Pushing Daisies: Pie-lette

[icepixie]

- I love the Tim Burtonesque design and the funky cinematography. Way cool.

- Not totally wild about the narrator, but I think part of it is that it's also the pilot, which is saddled with exposition anyway. But the "X years, Y weeks, Z hours and Q minutes" formula is going to grate if they continue it past this episode.

- Let me just say right now that I love Lee Pace. Especially when he's trying despearately to fend off Kristin Chenoweth's advances. Bwah!

- The mechanical dog-petting hand! Ha! (But...I guess he saved another dog? Because wouldn't the original dog that got hit by a truck 20 years earlier be dead of some other cause by now? I didn't think the gift granted immortality...)

- Oho, and of course now he can't touch his childhood sweetheart again because she'll die if he does. Very clever. Perhaps they should become penpals, and carry on a tempestuous romance through words.

- Ha! I kind of wish the travel agency owner wasn't a guest star. She's funny.

- "That was from me." *snerk* Emerson's put-upon attitude makes me giggle.

- Loving the aunts. Particlarly Lily (the one with the eyepatch).

- Aww. The hands thing was cute. I'm liking Chuck--she gets a lot of good lines.


Verdict: Love all the characters. Love the concept. Definitely watching next week.

Comments

[nickless.livejournal.com]

Not totally wild about the narrator, but I think part of it is that it's also the pilot, which is saddled with exposition anyway.

I love Jim Dale, but I totally agree that if they're not careful, that factor's not going to work.

Loving the aunts. Particlarly Lily (the one with the eyepatch).

"I can hold my breath a LONG time." *snerk!*

[icepixie]

Jim Dale's pretty awesome, and I know narrators can work--and I'm sure Bryan Fuller can make it work--but yeah. Care is needed, or it will definitely become annoying.

"I can hold my breath a LONG time." *snerk!*

I laughed out loud at that one. Hee!

[serendipityxxi.livejournal.com]

I'm definitely loving this show the pretending to hold hands things made me SQUEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!

[icepixie]

So! Cute! Bittersweetly cute, at that. Lee Pace and Anna Friel are awesome together.

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

I love the Tim Burtonesque design and the funky cinematography. Way cool.

Dude, I was just saying the same thing. It definitely reminds me of a Burton film. The camera work is great.

I do agree that the "X years, Y weeks, Z hours and Q minutes" stuff might get old if it continues too long. Anyone know if the narrator will be around for more than just the pilot?

I got the impression that it was the same dog - I think he said so when he introduced him to Chuck. So, maybe psuedo-immortality, as long as he isn't touched? I wonder if that holds true for Chuck as well.

[icepixie]

It definitely reminds me of a Burton film.

Indeed. It was very Big Fish, with maybe a dash of Edward Scissorhands.

Anyone know if the narrator will be around for more than just the pilot?


He's gonna be around, although I've heard that they'll be paring back his role a bit, which is good.

So, maybe psuedo-immortality, as long as he isn't touched? I wonder if that holds true for Chuck as well.

Hmmm...

[rowdycamels.livejournal.com]

- I love the Tim Burtonesque design and the funky cinematography. Way cool.

Yeah, it was exceedingly Big Fish...

- Not totally wild about the narrator, but I think part of it is that it's also the pilot, which is saddled with exposition anyway. But the "X years, Y weeks, Z hours and Q minutes" formula is going to grate if they continue it past this episode.

That voice just screams, "Aww, we wanted Stephen Fry, but we couldn't afford him." The narrator distanced me from the story a bit, I think. Or something did. Maybe the bad picture quality on my tv? Anyway, something felt off. Still good, though.

- Let me just say right now that I love Lee Pace. Especially when he's trying despearately to fend off Kristin Chenoweth's advances. Bwah!

Yes! He is win.

- The mechanical dog-petting hand! Ha!

We totally have one of those at work! Except less awesome, of course. [covets]

But...I guess he saved another dog? Because wouldn't the original dog that got hit by a truck 20 years earlier be dead of some other cause by now? I didn't think the gift granted immortality...

It's the same dog. I get the impression there's some unnatural time-freezing going on, or something along those lines....

Perhaps they should become penpals, and carry on a tempestuous romance through words.

Uh huh. 'Cause they're not gonna milk this for every available ounce of angst AT ALL. Yay for nefarious subtext!

Didja ever watch the Torchwood premiere? Because... it had the exact same interrogate-murder-victims-to-solve-crime premise. Sketchy... Of course, PD has other things going for it, like... everything... Will definitely be watching next week. IMDb seems to think they've made six eps already, so at least we've got that much if they ax it...

[icepixie]

Definitely Big Fish.

That voice just screams, "Aww, we wanted Stephen Fry, but we couldn't afford him."

But it's Jim Dale! He reads all the Harry Potter audiobooks! (I can't imagine Stephen Fry narrating this. Too much...sarcasm? Not sarcasm. irony? Hmmm. Not grandfatherly enough, I think might be what I'm searching for.)

I get the impression there's some unnatural time-freezing going on, or something along those lines....

Oh, my. This could be interesting.

'Cause they're not gonna milk this for every available ounce of angst AT ALL.

Oh, never. (I hear rumor of them wrapping themselves in saran wrap and kissing, and dancing in beekeeper outfits.)

I gave the TW premiere a wide miss. I get the impression this was wise.

MDb seems to think they've made six eps already, so at least we've got that much if they ax it...

Woo!