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post #691 of 1495
1/7/10 at 10:41am
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Originally Posted by PooperScooper View Post

Was this week's plot continuation a one time deal or something they will continue to do? It would be nice if they could string the plots together and end each episode setting up the next episode.

larry

They have occasionally done 2 part episodes, so this is not terribly unusual; however, they've kept this to a minimum because of the complications it causes when syndicating the series. Series such as Lost or 24 are not practical for general syndication, and viewers really need at least a summary background before viewing newer episodes. Even 24, in which an entire scenario/plotline is complete within 24 or less weeks, really needs some background on Jack, etc for a new viewer.

Just catch our "friends" at TNT when they run several episodes or a mini-marathon of Law & Order, with the possibility that one episode could be 15+ years older than another. In early shows, cell phones were not yet popular, so the cops are using pay phones. I think that Benjamin Bratt was the first to use a cell phone.

And...it really gets complicated when episodes "cross series": There is an episode of L & O that is completed in an episode of "Homicide: Life on the Street." That one episode of "Homicide" is distributed with L&O to allow that plot line to be completed. And...vice versa.
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post #692 of 1495
1/7/10 at 12:59pm
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Originally Posted by hdguru View Post

They have occasionally done 2 part episodes, so this is not terribly unusual; however, they've kept this to a minimum because of the complications it causes when syndicating the series. Series such as Lost or 24 are not practical for general syndication, and viewers really need at least a summary background before viewing newer episodes. Even 24, in which an entire scenario/plotline is complete within 24 or less weeks, really needs some background on Jack, etc for a new viewer.

Just catch our "friends" at TNT when they run several episodes or a mini-marathon of Law & Order, with the possibility that one episode could be 15+ years older than another. In early shows, cell phones were not yet popular, so the cops are using pay phones. I think that Benjamin Bratt was the first to use a cell phone.

And...it really gets complicated when episodes "cross series": There is an episode of L & O that is completed in an episode of "Homicide: Life on the Street." That one episode of "Homicide" is distributed with L&O to allow that plot line to be completed. And...vice versa.

USA does a nice job with the few 2-parters of NCIS.
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post #693 of 1495
1/13/10 at 4:54pm
Anyone see last nights eppy? Another example of why the original NCIS is way ahead of the LA edition.. Good performance by Rob Wagner as Denozzos dad..
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post #694 of 1495
1/13/10 at 5:12pm
yup; a good one last night.
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post #695 of 1495
1/13/10 at 11:32pm
There were some fun tidbits with Robert Wagner in this week's episode.
He mentioned a nickname "Al" and Wagner's character was called a "conman"
Made me think of Wagner's late 1960's TV series "It Takes A Thief" where he played "Al" Mundy and in the 70's he played a reformed "conman" in the TV series "Switch"
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post #696 of 1495
1/14/10 at 7:29am
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Originally Posted by Joxer View Post

There were some fun tidbits with Robert Wagner in this week's episode.
He mentioned a nickname "Al" and Wagner's character was called a "conman"
Made me think of Wagner's late 1960's TV series "It Takes A Thief" where he played "Al" Mundy and in the 70's he played a reformed "conman" in the TV series "Switch"

Joxer: Your memory is certainly better than mine. Now that you mention those shows, I kinda recall them. My hat is off to you.

Meanwhile...it was a good episode. The new NCIS: LA.....STINKS, but that's just one man's opinion and I gather that it's ratings are pretty good. OK, look at its lead-in.
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post #697 of 1495
1/14/10 at 7:36am
I love both shows but there is nothing like the original
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post #698 of 1495
1/14/10 at 8:48am
Joxer: good memories of the shows, how about Hart to Hart? I think he co starred with Stephanie Powers and Jill St. John as Maxwell who he later married in 1990..
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post #699 of 1495
1/14/10 at 6:51pm
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Joxer: good memories of the shows, how about Hart to Hart? I think he co starred with Stephanie Powers and Jill St. John as Maxwell who he later married in 1990..

Yes Robert Wagner starred in Hart to Hart in the 80's.
One of the last episodes of "It Takes A Thief" in 1970 featured Stephanie Powers as his co-star too!

Most of the episodes of "It Takes A Thief" are viewable for free at hulu.com now!
In the final season of that show, Fred Astaire starred in several episodes as Al Mundy's father - similar to what Robert Wagner is doing now on NCIS for another generation.
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post #700 of 1495
1/26/10 at 5:57pm
Good episode tonight.
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post #701 of 1495
1/27/10 at 12:02am
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Good episode tonight.

Perhaps ... but it seems like I just saw it last week (Human Target.) I wonder if the same folks wrote both shows.
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post #702 of 1495
1/27/10 at 9:40am
Cool.
I haven't watched Human Target, so I don't know.
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post #703 of 1495
1/27/10 at 1:00pm
The reveal at the end was amusing. And wonder what it means for the future...
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post #704 of 1495
1/28/10 at 6:01am
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Originally Posted by jabbathespud View Post

The reveal at the end was amusing. And wonder what it means for the future...

Yes, I thought that was a huge revelation, although we need more info. In the beginning we were led on by Tony's mood and comments, then the sofa comment was made a little later to kill it. Then the end...

larry
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post #705 of 1495
1/28/10 at 7:47am
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Originally Posted by PooperScooper View Post

Yes, I thought that was a huge revelation, although we need more info. In the beginning we were led on by Tony's mood and comments, then the sofa comment was made a little later to kill it. Then the end...

larry

Are the writer's possibly going the "Rigsby/Van Pelt" route, ala The Mentalist?
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post #706 of 1495
1/28/10 at 8:05am
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Are the writer's possibly going the "Rigsby/Van Pelt" route, ala The Mentalist?

