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post #151 of 270
3/12/12 at 12:02pm
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I was thinking we'll have to wait and see if we actually get to see either Rex or Hannah interacting with any other people other than Michael, a la The Sixth Sense. But we did, when Rex and his friend Cole both came over to the house and later when Cole brought over the motorbike for Hanna to ride.

I watched that scene again last night and this one must have been a dream by Michael. Both Hanna and Rex pass by Michael riding the motorcycle, alternatively. No waking/sleeping in between. I think this is first time he interacts with both wife and son at the same moment.

So this one scene is certainly meant to show life from Michael's perspective - he pictures both. I have been going along with the notion that the entire show has been from a disassociated 3rd party perspective. Now that track has been broken. How are we to discern these differences without a swoosh or other tell-tale signal?
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post #152 of 270
3/12/12 at 12:47pm
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Originally Posted by ridgefamus View Post

I watched that scene again last night and this one must have been a dream by Michael. Both Hanna and Rex pass by Michael riding the motorcycle, alternatively. No waking/sleeping in between. I think this is first time he interacts with both wife and son at the same moment.

So this one scene is certainly meant to show life from Michael's perspective - he pictures both. I have been going along with the notion that the entire show has been from a disassociated 3rd party perspective. Now that track has been broken. How are we to discern these differences without a swoosh or other tell-tale signal?

It's all in the color tone changes Ridge. The warm tone scenes are the "Hannah/BE Wong psych" version, and the cool tone scenes are the Rex/Cherry Jones psych" version. In that scene the color tone switches from cool as Michael's walking out the door with Rex to warm as he comes out with Hannah. She rides by in warm tone and it switches back to cool as they show Rex riding by, etc. At first I wondered if the tones were possibly indicative of something other than simply just a way to differentiate between the two, like life being warm and cool representing death for instance. But since they showed the captain talking to the conspiracy guy (in the warm tone BTW), talking about having killed his whole family off it would seem to really indicate some much larger goings on beyond a simple one dream state/one waking reality situation.


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post #153 of 270
3/13/12 at 5:57am
In watching the second episode, I thought this was going to be another cop show with a different premise behind it. Then came the final scene. Very interesting.
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post #154 of 270
3/13/12 at 9:29am
... Might as well throw "Charlie Jade" into the mix for comparison, especially given the final (what the frell!!!) frames of that show.
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post #155 of 270
3/13/12 at 12:29pm
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Originally Posted by HDTVChallenged View Post

... Might as well throw "Charlie Jade" into the mix for comparison, especially given the final (what the frell!!!) frames of that show.

Yeah, the 'Charlie Jade' final scene was the very definition of "shocking plot twist". Robert Wertheimer, the exec. producer, said at the time that they had outlined a second season along those lines and the mysterious "Men in Gray Suits" had popped up several times during the show's run so it didn't come completely out of left field.

But it was still jaw-dropping. I recall mine hitting the floor with a thud.
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post #156 of 270
3/13/12 at 12:43pm
I saw the three realities in the first episode and now that I have seen the second they are not dreams. Only one reality has him and his family being targeted for death and botched. Also, one reality that is not so obvious has shown the captain talking to the conspiracy guy, talking about having killed his whole family off and succeeding. And there is yet another reality making it three with his son that shows him to be a normal, but up until recently an emotionally distant cop with no one trying to kill him and where he solves his crime of the week.

My 2 cents...
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post #157 of 270
3/13/12 at 8:59pm
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It's all in the color tone changes Ridge. The warm tone scenes are the "Hannah/BE Wong psych" version, and the cool tone scenes are the Rex/Cherry Jones psych" version. In that scene the color tone switches from cool as Michael's walking out the door with Rex to warm as he comes out with Hannah. She rides by in warm tone and it switches back to cool as they show Rex riding by, etc. At first I wondered if the tones were possibly indicative of something other than simply just a way to differentiate between the two, like life being warm and cool representing death for instance. But since they showed the captain talking to the conspiracy guy (in the warm tone BTW), talking about having killed his whole family off it would seem to really indicate some much larger goings on beyond a simple one dream state/one waking reality situation.


ron

OK, I guess I'll have to pay much closer attention to these transitions. I'm red/green color blind so recognizing nuances like this are fairly difficult. I finally got the hang of it in Fringe.

Sheesh, why is watching TV so challenging any more? Maybe to take the pressure off I need to subscribe to the "reality" show regimen.
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post #158 of 270
3/14/12 at 10:07am
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OK, I guess I'll have to pay much closer attention to these transitions. I'm red/green color blind so recognizing nuances like this are fairly difficult.

