cimorene: cartoony drawing of a woman's head in profile giving dubious side-eye (sex)
Cimorene ([personal profile] cimorene) wrote2005-02-19 07:07 pm

baffling mysteries

1. why is wax suddenly downloading medical investigation again?

2. why isn't the fry/laurie jeeves & wooster more popular?

3. why is peter wingfield NEVER just dressed in a t-shirt on screen? i remember big t-shirts being fairly standard dress in the 90's.

4. why do the producers of all the csis constantly put beautiful women in quantities of makeup great enough to actually interfere with their attractiveness?

eta: why are even (especially?) people of excellent good taste occasionally prey to the charms of purple prose? sea-glass eyes? i'm terrified i'm actually going to use that now.

[identity profile] cimness.livejournal.com 2005-02-19 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
well, i've only seen the pilot episode, i must confess. i have heard the same bad things about the changes they made to bring it to the screen before. but in the first enchanting hour, i think fry and laurie's irresistability easily makes up the loss of the delightful narrative voice. i was pleasantly surprised by how well they translated to the screen.

...in written canon i don't get bored the fourth time he's in any given situation, or even the tenth; but that may be where the narrative voice really comes in.

[identity profile] almostnever.livejournal.com 2005-02-20 01:18 am (UTC)(link)
Fry and Laurie are utterly perfect, no doubt about that. Even when the episode itself tests your patience, you can always count on them to be great.

in written canon i don't get bored the fourth time he's in any given situation, or even the tenth; but that may be where the narrative voice really comes in.

I think that's probably true.

[identity profile] cimness.livejournal.com 2005-02-20 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
♥ they really were. there just isn't enough love in the world for that kind of perfectly matched comedic duo. ahhhhh. especially playing such a perfectly slashable pair.