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MaiTaiMan
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grambax
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A very weak episode for me. I have no interest in sport, and no knowledge of American football, so that didn't help. But I've enjoyed plenty of other sports/football films and programs, so I don't think its just bias. However a few good moments save it from being a complete bust.
The bad -
Magnum AND TC both ending up on the team? Just silly.
The plot is weak - three attempts (or apparent attempts) on the same person, from two different sources, by coincidence? The villain's plot is pretty weak and as soon as it is exposed simply pulling a gun on everybody? Cliched stuff.
Magnum does little to advance the plot and the whole thing feels like an excuse for a football episode.
The good -
There are some good character moments. The camera pull-back of Higgins and the dogs, alone, is a great shot, as everybody seems to agree. But Higgins starting his polo story, and being left to tell it to Rick, who hangs his head in resignation, is nice too.
The ending, and final shot are pretty nice.
The bathtub scene is fun.
I'm surprised nobody seems to have mentioned how long Tom Selleck stretches out his reaction to finding out the player he's trying to question doesn't speak English. I'd swear the laughter of the crew had to be dubbed over, and I doubt that scene was intended to run so long. I think it was just a bit of casual "business" that they allowed to remain and let us see.
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Croix de Lorraine
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TheLads
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Seaver41
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| Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 7:11 pm Post subject: |
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| gmt16750 wrote: | It's all worth the Higgins/Magnum relation. All their scenes together are quite fantastic and best scene in my opinion is Higgins' monologue with great shot of the estate that seems so desolated without Magnum. When Magnum tells him that he's leaving, seeking for a place without dogs, Higgins' facial expression is better than thousand words.
I thought James J. Walters' quote : "Higgins: As a matter of fact, the aura of pastoral serenity that has permeated the estate since your departure is positively delightful. The birds sing. The Lads frolic..." was from this episode.
Well, it's not and i still wonder which episode does this masterpiece quote come from? |
as I am watching the series on DVD in order, this is a clever mechanism (or just dumb luck) that either saves an otherwise ho-hum episode or enhances a good plot. As long as they incorporate it somehow, it's a no lose deal.
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Seaver41
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| Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 7:19 pm Post subject: |
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| grambax wrote: | A very weak episode for me. I have no interest in sport, and no knowledge of American football, so that didn't help. But I've enjoyed plenty of other sports/football films and programs, so I don't think its just bias. However a few good moments save it from being a complete bust.
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I'm surprised nobody seems to have mentioned how long Tom Selleck stretches out his reaction to finding out the player he's trying to question doesn't speak English. I'd swear the laughter of the crew had to be dubbed over, and I doubt that scene was intended to run so long. I think it was just a bit of casual "business" that they allowed to remain and let us see. |
I'll answer that one.....as I see it was mentioned earlier by another person who is perhaps not from the USA or familiar with our brand of football..........it has been cliche for decades in this country for the kicker to be foreign.......so it was as obvious as a 500lb pink gorilla that the kicker would speak no English......plus they went out of their way to cast someone with an ethnic look. We refer to them sometimes as keeeckers.....because that's how they are stereotyped in identifying themselves.
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Seaver41
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| woof, this episode is worse than I remember watching it many moons ago. The one saving grace about the plot choice was that they limited the gameplay to practice and did not write some ridiculous storyline that had Magnum playing a real game. Gave it a 7 and only that high because of Higgins missing Magnum.
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| charybdis1966 wrote: | I especially like it when Higgins points out the superiority of rugby to "American football" - exactly the sort of thing you'd expect him to say.
"I don't see the necessity for all the padding" he says(or something similar) - having watched rugby it is a very savage contact sport and any professional player has a 1 in 3 chance of being injured at any time during the season because of impact injuries.
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Since my son started playing rugby a couple of years ago, I have to agree with this comment. Although I am born American, raised in the Midwest and a graduate of THE Ohio State University, I have found a new love: rugby! As seen on a t-shirt once: "If rugby were any easier, they'd call it football!" (or soccer).
As for the episode? Meh! What do you expect from a 1980's TV show? For TM and TC, at their age to be on the team? Of course it's ridiculous, but it moves the story along.
Did anyone else notice that the field had a Pro Bowl logo on it?
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""Billy Joe Bob", may very well be my least favorite episodes of the show." terrible ep, agreed. Only saving grace is the extended footage of the Clarence Cooke estate front entrance, front yard and the big back lanai..
The barkeep pulling a cocked loaded shotgun at patrons is TOO much. This would NEVER happen. aside from the fact NO one keeps a shotgun at the bar in Waiks.
I hate magnum telling the redneck "I may have been all buttercups and daisies in there.." gawd DAMMIT! NO one speaks like that. This is so gay. Tom, do not ever do that again.
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This has got to be one of the worst, and most ridiculous, plots/episodes of the series! 
Leave the locker room mentality for the teens...and their coaches, who most never grew up out of the locker rooms themselves. 
This, along with "Adelaide" and "Billy Joe Bob", may very well be my 