I am too but the blue of the "cool" reality is perfectly clear in my crappy eyes. Your brain may interpret the "warm" reality to look somewhat green but mine has been translating it into "orange" ever since Smallville used the same two color schemes (Smallville was "warm" and Metropolis was "cool").
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post #159 of 270
3/14/12 at 10:12am
^^^ It's more like perpetual "golden hour" lighting vs. "day for night" ... Some of you might even know what that means.
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post #160 of 270
3/14/12 at 11:49am
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It's all in the color tone changes Ridge. The warm tone scenes are the "Hannah/BE Wong psych" version, and the cool tone scenes are the Rex/Cherry Jones psych" version. In that scene the color tone switches from cool as Michael's walking out the door with Rex to warm as he comes out with Hannah. She rides by in warm tone and it switches back to cool as they show Rex riding by, etc. At first I wondered if the tones were possibly indicative of something other than simply just a way to differentiate between the two, like life being warm and cool representing death for instance. But since they showed the captain talking to the conspiracy guy (in the warm tone BTW), talking about having killed his whole family off it would seem to really indicate some much larger goings on beyond a simple one dream state/one waking reality situation.


ron

Great, now I have to calibrate my TV....

.....I've had it set correct all the teal/orange movies that have come out on Blu-ray lately...plus I used two other custom settings to correct the green in LOTR and the hyper version of The French Connection.

Of course, now all the CSI's look the same...
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post #161 of 270
3/21/12 at 7:33am
Disappointed in the most recent story. I thought the storyline was a bit goofy. I'm not sure how much longer I'm going to hang with the show. Too drawn out for me.
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post #162 of 270
3/21/12 at 12:13pm
I'm a little concerned that this will just be "The Cop that Solves Crimes with His Amazing Powers". I hope the main storyline will more a little faster.
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post #163 of 270
3/23/12 at 8:53am
Because we watched these two shows back-to-back, I couldn't help making some comparisons to "Touch". Both are gimmicky-premise shows, but of the two, I think "Awake" will wear better over time. There's just more there, and more that they can do. I think the color shift is a good way to keep the two realities apart; I immediately know where I am. So, in short, I'll stay with this one for a while.
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post #164 of 270
3/23/12 at 9:20am
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Because we watched these two shows back-to-back, I couldn't help making some comparisons to "Touch". Both are gimmicky-premise shows, but of the two, I think "Awake" will wear better over time. There's just more there, and more that they can do. I think the color shift is a good way to keep the two realities apart; I immediately know where I am. So, in short, I'll stay with this one for a while.

Given its viewership ratings, I don't think Awake has much time.
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post #165 of 270
3/23/12 at 10:37am
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Given its viewership ratings, I don't think Awake has much time.

That's too bad. With each episode I'm liking it more.
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post #166 of 270
3/23/12 at 2:41pm
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That's too bad. With each episode I'm liking it more.

Me too. It is my favorite show on the major networks. Who knew that Lucius Malfoy could act?
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post #167 of 270
3/23/12 at 7:47pm
well with the latest episode i think it throws a wrench is the alternate realities branching out from the point of the accident.

since the kate character was completely different based on a much earlier experience that wouldnt seem to work.

just my thinking.
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post #168 of 270
3/30/12 at 10:10am
Just when I thought the show is descending into another Law and Order spin off, they came up with an interesting plot twist at the end.
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post #169 of 270
3/30/12 at 11:57am
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Originally Posted by scowl View Post

Just when I thought the show is descending into another Law and Order spin off, they came up with an interesting plot twist at the end.

Yes, there's now a "Red John" for Britton, to have to deal with once every 15 episodes or so ....
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post #170 of 270
3/30/12 at 5:13pm
I just removed this one from my List...I like the actor, always have, but a show colored by unrelenting grief with a twist, a problem teenager, a 1.5 dimensional wife and intertwining procedural crimes of the week...sans any humor...just makes watching a waste of time.
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post #171 of 270
3/30/12 at 7:10pm
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Yes, there's now a "Red John" for Britton, to have to deal with once every 15 episodes or so ....

i just started watching the mentalist...dont spoiler me haha
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post #172 of 270
4/2/12 at 7:32am
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I just removed this one from my List...I like the actor, always have, but a show colored by unrelenting grief with a twist, a problem teenager, a 1.5 dimensional wife and intertwining procedural crimes of the week...sans any humor...just makes watching a waste of time.

I'm still thinking of bailing myself for those same reasons.
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post #173 of 270
4/4/12 at 12:52pm
I'm sticking with it. They added a switch that intrigued me.

It is like watching two Law and Order episodes simultaneously. TV has to stick with what it knows it can do, I guess.
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post #174 of 270
4/4/12 at 1:29pm
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I'm sticking with it. They added a switch that intrigued me.

It is like watching two Law and Order episodes simultaneously. TV has to stick with what it knows it can do, I guess.

