McGee looks like a skeleton.
Sean Murray has lost more weight. oh well.
I'm a little bored with the start of the season. 1st ep was good.
Quote from: Spooky on October 07, 2010, 06:34:22 PM
McGee looks like a skeleton.
I thought the same thing. Has he had health issues?
Last night's episode with Anthony DiNozzo Sr. (Robert Wagner) was really good.
Here's what I found on Sean Murray though:
Q: After watching all the ''NCIS'' TV series, you can get attached to each of the characters. The new season shows Sean Murray to be very thin. Is this a health problem or just a preference of his? He is almost too thin.
A: It is his preference. On his Twitter posts Murray explained that the weight loss came from ''14 months of no alcohol and almost no sugar. Ate strictly organic. . . . You can actually see me gradually lose the weight over the 24 [episodes] of season 7; a pound every week or two.'' http://twitter.com/SeanHMurray (http://twitter.com/SeanHMurray)
http://www.ncisfanatic.com/2010/07/sean-murray-mcgee-is-finally-on-twitter-seanhmurray.html (http://www.ncisfanatic.com/2010/07/sean-murray-mcgee-is-finally-on-twitter-seanhmurray.html)
Quote from: Pearl@32 on November 10, 2010, 09:27:59 AM
Last night's episode with Anthony DiNozzo Sr. (Robert Wagner) was really good.
Here's what I found on Sean Murray though:
Q: After watching all the ''NCIS'' TV series, you can get attached to each of the characters. The new season shows Sean Murray to be very thin. Is this a health problem or just a preference of his? He is almost too thin.
A: It is his preference. On his Twitter posts Murray explained that the weight loss came from ''14 months of no alcohol and almost no sugar. Ate strictly organic. . . . You can actually see me gradually lose the weight over the 24 [episodes] of season 7; a pound every week or two.'' http://twitter.com/SeanHMurray (http://twitter.com/SeanHMurray)
http://www.ncisfanatic.com/2010/07/sean-murray-mcgee-is-finally-on-twitter-seanhmurray.html (http://www.ncisfanatic.com/2010/07/sean-murray-mcgee-is-finally-on-twitter-seanhmurray.html)
I read about this the other day in Parade I believe. I think he overdid it a tad.
Season 8, Episode 12: Recruited
18 January 2011
A petty officer's recruitment session at a college fair comes to a fatal end, prompting the NCIS team, accompanied by Dr. Mallard's predecessor, to solve his murder.
Dr. Mallard's predecessor will be played by Bob Newhart, whose performance creator Shane Brennan and Mark Harmon agree is Emmy-worthy. http://www.tvguide.com/News/Shane-Brennan-NCIS-1026578.aspx?rss=breakingnews&partnerid=imdb&profileid=01 (http://www.tvguide.com/News/Shane-Brennan-NCIS-1026578.aspx?rss=breakingnews&partnerid=imdb&profileid=01)
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Bob Newhart, who's starred and appeared in various television shows and movies throughout his long career will be making a guest appearance on NCIS. According to EW, Newhart will be playing "Dr. Walter Magnus, a character who's described as a "shrewd, eccentric nostalgic" with a whole lot of charm."
Dr. Magnus is also a former medical examiner who "comes out of retirement to relive the magic — but something unexpected happens that catches Ducky (David McCallum) and the others by surprise."
http://www.tvovermind.com/cbs/ncis/bob-newhart-guest-ncis/38806 (http://www.tvovermind.com/cbs/ncis/bob-newhart-guest-ncis/38806)
Quote from: Pearl@32 on January 11, 2011, 06:19:40 PM
Season 8, Episode 12: Recruited
18 January 2011
A petty officer's recruitment session at a college fair comes to a fatal end, prompting the NCIS team, accompanied by Dr. Mallard's predecessor, to solve his murder.
Dr. Mallard's predecessor will be played by Bob Newhart, whose performance creator Shane Brennan and Mark Harmon agree is Emmy-worthy. http://www.tvguide.com/News/Shane-Brennan-NCIS-1026578.aspx?rss=breakingnews&partnerid=imdb&profileid=01 (http://www.tvguide.com/News/Shane-Brennan-NCIS-1026578.aspx?rss=breakingnews&partnerid=imdb&profileid=01)
Epic. :D
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Bob Newhart, who's starred and appeared in various television shows and movies throughout his long career will be making a guest appearance on NCIS. According to EW, Newhart will be playing "Dr. Walter Magnus, a character who's described as a "shrewd, eccentric nostalgic" with a whole lot of charm."
