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Cold Case: Forever Blue
starboardlight:
thanks for sharing that with us. that was a very well done episode. great story telling.
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I can't help but think there was some Brokeback hommage as well. Two guys sitting in lawn chairs sharing a bottle of whiskey was the most obvious one I think. And the use of the word "partner" has a cowboy tone to it.
I also love how "my partner" had double meaning, referring to Coop as his work buddy as well as his lover.
I was also impressed that the show confronts today's audience about the issue as well. It would have been easy to just say, that was the 60's. That how attitudes were back then, but the characters still show that they're uncomfortable about homosexuality today. Through out the episode there was thread of "things were different back then" tone when they talked about gender, attitude, standards, but then when it came to homosexuality they showed that it's still isn't all that different.
SFEnnisSF:
Hooray! :D
I downloaded some Divx crap onto my computer and it finally played.
starboardlight:
--- Quote from: twistedude on January 15, 2007, 06:34:36 pm ---I almost know it by heart. If you save it "to disk"--that just means you can save it to any of your personal files you want (instead of opening it), you can watch it any time yoiu want, no wait.
There is a "Cold Case Files" series running on A&E. It;'s very different. they are true to life stories, with a narrator, lots of dates, and a maximum of objectivity. They are real stories. I went looking there because I saw another Cold Case video, "Strange Fruit," which also looked great..; This A&E show is not artistic, tells no story, and has nio points to make, except that some old murder got solved. I do not recommend it. They are NOT re-runs of the "Cold Case" on CBS....that I can tell.
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it's weird, but I get sucked into those forensic shows that A&E runs. Cold Case Files is one of those that I can have running all day as I fold my laundry, iron my shirts, etc.
but yeah, this episode that you're talking about is good.
mvansand76:
MORE SPOILERS....
--- Quote from: starboardlight on January 24, 2007, 01:57:38 am ---thanks for sharing that with us. that was a very well done episode. great story telling.
SPOILER ***** SPOILER
I can't help but think there was some Brokeback hommage as well. Two guys sitting in lawn chairs sharing a bottle of whiskey was the most obvious one I think. And the use of the word "partner" has a cowboy tone to it.
I also love how "my partner" had double meaning, referring to Coop as his work buddy as well as his lover.
I was also impressed that the show confronts today's audience about the issue as well. It would have been easy to just say, that was the 60's. That how attitudes were back then, but the characters still show that they're uncomfortable about homosexuality today. Through out the episode there was thread of "things were different back then" tone when they talked about gender, attitude, standards, but then when it came to homosexuality they showed that it's still isn't all that different.
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Yeah, that's when they said when they left the church after having spoken to Jimmy's ex-wife... "Still is...".
I couldn't help but feel the BBM resemblance too and I liked it. This really does show that this did happen everywhere, even if it's not based on true events, we can still imagine that this actually happened, maybe more often than we think.
Yeah, the partner was great, when I finished watching the episode I watched the baptising scene in the beginning again and I could see the small details of this scene more clearly.
It's a great episode isn't it?
mvansand76:
--- Quote from: j. U. d. E. on January 23, 2007, 09:48:18 pm ---Oh! I think I think I've seen that one! Is some of the plot happening in a small alley between to buildings? If yes, then I've seen that episode! Too bad I missed it tonight! I do have Dutch channels!
j. U. d. E.
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I am not sure if that's the same episode you are referring too, are you able to download the episode and find out? It wasn't on Dutch TV, they are only at the second season here in Holland!
This is really worth seeing!!!
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