I just watched a preview on Youtube, and I am curious about this scene. They appear to be in a store that sells food and liquor? I see big bottles that look like liquor bottles. The sign says “liquor” but…there is also food aisles and what looks like hot food set up equipment. Am I right?
I’m a big fan of Jason Lee, and Alfre Woodard is always good, but I thought this was pretty awful. No chemistry among any of the actors at all. I’ll give it another shot next week to see if things gel together any better, but if there’s not a big improvement I’m out.
I think so. It looks like part of the scene was in a storeroom – that’s the only explanation I have for what looked like shelves of brown pocket files in the background, next to shelves of booze.
I’ve never seen a grocery/liquor/prepared food store. The local liquor store has a popcorn machine though!
I haven’t watched yet. Might not. Alan Sepinwall didn’t like it, and I trust his judgment.
But Jason Lee is kinda handsome without that moustache.
Jason Lee is a cutie isn’t he?
Around 30 seconds into the video I see packaged foods as he’s walking down the aisle. I do believe they’ve made Memphis into some sort of hoochie town what with the liquor and the food all in one handy location. Wish it was true. I do get tired of making two stops on the weekend.
On Earl, he was giving a kid advice on getting girls: “First thing, grow a mustache.” I miss it - it was so Earl-ish.
I really didn’t like it that much, but I’ll give it another chance. Sometimes pilot/premiere episodes are the weakest of a series.
It was nice to see Jason and Alfre reunited again because they were so adorable in Mumford.
After watching that preview, I think they should probably rename this show unless they are actually going to be filming around here in Memphis. One has to go a fair way out of the city proper before things are as… rural as that store in the clip.
Director was Clark Johnson (Meldrick from H:LOTS)! I would’ve guessed it was someone connected to Homicide or The Closer. He’s directed a lot of cop shows, apparently (but not The Closer so far). IMDB credits this ep.to John Fortenberry, for some reason.
I liked it a lot. I can see why some might not, but pilot episodes are always tripped up by having to introduce the main characters. I think this will get better fast. I like the musical choices, but hope they go more for the obscure in the future.
I liked the music too. The scenery – it was so jumbled, it didn’t leave an impression. If not for the Elvis stuff, it could have been almost anywhere.
I’m really tired of the trope of the rules-bending cop with a rules-making boss. One thing I liked about Justified is that, for the most part, Raylan and Art were on the same page. They didn’t waste time butting heads about penny ante shit.
I turned off the DVR when the girl got hit by the car. Her dying (?) words are about the old lady? How conveeeeeeeenient. I kinda liked it up until then though, mostly because of the music.
It’s been years since I left Memphis, but back then you couldn’t buy liquor and food at the same place. In fact, you couldn’t buy beer in a liquor store. So that scene actually got our attention. The whole show was definitely not Memphis–why not make it a N.O. show? And I hate to burst their bubble, but Memphians, in general, aren’t the world’s biggest Elvis fans. All those people you see crying and holding candles around Graceland are definitely not from Memphis.:rolleyes:
It’s an inoffensive way to spend an hour, but not a great show. I am relieved that Jason Lee’s character is merely a singer who enjoys Elvis songs as opposed to being a full-blown Elvis impersonator. That would have been a whole new level of irritating.
Yeah, I didn’t hate it. I will keep it on the record list a while. I thought that there were a few trite areas, but all in all, not a horrible premier.
That would be common in New Oleans. Hell, they serve Daquiris in the movie theaters there, and you can get a poboy, a pint of whiskey and fill your tank at the convinience stores.
As far as the show, that was some gawd-awful writing. I do not for a moment believe that was Jason Lee singing (although I’d be delighted to be proven wrong). We got some big laughs at his current athletic prowess, though. He’s put on a few since Earl - but it looks good on him.
And here’s the question I couldn’t google-up - is DJ Qualls a Scirntologist? Lee is very generous in bringing his Scientologist brethren into his projects, and Qualls and the ponytailed cops were a couple Earl alumni we were curious about.
Well, I gave it 20 minutes, and was bored shitless.
So, no thanks.