The Thin Man

I watched the first of the Thin Man movies tonight (Deadlines? What deadlines? LALALA I CAN'T HEAR YOU!) because I keep hearing people mention the series as a precursor to Castle. And those people would be right. Castle and Beckett are, on some level, Nick and Nora translated seventy-five years into the future and partially (at least in Beckett's case) out of their high society milieu. And, you know, without the alcoholism. Tell me, does the series end with both of them dying from cirrhosis, because wow.

I think my favorite moment was when they were making faces at each other. Hee. I can totally see Castle and Beckett reaching that state very, very soon.

I could use less mystery and more banter (and more Nora in general), but then I usually say that about crime stories that double as romantic comedies/romances. Hell, most of the time, I'd be happiest if we never actually see the stars solving mysteries, just hear occasionally that they've done so in between bits of banter. (Not that I don't love Castle and wouldn't have it any other way, but I'll be glad when the current fetish for crime shows on TV retreats a bit, so I can have my banter with other circumstances I actually find interesting. There could be bantering...uh...well, sci-fi is always good; bantering shipmates and all with occasional aliens and robots. And I guess there could be doctors, or, I dunno, teachers or something. Actually, bantering grad students would be kind of awesome. There's enough drama inherent in the system to make it work as an hour-long show. Oooh, if I were doing that write-your-own-TV-show challenge that's going on [Chaosthon? Something like that], that's totally what I'd write!)

Anyway, speaking of Castle, I've really enjoyed the previous two episodes. The most recent one more than the one with Beckett's dad, I think. ( Very brief spoiler )