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post #601 of 1333
2/22/11 at 4:23pm
It was due for a change and it happened. I'm not just talking about the 2 parter, just a different dynamic from the formula. The DHS guy taking center stage, Beckett's dissolving relationship, a ramp up in adreneline at the warehouse, all of which spiced it up a bit and got me interested again. I like the show, but when they go back to formula, it's getting very Bones-like (which is getting unwatchable). A show featuring the mains chemical attraction as the base theme, within a formula of the week, gets tiring. You need to change up the formula and I'm thinking it's time to let the characters get together and grow, then f'them up and let the show grow in another direction...ala Fringe w/o the additional universe.
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post #602 of 1333
2/22/11 at 4:58pm
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Originally Posted by Orbert View Post

If I recall correctly, he turned and looked at the camera with just a slight grin on his face, but the next shot revealed that he was looking at Alexis, and we were just seeing it from her point of view momentarily. It was clever.

Yeah, he almost looks at the camera, but not quite.
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post #603 of 1333
2/22/11 at 5:08pm
A birdie, that shall remain nameless, has indicated to me that there is more to come in the second part. Sigh! Six days and counting.... tic tic tic
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post #604 of 1333
2/22/11 at 5:51pm
Nice collection of Firefly nods in Castle listed here:

http://blastr.com/2011/02/7-firefly-nods-nathan-fil.php
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post #605 of 1333
2/22/11 at 9:13pm
Ugh, is this what happens when you joke around too much? World ending. lol
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post #606 of 1333
2/24/11 at 11:40am
They really want to do something different for a show type like this? Let the bomb go off... We don't have to wipe out NYC; maybe something down at the docks that kills a few 100-1000 and gets quarantined. Maybe kill Ryan's fiance. Could have lasting ramifications for the show and character development. Then again, maybe they don't want to get that serialized.
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post #607 of 1333
3/1/11 at 11:34am
Pretty interesting two parter that concluded last night, although Castle just pulling the wires at 0:00 on the clock was pretty silly. I also found it a bit absurd that given the threat of a dirty nuke device, Homeland Security would rely almost exclusively on NYPD and not the vast federal resources at its disposal. Oh well, story lines be damned. The best part of this show is watching the interaction between Beckett and Castle. The romantic tension between them gets thicker every week. Loved it last night when, although she was embracing her boyfriend, Beckett couldn't help peering over his shoulder to watch Castle leaving. It was the same thing when Castle was just about to blurt something out to Beckett when he pulled it back and shifted it to his going home. The chemistry bewteen Fillion and Katic is incredible. The bemused looks from Ryan and Esposito when they are sparring are well done and just add to the mix.
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post #608 of 1333
3/1/11 at 11:40am
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Originally Posted by bpeacock22 View Post

They really want to do something different for a show type like this? Let the bomb go off... We don't have to wipe out NYC; maybe something down at the docks that kills a few 100-1000 and gets quarantined.

24 did exactly that. Do you remember?

When that happens it's practically impossible for the show to top itself and it's nearly all downhill afterwards.

Unless you have a guy dressed as Darth Vader and armed with a fireplace poker.*


* one for the 24 crowd there.
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post #609 of 1333
3/1/11 at 12:43pm
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Originally Posted by Cal1981 View Post

Pretty interesting two parter that concluded last night, although Castle just pulling the wires at 0:00 on the clock was pretty silly. I also found it a bit absurd that given the threat of a dirty nuke device, Homeland Security would rely almost exclusively on NYPD and not the vast federal resources at its disposal. Oh well, story lines be damned. The best part of this show is watching the interaction between Beckett and Castle. The romantic tension between them gets thicker every week. Loved it last night when, although she was embracing her boyfriend, Beckett couldn't help peering over his shoulder to watch Castle leaving. It was the same thing when Castle was just about to blurt something out to Beckett when he pulled it back and shifted it to his going home. The chemistry bewteen Fillion and Katic is incredible. The bemused looks from Ryan and Esposito when they are sparring are well done and just add to the mix.

