Pushing Daisies *S2 Premiere* -- "Bzzzzzzzzz!" -- 10/01/08
10-03-08 | 07:08 PM
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I have another question that's bugged me since the pilot:
OK, so I understand the rule about if he brings something back to life, something else has to die. And apparently it's a bug for a bug, an animal for an animal, person for a person. So what about the rotting fruit he brings back to life for his pies? What is the trade off there, and if it's more fruit then wouldn't be counter productive to stock up on fruit just to have it die so the new product you get in eventually dies when you revive the old stuff?
Similar question with the dead leaves...in one scene in season one, he leaps into a pile of dead leaves and they all turn green. (Which begs another question...why would they turn all green? When he touches rotting fruit or dead leaves, they turn fresh looking again, but when he touches a dead person, they don't heal at all from what happened to them at the time of their death. Same with the bird that hit the window...apparently he touched it and made the bird all better, but it must have had a broken neck at least. Yet when he touches people they don't heal?)
BUT back to the leaves...the question I was getting to is what would the trade off be there? It is autumn, so all the leaves around are dead, so what else would die if he didn't touch them after a minute?
I can't imagine if he dug up Chuck's father and touched his rotting corpse after all these years we'd want to see that, and that also makes me wonder if there is a moratorium on how long it takes for him to touch something and bring it back to life.
I think I know the true rule: whatever works best for comedic effect.
So I guessed that ended up being a BUNCH of questions!
OK, so I understand the rule about if he brings something back to life, something else has to die. And apparently it's a bug for a bug, an animal for an animal, person for a person. So what about the rotting fruit he brings back to life for his pies? What is the trade off there, and if it's more fruit then wouldn't be counter productive to stock up on fruit just to have it die so the new product you get in eventually dies when you revive the old stuff?
Similar question with the dead leaves...in one scene in season one, he leaps into a pile of dead leaves and they all turn green. (Which begs another question...why would they turn all green? When he touches rotting fruit or dead leaves, they turn fresh looking again, but when he touches a dead person, they don't heal at all from what happened to them at the time of their death. Same with the bird that hit the window...apparently he touched it and made the bird all better, but it must have had a broken neck at least. Yet when he touches people they don't heal?)
BUT back to the leaves...the question I was getting to is what would the trade off be there? It is autumn, so all the leaves around are dead, so what else would die if he didn't touch them after a minute?
I can't imagine if he dug up Chuck's father and touched his rotting corpse after all these years we'd want to see that, and that also makes me wonder if there is a moratorium on how long it takes for him to touch something and bring it back to life.
I think I know the true rule: whatever works best for comedic effect.
So I guessed that ended up being a BUNCH of questions!
2) The leaves - Young Ned jumped in them with the exhilaration of finding a friend, and momentarily forgetting his "gift". He revives the leaves, new friend runs away in a panic, Ned rolls on the leaves again and they die. It looked like it was under a minute as well, so no trade-off was needed. Perhaps a bunch of other leaves would have fallen off a tree, which might have been a cool effect.
3) The bird - good point, but it was never established that the bird was injured. That's where the show plays fast and loose - Digby should have been crushed when the truck hit him, but acts like any good ol' dog. Perhaps the more complicated - or intelligent - the organism, the less repaired they get? Or perhaps it takes time to repair the body, and since Digby's been around a few years, he's naturally healed.
That's the fun with a Bryan Fuller show - discovering what the rules are.
10-03-08 | 08:51 PM
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This show has some of my favorite performers (Ellen Greene, Swoozie Kurtz, Kristen Chenoweth) - so why am I not entranced? Not only are the colors super-saturated, but so is the narration. It gets very cloying.
10-04-08 | 07:44 AM
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Much like last season I will never get why you people dislike the narration...
10-04-08 | 07:49 AM
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Narration is one of my favorite things about the show. As well as the saturated colors. Its a fantasy, a fairytale and might be a little to niche to pull the numbers for mainstream television. Lets face it Historically, Fuller doesn't exactly strive to reach the average viewer, he takes a lot of chances in the pursuit of style.
10-04-08 | 07:59 AM
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This is probably one of the best shows on TV right now, being a satisfying balance of morbid whimsy and artfully exposed titflesh. Boy, it was weird seeing French Stewart's eyeballs. Kept waiting for his trademark squint.
Now, I haven't watched all of last season's episodes, so forgive me if the answer to this is obvious.
Now, I haven't watched all of last season's episodes, so forgive me if the answer to this is obvious.
Spoiler:
10-04-08 | 08:44 AM
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10-04-08 | 09:09 AM
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10-04-08 | 11:19 AM
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Well, Olive mentioned that Vivian said she found her 'in a cabbage patch, and by that I mean your lady parts' so I assume that Lily thinks that Chuck is an orphan that they found and raised as their own - having no biological relation to ANY of them, but they never told her (of course, we know that she is actually related to all of them...)
10-05-08 | 02:54 AM
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Chuck's "mom" died during child birth, so she had to be the third sister to the mermaid darlings. Chuck's Dad then presumably knew Lily and Vivian through his wife and I'm sure this is all plot points for later
10-05-08 | 02:32 PM
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It's been said a billion times in this thread, but it really can't be said enough. This show, in HD, is just stunning. At times, I find myself looking at the how pretty instead of paying attention to the show. Oh, and great Dead Like Me reference.