For a show that ironically calls itself awake, they don't seem to be. If they continue to pay inarticulate writers with an unimaginable lack of creative thinking who continue write two half hour crime dramas for the price of one with so little crossover, mystery and paranormal character conflict then is it any wonder why its starting to suck big time?

Fire the boiler plate guys and find a comic book writer with an imagination!
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post #175 of 270
4/4/12 at 2:21pm
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Me too. It is my favorite show on the major networks. Who knew that Lucius Malfoy could act?

Anybody who saw Showtime's outstanding 2-season drama about crime and politics in the Irish neighborhoods of Boston: 'Brotherhood'. He was terrific in it, in a role far different from this one.

Speaking of this one, I'm bagging it too. It's basically a cop procedural (or 2 procedurals in one, as others have mentioned), which I hate with a purple passion, and there's not enough of a mystery/conspiracy arc to interest me. Same as with 'Touch'. Too much better stuff to watch with limited TV time.
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post #176 of 270
4/4/12 at 2:31pm
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Originally Posted by archiguy View Post

Anybody who saw Showtime's outstanding 2-season drama about crime and politics in the Irish neighborhoods of Boston: 'Brotherhood'. He was terrific in it, in a role far different from this one.

Speaking of this one, I'm bagging it too. It's basically a cop procedural (or 2 procedurals in one, as others have mentioned), which I hate with a purple passion, and there's not enough of a mystery/conspiracy arc to interest me. Same as with 'Touch'. Too much better stuff to watch with limited TV time.

Never saw Brotherhood. Thanks for the referral.

I am really liking this show. I don't see it so much as a procedural (I don't really watch procedurals and there is some paranormal stuff going on which is not procedural) as more of some kind of odd psychic phenomena which I find interesting and it is well paced and well acted. I thought the last show was really wrenching with the wife wanting to move to Oregon and the FBI agent being such a dick. The serial killer wasn't that interesting but I was more focused in on the therapy sessions and the discussion of how the one thought the marriage was failing and how Britton thinks he can keep the two worlds going in two different cities.
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post #177 of 270
4/4/12 at 3:25pm
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I am really liking this show. I don't see it so much as a procedural (I don't really watch procedurals and there is some paranormal stuff going on which is not procedural) as more of some kind of odd psychic phenomena which I find interesting and it is well paced and well acted. I thought the last show was really wrenching with the wife wanting to move to Oregon and the FBI agent being such a dick. The serial killer wasn't that interesting but I was more focused in on the therapy sessions and the discussion of how the one thought the marriage was failing and how Britton thinks he can keep the two worlds going in two different cities.

I just caught up on the last two ep yesterday and this kinda sums up how I feel about it now. To me the procedural elements are balanced with the human/psychological elements pretty well. Probably not a high draw with the majority of the viewing public, but I actually like the dueling psychologists angle and their exploration of the psyche. To me it's almost like the procedural part is simply there to support and allow them to delve deeper into the other element via the unexplained mental connections etc. Hopefully they don't just continue to rehash those things for too long though, and will have to move further along into the other side of what they've hinted at with the coverup stuff.

The only nagging thing I keep thinking about though is, depending on exactly what is really going on, none or some of that may quite possibly not even be relevant. I hope that whatever the revelation ends up being, that it doesn't completely render all or most of the stuff we've been watching moot, which would be a burn. And if that does turn out well there's still the question of where it goes from there, if the ratings allow them to make it that far at least...


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post #178 of 270
4/5/12 at 12:46am
As much as I like this show, I fear that it will suffer a similar fate as "My Own Worst Enemy" and lose too many viewers because of its unique premise and potentially confusing nature. I'll keep watching it until the end comes, though, whenever that may be.
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post #179 of 270
4/5/12 at 7:47am
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I just caught up on the last two ep yesterday and this kinda sums up how I feel about it now. To me the procedural elements are balanced with the human/psychological elements pretty well. Probably not a high draw with the majority of the viewing public, but I actually like the dueling psychologists angle and their exploration of the psyche. To me it's almost like the procedural part is simply there to support and allow them to delve deeper into the other element via the unexplained mental connections etc. Hopefully they don't just continue to rehash those things for too long though, and will have to move further along into the other side of what they've hinted at with the coverup stuff.

The only nagging thing I keep thinking about though is, depending on exactly what is really going on, none or some of that may quite possibly not even be relevant. I hope that whatever the revelation ends up being, that it doesn't completely render all or most of the stuff we've been watching moot, which would be a burn. And if that does turn out well there's still the question of where it goes from there, if the ratings allow them to make it that far at least...

ron

Well put, Ron. Totally agree.
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post #180 of 270
4/5/12 at 9:42am
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I hope that whatever the revelation ends up being, that it doesn't completely render all or most of the stuff we've been watching moot, which would be a burn.

Hmmm...now where have we seen this before?
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