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Hero of Ages

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Castle and Firefly
« on: October 27, 2009, 08:02:15 AM »
Did anyone see the 1st few minutes of ABC's Castle tonight?  I laughed for a good 5 minutes on Nathan Fillion's tongue in cheek reference to Firefly.  The episode is called Vampire Weekend and will be available to watch on hulu.com or abc.com later.
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Re: Castle and Firefly
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2009, 12:22:57 PM »
there were several references to Fillions old shows throught this episode. Castle is fantastic, even though the killer is almost always telegraphed. It is like Columbo, in a way.
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Re: Castle and Firefly
« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2009, 11:09:08 PM »
Castle, to me, isnt anything special.  My wife summed it up nicely when she said, "So wait, this is the same stereotypical cop show that has had its versions on TV for years...only with dumber cops and a writer?  No wonder it hardly keeps my attention."

Yeah.  Nathan Fillion is funny and all, but the rest of the show is horrible and predictable.  How long is it gonna be before the mandatory "our main PoVs are suspected of MURDER!!!!"?  I cant believe they purchased a full season of this show.  Get Fillion off this show an into something...intelligent.
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Re: Castle and Firefly
« Reply #3 on: October 28, 2009, 07:51:15 AM »
I agree with those assessments of the show.  I only watched it because everything else on was a rerun.  Anyway, here is the http://abc.go.com/watch/castle/186439/239353/vampire-weekend episode.  You only need to watch the 1st minute.
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Re: Castle and Firefly
« Reply #4 on: October 28, 2009, 10:49:46 AM »
Actually, I just finished watching this show.  I love Nathan Fillon, and I enjoy his twitter entries as well.  What's scary is that he actually has a @WriteRCastle twitter where he actually posts as Castle.  And another thing.. his book actually exists! 
http://www.amazon.com/Heat-Wave-Richard-Castle/dp/1401323820/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256723294&sr=8-1

It was #4 on the bestseller list above Dan Brown (which happens to be where The Gathering Storm is right now, woot!) but the fact that there is an actual book written by a tv persona... crazy.
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Re: Castle and Firefly
« Reply #5 on: October 28, 2009, 05:31:32 PM »
Plus, they have tried putting Fillion on high minded intelligent shows. Firely and Drive come to mind immediately. Both canned without airing a full season. Leave him on TV, and on Castle. it may not be a "special" show, but it is charming, although I doubt it will make it past season 3 without Castle and Beckett getting frisky, which will immediately sink the show.
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Re: Castle and Firefly
« Reply #6 on: November 06, 2009, 02:37:35 PM »
I love Castle.  It's one of two shows I watch regularly; Nathan's just funny, and I love the mystery type shows.

Vampire Weekend was one of my favorites, I have to say.  The Firefly reference at the beginning was clever.
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