Don't know, I've never seen The Mentalist.

larry
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post #707 of 1495
1/28/10 at 11:20am
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Don't know, I've never seen The Mentalist.

larry

You're missing out.
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post #708 of 1495
1/28/10 at 1:12pm
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Don't know, I've never seen The Mentalist.

Rigsby (male) and Van Pelt (female) are California Bureau of Investigation (CBI) agents who are having a "relationship" but it is never seen on the show! There are odd looks between the pair but that is all the audience sees.
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post #709 of 1495
2/3/10 at 10:18am
Tuesday's episode, the dirty-bomb plot, seems to have been shot with extra camera filters, or they've switched to prosumer cameras with poor resolution. Looked as bad as CSI:Miami before I crossed it off my viewing list. Fuzzy, poor contrast--hardly worth calling it HDTV. Imdb.com only gives the aspect ratio for 2010 NCIS episodes (tech specs). -- John
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post #710 of 1495
2/3/10 at 10:32am
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Originally Posted by John Mason View Post

Tuesday's episode, the dirty-bomb plot, seems to have been shot with extra camera filters, or they've switched to prosumer cameras with poor resolution. Looked as bad as CSI:Miami before I crossed it off my viewing list. Fuzzy, poor contrast--hardly worth calling it HDTV. Imdb.com only gives the aspect ratio for 2010 NCIS episodes (tech specs). -- John

The picture was not sharp. Probably bad post production or film transfer/color correction. The "film" guys do like to putz with their filters and mood lighting, when video really likes nice, clean, sharp original film transferred without a lot of "color correction". CSI:Miami and NCIS have suffered in the past from over saturation...induced during color correction/film transfer; however, CSI looks better this season. Probably a new color correctionist or Dir of Photography.
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post #711 of 1495
2/3/10 at 12:43pm
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Originally Posted by hdguru View Post

Joxer: Your memory is certainly better than mine. Now that you mention those shows, I kinda recall them. My hat is off to you.

Meanwhile...it was a good episode. The new NCIS: LA.....STINKS, but that's just one man's opinion and I gather that it's ratings are pretty good. OK, look at its lead-in.


Yeah they put it behind NCIS for that specific reason. Now it's up against Lost, it will probably get a drastic cut in ratings.
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post #712 of 1495
2/4/10 at 4:13am
I noticed he softness too, but when the got outside it seemed to get better. Decent episode. Ending made me chuckle.

larry
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post #713 of 1495
2/4/10 at 11:45am
I have to say I'm not so anal to quit watching a show just because I don't think its "hd look" is not up to par.

I enjoy this show...good entertainment.
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post #714 of 1495
2/4/10 at 11:48am
I don't think it takes away from the script or acting, just something we notice in general about the look of the show.

Plot wise I'm very interested to see how they handle Tony/Ziva now. I almost wish they had never done this, it was more fun with just the tension between them.
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post #715 of 1495
2/4/10 at 2:38pm
I thought image was terribly fuzzy. I don't remember it being this bad for other episodes. I hope this is not going to be what it looks like for future episodes.
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post #716 of 1495
2/5/10 at 6:38am
I have been watching JAG on HDNet, and they ran the initial spinoff show last night. Interesting to see the genisis of the show. The original characters from this pilot still present are Gibbs, DiNozzo, Ducky, and Abby. Ducky was a letch after an NCIS agent (Viv Blackadder, played by Robin Lively) who was replaced by Kate (Sasha Alexander) for the series. This was kind of creepy and there was also a weird gimmick when Ducky was talking to the corpses which was presented from the corpses point of view. This too was dropped.
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post #717 of 1495
2/14/10 at 2:31pm
At first I assumed that this was an issue with that specific episode. Sadly enough this week's episode also suffered from a blurred look. The problem seems more apparent in darker scenes. Fortunately NCIS LA did not suffer from the same issue.

I'm glad to see Fornell around. I was just wondering what happened to him.

Yes it is funny that not only NCIS and Human Target deal with airplane episodes that week, but Chuck also had an airplane episode the following week with many small similarities.
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post #718 of 1495
3/2/10 at 5:09pm
My God could this show get any more blurry. The opening scene was absolutely pathetic. Why, Why, Why do they insist upon doing this? Why waste the money on HD equipment if the end result looks like this?
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post #719 of 1495
3/2/10 at 5:19pm
glad to see it's not my eyes or gear.

I thought I tuned into a widescreen SD broadcast until commercials came on.

Whose ego exactly are they trying to protect ? There's nobody on the show very good looking to begin with, but this level of blur makes it seem like they're all cave trolls...


If anyone on this network needs soft focus, it's Marguiles (sp?). That good wife promo was revolting when they had her pancake makeup in focus.
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post #720 of 1495
3/2/10 at 6:28pm
I think it has to do with Cote (the actress that plays Ziva). I noticed what looks like a mark (bruise?) on the left side of her neck/chest area. It was hard to see, and in every scene, they shoot from the opposite side, or have her hair over her left shoulder. I noticed it when they first when in NCIS HQ.
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