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Herc Hearts ABC

It looks like it sucks. by Battousai	Oct 3rd, 2004 01:56:19 AM
It's just Shatner saying crazy things, Spader being all smug with no Eugene to act angry. No babes and there's no more trial storylines to use anymore. But if the guy that likes Gilmore Girls liked it, I'm in!
William Shatner hamming it up...... by Jimmy Jazz	Oct 3rd, 2004 01:58:02 AM
I am so there. What more could a geek want?
Herc by Battousai	Oct 3rd, 2004 01:59:52 AM
Could you just put your own opinions on the show instead of posting all those reviews by TV Guide and the HR? I find your thoughts (as misguided as they are sometimes) more helpful than the lame reviews by those sources.
Alternate Practice spinoff possiblities...... by Battousai	Oct 3rd, 2004 02:21:23 AM
Eleanor Frutt: Fat street, Eugene Young: Angry Black Attorney, Linday getting stalked: The series! The Practice: They become lawyers for the New England Patriots after Tom Brady is accused of robbing a bank, CSI:Boston; revolves around the mysterious deaths of Yankee fans, Lucy working at the rape counseling center; as a sitcom! Rebecca becoming a full fledged Jehovah's witness. Jimmy becomes a ballboy for the Cetlics,Helen Gamble moves to Los Angeles to become Jack Nicholson's Girlfriend and go to Laker games.
Thanks for the talkback Herc.... by baj24	Oct 3rd, 2004 07:19:48 AM
Looking forward to seeing this. Plus Lake Bell is hot...Miss Match R.I.P.
Shatner rules man! by Russman	Oct 3rd, 2004 09:01:31 AM
Finally people will get to see him do his thing. Been looking forward to seeing him and Spader go off the leash. Yeehaw!
Um... Rebecca DeMornay??? by christonomist	Oct 3rd, 2004 09:43:37 AM
Where'd she go? She was one of the lawyers, and she was hilarious last season. Remember her fight with Eleanor? Did she walk off the set over money or something? Anybody????
Wait a tick... by Johnny Smith	Oct 3rd, 2004 11:21:11 AM
...Kirk AND Odo? I may have to check this out...
I heart Shatner by Silver Shamrock	Oct 3rd, 2004 12:22:58 PM
He's entering his 5th decade on TV, and still rules.
For those who can't get enough Shatner in their lives. by Floyd Gondolli	Oct 3rd, 2004 12:57:38 PM
I don't know about the States, but in the UK, William Shatner's new album 'Has Been' is out tomorrow. For a listen to his cover of Pulp's classic Common People, go to http://www.nme.com/features/11 0018.htm. I think you'll agree, it's GENIUS. Anyway, in a Hercules stylee, here is an album review from The Guardian's Friday Review. This CD is beyond good or bad. It is from a world where concepts such as "unique" and "indispensible" live happily alongside "hilariously, brain-tearingly wrong". (back to me now) If that's not a recommendation, I don't know what is.
www.examiner.ie/breaking/2004/09 /30/story/68895.html by joe brady	Oct 3rd, 2004 01:46:23 PM
Shatner is irresistable to women. Sure, man.
DENNY CRANE. by robogeek.com	Oct 3rd, 2004 06:01:31 PM
Denny Crane.
The title sequence with the animation,and for that matter the th by 007-11	Oct 3rd, 2004 10:06:59 PM
But love the show.
Monica Potter by somethingreal81	Oct 3rd, 2004 10:21:39 PM
So what's her deal on the show? She's not in any of the cast photos and she's not on ABC's site, but she IS in the opening credits. Kristin over at E!online said that Marley Shelton was likely getting the boot from the show, but since I'm pretty sure Marley Shelton is doing West Wing this year, maybe she meant Monica Potter. In any case, I can see why they'd boot her--she's pretty bland so far. Considering the youngest guy on the show is about 40 and the oldest woman on the show is about 30, I'd say they could stand to add a few more veteran actresses to the mix.
All David E Kelley shows get wierd by Drath	Oct 4th, 2004 09:56:07 AM
I didn't watch Picket Fences or Chicago Hope, but I hear they got strange. I did watch Ally McBeal, Boston Public, and the Practice, and they all got too strange/dumb to watch after a while. I don't know why Ally fell apart. Maybe the insanity that made it fun was too hard to harness for very long? It started really going to shit when they had her kiss the married ex-boy friend Billy--then had him go nuts and die. There was just nothing to laugh at there. Boston Public was always borderline for me, but sometime during the woman with a hook storyline, I checked out. The Practice...well, characters I liked become grossly unlikable and the cast shake up was the last straw.**********Anyway, I'll keep half an eye on this show, but I have to curb my enthusiasm because I know it's going to go bad after a couple of seasons.
All David Kelly shows end up weird... by Christopher3	Oct 4th, 2004 10:03:56 AM
But "Boston Legal" is one show in and it's already a circus. No firm of that size and stature is going to be taking on any divorce cases, but big-dollar civil litigation is boring to watch, I guess.
