Comments on: Speaking parts ruin television http://dannynovo.com/2008/02/27/speaking-parts-ruin-television/ is opinionated Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:39:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Danny http://dannynovo.com/2008/02/27/speaking-parts-ruin-television/comment-page-1/#comment-1333 Danny Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:38:27 +0000 http://dannynovo.com/2008/02/27/speaking-parts-ruin-television/#comment-1333 Lately for us it has been the unexpected appearance of Bruce Davison. But just after the opening vignette, can you really be sure? Oh, you can <em>sound</em> sure, for the more effective unsettling of your opponent, but can you be sure? Lately for us it has been the unexpected appearance of Bruce Davison. But just after the opening vignette, can you really be sure? Oh, you can sound sure, for the more effective unsettling of your opponent, but can you be sure?

]]> By: mark http://dannynovo.com/2008/02/27/speaking-parts-ruin-television/comment-page-1/#comment-1332 mark Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:03:03 +0000 http://dannynovo.com/2008/02/27/speaking-parts-ruin-television/#comment-1332 Sometimes it's even more subtle, like the camera lingering just a bit too long on some bystander who's making a telltale face of some kind. I don't know what the answer is, but in the case of my movie gripe in my comment to your Oscars post, I think the answer is clearly to use an unknown actor instead of someone recognizable. The thing with the drama/mystery/police procedural show is that the formula is so familiar. It's almost like a competition at our house now: Who'll be first to figure out the entire plot? Sometimes we nail it after seeing only the opening vignette. Sometimes it’s even more subtle, like the camera lingering just a bit too long on some bystander who’s making a telltale face of some kind. I don’t know what the answer is, but in the case of my movie gripe in my comment to your Oscars post, I think the answer is clearly to use an unknown actor instead of someone recognizable.

The thing with the drama/mystery/police procedural show is that the formula is so familiar. It’s almost like a competition at our house now: Who’ll be first to figure out the entire plot? Sometimes we nail it after seeing only the opening vignette.

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