I was thinking the same thing as I watched this episode. Stana Katic and Nathan Fillion are why Castle works so well for me. Although I like the secondary characters, especially Castle's mom and daughter, I watch because of the great chemistry between the two leads.
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post #610 of 1333
3/1/11 at 6:06pm
I think it would have been a nice capper to have a short clip of him meeting his mother and daughter in the Hamptons at the end.
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post #611 of 1333
3/1/11 at 7:33pm
Come on guys, this is Castle! That was a brilliant and perfect way to resolve the threat. Go for broke and yank them all. It's so Castle's style. Haha!
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post #612 of 1333
3/1/11 at 10:58pm
Good Episode! Although ending with pulling all the wires was a bit lame.
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post #613 of 1333
3/2/11 at 5:54am
I found the ending to be funny-I loved Castle's reaction after he pulled the wires. The diehard fans over at the Castletv forums are pissed that Josh didn't go to Haiti and therefore prevented Castle and Beckett getting together.
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post #614 of 1333
3/2/11 at 8:27am
I was disappointed. I admit it
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post #615 of 1333
3/2/11 at 10:45am
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Although ending with pulling all the wires was a bit lame.
If you were in the same situation, I think you would do the same.
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post #616 of 1333
3/2/11 at 10:54am
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If you were in the same situation, I think you would do the same.
If it meant saving Stana and having her to myself, yup, I sure would
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post #617 of 1333
3/2/11 at 11:35am
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If you were in the same situation, I think you would do the same.
yep, I'm standing next to a nuclear bomb that will explode in 3 seconds. I'm pulling the wires, what is there to lose.
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post #618 of 1333
3/2/11 at 3:20pm
Great couple of episodes, it would be nice if Castle and Beckett actually got together but then again it might ruin the show, like it did for a similar show which I can't remember at this moment(but was mentioned earlier in this thread).
Great supporting cast too, I always like to see Castles daughter. She's not what I'd call hot but I just love her red hair, just stunning.
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post #619 of 1333
3/3/11 at 5:38am
bobby: +1

jjeff:

I hope you aren't referring to Lois and Clark? :P That's what I've referenced....about how much more stressful and exciting it was when they WEREN'T together than when they were.

They are playing this relationship perfectly. An undercover kiss; a "that's why I lo------" pass out in the cold moment, etc etc. Stana is money!
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post #620 of 1333
3/3/11 at 7:33am
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Originally Posted by bpeacock22 View Post

They are playing this relationship perfectly. An undercover kiss; a "that's why I lo------" pass out in the cold moment, etc etc. Stana is money!

I like Castle and Beckett's relationship, too. Stana Katic is so beautiful and appealing she had me at hello and Nathan Fillion is consistently funny and charming. Castle is a fine show, I hope that it sticks around for awhile longer.
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post #621 of 1333
3/3/11 at 11:33am
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Originally Posted by bobby94928 View Post

yep, I'm standing next to a nuclear bomb that will explode in 3 seconds. I'm pulling the wires, what is there to lose.

I was yelling at the screen "Just pull them all!" and then he did. My wife and I laughed at that.

I have no idea if that would really disable the bomb, but it seems like it would. The detonator sends a signal to the device to trigger the explosive. Pull the wires, and that signal doesn't make it. The only reason guys are sweating bullets in the movies when disabling a bomb like that is because they're supposedly rigged with multiple relays, one of which will actually close the circuit if power is lost. I would think that a "dirty" bomb is a much simpler device, and if the signal is cut, that's the end of it.
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post #622 of 1333
3/3/11 at 11:55am
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Originally Posted by Orbert View Post


I was yelling at the screen "Just pull them all!" and then he did. My wife and I laughed at that.

