Pushing Daisies

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » October 3, 2007, 10:32 pm

I watched the first episode tonight. I went in knowing nothing about it (one of the advantages of not watching normal TV and being subjected to a bazillion commercials). I just saw it in a newsgroup and decided to give it a shot. Glad I did. I liked the first episode. It was sad, touching and surprisingly funny at times. For those who liked 'Charlie' from Heroes she's a regular in this from what I can tell.

Not sure this really needs a spoiler as I saw it mentioned in reviews and it's also in the first 5 minutes of the show but just in case...

[Show]: The basic plot is that the main character Ned has the ability to bring people back to life. He touches them once; they live again. But if he touches them a second time, they die forever. With a slight twist that if he doesn't touch them within a minute someone nearby randomly dies.

Anyway... Hopefully future episodes will be just as good and I'll be checking them out. It's averaging 86 on Metacritic so give it a shot if you haven't already.

(Oh and just want to add... It has pies.)

valryte · Post by **valryte** » October 5, 2007, 1:13 am

I just saw it tonight and loved it. I also didn't really look into the show, I just saw the list of new shows, set them for Tivo to check them out. But it didn't take me long to realize who could have created this who. For those that don't know, it's Bryan Fuller, which besides his work on Heroes, he created Dead Like Me.

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » October 8, 2007, 12:52 pm

Oh I was wrong. 'Charlie' from Heroes wont be a regular. Still a good show (so far). Surprised nobody else has commented. Watch it this Wednesday!

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » October 8, 2007, 1:02 pm

Seems like it would've made a good X-Flies episode, but I think as a series the concept is a little weak. I liked it, I just don't see much room to change things up.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » October 10, 2007, 12:39 pm

I watched the first episode last night.

After establishing the characters in the first half, I thought the second half was pretty good. I like the bright colors in the show.

If "Charlie" is the main character's GF, it's a bummer she won't be a regular.

Line that cracked me up the most:

[Show]: Main Character: If I don't touch them again within 60 seconds, someone else in my proximity dies.

Black guy: Bitch! I was in your proximity!

I'll be checking out the other episodes soon. Worth a watch. I'm kind of with Fairweather in wondering if there's enough material but we'll see!

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » October 10, 2007, 12:51 pm

I meant the Heroes Charlie and not the Chuck character.

Emerson: Well, who died instead?
Ned: It's sort of a random proximity thing.
Emerson: Bitch, I was in proximity!

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » October 10, 2007, 1:09 pm

Aslanna wrote:I meant the Heroes Charlie and not the Chuck character.

Emerson: Well, who died instead?
Ned: It's sort of a random proximity thing.
Emerson: Bitch, I was in proximity!

I was close! Since you have the quotes down, there was another one where Emerson said something like, "It was so stupidly crazy, I didn't think you'd actually do it" which cracked me up as well.

Emerson is a good sidekick to Ned.

Fash · Post by **Fash** » October 10, 2007, 1:25 pm

I watched the first episode the other night with some friends and really enjoyed it...

[Show]: ok so... he brings his dog back, the squirrel dies... he brings the fly back, his mom dies... he brings his mom back, chucks dad dies...

why is he able to bring fruit back to life seemingly without consequence?...

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » October 10, 2007, 1:33 pm

Fash wrote:I watched the first episode the other night with some friends and really enjoyed it...

[Show]
why is he able to bring fruit back to life seemingly without consequence?...

[Show]: maybe a vegetable rots somewhere

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » October 10, 2007, 1:52 pm

I saw episode 2 last night. I guess they air a day earlier in Canada maybe? It was posted in alt.binaries.multimedia. I didn't think it had as many humorous moments as the first one but it was still decent overall. I'll keep watching it!

I'm not actually sure he brings the fruit 'back to life' it just becomes fresh again. Plantlife operates differntly than humans or animals. Just go with that and you're ok!

Ransure · Post by **Ransure** » October 10, 2007, 2:16 pm

[Show]: I dont think his mom died because he brought the fly back... I think his mom died of natural causes

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » October 10, 2008, 6:18 pm

Second season now on the air. Be sure to watch!

