[NOTE: here's a little background information since this is from 2000.
Considering that they are trying to make such a dramatic impact of Alex first seeing Dimitri at the Hunting Lodge, you would think they would have found a slightly different angle from which to shoot her. Instead, the camera is to her right and slightly back, CLEARLY showing he belly preceding the rest of her by about 10". The lampshade was supposed to disguise it, but the camera didn't move back NEARLY far enough, so the lampshade merely illuminates it and calls attention to it. A HUGE blunder that should have been either cut or reshot, IMNSHO. The rest of their scenes together were fabulous, though, and the scene on the couch was very well-shot.
I want to know where Greenlee buys that tear-proof makeup! Wait a minute -- it's probably got so many chemicals in it that she's now sterile, so maybe I'll pass on that.
Before jettisoning all that extra cargo in the cabin, you'd think Ryan and Adrian would have at least LOOKED in them to see what they were getting rid of! Was I the only one who thought the first crate they sent out the door had Gillian in it (ok, we KNEW she wasn't actually IN it at that point)? Ah, well, there was that brief little thrill, wasn't there? While the whole thing was highly unbelievable, Ryan not getting sucked out the door when he tried to pull Gillian's crate and she jumped out was downright laughable. Not quite as laughable as the coloring-book clouds visible outside the door and window (despite occasional puffs of dry ice vapors), but pretty funny anyway :-)
Tina should really avoid that pigtail look. It's for little girls or teenyboppers.
Considering the plane is at about 10,000 feet, the door is open, they are in a mostly steel cabin, and Gillian is wearing a sheer blouse, you'd think her nipples would be harder than they would be if, say, she were sitting in a Waco, TX, Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise that didn't even have an overhead fan, much less an air conditioner.
David grabs Dixie and kisses her -- HARD. Afterward, she stares at him as he tells her he HAD to do that just to shut her up. Uh huh. She continues to stare at him in silent horror and disbelief. He begs her to say something. While Dixie didn't say anything, *I* said "LAWSUIT". Something tells me the I-had-to-do-it-to-shut-her-up wouldn't fly in court. What am I SAYING? It would absolutely hold up in a PV court!
When Greenlee was smashing things with the axe, did anyone else think the printer/fax looked more like a plastic vaporizer?
If the plane barely has enough fuel to get them where they are going, never mind turning back to PV, how did Adrian and Ryan plan on RETURNING with Jake and a bunch of orphans in tow?
LOD:
Ryan to Gillian re sharing a bedroll to keep warm: "How about you riding shotgun?" Gillian: "I'm not touching a gun unless I have to!" BWAHAHAHAAA!
Dixie, fresh from the kiss from David, runs into SOS and kisses Tad like she wants to do him right there, standing up at the bar. She tells him she's missed him SOOO MUCH! Tad: "Is that Zepherin Chloride and Betadine I smell?"
May I say that that is a very unflattering ensemble Dixie has on? She makes almost anything look good, but that outfit is tight in all the wrong places, making her look frumpy.
Nice to see someone (Leo) actually playing darts at the loft. Now if only Scott would walk in. I thought Leo would point out that Scott lived there too, but then realized that Leo has no reason to take Scott's feelings into consideration.
Unless this was a daydream sequence (entirely possible [keeping in mind that I haven't seen Wed's show yet] given that sudden jump from standing to them lying on the couch), Alex has now had sex (presumably) within a very short period of time with 2 brothers. You KNOW what soap opera law has to say about THIS situation. Sigh -- ANOTHER whose-baby-is-it storyline? At least she's dressed for the part nowadays.
Robin "Gillian: Coffee, Tea or ME?" Coutellier
- Adrian is Adrian Sword (played by Matthew St. Patrick, who later played Keith on Six Feet Under). Adrian was the love child of Opal and a black minister (or something like that); as an adult he was a multi-talented secret agent. MSP was quite yummy-looking, but his acting was very stilted; he did a much better job on SFU.
