Is anybody else excited about this new series? I'm excited about this since its created by Bryan Fuller, who wrote some for Star Trek, but created Dead Like Me, one of the funniest fucking shows in a while. So anyhow discuss!

10/3/2007 7:19:35 PM

So I have only seen the ads. Is it just people going to heaven or something ?

10/3/2007 7:21:30 PM

Naw its sorta fantasy forensics as I understand it. Basically the main character can bring back people from the dead with one touch, but if he touches them again they go back to being dead. So he does this to solve crimes; wake up murder victims, ask them what happened, and then touch them again and make them dead once again. Then he finds his high school sweetheart dead and brings her back, but can never touch her again.

BTW all the critics that have gotten to preview this have said its the best new show of the year, and could be the next Lost? Not sure about all that, but I am hoping its gonna be good.

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10/3/2007 7:28:42 PM

can't record this

too much else on right now, argh

10/3/2007 8:13:25 PM

i'm watching it. it's just ok so far. kinda reminds me of Burton's Big Fish.

10/3/2007 8:15:00 PM

^very much so, but i liked big fish so this works for me

add from wiki:

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"Bruce Cohen is an American film producer. Cohen and his partner, Dan Jinks, run Jinks-Cohen Productions. Cohen and Jinks produced American Beauty, winner of the 1999 Academy Award for Best Picture. Among other films that Cohen has produced are The Forgotten, Big Fish, and To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar."

-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Cohen

[Edited on October 3, 2007 at 8:31 PM. Reason : explains that Ø]

10/3/2007 8:23:55 PM

i enjoyed it. very good visuals!!!

10/3/2007 9:00:22 PM

Very different. I liked it. Will watch again. Shit, nothing else on at this time but Kid Nation.

10/3/2007 9:11:16 PM

it's kind of a different show from LOST

so i don't see it being the next LOST

but i like it

10/3/2007 9:12:31 PM

I loved the first ep

10/3/2007 9:12:59 PM

i enjoyed it

Big Fish was the first thing that popped into my head as well

10/3/2007 9:30:35 PM

added to weekly DVR list

10/3/2007 9:38:34 PM

Charlie, I think they meant as a possible breakout hit from the rest of the pack. First really fucking original new series this year, much like Lost was at the time.

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10/3/2007 9:41:29 PM

I missed the first 10 minutes, so I feel like I missed a good bit of exposition. I loved it. Great visuals, great narration, very surreal.

My thoughts went first to Big Fish and then to Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.

10/3/2007 9:58:35 PM

eh...i just don't see it being as big of a hit as LOST is

likable show? yes

as big of a following as LOST? probably not

10/3/2007 9:59:55 PM

i liked it- looks really good in HD

i hope it's not a "we've got an awesome show, let's cancel it" sort of deal

10/3/2007 10:40:07 PM

thought this show was awesome!

10/3/2007 11:06:11 PM

When I saw the previews for this movie I thought of Big Fish too but that's why I'm not watching this. I didn't care for BF at all.

10/4/2007 12:00:59 AM

Definitely a "Dead Like Me" vibe while watching this, makes sense now. Pilot was decent, though it doesn't seem like there's much to do with homicide/forensics as just two guys tryin' to get rich via ransoms.

10/4/2007 12:23:22 AM

I loved how the scene with the mermaid girls smacked a lot of Amelie; same song as in the subway station, same green/blue color use, same recluse characters. Plus the chick is so similar to Amelie in her cute intelligent sexy shy way.

10/4/2007 12:29:34 AM

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"Charlotte: Do you believe in reincarnation? Emerson: Hell no. The planet's falling apart. Right now, it's the children's problem. We reincarnate, it's our problem. "

10/4/2007 12:43:36 AM

deeeeep...

10/4/2007 6:08:04 AM

i liked it. definitely reminded me of big fish and dead like me. i didn't really know what to expect and didn't have high hopes, but i decided to watch just a couple of minutes and it was funny. i'll watch it again next week...we'll have to wait and see for the rest of the season. i like the weirdness.