Dr. Magnus is also a former medical examiner who "comes out of retirement to relive the magic — but something unexpected happens that catches Ducky (David McCallum) and the others by surprise."
http://www.tvovermind.com/cbs/ncis/bob-newhart-guest-ncis/38806 (http://www.tvovermind.com/cbs/ncis/bob-newhart-guest-ncis/38806)
Last night's episode drew the NCIS's largest audience ever, 22 million.
Still have never really watched this , but I lurves me the nerd chick and the Israeli chick .
Chick .
Quote from: AdmiralDigby on January 13, 2011, 10:27:48 AM
Still have never really watched this , but I lurves me the nerd chick and the Israeli chick .
Chick .
This show is one of my favorites but to really enjoy it you need to watch it from the beginning. There is so
much personal background with the show and the characters that it would lose something if you didn't know
that. There are a lot of seasons so it would be fun one to grab on DVD and enjoy for a long time.
I suspect I'll be grabbing the first couple seasons sometime soon .
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Even if you view it out of order ~ like if you're watching reruns on USA ~ you can eventually catch up, but if you'd be picking up DVDs then never mind!
The cast is awesome and Mark Harmon is the coolest, with Pauley Perrette coming in second (for me). I'm a Cote de Pablo fan too (she was born in Chile). They're all awesome, they all grow on you, even Jimmy.
Quote from: Pearl@32 on January 14, 2011, 11:30:45 AM
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Even if you view it out of order ~ like if you're watching reruns on USA ~ you can eventually catch up, but if you'd be picking up DVDs then never mind!
The cast is awesome and Mark Harmon is the coolest, with Pauley Perrette coming in second (for me). I'm a Cote de Pablo fan too (she was born in Chile). They're all awesome, they all grow on you, even Jimmy.
Don't forget Kate and Jenny! Never forget....
Quote from: Pearl@32 on January 14, 2011, 11:30:45 AM
The cast is awesome and Mark Harmon is the coolest, with Pauley Perrette coming in second (for me). I'm a Cote de Pablo fan too (she was born in Chile).
Bender says, "'Allo there, what's this?"
Quote from: Eric on January 14, 2011, 12:49:02 PM
Quote from: Pearl@32 on January 14, 2011, 11:30:45 AM
The cast is awesome and Mark Harmon is the coolest, with Pauley Perrette coming in second (for me). I'm a Cote de Pablo fan too (she was born in Chile).
Bender says, "'Allo there, what's this?"
Nice find!
Wow! She looks pretty good as a blond.
abby as marilyn monroe (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp9UX6QMz1E#ws)
Flashback-o-rama tonight! I had forgotten it was about all of them talking about the past. Sad but interesting revisit after all these years.
I miss Kate... :'(
I generally loathe 'clip' shows as they are lazy writing, but this was the exception that proved the rule. A very fine and fitting tribute to Kate. I'm really glad they didn't do this as soon as Kate was killed but instead waited a good long while. Very effective.
This show has gone on for 8 seasons now and is a very big hit. I wonder if Sasha ever had regrets after
letting herself get blown away. The part she plays on Rizzoli and Isles is so dingy and the part she had as Kate
was so good. I've always wondered why she let a signature role like that get away.
She said she was tired of doing television and the demanding hours. That kind of talk does not make producers happy, which is why she went so long between roles. Maybe her role as Isles works out better for her; much shorter season and all. Still, she was pretty awesome as Kate. Something I'd kind of forgotten over the years.
Quote from: TinkTanker on February 10, 2011, 07:05:39 AM
She said she was tired of doing television and the demanding hours. That kind of talk does not make producers happy, which is why she went so long between roles. Maybe her role as Isles works out better for her; much shorter season and all. Still, she was pretty awesome as Kate. Something I'd kind of forgotten over the years.
I know why she said she was leaving but it really never made sense to me. She's an actress and this part was
a dream role for her. Not counting the fact she was so good in it. Why would she have signed on to a television
series if she didn't want it to be a hit and go on for a long time? I just never felt that was the whole story especially
when they blew her away so unceremoniously so there would be no chance of her coming back in the future. When
a producer does that you know there are some hard feelings somewhere.
Not sure if anybody posted this a year ago, but.....
