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What is the trailer music?
What were the scars on the prosecutor's face?
When's this coming out?
RIP
Is this trial gonna be broadcast?
The problem with "Evil"
Looking at the awards page SPOILS all the seasons
Which episode is this?
"Say It" Has Been Found!
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I think I just ran across it while browsing IMDb and liked the premise. I'm a fan of JRD anyway so I gave it a watch. The first two seasons were a lot of fun even if they never reached the steady quality of "Quantum Leap". After that they began resembling cheap knockoff movies so I stopped watching around season 4. I'd definitely check out a reboot or a remake. The original cast was really quite good.
I've only seen it quite recently so I have no nostalgia towards the show and I also think it has an absolutely brilliant premise. Like "Quantum Leap" or "Doctor Who" it was a show that could do anything and go anywhere - be any genre in any style. I'd love a really ambitious and smart reboot. But I do agree that most of the actual episodes are average at best.
He's FINE in it (and I say this as a huge fan of his work, especially in "Colditz"). He has the world weary, skeletal look which fits the mood of the film. However, he also looks far too sophisticated and gentle to be a convicting tough-as-nails New York cop. It doesn't help that they dubbed him over with a voice that would fit a man like Ed Asner more than Jack Hadley. The Italian dub has a better suited, more low-key voice that makes his performance come across better. Otherwise, his character as written is kinda flat and lifeless and other than the scenes with his prostitute/girlfriend all he gets to do is give exposition and look disappointed. I doubt Jack had to stretch his acting talents very much.
Not at all. If anything it's a lampoon of New York leftist wannabe intellectuals who think they know everything about the South.
There are a few good ones on right now. I love cosy mysteries and get my fix with shows like "Death in Paradise" (although it was in its prime during the Kris Marshall years) and "Queens of Mystery".
No.
Yeah, it's still hilarious.
A bit hard trimming his part since he's, you know... the killer.
That's actually funnier than anything in the movie.
It'll be a bit hard to hide him in the film since, you know... he plays the killer.
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