Post by niecie on Jul 16, 2013 18:33:11 GMT -5
That's a lot of lobster! But I wonder why the painting isn't crated?
The man inspecting the warehouse at the very beginning is played by Bob Herron, who was Ross Martin's stunt double. I have no idea what those things are he finds in the WINES boxes. Anyone recognize them?
One thing I always wonder about is what becomes of the Asian lady? She's there in the teaser, but never shows up again. For that matter, she engages in so much overkill, she's the reason Jim doesn't get killed. First she sets the bomb in the warehouse. Then she gives the guitar player the high sign to go after Jim. Then she sends Jim out to meet Capt Jackson. So then the guitar player tries to garrote Jim while a second man (where'd he come from??) goes after Jim with a knife.
Well, if there's one thing about fighting Jim West, the more people who go after him at once, the more opportunities he has to use one against another! He takes out both the garrote guy and the knifeman -- but their very actions have made Jim suspicious, and so he takes his sweet time walking into the warehouse -- and thus he is not killed by the bomb.
We get treated to the sight of the small room on the Wanderer with all the hidden items in it again -- not to mention, to the sight of Jim shirtless.
Gatita has some strange superstitions. Not to mention that second dress she wears. I know it's a costume for dancing, but my first thought seeing it is: how does she sit down?
Ah, Gatita, one of many Bad Girls in the first season who wind up getting off scot-free at the end of the episode. Of course, she does switch sides midway through, so it's understandable if she's forgiven. But in the first act, when she drugs Jim and pulls the cord to set the trap in the deadly bed in motion -- she's cold, just cold. Watching her then, there doesn't seem to be the least thing about her that's redeemable.
I love Jim's look at the start of Act 2 when he finally wakes up enough to realize the danger he's in!
I never have quite understood the coal business though. Is the piece of coal Jim steals ordinary coal, or some of the special stuff Artie's making? And while I get the idea Artie's making the fake coal because Capt Jackson asked him to, did they know why Jackson wanted it? That's not very clear to me. And if they didn't know why Jackson wanted it, why does Artie go on making it after Jackson is dead? I guess I'm missing the explanation somewhere, because I just never have figured it out.
Ah, Artie's line! "Don't I make the sun rise in the West every morning?"
Hey! When Jim leaves the train after the scene where Artie says the line above, there's a man working on the engine in the background. Yay, one of the engine crew!
What is the point of that "fox hunt"? To show what a cruel man Flory is?
Oh, and something that always sets my teeth on edge: Monsieur pronounced as if it's "M'sure." No. Just no. It's not an "sh" sound; it's more of an "sy" sound. Jim gets it right, but what's really annoying is that the actor playing the character of the Frenchman Flory gets it wrong. grr
Another question: the gong thing -- why?
I like how Jim comes up with his instant disguise in the underground area. It shouldn't have worked, of course, (and once he got into the candle-lit corridor, it becomes apparent that it didn't work) but it's still nice and inventive of him.
Jim's reaction to Gatita's "Help me" is perfect. After what she did to him, she expects him to help her??
Now, the scene where Flory taunts Roxane by describing the food to her and feeding it to the dogs while she must sit at her end of the table and starve -- that to me is a much better way to show Flory's cruelty. And the fact that Gatita flouts his orders by giving Roxane some food makes Gatita begin to be a sympathetic character. But I never do figure out what Roxane did that Flory feels she must be punished for -- no, nor even why Roxane is there.
You know, I'd love to have a look at the script.
I enjoy the history lesson about France's involvement in Mexico. Now of course it's not a good idea to learn one's history from tv shows, particularly from modern shows, but the writers of WWW were an erudite bunch, weren't they? :-)
Cute little toy train! And the evil other toy train lurking in the tunnel. Boo hiss! That's a really big train set Flory has, btw. So he pulled some of the workers off the tasks of getting the real ram-train operational in order to build the whoppin' big train set? For that matter, what ensures that Flory's train won't be derailed by the impact?
And one thing I always wonder about is Flory's boast of laying secret train tracks. Granted, this was well before the days of satellite surveillance, but once his ram-train pulls off its first mission, won't someone notice those secret tracks leading back across the border? Train tracks are not easy to hide.
