Once you have seen the entire series, the connection will become more obvious. I enjoyed the reboot as an origin story and look forward to the next season.
~Marti On Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 11:11:40 PM UTC-6 Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: > I only last week learned we have been paying for the HBO app, so this week > I watched WW84* and started their Perry Mason. It’s a decent enough story > so far, but there is zero relationship between it and the Perry Mason TV > series of old. Also, every ethnic and cultural stereotype seems to be used > to such an extent I’m surprised some progressive media watchdog didn’t > lodge a complaint. > > *the entire WW84 movie was a long setup for the scene that plays midway > through the closing credits > > On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 9:05 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I have just caught up on Mason over the last 5 days. There is a lot I >> like about it (unlike Dave I really like Rhys, and don’t care about keeping >> American actors employed). There is the obvious problem - that there is no >> reason to call this Perry Mason. Okay, it’s an origin story, but I would >> have found it more convincing if he had been bitten by a radioactive lawyer >> and transformed into an attorney. >> >> My main disappointment is that, unlike most golden age TV drama, the >> dialogue is particularly undistinguished. This is not The one of Chase, or >> Milch, or Simon, or Sorkin, or Weiner, or Gilligan, or Yost. This is >> particularly disappointing because there may be no genre better suited to >> snappy, memorable dialogue than noir, so what gives? >> >> I suppose if this series runs ten seasons like the Burr version, and for >> the last 9 Perry is a stalwart member of the SoCal legal community, sober >> and serious but taking the side of the wrongly accused in between cashing >> fat checks from corporate clients, we will be closer to a reimagined Perry >> Mason than the mostly unrecognizable confection we have been given so far, >> and I guess the time period is consistent with the early novels. But even >> if, I am not yet persuaded that the origin story part of this is worth it, >> or adds that much to the character. He used to be cynical, slovenly, corner >> cutting and suffering from WWI PTSD, now he is caring, meticulous, >> successful and straight. I think they could have communicated that in half >> of one episode, not an entire season. >> >> Or, put it this way: either the backstory is important to the HBO Mason, >> and then it has little in common with the original TV or novel Mason, or it >> winds up not being important, and then it is not necessary. >> >> On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 5:37 AM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Meanwhile, HBO has renewed "Perry Mason: The Skinny Years" for a second >>> season: >>> >>> >>> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/perry-mason-renewed-season-2-at-hbo-1303980 >>> >>> On Thu, Jul 23, 2020, 1:06 AM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I must say that, despite my apparently being the only person who >>>> doesn't think Tatiana Maslany is all that or even that good (her vocal >>>> technique is non-existent, among other flaws), this week's episode was the >>>> first really good one. It was coherent, interesting, and had an ending I >>>> didn't see coming at all. >>>> >>>> --Dave Sikula >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, July 22, 2020 at 9:24:43 PM UTC-7, Steve Timko wrote: >>>>> >>>>> An unscientific survey of people on my Facebook timeline shows they >>>>> declare it a hit. >>>>> The most common comment is that it compares to "Carnavale." I have not >>>>> seen that show so I can't comment. >>>>> One Facebook friend said it compares to "The Wire" and "The Sopranos." >>>>> Seems unlikely, but it is being praised. >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 7:26 PM Jon Delfin <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, Jun 1, 2020, 8:49 PM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV < >>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Based on the profile of Rhys in Sunday's NY Times, it looks like >>>>>>> it's an origin story: >>>>>>> https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/27/arts/television/matthew-rhys-perry-mason.html?searchResultPosition=1 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I fully expect that in the final episode, Mason will be sitting in a >>>>>>> dark study, opining that criminals are a cowardly, superstitious lot >>>>>>> just >>>>>>> before Professor Kingsfield flies through the window. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Which reminds me (and almost certainly only me) of a comics trivia >>>>>> special that aired in the '60s. One of the questions showed that panel, >>>>>> and >>>>>> the celebs had to guess what the blanked-out dialogue box said. 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