'NCIS': Sasha Alexander happy she opted out when she did
By Jay Bobbin
May 28, 2010 3:44 PM ET
Sasha Alexander isn't regretting her "NCIS" exit as she starts a new series.
The actress left in a memorably shocking way as Special Agent Caitlin Todd, who took a terrorist-fired bullet in the head in the second-season finale of the CBS series, which now tops the weekly ratings regularly. As she prepares to team with Angie Harmon in the TNT crime drama "Rizzoli & Isles" starting Monday, July 12, Alexander remains satisfied to have opted out of "NCIS" when she did.
"The show did well from the very beginning," she tells Zap2it. "We were consistent, but for whatever reason, it didn't get press coverage then. I always thought it was a great show. I had just finished doing a couple of other series for CBS and [network president and CEO] Les Moonves, and he said, 'Come do this show.'
"I'm not surprised" at how "NCIS" is doing now, Alexander adds. "It travels really well, no matter what country it's shown in. There's a fun quality to it, and people can relate to that. To me, 'NCIS' has always been a bit of a comic book.
"Do I regret leaving? I absolutely don't, for a million reasons that I've never spoken out about ... for a million reasons that I can't. I had a wonderful time doing it for two years, though."
Soon to be seen as Boston medical examiner Maura Isles opposite Harmon's police detective Jane Rizzoli, creations of best-selling author Tess Gerritsen, Alexander also has a distinctive role in real life.
She's the daughter-in-law of screen legend Sophia Loren, whom Alexander terms "everything people think she is, and more. She is an incredible inspiration to me, and a beautiful mother to my husband (Edoardo Ponti) and to me as well ... plus, she's a wonderful grandmother to my daughter. I have tremendous admiration for her."
http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2010/05/rizzoli-isles-sasha-alexander-is-ready-for-post-ncis-duty.html (http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2010/05/rizzoli-isles-sasha-alexander-is-ready-for-post-ncis-duty.html)
Well that doesn't say much does it except that it does verify what I suspected that there is more to the story then
we have been told. Also sounds like a little denial in there about her being happy she left.
You're not the only one out there who's not buying it. But not much can be done about it.
As much as I liked Kate, it does shake up the show to kill off characters. Lord know we're used to THAT..........
If they had killed off Abby, I don't think I'd be watching the show as much.
Quote from: Pearl@32 on February 11, 2011, 07:48:33 AM
You're not the only one out there who's not buying it. But not much can be done about it.
As much as I liked Kate, it does shake up the show to kill off characters. Lord know we're used to THAT..........
Used to it indeed. I thought when she left the show was going to have problems but Ziva brought so much
story line with her and great background and just a really interesting character that the missing didn't last
long. I like where the series has gone with her on board.
Didn't Mark Harmon and a couple of the other actors more or less demand the producer be fired a few years back? Or am I thinking or another show? I'm pretty sure Harmon (and possibly others) issued a "us or him" demand. Pearl, Google that as I am too damn lazy.
Quote from: TinkTanker on February 11, 2011, 08:04:18 AM
Didn't Mark Harmon and a couple of the other actors more or less demand the producer be fired a few years back? Or am I thinking or another show? I'm pretty sure Harmon (and possibly others) issued a "us or him" demand. Pearl, Google that as I am too ai ya lazy.
I know Don Bellisario is the creator of the show and he left it "by choice" a few years back, but we all know what "by choice" can mean.
http://www.tvguide.com/news/exclusive-ncis-boss-8335.aspx (http://www.tvguide.com/news/exclusive-ncis-boss-8335.aspx)
The tense NCIS standoff between Mark Harmon and Don Bellisario that I first told you about two weeks ago has ended as dramatically as it began: Sources confirm that the veteran producer has agreed to step down as showrunner, effective immediately.
I hear he'll likely be replaced by co-executive producer (and longtime Bellisario collaborator) Chas. Floyd Johnson and headwriter Shane Brennan.
As NCIS' creator, Bellisario will still retain his executive producer title (much like AS-P did on Gilmore Girls), but he is no longer in charge of the show. He's not leaving CBS, however. (Lucky them!) He'll develop two new projects as part of his overall deal with the network.
As I reported, insiders say Harmon has been frustrated for some time with the long hours that resulted from Bellisario's "chaotic management style." And in mid-April, things came to a boil.
