First Years - anybody see it?
03-19-01, 11:27 PM
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I caught about 5 minutes total, and it looked pretty lame. That opening scene with the girl belching was just long and pointless, and I was pretty much annoyed by the cliched use of a bunch of yuppies in a swanky house whose dialogue is always supposed to be so witty and urbane. From the few other moments I caught, I really didn't like the pacing of the show... we'd see 30 seconds of a scene that didn't go anywhere, then 30 seconds of another scene that didn't go anywhere, then return to the first scene, etc.
OK, I guess I'm being a little harsh on the show. To be fair, I should have made myself sit down and watch with undivided attention. Nothing about the show hooked me, though.
OK, I guess I'm being a little harsh on the show. To be fair, I should have made myself sit down and watch with undivided attention. Nothing about the show hooked me, though.
03-20-01, 09:28 AM
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Originally posted by Bobubott
OK, I guess I'm being a little harsh on the show. To be fair, I should have made myself sit down and watch with undivided attention. Nothing about the show hooked me, though.
OK, I guess I'm being a little harsh on the show. To be fair, I should have made myself sit down and watch with undivided attention. Nothing about the show hooked me, though.
03-20-01, 09:41 AM
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What a bunch of crap. My roommate and I are lawyers and we know that first years don't have offices like that (a corner office???) no matter what firm they are working at.
They tried to make a racist black woman who commits murder a sympathetic figure. Sorry - that just doesn't work for me. Also, a major law firm would never send a 1st year associate to handle a case by herself like that (especially one which requires meetings in judges chambers) even if it is a pro bono case.
The dumbass brother from Unhappily Ever After who gets to yell at the partner was actually the only good part of the show.
What they should have made was a TV show based on law school (modeled on Scott Turow's book, One L and like The Paper Chase).
Over/under on number of episodes actually broadcast = 4
They tried to make a racist black woman who commits murder a sympathetic figure. Sorry - that just doesn't work for me. Also, a major law firm would never send a 1st year associate to handle a case by herself like that (especially one which requires meetings in judges chambers) even if it is a pro bono case.
The dumbass brother from Unhappily Ever After who gets to yell at the partner was actually the only good part of the show.
What they should have made was a TV show based on law school (modeled on Scott Turow's book, One L and like The Paper Chase).
Over/under on number of episodes actually broadcast = 4