10/4/2007 8:17:16 AM

I liked it, sorta even had a bit of a Dr. Seuss feel to it. But I definitely see a Big Fish in it.

10/4/2007 9:51:42 AM

I thought it was great. The best new show I've seen this season.

10/4/2007 9:57:14 AM

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"I thought it was great. The best new show I've seen this season."

10/4/2007 11:14:54 AM

It was ok. Cool visuals, a bit too hokey for me. Where's the plot gonna go? At this point, I don't really care what's going to happen to those characters.

10/4/2007 11:41:28 AM

This was great, added to weekly list.

10/4/2007 12:41:08 PM

did you end up downloading it?

10/4/2007 12:42:05 PM

Yeah, I really enjoyed it. The writing is fantastic. Definitely recommend it.

10/4/2007 1:35:35 PM

not a very good show imo.

10/4/2007 2:14:55 PM

I thought the hand-holding thing was really nice writing. Plus they had some zinger at the end which was unexpectedly cute.

+2

10/4/2007 3:35:23 PM

I like this show kind of reminds me of 6 ft under but more fun and fantasy-like.

10/5/2007 1:02:21 PM

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"I liked it, sorta even had a bit of a Dr. Seuss feel to it."

haha, yeah I said that to teh_toch while watching it. The narration and the colors I guess.

10/5/2007 1:07:17 PM

I saw the first episode tonight - they replayed it on ABC. I'm a big fan of the colors, scenery, and narration. I think it's a good show. I hope it sticks around for a while!

10/6/2007 1:50:28 AM

10/10/2007 8:30:07 PM

This is some Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory shit. I hate it so far.

10/10/2007 8:47:49 PM

last night was the 2nd episode i've seen (was it the 2nd ever?) and i'm starting to really love this show. i love the surreal-ness of it and the fact that the narrator is the guy in the walgreen's commercials (the ones about the town called perfect or whatever). i also love the dialog, it's quick and odd and i <3 it. there are some GREAT lines in this show but you've got be listening fast for them.

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10/18/2007 8:46:23 AM

last night was the third episode.

i love this show. Its a great break from the ordinary tv shows, even a great break from the likes of heroes.

anna friel is so freakin cute as Chuck.

10/18/2007 8:52:19 AM

Walgreen's! sonofabitch. i should have known it wasn't visa.

10/18/2007 9:15:45 AM

might have to try this out next week

10/18/2007 11:14:42 AM

BTW all these fucking shows are playing online too, just go to the networks website to catch up. I watch 3-4 shows a week on the website because its scheduled when another show I like more comes on. Thats the easiest way to catch up on Pushing Daisies.

10/19/2007 12:25:41 PM

I like this show too. To me the Narrator sounds like the narrator in charlie and the chocolate factory *the one w/ johnny depp*. Doesn't he?

I don't even remember to watch this show when it comes on...i keep having to catch it online

10/19/2007 6:40:33 PM

i was on the fence but as i watch the third ep. what a great show.

i was wanting them to tie things together early in the season, but this was 200 mph.

great ep. great show.

10/20/2007 2:59:28 AM

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"To me the Narrator sounds like the narrator in charlie and the chocolate factory *the one w/ johnny depp*. Doesn't he?"

It's a different guy. The narrator for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was Geoffrey Holder.

Jim Dale, of Harry Potter audiobooks fame, does the narration for Pushing Daisies.

10/20/2007 9:45:05 PM

press release just came out saying they canceled it

10/20/2007 10:12:37 PM

^don't listen to the fucktard

10/21/2007 1:35:15 PM

yeah, I thought it was just okay. I'll watch again, but the whole "I touch you and you come back to life, then I touch you again and you're dead forever" thing was kinda weak imo. I don't know, with all the shows that I already have to make time for, I don't see this one making the cut

10/22/2007 10:20:49 AM

ABC has just ordered a full season (22 episodes)!!!

10/23/2007 2:54:05 PM

NSFW:
http://www.idontlikeyouinthatway.com/2007/10/anna-friel-is-topless.html

10/29/2007 1:43:28 PM