She was 26 when she did Echoes of the Mind and your photo is dated. Mine is from 2012. I suppose beauty is in the eye of the beholder.Rembrandt's Girl wrote: With Sharon Stone's looks, fame, and money, I bet the men are still lining up.
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Nope, I intentionally got a recent photo from last month. Probably makeup vs. no makeup:Sisophous wrote:She was 26 when she did Echoes of the Mind and your photo is dated. Mine is from 2012. I suppose beauty is in the eye of the beholder.Rembrandt's Girl wrote: With Sharon Stone's looks, fame, and money, I bet the men are still lining up.![]()
I completely disagree, I think both episodes of Echos of the Mind were among the best of the series. Sometimes its just destiny to fall in love, even immediately, and I can't imagine it would have been too hard to fall in love with a young Sharon Stone.BWheelz54 wrote:I like all the episodes of MPI. All of them except for one. And I HATE this episode.
I cannot stand the two part episode "Echoes of the Mind." Honestly, it makes me want to vomit, and my mind refuses to recognize it as part of the MPI library. Oh, I hate so much about it. I could never stand Sharon Stone. I've always hated her "hey, I can play a crazy chick" acting approach she uses time and time and time and time and time again in her movies. And, man, does she paint it on heavy in this episode - starting with that terrible opening in the car where her "two selves" are going at it back in forth. Ug.
The moment I see Thomas and the gang in this episode, I wonder what new writer wrote this piece of work. The characters don't seem like themselves. I hate how instantly and completely Thomas falls for Diane. I hate how he is shown so heartbroken at the end, and at the start of the next episode he's looking at the bottom of a bottle for relief - SO NOT THOMAS MAGNUM. ARGH! And is it just me, or does episode seem to leave a rather terrible comment in the end about mental health problems (my own family has dealt with some things, and this episode so makes me cringe).
There, this post let me get it off my chest. Man, I hate "Echoes of the Mind." Again, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE all the rest. But DESPISE this two part episode. And Sharon Stone has to be the most over-rated actress in the history of the biz.
Forgive me if I upset anyone who likes this episode. I never claim to always be right. But I hate this episode!
While I didn't list Echoes of the Mind among my least-liked episodes, I noticed that I always skip it and that I haven't seen it in nearly six years. I've mentioned elsewhere that "EotM" is where TM's psychic nonsense really gets trotted out. I don't mind the concept of his "Little Voice" but here it's flat out psychic ability--and I despise it. It also makes Thomas out to be a real flake. There's a line of dialogue in part one when Thomas talks about his psychic ability that sounds so awkward and forced and that dialogue is given an awful line reading by Selleck, to boot. I've also noticed the writing going downhill in terms of TM's voiceovers, where he talks about his unlimited number of aunts and uncles and their idiotic, homespun wisdom. It distanced me from the character of Thomas Magnum and it's one of the many issues I have with seasons 5-8BWheelz54 wrote:I cannot stand the two part episode "Echoes of the Mind." Honestly, it makes me want to vomit, and my mind refuses to recognize it as part of the MPI library. Oh, I hate so much about it. I could never stand Sharon Stone. I've always hated her "hey, I can play a crazy chick" acting approach she uses time and time and time and time and time again in her movies. And, man, does she paint it on heavy in this episode - starting with that terrible opening in the car where her "two selves" are going at it back in forth. Ug.
Good point. I had never really thought about that, but you are right. It's a silly device to begin with (usually it's comic relief characters like Festus from Gunsmoke who have an endless supply of relatives), but to make matters worse, the "wisdom" is usually something pointless that you forget about 5 seconds later.Little Garwood wrote:I've also noticed the writing going downhill in terms of TM's voiceovers, where he talks about his unlimited number of aunts and uncles and their idiotic, homespun wisdom.
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"Going Home" (I hate every member of T.M.'s family)
A few more shower scenes would have been nice.marlboro wrote:I think it would have been a lot better to keep Sharon Stone's character around for an entire season. Never as the central focus of the story, but as a love interest making occasional appearances.
GAH!marlboro wrote:Back on topic.
I don't have a "Worst" list. I tend to just rewatch the episodes that I know I like, so the bad ones kind of fade from my memory. Which is the best thing about episodic tv shows; bad episodes can be ignored without damaging the overall story.
A few of the weaker episodes that do come to mind:
"Limbo" (Very poorly written imo. Very cheesy, too.)
I agree on that. GAH!ConchRepublican wrote:GAH!marlboro wrote:Back on topic.
I don't have a "Worst" list. I tend to just rewatch the episodes that I know I like, so the bad ones kind of fade from my memory. Which is the best thing about episodic tv shows; bad episodes can be ignored without damaging the overall story.
A few of the weaker episodes that do come to mind:
"Limbo" (Very poorly written imo. Very cheesy, too.)