Ah, Artie alert! With a nice big mustache! :-D
Ok, Artie ties a knot in the carrying strap of the special coal and sort of hides it, but how can he be sure no one will use the coal from that basket before he gets back?
Yay, the gong *sarcasm* But here we see one of the many many examples of Jim's clairvoyance in knowing what sort of gadget he'll need well before he needs it (not to mention, one of the first examples of Artie as Jim's Q). I kind of suspect that in reality, it would take quite a bit longer than Jim has for the reflection from the ring to burn through the rope enough for him to snap it. But it's WWW so no worries!
And here comes Artie to the rescue, with one of his patented drunk acts! *grin* Drunk and singing, and with a little surprise in the wine skin. Curiously, when Artie asks the guard if he'd like a little to drink, he uses the familiar form of the verb in Spanish.
I like the fight, how Jim uses the gong as a weapon even though he's still tied up at three points -- and how Gatita spoils the aim of one of the guards so he can't shoot Jim. Pity Flory figures out what's in the wine skin and shoots it. Technically though, shouldn't the bullet have gone right through the wine skin and lodged in Artie's, ah... tushie?
Artie's line, "I could recite." But then, what is that he's doing? It's very entertaining, him hopping all around doing his rabble rousing thing -- but he's going on and on in English! Moments later when Jim wants everyone out of there, he tells Gatita to talk to the others, and she speaks to them in Spanish. Artie knows Spanish, so why did he rant in English?
For that matter, what is he babbling about? There's another point I'd like to see the script -- I always wonder if that was scripted, or if they just turned Ross loose.
The dogs' names translate to Angel and Devil, and Flory's one redeeming feature is that, when he knows the place is going to blow up, he sends his dogs away so they won't be killed.
A lot more time passes than one minute and thirty seconds, I think.
Traveling shovel of death...
Poor Artie! I know it's an awful moment when the mountain explodes and he thinks Jim was still in there -- but it always strikes me that half his mustache is falling off.
And the tag -- a reprise of the tequila business, and Artie with a little walk-on, walk-off while Jim gets to kiss the girl and watch her dance.
Did I miss anything? Let's talk!
The man inspecting the warehouse at the very beginning is played by Bob Herron, who was Ross Martin's stunt double. I have no idea what those things are he finds in the WINES boxes. Anyone recognize them?
One thing I always wonder about is what becomes of the Asian lady? She's there in the teaser, but never shows up again. For that matter, she engages in so much overkill, she's the reason Jim doesn't get killed. First she sets the bomb in the warehouse. Then she gives the guitar player the high sign to go after Jim. Then she sends Jim out to meet Capt Jackson. So then the guitar player tries to garrote Jim while a second man (where'd he come from??) goes after Jim with a knife.
Well, if there's one thing about fighting Jim West, the more people who go after him at once, the more opportunities he has to use one against another! He takes out both the garrote guy and the knifeman -- but their very actions have made Jim suspicious, and so he takes his sweet time walking into the warehouse -- and thus he is not killed by the bomb.
We get treated to the sight of the small room on the Wanderer with all the hidden items in it again -- not to mention, to the sight of Jim shirtless.
Gatita has some strange superstitions. Not to mention that second dress she wears. I know it's a costume for dancing, but my first thought seeing it is: how does she sit down?
Ah, Gatita, one of many Bad Girls in the first season who wind up getting off scot-free at the end of the episode. Of course, she does switch sides midway through, so it's understandable if she's forgiven. But in the first act, when she drugs Jim and pulls the cord to set the trap in the deadly bed in motion -- she's cold, just cold. Watching her then, there doesn't seem to be the least thing about her that's redeemable.
I love Jim's look at the start of Act 2 when he finally wakes up enough to realize the danger he's in!
I never have quite understood the coal business though. Is the piece of coal Jim steals ordinary coal, or some of the special stuff Artie's making? And while I get the idea Artie's making the fake coal because Capt Jackson asked him to, did they know why Jackson wanted it? That's not very clear to me. And if they didn't know why Jackson wanted it, why does Artie go on making it after Jackson is dead? I guess I'm missing the explanation somewhere, because I just never have figured it out.