Lalanae · Post by **Lalanae** » October 24, 2008, 5:18 pm

Any TV show that centers around a piemaker has to be great!

(pie>cake)

Ransure · Post by **Ransure** » November 21, 2008, 3:12 pm

Cancelled

Pushing Daisies Lives Up To Its Name
It's the news that we've been hoping we'd never have to share - even though we saw it coming for weeks. Sadly, ABC has canceled Pushing Daisies. The network has made no official announcement about the series' end, relying instead on boilerplate comments that no final decision has been made. But show creator Bryan Fuller has come clean about the show's lack of future... and where we may see Ned, Chuck and everyone else from the Pie Hole next.

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » November 21, 2008, 3:18 pm

Lame. Sad that good shows are unable to stick around yet things like Survivor continue season after season.

valryte · Post by **valryte** » November 21, 2008, 5:36 pm

Lame. Sad that good shows are unable to stick around yet things like Survivor continue season after season.

Bleh that sucks.

valryte · Post by **valryte** » November 24, 2008, 4:16 am

..and Eli Stone is getting canceled also.

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » November 24, 2008, 5:04 am

Entertainment Weekly said that the finale for season 2 is one hell of a cliff hanger too. Double ouch for fans of this show since there will be no closure.

This is honestly one of the reasons I do not get invested in shows anymore. HBO fucked me over with a cliff hanger and absolutely no closure after 2 seasons of Carnivale and I've never been able to get into any new series since. I also heard that Joss Whendon's thrice cursed Dollhouse show is going to open on Friday night. Fox is fucking him again. That's considered just about the worst goddamn night for television. But hey, that's where Firefly died too

Now all I do is wait for the series to get to DVD. By then, I'm usually able to see if a series has legs and is worth the effort of watching it. It's worked out well with Lost and Heroes. I'm waiting for Battlestar Galactica to wrap as a series before I just buy all of those too, including the movies. I've never seen an episode! I may even do the same with 24 since I've never watched an episode of that either.

I easily would've watched Invasion and that other short lived sci-fi series, but those were yanked so fast I barely knew they were on. So far it looks like Fringe will have legs though, and I may pick that one up when it hits dvd next year.

How about a little salt in the wounds? Knight fucking Rider was renewed for a 2nd season. After retooling the first season based off the pilot, the second season is going through a similar reboot, with most of the characters from season one being dropped, and a new format for the show is being introduced. Knight Rider.

laneela · Post by **laneela** » November 25, 2008, 10:40 am

I recently downloaded season 1 and started watching it. (I have a bad habit of never watching shows when they're actually airing and instead do marathons) and I just watched the episode with the scratch and sniff guy. This whole time I kept looking at Aunt Vivian and thinking to myself that I knew her from somewhere and it wasn't until she started singing that I realized that she's Audrey from Little Shop of Horrors. Fucking Awesome. In one episode, they managed to make the 8 year old in me extremely happy by giving me Peewee and Audrey from Little Shop.

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valryte · Post by **valryte** » December 16, 2008, 3:47 am

Peewee?

nm, I remember now, yeah he shows up in a couple episodes.

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » December 16, 2008, 4:06 am

Knight Rider has since been cancelled, but 13 episodes were filmed and will see TV time. That didn't take long...

I read that the creator of Pushing Daisies is obsessed with the movie "Amiele". He modeled much of the show's "mood" after the movie. After hearing that, it makes me want to see the show now

(Too bad it's been cancelled!)

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » December 16, 2008, 10:52 am

Yay Knight Rider being cancelled. There's a small bit of justice in the world afterall. That show was truly bad. However I guess I'd have to rate it just a tad higher than reality TV shows. At least they tried something different. Too bad it wasn't exactly original. And sucked. Making KITT a 'transformer' basically turned it into a live-action cartoon. Whoever came up with that idea was dumb.

Ransure · Post by **Ransure** » December 20, 2008, 11:56 pm

Every episode of this show is awesome... I love the visuals and the stories... those fuckers suck for cancelling it

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