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Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation

Breakinger A Brilliant Conflict

Matylda Swan It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

adampkalb I admit, I was scared by this show when I was 9 and it premiered, but I've been able to look past all the scary stuff from this show. When you're 14 it looks funnier to see murder victims talk while still in their damaged condition...most of the time. I love this show more than Dead Like Me because the characters are more interesting and likable and Pushing Daises is also still a sweet show at its core, even though it isn't as kid-friendly as it first appears. Also, there are no Gravelings that could be moving things or reaper ghost people any time someone dies onscreen, so this likely isn't the same universe even though the Happy Time Temp Agency was mentioned in this show. Or if Dead Like Me really is in the same universe as Bryan Fuller's other 3 shows, the Gravelings and reapers seem to be limited exclusively to the location of Dead Like Me in Seatte/Vancouver. The best part is that even though there are consequences for reviving the dead that you need to carefully consider if you are Ned and want to keep somebody alive, there doesn't seem to be any consequences for saving somebody from dying in the first place like Dead Like Me had, such as the "hunting spree" or a soul rotting in a survivor of their time to die, but what if a soul trapped in its dead body rotted before it could be taken late? I love Ned and Chuck and also sometimes Emerson and Olive are funny too.

MartinHafer "Pushing Daisies" was a marvelously original show--so much so that it had to fail. After all, good television is like the sentiment 'no good deed goes unpunished'! And, like a wonderful show, it manages to start off with a real bang--with an episode that keeps you wanting more.Apparently, the idea for "Pushing Daisies" was originally a plot idea for "Dead Like Me"--another show so good that it quickly failed. In the show, they had planned to have the reapers learn that some of their victims had mysteriously returned to life--the result of a guy with magical life-giving powers. Well, the idea was re-tooled for this ABC series and was done independently of "Dead Like Me". However, unlike "Dead Like Me" the atmosphere, costumes and set design had a much more other-worldly appearance--like it was filmed in a magical fictional land--full of LOTS of primary and secondary colors! I could try to explain the series, but frankly it defies explanations. Plus, IMDb has a summary. Instead, lets' focus specifically on what they got right...other than everything (which is true but a bit vague). The characters are exquisitely written and easy to love...very easy to love. The dialog is even better--very, very snappy, intelligently written and clever. And the plots generally very good--specifically so in this pilot. In this case the entire lore of Ned's magical powers is explained as well as the set-up for the series--his partner Emerson (my favorite character), how he accidentally brought Chuck (a girl) back to life as well as his strange but lovable employee (Olive).

Kristie M I stumbled upon this show while watching Go! one night a few weeks ago and thought I'd see what it was like. I gave it a few weeks and about 3 episodes before deciding it wasn't worth watching.Although components of this show are very original, I find that at the same time it's just the same old Angst they used to sell other shows/films such as Twilight. I just feel the whole "We have feelings for each other, but we can't really be together" thing is a cheap way of grabbing ratings.I just didn't enjoy watching the show. It was very boring and repetitive.

ciaoster By introduction, this series is glaringly cinematic, with Fuller applying a Beattyesque (Dick Tracy) style to its composition – garishly strong colours, simple and immediately recognisable "bad" people and benign, yet irritating, lead characters (apart from Emerson Cod).However, what, potentially, was a brilliant concept for a TV series, was produced as a wanton flagrant waste and while I appreciate the originality of the visual, it really is just a rip-off of other, more successful, artists, replacing solid characters with hollow mannequins and witty repartee with vacuous dialogue that chafes the intellect and exacerbates the senses.It really was a huge disappointment.