I have no idea if that would really disable the bomb, but it seems like it would. The detonator sends a signal to the device to trigger the explosive. Pull the wires, and that signal doesn't make it. The only reason guys are sweating bullets in the movies when disabling a bomb like that is because they're supposedly rigged with multiple relays, one of which will actually close the circuit if power is lost. I would think that a "dirty" bomb is a much simpler device, and if the signal is cut, that's the end of it.

It could easily be designed the same way as any other bomb. The only thing that makes a bomb "dirty" is that when it explodes it spreads radioactive material. The material is really just another shrapnel component.
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post #623 of 1333
3/3/11 at 1:27pm
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Originally Posted by Orbert View Post

I would think that a "dirty" bomb is a much simpler device, and if the signal is cut, that's the end of it.

I was thinking the same thing. Since this bomb was never really meant to be found the builder may not have added such a fail safe feature. Guess it really doesn't matter anyway, it was a great scene and with shows like this I don't really think that hard If I did I would have wondered why the refrigerated truck Castle and Beckett were in was so darn quiet......I mean I never saw the fans in the front ever spinning. Oh that and why not just shoot the freon lines? doing such would have instantly stopped the cooling, although the freon gas may not have been very good to inhale, better than freezing though
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post #624 of 1333
3/3/11 at 2:20pm
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Originally Posted by jjeff View Post

I was thinking the same thing. Since this bomb was never really meant to be found the builder may not have added such a fail safe feature. Guess it really doesn't matter anyway, it was a great scene and with shows like this I don't really think that hard If I did I would have wondered why the refrigerated truck Castle and Beckett were in was so darn quiet......I mean I never saw the fans in the front ever spinning. Oh that and why not just shoot the freon lines? doing such would have instantly stopped the cooling, although the freon gas may not have been very good to inhale, better than freezing though

I've never seen a refrigerated truck that was a deep freeze either. They are usually set around the same temperature as a home refrigerator. I'm not saying they don't get that cold, maybe they do have some deep freezer trailers. I'm in transportation, but don't know much about the refer business.
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post #625 of 1333
3/3/11 at 2:46pm
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I've never seen a refrigerated truck that was a deep freeze either. They are usually set around the same temperature as a home refrigerator. I'm not saying they don't get that cold, maybe they do have some deep freezer trailers. I'm in transportation, but don't know much about the refer business.

They can run at or below 0 degrees, for produce they're set about 34-40.
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post #626 of 1333
3/4/11 at 6:50am
is it possible the special forces guy cranked the temp really low to preserve the body that was already in there?
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post #627 of 1333
3/4/11 at 10:41am
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is it possible the special forces guy cranked the temp really low to preserve the body that was already in there?

I don't see why not, they carry frozen beef in refer vans. I've seen temps down to 40 degrees at the vent in just my car, and car's have tiny little AC compression systems compared to those installed on refer vans.
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post #628 of 1333
3/21/11 at 11:22pm
Great stuff, good guest cast list too.
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post #629 of 1333
3/22/11 at 11:01am
Was it my imagination, or was every suspect, everyone they even questioned, dramatically and ridiculously overacting? I burst out laughing a few times because it was so over-the-top, and my wife finally asked me why I was laughing so hard, and I told her that everyone was acting so melodramatic, but it was so funny because it fit in with the soap opera theme.

I don't actually watch a lot of television, and sometimes I get confused when it seems like a suspect is acting very suspicious, saying things they clearly don't mean, etc., when it turns out that the actor playing that character just isn't very good. I say things like "Okay, he obviously has no idea; he's just making something up" and it'll turn out that I was completely wrong, but the guy sure didn't look to me like he meant a word he said; the actor just sucked. And then sometimes it turns out that the character really was faking it and we were supposed to pick up on it.
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post #630 of 1333
3/22/11 at 11:10am
Last night might have been the episode I have liked the least during the show's run so far, I found myself hoping it would hurry up and be over, I can't think of one thing I liked about it.
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