[FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield Life as TV series

2011-07-20 Thread obbajeeba
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, obbajeeba wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > > > On 07/17/2011 03:48 AM, turquoiseb wrote: > > > I'm a fan of television. I think some of the best > > > work in the motion picture arts is being done on > > > TV. The g

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield Life as TV series

2011-07-20 Thread whynotnow7
"Cocaine is God's way of telling you you have too much money" - Robin Williams. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > On Jul 17, 2011, at 7:18 AM, whynotnow7 wrote: > > > just saw "Casino Jack" with Kevin Spacey, and he was brilliant in > > The Usual Suspects too. Of th

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield Life as TV series

2011-07-20 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jul 20, 2011, at 6:15 AM, turquoiseb wrote: > know that this is a "Yahoo repost" and that you > probably wrote it some time ago, but I'll reply > anyway, because I love Kevin Spacey. Lately I've > been toying with taking the train to London so that > I can see him perform Shakespeare's "Richar

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield Life as TV series

2011-07-20 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jul 17, 2011, at 7:18 AM, whynotnow7 wrote: > just saw "Casino Jack" with Kevin Spacey, and he was brilliant in > The Usual Suspects too. Of the two actors you mentioned, my impression of you > is more in the direction of Kevin Spacey, vs. Robin Williams. RW strikes me > as ZANY and freneti

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield Life as TV series

2011-07-20 Thread obbajeeba
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, obbajeeba wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > > > On 07/17/2011 03:48 AM, turquoiseb wrote: > > > I'm a fan of television. I think some of the best > > > work in the motion picture arts is being done on > > > TV. The g

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield Life as TV series

2011-07-20 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" wrote: > > I just saw "Casino Jack" with Kevin Spacey, and he was > brilliant in The Usual Suspects too. Of the two actors > you mentioned, my impression of you is more in the > direction of Kevin Spacey, vs. Robin Williams. RW > strikes me as

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield Life as TV series

2011-07-20 Thread whynotnow7
weird, I posted this last Sunday... --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" wrote: > > I just saw "Casino Jack" with Kevin Spacey, and he was brilliant in > The Usual Suspects too. Of the two actors you mentioned, my impression of you > is more in the direction of Kevin Spacey, vs. R

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield Life as TV series

2011-07-20 Thread whynotnow7
I just saw "Casino Jack" with Kevin Spacey, and he was brilliant in The Usual Suspects too. Of the two actors you mentioned, my impression of you is more in the direction of Kevin Spacey, vs. Robin Williams. RW strikes me as ZANY and frenetic, and you don't come across that way on FFL. Here on

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield Life as TV series

2011-07-17 Thread whynotnow7
Yeah, I get it. Sometimes it just doesn't grab you. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > On Jul 17, 2011, at 3:49 PM, whynotnow7 wrote: > > > or 200 Mel Gibsons, who has always been a disappointment for me since > > the Road Warrior series. Just curious what didn't

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield Life as TV series

2011-07-17 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jul 17, 2011, at 3:49 PM, whynotnow7 wrote: > or 200 Mel Gibsons, who has always been a disappointment for me since the > Road Warrior series. Just curious what didn't grab you about the Casino Jack > thing? I thought Spacey got into Abramoff's head pretty well. The only thing > I found

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield Life as TV series

2011-07-17 Thread whynotnow7
...or 200 Mel Gibsons, who has always been a disappointment for me since the Road Warrior series. Just curious what didn't grab you about the Casino Jack thing? I thought Spacey got into Abramoff's head pretty well. The only thing I found dissatisfying is when they said, "based on true events",

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield Life as TV series

2011-07-17 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > I'm a fan of television. I think some of the best > work in the motion picture arts is being done on > TV. The genre of a TV series or mini-series, in > the wrong hands, can turn high art into low schlock, > as lamentably happened w

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield Life as TV series

2011-07-17 Thread obbajeeba
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > On 07/17/2011 03:48 AM, turquoiseb wrote: > > I'm a fan of television. I think some of the best > > work in the motion picture arts is being done on > > TV. The genre of a TV series or mini-series, in > > the wrong hands, can turn high ar

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield Life as TV series

2011-07-17 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > On Jul 17, 2011, at 5:48 AM, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > I've watched or rewatched a few TV series lately, > > from start to finish, in a kind of exercise in trying > > (a la "Manhunter") to recapture the mindset of good > > storytelli

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield Life as TV series

2011-07-17 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jul 17, 2011, at 7:23 AM, whynotnow7 wrote: > I just saw "Casino Jack" with Kevin Spacey. He was brilliant in "The Usual > Suspects" too. He's one of my favorite actors, and I was really looking forward to this since I find the subject matter so fascinating, BUT I couldn't sit through this

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield Life as TV series

2011-07-17 Thread whynotnow7
I just saw "Casino Jack" with Kevin Spacey. He was brilliant in "The Usual Suspects" too. Of the two actors you mentioned, my impression of you is more in the direction of Kevin Spacey, vs. Robin Williams. RW strikes me as ZANY and frenetic, and you don't come across that way on FFL. Here on F