tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post8854700309389738274..comments2024-02-04T05:13:04.501-05:00Comments on Nik at Nite: Nikki Staffordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04463618183850438914noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-82739796767629319292017-07-20T11:50:03.980-04:002017-07-20T11:50:03.980-04:00I just stopped watching 2 episodes into season 2.....I just stopped watching 2 episodes into season 2...It was lincoln. I cannot stand his stupidity, mans got shit for brains how he is the most wanted man in america and just casually stands out in the open with his face out showing the world like nobody recognized him. Also like you mentioned how he always unbuttons his shirt makes him look like a massive douche and whats up with Michael? hes smart enough to not let his brother stand out there like that and why didnt Lincoln tell Michael when JL told him the FBI guy payed him a visit? If he did, Michael would have been cautious knowing there might be an FBI agent in the building while they were trying to bust JL out (which there was). Idk i just found lincoln especially unrealistic and his stupidity is something i cannot put up with. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-45022068986207717152014-02-23T17:26:00.090-05:002014-02-23T17:26:00.090-05:00Just got around to watching 'Prison Break'...Just got around to watching 'Prison Break'. Around Season 3, after some particularly cretinous Linc moment, I googled 'lincoln burrows stupid', and got your blog. Couldn't have put it better myself. Just some thoughts:<br />-- tunnel vision: an inability to hold more than one thought in his head at one time, and total fixation on that one thought.<br />-- tunnel gaze: a fixation of his eyes on any person or thing representing his current thought fixation.<br />-- no nuance, subtlety, sense of detail, weighing of alternatives. And no imagination whatsoever.<br />-- no forethought. When he finds the place where they're keeping Sofia and LJ hostage, he goes charging up the stairs without even a glimmer of a plan. What's he going to do do when he gets there? No idea at all.<br />-- everybody on the show is smarter. I mean everybody, down to the most minor of characters, the most casual walk-on.<br />gotgat54https://www.blogger.com/profile/13803219517256435463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-1261757950421267992007-05-07T12:48:00.000-04:002007-05-07T12:48:00.000-04:00I couldn't agree more about Lincoln's unbuttoned s...I couldn't agree more about Lincoln's unbuttoned shirt! It was so annoying! Like we were watchin Fashion TV or something like that (I m not saying Dominic is fashion model- not even close)! <BR/>And what about 12 hrs+ running in the woods in S1 finalle and S2 first ep... I saw something like that only in Apocalypto few days ago. yeah, i forgot- Forest Gump too!<BR/>Anyways, great critics by nikki!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-31373391245088107332007-01-14T22:08:00.000-05:002007-01-14T22:08:00.000-05:00Sue: LOL! It's like we're all at an AA meeting. "H...Sue: LOL! It's like we're all at an AA meeting. "Hello, my name is Nikki, and I'm a former Prison Breakaholic." <br />"Hello, Nikki." <br />"I've been Prison Break-free for exactly 15 days."<br />[applause]<br />"I first knew the show was destroying my life when Lincoln unbuttoned his shirt..."Nikki Staffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04463618183850438914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-2796037545021483012007-01-14T15:01:00.000-05:002007-01-14T15:01:00.000-05:00Being an avid t.v. watcher for many years and bein...Being an avid t.v. watcher for many years and being a watcher who becomes committed to her shows, I am finding myself more and more likely in the last 2 t.v. seasons to quit while I'm ahead with shows that don't retain my interest or continually insult my intelligence. That said, I still do find it difficult sometimes to let go of shows that I personally don't enjoy or find worth my time anymore, especially when I watch shows that others at work watch and tend to talk about (mostly more mainstream t.v.) and shows that my sister, who lives with me, likes to watch (I don't always have control of the remote!). However, in the last couple of years, I have become more brutal and have axed many more shows in order to spend time watching the shows that continually give me what I expect from t.v. since the level of expectation from t.v. shows, writers, actors has increased with shows such as The Sopranos, The Closer, Gilmore Girls (minus this season), Entourage, Queer as Folk, Oz, Six Feet Under, Buffy, Lost, etc. I really enjoyed Prison Break last season (more than I thought I would - I was a non-believer at first) and I have continued to watch this season despite wanting to stop several times (mostly due to having a show to talk about with co-workers) but I have to thank you Nikki for bringing to the surface all of the issues with this show that have been bugging me but I was remiss to admit...I know now that I have to quit - there is better new t.v. out there (i.e. Ugly Betty and 30 Rock)Thanks for the save! