Re: Legend Blog
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 5:44 am
Here's my take on episode 6, Knee-High Noon!
http://themacgyverproject.blogspot.com/ ... -noon.html
http://themacgyverproject.blogspot.com/ ... -noon.html
I finally caught up to you. I added episode 6 to the Lexicon this morning.themacgyverproject wrote:Here's my take on episode 6, Knee-High Noon!
http://themacgyverproject.blogspot.com/ ... -noon.html
I had forgotten that Legend actually wears his yellow suit less often than I remembered, but I liked the occasions when it was called for, and I got a kick out of the miniature version for the kid. I also liked seeing Skeeter wearing the suit, which one would assume was Legend's own and was appropriately just a little too big and loose on him.The kid is wearing the same style suit as Legend wore in episode 1.
LOL! Even better was the answer: "Writer's problem." (My question was how MacGyver ended up with a nephew in one of the earlier remakes when he was also an only child.)"If Legend has led a truly chaste life, as the novels dictate, then how does he have a kid?" I wondered the same thing about MacGyver when I first saw The Stringer.
"I thought rustling was a dirty business, but you acting folks put me to shame."The mom and the kid are so unlikable that when they're being held hostage, I find myself rooting for the crooked rustler.
It may be my third best as well. I still like the pilot, and my favorite one (Revenge of the Herd) is yet to come.I rate this episode as third best, just behind Mr. Pratt Goes to Sheridan and just ahead of Legend on His President's Secret Service.
I like Skeeter too -- Jarrad Paul does a nice job. That will be another one I'll add to my list of questions for Greenburg if I can get a hold of him.KateR wrote: As I recall, Jarrad Paul, who plays Skeeter, is the godson of Michael Greenburg, RDA's friend and producing partner. (Does anyone here remember the details of that?) It partially explains how he became a regular with his name in the credits even though he was not considered one of the main stars. But I do love the character of Skeeter. He has a way of delivering funny lines in such a deadpan way that he doesn't become goofy.
Kate
I'll be interested to see that.themacgyverproject wrote:I like Skeeter too -- Jarrad Paul does a nice job. That will be another one I'll add to my list of questions for Greenburg if I can get a hold of him.
Thanks, Nick! I finally caught up and got my Lexicon page up today as well.themacgyverproject wrote:Very interesting, thanks for sharing, Pam!
And here's my review on "The Gospel According to Legend.'
http://themacgyverproject.blogspot.com/ ... egend.html
I do like the way the show takes many opportunities to poke fun at its own premise.Now Ernest, we're not so different, you and me. Both selling books, helping people feel better about themselves. Only difference is my book's older, truer, and better than yours. ~Willy Miles
He's a phony. He's making money pretending to be someone he's not. ~Legend
Back when this show first aired, it was still in production at the same time, and one of the extras who appeared as one of the townsfolk in the mob had actually joined the MacList, where most of the fan discussion was taking place. He didn't have a lot of happy memories for this particular episode, though, but mostly because of the conditions of filming that final scene. As I recall, he said it went late into the night, there were many retakes, it gets cold in the desert at night, they were continually being "rained on" so they were soaking wet, and many of them were going into hypothermia. So as climaxes go, it did have its share of excitement, but it was actually a much more complicated scene to do than it might appear at first glance. I can't imagine RDA rolling around in the cold mud was all that comfortable either. I always shiver when I watch that scene.The final scene where the mob is setting fire to Bartok's house with Bartok, Legend, and Ramos inside brings some welcome excitement to a series where it is too often lacking. Though I am surprised with how quickly the unruly mob calms down and disperses after Legend comes out and punches Willy.
I was expecting a little better "trading rhetoric" in that scene. Legend's true rhetorical skills will be more apparent, as I recall, when he goes on trial in a later episode.I like the scene in the middle of the episode with the revival meeting in the tent, but at the same time it drags on a bit too long.
Interesting insight from John. According to the episode code numbers, it was the 9th episode shot. I think it was John DeLancie, in several interviews, who has mentioned that they were in the middle of filming the 10th episode, Bone of Contention, when they officially got the news that they were canceled. It can't be easy, knowing you will be out of a job and still having to put in your best work for 4 more episodes.That episode was near the end of our 12 show series which Paramount did not pick up, so at the time a lot of people were getting ready to look for other jobs.
I thought he did well, being just slimy enough to be dangerous but believable to the crowd.Willy Miles is played by Robert Englund who starred as Freddy Krueger in the Nightmare From Elm Street series. Of course he is more famous around these parts for his turn on MacGyver as the morally ambiguous and somewhat wimpy Tim Wexler in Flame's End.
I wish we'd see more of Skeeter. He's fun, and I like the running joke about the electricity in his hair.I like the little electric bolts that appear in Skeeter's hair. He's a fun character, and I learned from Kate at the rdanderson site that the actor who plays him is producer Michael Greenburg's godson.
There's a better example of Legend's rhetorical skills! And then he reverts to form: "How old's your sister?"Nice move by Legend to turn the tables on the dimwitted security guard by placing him on the defensive even though he caught Bartok and Legend breaking and entering.
It's not one of my top favorites, but that being said, I did like the plot twist. Taggert has such a small and tangential appearance in the beginning of the episode, that I had nearly forgotten about him and never saw the connection to Willie coming. I appreciate a plot that deliberately leads you to a destination without you realizing it.I'm putting this as my number one episode so far.