liz_marcs | Not ded yet...

Ahhhh, it seems I can't get nearly enough sleep these days...I've been clocking 12 hours at a stretch.

That and I've been picking at something which, frankly, is taking me into territory I'm not sure I'm comfortable with. Hence, this is why some of you who've offered to help with a certain something haven't heard from me beucase I've been tearing apart certain things and sewing them back together. Part of it is sanding the rough edges off, part of it is worrying about going too far, part of it is pulling hard on the reins and reeling it back in.

Why, helllooooo Id Girl!

Guess you're still lurking after Cuckoo in the Nest and a certain dream sequence in Facing the Heart in Darkness. Please go away. You're enjoying the mess I'm in way too much.

*brings out baseball bat*

It appears Id Girl and I need to have a serious discussion. Id Girl is making my life difficult. Thank God it's my hands that control the keyboard.

Needless to say, between sinking into a 12-hour sleep pattern, life has also been interrupted by more than a few attempts to scrub my brain with a Brillo pad and a dose of The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.

On the good front, the 'rents with bro came in today and we saw The Illusionist. It's a cross between historical drama, mystery, political intrique, with a splash of romance and a touch of noir. I'm describing it all stupid, I know, but the movie is almost impossible to describe. Like the best magic tricks, give one part away, and the whole thing falls to pieces.

Plus, Ed Norton. Do you really need another reason?

Right.

Tinkering. Email to be sent. The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. to clean the palate.

Question for those of you who saw The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. first run: Is "what the hell am I watching?" an acceptable response to the pilot?

And am I leaning in the correct direction if I assume that the man calling himself 'Brisco County Jr.' isn't actually 'Brisco County Jr.' and that the real Junior is back at Harvard? Am I wrong to guess that the man calling himself by that name is actually a Harvard classmate of the real Brisco County Jr. who decided to hop a train to San Francisco to become a law man? Am I out of my tree for suspecting this by the middle of the pilot episode?

Also, is it me, or has Bruce Campbell's acting abilities vastly improved since his Brisco County Jr. days? Holy Cow, there were serious issues in the pilot. Thank God for John Astin and his always awesome presence. Short of throwing in a few brain-eating zombies with jetpacks and pogo sticks, John Astin makes everything better.

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Edward Norton is pretty much reason enough for anything.

Also, I loved Brisco County, but truly my fav was Lord Bowler. He was large and surly, and that's magic in my book.

I hope your life issues become more bearable. If you fear you're sleeping too much, just remember, sleep, like John Astin, makes everything better.

My approach to Briscoe county was to giggle very hard, and not think very much. And as far as you think Campbell's acting was bad in this very cheesy show, I can only assume you haven't seen the episode with Terry Bradshaw yet. Because there are no complaints left for anyone else's acting after that.

I concur with the above approach. Brisco County Jr. wasn't much on logic - more on cool pulp western comedy stuff.

And that really is Brisco County Jr. If I remember correctly, he's supposed to be studying at Harvard and went West when his Dad bought the farm, killed by the awesome Billy Drago. ^_^

Bruce Campbell. *sigh* There is never enough Bruce Campbell. (Or Ted Raimi, but that's another subject.)

And yes, BC *is* Brisco County Jr. There's some point or other where it's confirmed by someone from his past, I do believe. But, like the best of TV crack, watching the show is most fulfilling if you detach your logic center and just go with it. Because then it's wonderful.

Also? Yay, Lord Bowler! And Comet! And Socrates Poole. (And hell'n'damnation to the soulless monsters who cancelled the show - and so many other shows - before its time. *weeps*)

6° moment :: And speaking of Billy Drago ::waves hand at comments above me:: I was looking up his AofBCJ character's name (John Bly) in IMDB and discovered he is the father of Darren E Burrows (Ed Chigliac of Northern Exposure) and OMG there is a resemblance!

{{{hugs}}} Sleep is good, even if it cuts into writing time.

Hope the troublesome fic behaves itself, and remember I'm all ears if you need them.

The Illustionist, it intrigued me until I saw it was Ed Norton. Then it hit the must see list. Course that's still future tense at the moment but..

Question for those of you who saw The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. first run: Is "what the hell am I watching?" an acceptable response to the pilot?

::laughing:: Yep, that's exactly what I thought.

Is "what the hell am I watching?" an acceptable response to the pilot?

And possibly the whole rest of the show.

I loved it, don't get me wrong, and was utterly outraged when it was cancelled, but it exists womewhere at the midpoint of a plane defined by "My Favorite Martian" (or possibly Rocky and Bullwinkle), "F-Troup", and "The Wild Wild West. Or, in other words, it is Not a Serious Show.

But it is a lot of fun. Wait for Dixie to make her entrance.

Julia, and Lord Bowler freaking rules

I remember when BCJ first came on, it was part of two shows debuting about the same time on Fox. Fox executives thought it would be the heavy and more successful of the two. The other show? The X-Files

Also, I still laugh to myself when I recall that BCJ was once called the most violent show on TV by one of those anti-violence/Parents advocacy groups.

That's the second high recommendation I've gotten for The Illusionist. I've gotta see this movie.

Be delicate with that brillo pad. I'd hate for you to damage something!

The massive sleeping is worrisome. Email me if you need to talk, okay?

I have to concur with everybody above -- Brisco County, Jr. is one of those shows that you have to disconnect your own logic center and just follow on its own. It eventually develops and follows its own peculiar logic, but it's nowhere near as cheesy as the other show Bruce Campbell headlined, Jack of All Trades. (Also, from thumbing through Bruce's book If Chins Could Kill at a Hastings, when Brisco was cancelled, Bruce was grateful for the experience but still more than happy it was axed. The demands of making a TV series, especially one that was a hybrid western/sci-fi/action-adventure/comedy/kitchen sink series, were a bit more overwhelming than he expected, and he was glad not to have given it more than one year of his life.) Just wait until you have seen the further misadventures of Pete Hutter (John Pyper-Ferguson is a vastly underappreciated actor and a comedic goldmine) and the introduction of Sheriff Aaron Viva, plus you get the fun of playing "Hey, it's That Guy!" at least once every episode (both previously-known actors and those who went on to better things since their appearances on Brisco.)

And am I leaning in the correct direction if I assume that the man calling himself 'Brisco County Jr.' isn't actually 'Brisco County Jr.' and that the real Junior is back at Harvard? Am I wrong to guess that the man calling himself by that name is actually a Harvard classmate of the real Brisco County Jr. who decided to hop a train to San Francisco to become a law man? Am I out of my tree for suspecting this by the middle of the pilot episode?

In order, the answers to your questions are, "No," "Yes, but Brisco's a bounty hunter, not a lawman," and "Before I tell you just how far away from the tree you've rolled, may I ask why you think Brisco's an imposter in the first place?" *ducks whatever nearby object you throw at me*

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