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-19969945725980746552007-01-10T09:27:00.000-05:002007-01-10T09:27:00.000-05:00Leor: One thing I will say about the US Office, wh...Leor: One thing I will say about the US Office, which I thought about when I was reading your response, is the documentary angle doesn't make any sense. In the UK one, they filmed them over 6 episodes, and it was over. Series 2 began over a year later, where they're all minor celebrities after the documentary has aired. But at this point the people in Dunder-Mifflin seem to constantly be filmed, with absolutely no documentary happening. That doesn't make any sense to me. Sometimes I think there really aren't cameras, it's just a postmodern gimmick they're adding where the characters are constantly acknowledging a viewership out there.Nikki Staffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04463618183850438914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-6368893596323249002007-01-10T07:56:00.000-05:002007-01-10T07:56:00.000-05:00i don't think the american version of the office h...i don't think the american version of the office has run its course, but the way they set up the british version, it felt like it would only be a short series (ie. right from the first episode, they told us that one of the branches would be closing, and made it seem like the whole documentary angle was a short-term thing). with the american office, they've taken it to new places and expanded it much more. not that they couldn't have done that with the british version, though.leorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04498938749074364613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-42331714328037051482007-01-09T22:19:00.000-05:002007-01-09T22:19:00.000-05:00Jay: I tend to be like you, and hold on to shows l...Jay: I tend to be like you, and hold on to shows long after they're any good hoping they'll get better, which is why I refused to let this one go until I'd seen it all the way to the end of the first half. But lately, TV's just gotten SO good, I figure why waste my time watching dreck when there are hours and hours of other good things on television far more worth my time? And I disagree on Lost ever having a down time. ;) <br /><br />Leor: Ditto, though I wonder, are you saying The Office, American Style, has run its course? In the past year, it's actually moved beyond The UK Office in terms of hilarity. I loved the UK Office, but never laughed at it the way I do the American one. It's nowhere near running its course, in my opinion. As for Life on Mars, just watching that now and enjoying it, and must admit I'm pretty worried about the US version coming out. <br /><br />Chapatikid: Yay! We have much to discuss. I'll be blogging on Dexter soon. :)Nikki Staffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04463618183850438914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-12584837884872734962007-01-09T20:30:00.000-05:002007-01-09T20:30:00.000-05:00Hey Niks,
I just wanted to let you know that the ...Hey Niks,<br /><br />I just wanted to let you know that the first thing I did when I came back from Colombia was download the season finale of Dexter. And can I say that I am in pieces over it. I LOVED it.The Chapati Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08916089544395886858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-69942591470050457792007-01-09T16:15:00.000-05:002007-01-09T16:15:00.000-05:00interesting thoughts. i do agree with a lot of yo...interesting thoughts. i do agree with a lot of your comments, but i haven't given up on the show, mostly because of the intrigue of the conspiracy behind it all. i also like seeing what happens to some of the characters, even though most people on the show are clueless.<br /><br />it brings me to a thought i've had for a long time: certain shows should have a finite lifespan. "life on mars" is a great example: it's a mystery that will be resolved in two 8-episode seasons. likewise with the original "the office", which had a 2 season arc. when american shows try to wring out as many seasons as possible, they not only waters down the content and gets stuck in a rut of "where do we take this next?", they also risk alienating viewers, who get sick of being teased constantly. if, for example, "lost" was announced as a 4 season story, viewers would be more forgiving, because they would know at some point mysteries would be solved and a resolution would be achieved. i think it would also be more of an event if shows like lost were treated more like an extended mini-series.<br />- leorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-78667891837049673032007-01-09T15:52:00.000-05:002007-01-09T15:52:00.000-05:00i haven't watched a second of Prison Break (Wentwo...i haven't watched a second of Prison Break (Wentworth Miller is still the guy on the Sunnydale swim team to me) but that was some entertaining bloggin.Crissy Calhounhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12649031326901904608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-8670533434759170602007-01-09T08:42:00.000-05:002007-01-09T08:42:00.000-05:00I can't give up on this show yet. However implausi...I can't give up on this show yet. However implausible as it may be, it was entertaining last year. If I was willing to put up with a down year of Lost, I'll give Prison Break a few more episodes.<br /><br />Dominic Purcell was the reason I started watching this show. I agree his character's terrible, but my wife and I loved him in the short-lived John Doe. The character I hate most is Wentworth Miller's. I mean, there's stoic and then there's flatlining. The guy's got to get a pulse. Stressed, anxious, happy, sad, angry -- it's all the same!!! He's like a modern-day Keanu Reeves.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />JayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com