"Mark's been working every single day, 16 hours a day," the mole told me. "Don tries to micro-manage everything. Script pages get faxed to the set at the last minute, and Mark is tired of dealing with the huge impact that makes on his life."
Shortly after my original story ran, an NCIS insider sent me this cryptic message via e-mail: "The situation over at NCIS? It's much worse than you think."
That much is now obvious.
So, what do you guys think? Did the right man step down? Based on the results of this poll, I'm guessing your answer is, "Hell, yeah!"
So Sasha may have been the first to have enough and wanted out of the long(er than normal) hours. I know when David Milch was having problems with drugs and alcohol on NYPD a lot of actors wanted out. Sounds like a similar situation with actors being fed up was going on here.
Sounds like there were some major problems which may have been the reason she left but why didn't she say
so after she left. It's not as if it was a big secret especially since all of that happened before she gave that interview
last year.
Yeah for a while there they were working an obscene amount of hours per week. I'd have to find the article again, but I think it said up to 150 hours. That's INSANITY. While it paid off for the quality of the show (NCIS is a consistent people pleaser) I'm not sure it really paid off for the cast and crew.
Sad thing happened this week on the set: a security guard got hit and ended up dying at the hospital.
Quote from: Pearl@32 on February 11, 2011, 09:53:51 AM
Yeah for a while there they were working an obscene amount of hours per week. I'd have to find the article again, but I think it said up to 150 hours. That's INSANITY. While it paid off for the quality of the show (NCIS is a consistent people pleaser) I'm not sure it really paid off for the cast and crew.
Sad thing happened this week on the set: a security guard got hit and ended up dying at the hospital.
There doesn't seem to be the quality that they used to have though. More shots outside of the office and in
other countries. More detail and indepth storylines seem to be missing. The characters override that some
but on going storylines have seemed to have disappeared with more stand alone shows now. I'm getting a little
tired of everything being done in the office, lab, or morgue.
Quote from: Phyll33 on February 11, 2011, 11:04:26 AM
There doesn't seem to be the quality that they used to have though. More shots outside of the office and in
other countries. More detail and indepth storylines seem to be missing. The characters override that some
but on going storylines have seemed to have disappeared with more stand alone shows now. I'm getting a little
tired of everything being done in the office, lab, or morgue.
I think that's why I stopped watching CSI.
I think they save all the in-depth stuff for the beginning and end of the season now (i.e., Gibbs's past). Gone is La Grenouille (had to copy and paste that one!) and the whole Tony/Jeanne arc.
What makes formulaic shows like NCIS, CSI, and House (and even Castle for that matter) where the setup is basically the same every week is the characters. If you don't care about them, you really don't care about the show.
McSkellageek is freakin' me out man.
I quit watching CSI and Bones because they attempted to make it their mission in life to gross me out as much as possible. And they usually succeeded.
Quote from: TinkTanker on February 11, 2011, 01:21:50 PM
I quit watching CSI and Bones because they attempted to make it their mission in life to gross me out as much as possible. And they usually succeeded.
We watched five minutes of a
Spartacus episode, and saw probably as many necks being sliced, heads being cut off and even head chopped in half.
I can't imagine
Bones doing worse than that. :haha:
Quote from: Eric on February 11, 2011, 01:55:33 PM
Quote from: TinkTanker on February 11, 2011, 01:21:50 PM
I quit watching CSI and Bones because they attempted to make it their mission in life to gross me out as much as possible. And they usually succeeded.
We watched five minutes of a Spartacus episode, and saw probably as many necks being sliced, heads being cut off and even head chopped in half.
I can't imagine Bones doing worse than that. :haha:
Spartacus is great .
Still missing Rome though ....
Yes, but Spartacus has Xena saying stuff like [spoiler]"I want your cock inside me"[/spoiler] and her nekkid boobs, which makes up for a lot.
Rome had Titus Pullo saying to a high class madam "She better Chuck him like Helen of Troy with her ass on fire." when he learned how much a romp with Octavious' girl was going to cost .
LMAO
I think I watched the first episode or two of Rome. Not sure why we stopped--probably because they were rented from Blockbuster and we never got around to getting the others.
As of last night we started the 30-day free trial for Netflix's on-demand service (through our LG Blu-Ray player's built-in Netcast), and I think Rome is on that.
