands on the Estate with a banner reading ‘Happy Birthday Higgie Baby’ on his helicopter; yet when Magnum and T.C. rush off to find Holly, stock footage is used and the banner is gone. When they arrive at their location, the banner is suddenly back again!
The development of Holly taking her fiancé at gunpoint is an interesting twist, and one that I didn’t see coming.
This episode could really have come from any season of the show. It is perfectly watchable, but is definitely one of the show’s more average episodes in my opinion.
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[rating=8.0]
Recognising her as a voice from Vietnam, Magnum visits a local radio DJ, who is experiencing a series of death threats over the phone, and who asks him to help look for her missing fiancé, whom she lost contact with in ‘Nam. An average instalment…
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This review contains spoilers.
I find ‘The Look’ to be neither an outstandingly bad nor outstandingly good episode of the series; overall, I just find it an average story.
Playing DJ Holly Hudson is Gretchen Corbett, one of several ‘Rockford Files’ cast to appear in MPI, in her second of two appearances in the series, after playing a different character in the first season episode ‘The Curse of the King Kamehameha Club’. Like the episode, she is not outstandingly bad nor good in the role.
I like the idea of a radio presenter with whom many Vietnam vets identified with and believed in, without even knowing what she looks like.
Interesting to listen out for is the large number of Universal stock music covers played at the radio station, from an era when this was cheaper to do that to use the original version. Thankfully, on the DVD version of the episode, these songs have not been replaced by stock music, as is the case on many other DVD releases of various television shows.
Jean Bruce Scott makes her only appearance of the season, and the last time she will be seen until the seventh season episode ‘Death and Taxes’ (she was presumably not seen in the meantime due to being busy filming ‘Airwolf’). Gone is her ‘severe’ look from the third season, losing the big glasses and having a more casual hairstyle.
Then there is the subplot, of Magnum, T.C. and Rick (well, mostly T.C. and Rick, while Magnum is busy on his case!) building a surprise birthday construction from Higgins’ birthday. At the beginning of the story, Higgins is suffering a heavy cold, but it suddenly disappears halfway through without explanation (maybe he was, as Magnum suggests, just feeling left out).
Either way, it seems implausible that they wouldn’t know when his birthday was – Magnum has been living on the several Estate for several years by this point, and even if he didn’t know, I find it hard to believe that Agatha, who has known Higgins since 1975, wouldn’t know its correct date.
And this leads on to one of the most noticeable continuity bloopers of the entire series: T.C. lands on the Estate with a banner reading ‘Happy Birthday Higgie Baby’ on his helicopter; yet when Magnum and T.C. rush off to find Holly, stock footage is used and the banner is gone. When they arrive at their location, the banner is suddenly back again!
The development of Holly taking her fiancé at gunpoint is an interesting twist, and one that I didn’t see coming.
This episode could really have come from any season of the show. It is perfectly watchable, but is definitely one of the show’s more average episodes in my opinion.
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Great review as usual Jay!
I might add that there may be a blooper, when TC and TM arrive at the lookout point where Holly is holding Cassidy under gunpoint. When the chopper rises up into view, you can clearly see that the pilot, is not TC. It appears to be a Caucasian man wearing a ski mask!!!
I might add that there may be a blooper, when TC and TM arrive at the lookout point where Holly is holding Cassidy under gunpoint. When the chopper rises up into view, you can clearly see that the pilot, is not TC. It appears to be a Caucasian man wearing a ski mask!!!
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Oh yes - I actually saw that too but forgot to make a note of it. I thought he was wearing a ski mask too!Frodoleader wrote:Great review as usual Jay!
I might add that there may be a blooper, when TC and TM arrive at the lookout point where Holly is holding Cassidy under gunpoint. When the chopper rises up into view, you can clearly see that the pilot, is not TC. It appears to be a Caucasian man wearing a ski mask!!!
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Man, that must have been a nerve-racking scene for Gretchen Corbett and Stephen Young to film! They are standing on a makeshift, wooden perch that is several stories up. Then a helicopter elevates up to their position at a close distance! I know the chopper is farther away than it appears, but those blades look awful close!
Heights scare me enough, but helicopter blades scare me even more! I don't think I would have been able to do a scene like that!
Heights scare me enough, but helicopter blades scare me even more! I don't think I would have been able to do a scene like that!
Higgins: It's not a scratch! It's a bloody gouge!
Wow, how time flies. That is Joe Moore
http://www.khon2.com/content/bios/story ... 7b6lA.cspx
possibly Hawaii's favorite news anchor for many years, playing the part of the soldier arguing with the guys about Holly Fox.
In real life, Joe Moore was a newscaster with the American Forces Vietnam Network in Saigon during the war, so it was appropriate for him to be in this particular episode. He also appeared in a couple of other Magnum P.I. episodes that I can recall.
http://www.khon2.com/content/bios/story ... 7b6lA.cspx
possibly Hawaii's favorite news anchor for many years, playing the part of the soldier arguing with the guys about Holly Fox.
In real life, Joe Moore was a newscaster with the American Forces Vietnam Network in Saigon during the war, so it was appropriate for him to be in this particular episode. He also appeared in a couple of other Magnum P.I. episodes that I can recall.
I was amazed at how high the cliffs were looking up from the estate, let alone what it would be like peering over the edge from up top! Yikes!J.J. Walters wrote:Man, that must have been a nerve-racking scene for Gretchen Corbett and Stephen Young to film! They are standing on a makeshift, wooden perch that is several stories up.
not hugely fascinating....but, having coincidentally watched the 2 episodes
within the same few days....
the pretty brunette mag mistakes for holly fox when he initially visits the
station (i think her character name is Lori) was also the dancer Kendall
Chases's dressing room "roomate" in the "Sixth Position"....she discovers
the men in Kendall's dressing room.
within the same few days....
the pretty brunette mag mistakes for holly fox when he initially visits the
station (i think her character name is Lori) was also the dancer Kendall
Chases's dressing room "roomate" in the "Sixth Position"....she discovers
the men in Kendall's dressing room.
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I love this episode. It's not so much the storyline that grabs me as much as Gretchen's character and performance. It's a poignant episode about how we build these people inside our heads, much in the same way she does... fantasies. And then there's the letdown... or the look.
Gretchen often played these kind of outsider characters, like in She's Dressed to Kill (1979), and it worked because she's different looking, but still compelling.
One of her first acting roles is a small part in Let's Scare Jessica to Death where all the women are like Gretchen. Oddly compelling and uniquely beautiful.
As you can probably guess, I like Gretchen!
Gretchen often played these kind of outsider characters, like in She's Dressed to Kill (1979), and it worked because she's different looking, but still compelling.
One of her first acting roles is a small part in Let's Scare Jessica to Death where all the women are like Gretchen. Oddly compelling and uniquely beautiful.
As you can probably guess, I like Gretchen!