- At the time, Finola Hughes was very pregnant in real life.
- Tina was a so-so character who was involved with Adrian.
- Dixie worked for David at the hospital as his assistant.
- Jake was in one of his run-away-from-home-and-into-danger phases and had a planeload of orphans to be evacuated. I think he was in wartorn Chechnya.]
Considering that they are trying to make such a dramatic impact of Alex first seeing Dimitri at the Hunting Lodge, you would think they would have found a slightly different angle from which to shoot her. Instead, the camera is to her right and slightly back, CLEARLY showing he belly preceding the rest of her by about 10". The lampshade was supposed to disguise it, but the camera didn't move back NEARLY far enough, so the lampshade merely illuminates it and calls attention to it. A HUGE blunder that should have been either cut or reshot, IMNSHO. The rest of their scenes together were fabulous, though, and the scene on the couch was very well-shot.
I want to know where Greenlee buys that tear-proof makeup! Wait a minute -- it's probably got so many chemicals in it that she's now sterile, so maybe I'll pass on that.
Before jettisoning all that extra cargo in the cabin, you'd think Ryan and Adrian would have at least LOOKED in them to see what they were getting rid of! Was I the only one who thought the first crate they sent out the door had Gillian in it (ok, we KNEW she wasn't actually IN it at that point)? Ah, well, there was that brief little thrill, wasn't there? While the whole thing was highly unbelievable, Ryan not getting sucked out the door when he tried to pull Gillian's crate and she jumped out was downright laughable. Not quite as laughable as the coloring-book clouds visible outside the door and window (despite occasional puffs of dry ice vapors), but pretty funny anyway :-)
Tina should really avoid that pigtail look. It's for little girls or teenyboppers.
Considering the plane is at about 10,000 feet, the door is open, they are in a mostly steel cabin, and Gillian is wearing a sheer blouse, you'd think her nipples would be harder than they would be if, say, she were sitting in a Waco, TX, Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise that didn't even have an overhead fan, much less an air conditioner.
David grabs Dixie and kisses her -- HARD. Afterward, she stares at him as he tells her he HAD to do that just to shut her up. Uh huh. She continues to stare at him in silent horror and disbelief. He begs her to say something. While Dixie didn't say anything, *I* said "LAWSUIT". Something tells me the I-had-to-do-it-to-shut-her-up wouldn't fly in court. What am I SAYING? It would absolutely hold up in a PV court!
When Greenlee was smashing things with the axe, did anyone else think the printer/fax looked more like a plastic vaporizer?
If the plane barely has enough fuel to get them where they are going, never mind turning back to PV, how did Adrian and Ryan plan on RETURNING with Jake and a bunch of orphans in tow?
LOD:
Ryan to Gillian re sharing a bedroll to keep warm: "How about you riding shotgun?" Gillian: "I'm not touching a gun unless I have to!" BWAHAHAHAAA!
Dixie, fresh from the kiss from David, runs into SOS and kisses Tad like she wants to do him right there, standing up at the bar. She tells him she's missed him SOOO MUCH! Tad: "Is that Zepherin Chloride and Betadine I smell?"
May I say that that is a very unflattering ensemble Dixie has on? She makes almost anything look good, but that outfit is tight in all the wrong places, making her look frumpy.
Nice to see someone (Leo) actually playing darts at the loft. Now if only Scott would walk in. I thought Leo would point out that Scott lived there too, but then realized that Leo has no reason to take Scott's feelings into consideration.
Unless this was a daydream sequence (entirely possible [keeping in mind that I haven't seen Wed's show yet] given that sudden jump from standing to them lying on the couch), Alex has now had sex (presumably) within a very short period of time with 2 brothers. You KNOW what soap opera law has to say about THIS situation. Sigh -- ANOTHER whose-baby-is-it storyline? At least she's dressed for the part nowadays.
Robin "Gillian: Coffee, Tea or ME?" Coutellier
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