Speaking of which, Tink, you might try that Netflix streaming again -- We saw nuthin' wrong with the video at all. Granted, it's probably not HD, but I couldn't have told you that in watching that part of Spartacus. Our player also has 1GB of bult-in memory, which may level-out the download some. So, I don't know if that may be why.
Quote from: TinkTanker on February 11, 2011, 01:21:50 PM
I quit watching CSI and Bones because they attempted to make it their mission in life to gross me out as much as possible. And they usually succeeded.
I noticed Bones the last couple of years has really been gross with their cadavers. Nauseatingly so.
Speaking of which, Tink, you might try that Netflix streaming again -- We saw nuthin' wrong with the video at all. Granted, it's probably not HD, but I couldn't have told you that in watching that part of Spartacus. Our player also has 1GB of bult-in memory, which may level-out the download some. So, I don't know if that may be why.
Our cable company is supposed to bump our internet speeds to 25Mbps down in the next 60 days, so I will probably try it again then. Maybe by then we will be caught up on stuff. But yeah, I've been told that to get HD from Netflix (which really isn't true HD, but, hey) all you need is 5Mbps down, which I have. In theory.
Quote from: Phyll33 on February 11, 2011, 03:38:26 PM
Quote from: TinkTanker on February 11, 2011, 01:21:50 PM
I quit watching CSI and Bones because they attempted to make it their mission in life to gross me out as much as possible. And they usually succeeded.
I noticed Bones the last couple of years has really been gross with their cadavers. Nauseatingly so.
I'm weird when it comes to gore. Fake stuff, chainsaw massacres, zombies, no problems. Decaying corpses in police show, grosses me out. I know, I'm weird.
Quote from: TinkTanker on February 11, 2011, 04:14:18 PM
Quote from: Phyll33 on February 11, 2011, 03:38:26 PM
Quote from: TinkTanker on February 11, 2011, 01:21:50 PM
I quit watching CSI and Bones because they attempted to make it their mission in life to gross me out as much as possible. And they usually succeeded.
I noticed Bones the last couple of years has really been gross with their cadavers. Nauseatingly so.
I'm weird when it comes to gore. Fake stuff, chainsaw massacres, zombies, no problems. Decaying corpses in police show, grosses me out. I know, I'm weird.
After seeing a real dead person who'd been shot in the head twice, when I was 12, I have no problem with the fake deadies on cop shows.
Gruesome details of said dead guy...
[spoiler]
Actually seeing a detective taking photos of a guy slumped over in his car, with half his head missing, didn't bother me as much as walking past the crime scene hours latter, after it had been cleared, and seeing a trail of ants working on a small piece of gray matter. That's was my first serious existential moment. That sight still makes my tummy turn a bit when I think about it.[/spoiler]
We used to do the dead body pics for the Montgomery Police Department and I've seen my share of real dead bodies.
Maybe that's why I can't take shows like CSI and Bones, because they are fake real whereas Texas Chainsaw Massacre are fake fake. *shrug* Like I said, I'm weird when it comes to stuff like that.
Clue to the mysterious eyeball that belongs to the person who has MTAC clearance (via Ausiello):
Just because this person's eye is missing doesn't mean he/she is dead.
I just noticed that there was a red diagonal line through OBL's picture on the Most Wanted wall in Tuesday's episode. I wonder if anyone else caught it. Digitally added in the last few days, no doubt. I'll post a screen grab when I get a second.
I didn't notice it.
I really liked the ep though. It was fun learning how Tony and Jethro met.
Screen grab
Nice touch.
I was only watching it sporadically but I missed it. Knew they couldn't have dialogue about it, but good idea about the red line. Is that what they do for real and then leave it up for a while until they know the new lineup?
Abby is the Port-to-Port Killer and she will die tonight. I hope. Not.
Wow. I never suspected Jimmy Palmer.
Who the hell is he and why is he so p.o.ed? Barrett is beyond stupid.
Adored the group hug.
Digby, get to watching this show someday ~ you will love it!
Quote from: Pearl@32 on May 10, 2011, 09:33:22 PM
Who the hell is he and why is he so p.o.ed? Barrett is beyond stupid.
Adored the group hug.
Digby, get to watching this show someday ~ you will love it!
It's on my "to get to" pile .
:)
After that finale, can I haz next season now?
[spoiler]My vote is for Abby being the big bad next season. >:D [/spoiler]
That finale was a bit anticlimactic, except for the end......ugh. Not looking forward to it.