Home Theater Forum › Home Theater Forum › Entertainment › TV Programming › ALIAS season 4 ongoing thread (merged)
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

ALIAS season 4 ongoing thread (merged) - Page 14

post #391 of 788
3/5/05 at 6:47am
"This show gets more and more like Buffy each episode."

At least SMG was easy to look at...
Reply
post #392 of 788
3/5/05 at 7:34am
Second reference I've seen to MI:5. I'd love to take a look, but the DVD sets are $40 for S1 and $70 for S2.
Reply
post #393 of 788
3/5/05 at 7:35am
Quote:
At least SMG was easy to look at...

And Jennifer Garner isn't?! Check your eyes, my friend! Yowzers!
Reply
post #394 of 788
3/5/05 at 7:14pm
I prefer Jennifer Garner's chizeled body far more over SMG's almost-anorexic build. And I'm a bigger fan of Buffy than Alias.

BTW, I think Garner has been going through the motions since the middle of season 3. Maybe thats what Nadia is there for? In case Garner ever ditches JJ Abrams.
Reply
post #395 of 788
3/5/05 at 8:12pm
Quote:
BTW, I think Garner has been going through the motions since the middle of season 3. Maybe thats what Nadia is there for? In case Garner ever ditches JJ Abrams.
Interesting thought. The prophecy does predict that one of them will die eventually, no?
Reply
post #396 of 788
3/6/05 at 10:46am
The into shows that Garner is Alias. If she leaves, the series is over. I suspect that her less involved performance might be due to her filming movies at the same time- doesn't leave much time for sleep.
Reply
post #397 of 788
3/6/05 at 11:58am
I honestly don't really see Garner making a HUGE dent in the film industry. The movies I've seen her in weren't really all that spectacular and aren't films I would see again.
Reply
post #398 of 788
3/6/05 at 7:47pm
Quote:
"This show gets more and more like Buffy each episode."


Absolutely disagree. Buffy was one of the best television shows we'll ever see, created by people who loved and cared passionately about what they did. At this point, if the writers and producers of Alias aren't going through the motions, they need to get out of the television-making business. This show seriously has no soul. Mission. Exposition. Mission. Mission. Jennifer Garner. Jennifer Garner's body. Mission. Mission. Exposition. Almost continuity. Mission.
Reply
post #399 of 788
3/6/05 at 8:27pm
Quote:
Maybe thats what Nadi oa is there for? In case Garner ever ditches JJ Abrams.

Garner has said on a number of ocassions that she
would stick with the show for the duration.
Reply
post #400 of 788
3/7/05 at 11:16am
She also signed a contract keeping her on through at least 7 seasons. So she's not going anywhere.
Reply
post #401 of 788
3/7/05 at 11:26am
She may not be going anywhere, but a contract hardly ensures that.
Reply
post #402 of 788
3/7/05 at 11:57am
Quote:
She also signed a contract keeping her on through at least 7 seasons.


I thought the contract was more of a development deal with ABC not necessarily with Alias.

Mike
Reply
post #403 of 788
3/8/05 at 9:17am
I believe it was for Alias..She would've been a fool not to sign it, because ABC bumped her salary up to 250k per..
Reply
post #404 of 788
3/9/05 at 7:24pm
"The Index"

I'll say it again: Nadia is hardcore. Don't mess with Nadia, you'll be getting the horns.
Reply
post #405 of 788
3/9/05 at 7:41pm
Was that index the thing Sloane tried to steal in season 2? I can't remember which ep.
Reply
post #406 of 788
3/9/05 at 7:59pm
They're halfway through the season (assuming there's only twenty episodes this year) and I have to say that my favorite stuff so far this year has been little charcter moments and jokes. The episodes are progressively getting better too. Tonight's episode was probably my favorite this year except for Welcome To Liberty Village.

I can't wait to see what Jack and Sloane's plans are...

But I have to ask how many family members on this show have returned when they were thought to be dead? This new Vaughan storyline sorta seems lame (only due to the repeat factor) but I'm willing to give it a chance to see where they go with it.
Reply
post #407 of 788
3/9/05 at 8:39pm
there are 22 episodes this year, not 20. The first episode counts as 2.

As for the episode it was pretty awesome. My new fave this year with Echoes and Liberty Village behind it.
Reply
post #408 of 788
3/9/05 at 10:21pm
Great commercial for the brand new 2005 Ford Mustang in the middle of the show......oh wait, that was part of the show.