Ah, Artie's line! "Don't I make the sun rise in the West every morning?"
Hey! When Jim leaves the train after the scene where Artie says the line above, there's a man working on the engine in the background. Yay, one of the engine crew!
What is the point of that "fox hunt"? To show what a cruel man Flory is?
Oh, and something that always sets my teeth on edge: Monsieur pronounced as if it's "M'sure." No. Just no. It's not an "sh" sound; it's more of an "sy" sound. Jim gets it right, but what's really annoying is that the actor playing the character of the Frenchman Flory gets it wrong. grr
Another question: the gong thing -- why?
I like how Jim comes up with his instant disguise in the underground area. It shouldn't have worked, of course, (and once he got into the candle-lit corridor, it becomes apparent that it didn't work) but it's still nice and inventive of him.
Jim's reaction to Gatita's "Help me" is perfect. After what she did to him, she expects him to help her??
Now, the scene where Flory taunts Roxane by describing the food to her and feeding it to the dogs while she must sit at her end of the table and starve -- that to me is a much better way to show Flory's cruelty. And the fact that Gatita flouts his orders by giving Roxane some food makes Gatita begin to be a sympathetic character. But I never do figure out what Roxane did that Flory feels she must be punished for -- no, nor even why Roxane is there.
You know, I'd love to have a look at the script.
I enjoy the history lesson about France's involvement in Mexico. Now of course it's not a good idea to learn one's history from tv shows, particularly from modern shows, but the writers of WWW were an erudite bunch, weren't they? :-)
Cute little toy train! And the evil other toy train lurking in the tunnel. Boo hiss! That's a really big train set Flory has, btw. So he pulled some of the workers off the tasks of getting the real ram-train operational in order to build the whoppin' big train set? For that matter, what ensures that Flory's train won't be derailed by the impact?
And one thing I always wonder about is Flory's boast of laying secret train tracks. Granted, this was well before the days of satellite surveillance, but once his ram-train pulls off its first mission, won't someone notice those secret tracks leading back across the border? Train tracks are not easy to hide.
Ah, Artie alert! With a nice big mustache! :-D
Ok, Artie ties a knot in the carrying strap of the special coal and sort of hides it, but how can he be sure no one will use the coal from that basket before he gets back?
Yay, the gong *sarcasm* But here we see one of the many many examples of Jim's clairvoyance in knowing what sort of gadget he'll need well before he needs it (not to mention, one of the first examples of Artie as Jim's Q). I kind of suspect that in reality, it would take quite a bit longer than Jim has for the reflection from the ring to burn through the rope enough for him to snap it. But it's WWW so no worries!
And here comes Artie to the rescue, with one of his patented drunk acts! *grin* Drunk and singing, and with a little surprise in the wine skin. Curiously, when Artie asks the guard if he'd like a little to drink, he uses the familiar form of the verb in Spanish.
I like the fight, how Jim uses the gong as a weapon even though he's still tied up at three points -- and how Gatita spoils the aim of one of the guards so he can't shoot Jim. Pity Flory figures out what's in the wine skin and shoots it. Technically though, shouldn't the bullet have gone right through the wine skin and lodged in Artie's, ah... tushie?
Artie's line, "I could recite." But then, what is that he's doing? It's very entertaining, him hopping all around doing his rabble rousing thing -- but he's going on and on in English! Moments later when Jim wants everyone out of there, he tells Gatita to talk to the others, and she speaks to them in Spanish. Artie knows Spanish, so why did he rant in English?
For that matter, what is he babbling about? There's another point I'd like to see the script -- I always wonder if that was scripted, or if they just turned Ross loose.
The dogs' names translate to Angel and Devil, and Flory's one redeeming feature is that, when he knows the place is going to blow up, he sends his dogs away so they won't be killed.
A lot more time passes than one minute and thirty seconds, I think.
Traveling shovel of death...
Poor Artie! I know it's an awful moment when the mountain explodes and he thinks Jim was still in there -- but it always strikes me that half his mustache is falling off.
And the tag -- a reprise of the tequila business, and Artie with a little walk-on, walk-off while Jim gets to kiss the girl and watch her dance.
Did I miss anything? Let's talk!