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Re: Alcatraz (Season 1)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: January 17, 2012, 1:53 pm
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[center]Ernest Cobb
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Jason Butler Harner, Jonny Coyne & Joe Egender
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Joe Egender
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Sarah Jones & Jorge Garcia
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This episode was more along the lines of what I was expected in
the Pilot. Much better overall when it came to pacing and what
each member of the team will in fact be asked to do. This
episode follows Ernest Cobb (Joe Egender), a sniper sent away to
Alcatraz. He of course returns 50 years later and starts sniping
more innocent victims. The crime itself wasn't the interesting
part for me, it was how he carried himself in his cell and how
he try's to outsmart Chief Warden Edwin James (Jonny Coyne), who
runs the Prison that I found to be more entertaining. The
biggest reveal came at the end when we see...
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ILERS*[/move]
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...that Lucy (Parminder Nagra) herself came from Alcatraz as the
resident Psychiatrist. I wasn't expecting that for sure. It was
a nice twist, but I think they played that card too soon in
order to get the maximum "what the fuuuuuuuck" response from it.
They should have given the viewer time to get to know who Lucy
is and what she is about so as to connect with her character,
then you lower the BOOM and tells us she is the Alcatraz Doctor.
Oh well....
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Parminder Nagra
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[center] Cobb: There are [b]47 slats in the picket
fence.....[/b]
I really should have waited to start the '47' Drinking Game with
Episode 3, becaue I am fuuuuuuuuuuuucked up!!! All of Episode 2
was 47 this and 47 that.....
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Re: Alcatraz (Season 1)
By: Mac Date: January 17, 2012, 5:46 pm
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I'm going to have to check this out. I like this kind of stuff.
Just cautious of the past shows leading me down unending paths
(take note of American Horror Story).
There's other stuff on Monday night but I should be able to
squeeze it in or on demand.
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Re: Alcatraz (Season 1)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: January 17, 2012, 5:48 pm
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I know you have plenty of stuff on your Watchlist right now. But
I think this is definitely right up your alley for sure and is
well worth getting on board for.
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Re: Alcatraz (Season 1)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: January 23, 2012, 8:05 pm
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[center]Alcatraz: Episode 1 Review (Totally Rad Show)
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Spot-on review which reflects my thoughts on Episode 1.
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Re: Alcatraz (Season 1)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: January 24, 2012, 7:56 am
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Added Episode 3: Kit Nelson
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Re: Alcatraz (Season 1)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: January 24, 2012, 9:57 am
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Michael Eklund
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This episode was just okay for me. It came across a little too
'text-book'. There was nothing that wowed me and no twist to
spin it on it's ear. The only reveal we really get is learning
that Sota (Jorge Garcia) was kidnapped when he was 11 years old,
which explains why he had a lot invested in finding the boy that
was kidnapped by Kit Nelson (Michael Eklund). Although the show
is good, it's not great and it has yet to really hook my like
LOST did. I'm not expecting them to reach those lofty standards,
but I do think they could push the envelope here and think
outside the box and give us something we haven't seen yet. I do
think that whoever kidnapped Soto was an inmate of Alcatraz. We
only think that the inmates are revealing themselves in present
day (2012). But what if they did a trial run back in the year
that Soto was kidnapped? Eh? Hmmm? Just throwing it out there.
Discuss.
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Re: Alcatraz (Season 1)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: January 31, 2012, 9:28 am
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Added Episode 4: Cal Sweeney
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Re: Alcatraz (Season 1)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: January 31, 2012, 1:22 pm
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A good episode. Kind of standard cat and mouse chase and what I
expect from the series as a whole given that it is after all a
Cop chasing Bad Guy show. It wasn't until the end of the episode
where it gets interesting and what I would call vintage 'LOST'
moment to hook you in and force you to return next week to see
if we get some answers. Like, what are the Keys used for in that
Alcatraz dungeon? Is this the "gateway" to travel back in time?
Is the Gatekeeper in that locked room that is sending the
prisoners into the future? Is the man in black going to turn
into Smokey The Monster?
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Re: Alcatraz (Season 1)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: February 14, 2012, 8:16 am
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Added Episode 5: Guy Hastings
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Re: Alcatraz (Season 1)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: February 14, 2012, 10:49 am
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Interesting turn of events regarding Tommy and Ray (Robert
Forster) turning out to be brothers and the fact that Ray
himself has known all along about the time traveling aspect to
the show. But just how much does he know though? Does he know
who's behind it and how it's even possible? It was also brought
up that Hauser tried to recruit Ray into his little "Alcatraz
Retrieval Gang" 16 years earlier, but he declined the offer.
Interesting. I'm just glad they are finally using Robert Forster
in the show. Up till now he has been M.I.A.
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