P.S. by Christopher3	Oct 4th, 2004 10:04:37 AM
I like the outfits in to which they stuff the female stars, though.
Disappointing by The Bear	Oct 4th, 2004 12:51:41 PM
I really, really enjoyed Spader as Alan Shore on "The Practice," and of course Shatner having fun as Denny Crane...but then I saw the series they've built around these characters. First, the music: horrible. Not the opening credit music, but the blues music they string throughout the whole damned show. It's distracting and sounds stupid when the singer's words "comment" on what's going on in a scene. Horrible idea. Second, can we please, please, PLEASE shoot ALL directors that use that handheld, jerky zoom, lots of cuts directing style (except on the show NYPD Blue, where it originated)!!! It's distracting and looks amateurish, and it doesn't add to the "immediacy" or "hipness" of the show. It's just plain bad and should be stopped and replaced with a more elegant style. Third...what the FUCK is that embarrassment of humanity Al Sharpton doing charging into a scene, completely out of place, and giving some horrible, self-serving, embarrassingly over-the-top speech that should have gotten him thrown in jail rather than applause?!!!! What an incredibly BAD idea! Good God, since when did David E. Kelley become preachy (no pun intended)?! Needless to say (though I will anyway), I was very disappointed with the show. Yes, I liked Alan Shore (except when he smiled and looked proud during the Sharpton crap-a-thon) and Denny Craig (Shatner's still a hoot). But the rest of it...wow, what a fall from greatness. I guess those suits at ABC finally got to Kelley and made him go against his better judgment. Either than, or his better judgment just took a fast U-turn for the worst!
Lake Bell looks like a man and her character sucks. Replace her by Big Bad Clone	Oct 4th, 2004 01:42:46 PM
Ms. Bell has a hot body but her face has that "Jessica Simpson is/was a man" look to it.
this ep was strangly disappointing. by Fantomex	Oct 4th, 2004 04:24:11 PM
i loved the last season of The Practice. I love Shatner and Spader. And I REALLY love that guy from "Keen Eddie". And I REALLY REALLY love "Annie". But this episode was hard to sit through (and I was skipping comercials with TIVO). Lets hope the heart-string drama is saved for the premieres and finales. If you're going to have beautiful people running around pretending to be professional lawyers, probably best to stick with the comedic side.
Shatner and Spader were great, but what's up with all the "too h by SpyGuy	Oct 4th, 2004 04:37:40 PM
Note to David E. Kelley and Company: Lose the jarring incidental music and the annoying MTV-style camerawork. I realize you have your work cut out for you to make this show interesting when Spader and Shatner aren't on screen, but crappy editing combined with offbeat music is definitely not the way to do it. Also, give Rene Auberjonois more to do, especially by letting him mix it up with Shatner. Odo vs. Kirk makes for great viewage...
Crapner and Spade. Ick. by Kid Zero	Oct 4th, 2004 04:51:56 PM
Why do I even have a TV?
um, The Bear by BurlIvesLeftNut	Oct 4th, 2004 05:53:28 PM
You asked when Kelly became so preachy... have you ever seen anything this guy has done before? For christ sake, Picket Fences was preachier than Billy Fucking Graham.
every single show on American TV is about lawyers, doctors, or p by beamish13	Oct 4th, 2004 06:02:06 PM
and I'm pretty damn tired of it. There's 4 Law and Order's and 3 CSI's and you people STILL aren't satisfied?
It's Really All About Tara.... by Vermifax	Oct 4th, 2004 06:32:52 PM
In complete and humble praise of Rhona Mitra.....(sigh) I think I'm gonna have to repeat/rewind her cinematic nekkidness in Verhoeven's "Hollow Man". God Bless the DVD!
Shatner is STILL the man! by DarkHawke	Oct 4th, 2004 07:02:58 PM
Whatever else you took away from the Boston Legal premiere, the scene where he faced down the disgruntled client with the "gun" rocked the house! 70-something years old, puffy as all-get-out, and the rug still don't look quite right, but dammit Jim, he can still bring full-on Kirk when he needs to! Spader was also a highlight, though his wonderfully smarmy character was use more like an accent to otherwise rote David Kelley legal antics. Until, of course, the senselessly hot Rhona Mitra got her scene! My life, was she horribly underused in that Andre Braugher vehicle a couple years back or what? And the English accent only added to the steamy mix! Nice seeing Mark Vallely again; Keen Eddie is sorely missed! It was also cool seeing Kirk and Odo share a scene! Still, it seemed like they were working overtime to make EVERYONE seem odd and quirky, when the true oddballs, Crane and Shore, should have been featured. Okay, Crane was HEAVILY featured, but Shore was used more like one of the gang than he really should have been. On the whole, an okay start, but I hope things settle down a bit from here on in.
Rev. Al by royny2387	Oct 4th, 2004 07:57:01 PM
It might have been a cheap stunt, but Al Sharpton's appearance on the show last night was reasonably amusing.
Omg, I want to be a 76 old guy and have sex with that hot Britis by Judge Briggs	Oct 5th, 2004 01:59:43 PM
even though it's unbelievable.

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