Seriously, though, Nadia could drive my 'Stang any time she wanted to. Yeah, baby!
Reply
post #409 of 788
3/9/05 at 10:22pm
At least no one said, "Get that 2005 Ford Mustang to Building 37!"
Reply
post #410 of 788
3/10/05 at 6:24am
Quote:
Great commercial for the brand new 2005 Ford Mustang in the middle of the show......oh wait, that was part of the show.
While in Brussels, they were traveling in a Ford 500 and a new Ford Mustang. I don't believe either vehicle is available in Europe, although there may be a few new Mustangs imported at great expense. Either way, it would be a pretty conspicuous way for spies to travel.

For product placement, it was a lot less embarassingly conspicuous than the various money shots of the nameplates during car chases in S2 and the "get in the F-150" episode from S3. The only truly great use of Ford product placement I have seen in a show was this past Sunday's Arrested Development. That was inspired and hilarious. (I already mentioned it in the thread for that show).

Regards,
Reply
post #411 of 788
3/10/05 at 6:45am
Quote:
I'll say it again: Nadia is hardcore. Don't mess with Nadia, you'll be getting the horns.

The tragedy of Sidney's life is that it seems she doesn't have an unconditional love/trust relationship with a single person in the world. Even Nadia, her blood (half) sister, seems to be one foot in long lost sisterly love land and one foot in don't make me angry... you wouldn't like me when I'm angry land.
Reply
post #412 of 788
3/10/05 at 9:02am
Good point...and Nadia, who always seems so sweet, is showing her bitter side.

As always, there were some great one-liners between Nadia's birthday speech to Jack's hybird comment...I like the direction the season is starting to take.
Reply
post #413 of 788
3/10/05 at 9:48am
Actually, I found this episode to be rather boring up until the last 15 minutes or so. They just seemed to be re-hashing the "Sloane is untrusworthy, evil etc." angle, without ever advancing the story. I find myself watching the episodes for those couple of minutes that are actually interesting in the hope that something is actually going to happen this season.

You know something is wrong with the show when Sydney comes off as annoying & whiney and you much prefer it when Nadia is on screen. The only things holding this show together are Jack , Sloane and Nadia. If the rest of the cast was killed off I wouldn't care.

OK, that's the end of my little rant .
Reply
post #414 of 788
3/10/05 at 11:31am
Last nights episode was pretty good. Although it was pretty predictable, there were some good humorous moments. It has actually grabbed my attention enough to make me watch next week.
Reply
post #415 of 788
3/10/05 at 2:28pm
When Jack went on about oil demand, etc. and then said "So, yes I would recommend a hybrid" was hilarious.
Reply
post #416 of 788
3/10/05 at 2:59pm
Ken,

I remember when they specifically pointed out the Ford Focus SVT in season 2 and that's exactly what I thought of when they were pimping the Mustang last night. I would say that only Ford pays the big bucks to advertise their cars on Alias, but they showcased the new Cadillac XLR convertible in the Liberty Village episode so I guess the show is equal opportunity when it comes to shilling for car companies.
Reply
post #417 of 788
3/10/05 at 6:20pm
Quote:
When Jack went on about oil demand, etc. and then said "So, yes I would recommend a hybrid" was hilarious.
It reminded me of "Debbie Downer" from SNL
Reply
post #418 of 788
3/10/05 at 8:03pm
Ron Rifkin's reaction to Weiss calling Sloane "Arvin" was classic (in addition to the earlier scene when Sloane catches him out).

This episode was better, but no one will ever convince me that Sloane isn't simply a misunderstood good guy!
Reply
post #419 of 788
3/11/05 at 6:50am
Quote:
Actually, I found this episode to be rather boring up until the last 15 minutes or so. They just seemed to be re-hashing the "Sloane is untrusworthy, evil etc." angle, without ever advancing the story. I find myself watching the episodes for those couple of minutes that are actually interesting in the hope that something is actually going to happen this season.


+1. This self contained thing has got to go.
Reply
post #420 of 788
3/13/05 at 1:58pm
It's working, I think. The episodes in season 1-2 were largely self-contained, with an ongoing story arc present. The only really big difference is the lack of a 5 minute cliff-hanger on every episode.

I'm assuming the finale will be a 2-hour one as well (20 episodes, 2 of which this season were two parters). If you look at the available dates, Lost 1.24 will coincide with the 20th episode of Alias, which likely means the following Wednesday ALIAS will be from 8-10.
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: TV Programming
Home Theater Forum › Home Theater Forum › Entertainment › TV Programming › ALIAS season 4 ongoing thread (merged)