Blue Bloods on CBS

[Sam]

Hi Katleen

Try this one,it's a link from Edmonton.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ifezo-fpr9o&feature=related

[Katleen26]

Hi Sam,

It was great, it's exciting. Thank you very much. This link worked !

[No need to know!]

This show looks exciting. I hope it will be shown in Sweden. I hope it focuses quite a lot on the characters in that family.

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[J.J. Walters]

Hmmph, I didn't care for it much. I didn't have any highs hopes that I would, really. New York cop dramas just don't do it for me anymore. Hill Street, Law & Order... that's about it for me.

I thought Selleck was OK, but he doesn't have much to work with (yet). The rest of the cast is solid. I'll stick with it (if only for Selleck), but I can't see myself getting into this type of show.

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[PhatCat]

I'm with ya, James.

I can't seem to get over TS's non-NY accent. It's like a thorn in my paw. Not a huge deal but it keeps the show from being "authentic" or true. Sort of like when Kevin Costner played Robin Hood. Only KC is a terrible actor anyway. But where was the accent?

We'll see what tonight's episode brings. Wahlberg's character has potential. Bridget M isn't too hard on the eyes either.

BR

[Cutter]

Not good at all.

[Jake]

I just got around to watching the first two episodes. It wasnt great, but I have definately seen worse. I am not sure how much more of my time I will give to checking it out. I am not sure it is worthy of the limited storage space in my DVR. The storyline about the secret society of cops seems stupid and the acting seems pretty weak (especially the secondary cops). I had hopes that TS could pull off another one........but I think maybe not. The best part of the show is the beautiful Bridget Moynahan.

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[Shermy]

I had a feeling TS wouldn't have much to do, despite being the main draw for most viewers. His performance isn't as gloomy as Jesse Stone, but I wish he could find some way to inject a tiny bit of the playfulness that made Magnum so much fun to watch. It's slightly ironic that his recent career has largely consisted of very serious roles, considering how much success he's had with lightening up (Magnum; Three Men and A Baby; Friends; etc.) However, it looks like TS might last longer in NYC than he did in Vegas, as the first two episodes of Blue Bloods easily won in the ratings.

Yet it does essentially feel more like Donnie Wahlberg's series, since he gets to do all the traditional cop show stuff like- as Jesse Stone might say- catching bad guys. Fortunately, Wahlberg is up to the task and is arguably the most interesting character at this point. I honestly can't say I'm that interested in watching a show about the entire Reagan family. Bridget Moynahan feels like she's only present to argue ethics with Wahlberg, while I fear the kid brother's "Templar" subplot will be drawn out for entirely too long.

Am I wrong for wanting to see them kill off the kid brother ASAP, so that Magnum and Mark Wahlberg's brother can team up and go kill a secret order of templars hiding beneath the streets of New York City? Blue blood will flow!!!

[Little Garwood]

I'm reposting my previous thoughts from the TS thread, for posterity's sake:

Can't say I was awestruck by the Blue Bloods pilot episode. It held my interest and Donny Wahlberg was good, but Selleck is one-note in this, phoning in a Jesse Stone-like characterization--when he's even on screen--that's fine for Stone but I was hoping for something different with this show.

The case of the kidnapped girl was nothing exciting. It's more like something Law & Order and its multitude of clones would feature. I'm hoping that the policework would come second to the characters' interactions, because there is potential. The dinner table scene was good, despite the already-dated "shaky cam" technique that has me reaching for an imaginary railing. Why can't these film school grads keep the camera still and let the actors sell the story? It's hard to read the emotions on a performer's face with all that useless motion.
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I purposely skipped watching the second episode as I feel that Tom is being used as an audience draw and I ain't fallin' for that!

I'd also add from the pilot episode that Selelck's scene with the pushy mayor showed promise and I hope they allow Tom for some decent screentime to show him locking horns with the political angle that looked to have some hones-to-goodness drama in it.

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