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Post by Patcat on Dec 1, 2004 10:33:01 GMT -5
Rumor du jour (a much happier one than other recent ones, if true) is that Mariska Hargarity may be pregnant.
Patcat
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Post by Patcat on Dec 1, 2004 13:03:24 GMT -5
Well, shoot that one down. Apparently Ms. Hargarity's publicist has told some press that she's not pregnant, although she hopes to be soon.
See what I get for posting rumors?
Patcat
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Post by NikkiGreen on Jan 17, 2005 19:41:38 GMT -5
Anyone catch The Golden Globes last night? Congratulations to MH and her win as best actress in a drama. She certainly looked very beautiful and her speech was quite charming. That's one proud papa!
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Post by darmok on Jan 24, 2005 22:59:57 GMT -5
Did anyone see Tuesday's episode? The boy from "Happy Family" was on. I believe he played a dual role. Although I had the plot figured out early on, it was a good episode. As we said for HF, the kid is a pretty good actor.
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Post by NikkiGreen on Jan 24, 2005 23:25:48 GMT -5
I saw Identity. You're right...that was Reiley McClendon playing Logan and Lyndsey/Lucas. And he did indeed do a good job.
Lyndsey's eyebrows gave the gender identity part of the plot away! ;D
It was also good to see Peter Firth, playing someone other that Harry Pearce (MI-5/Spooks
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Post by MelTex on Jan 25, 2005 13:32:25 GMT -5
That was a pretty twisted episode!
I guess its just my worry for the young boy who played Lindsay/Logan--but it kinda scares me that he made such a "pretty" girl!
He did a great job, and he's pretty brave to play a part like that at his age--when teasing from other boys is so common.
But he really did make a pretty girl! I hope he's okay with that! LOL! ;D
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Post by NikkiGreen on Feb 22, 2005 18:01:10 GMT -5
Alex Cabot returns tonight, in the episode titled Ghost.
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Post by Patcat on Mar 23, 2005 14:19:38 GMT -5
An Article I thought the SVU fans might like.
Patcat
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 (SF Chronicle) With hot 'Law & Order' squad's focus on sex crime, suddenly everybody's watching the detectives Neva Chonin, Chronicle Critic at Large
Detective Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay)a.k.a. Saint Olivia; a.k.a. O!livia Modus operandi: Taking cases personally, advocating for victims, kicking perps tothe pavement. What makes her tick: A child of rape, Benson exorcises her demons on the job while looking fabulous in v-neck sweaters. Signature line: “Is this how you like it, you little freak?”<br> Detective Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni)a.k.a. “The Ass of Life”; a.k.a. “Un-Stabler”<br> Modus operandi: Slamming perps to the wall and overwhelming them withsexual menace. What makes him tick: Under the machismo, he’s just a somewhat peevishpussycat. Signature line: “I oughta put you in pigtails, you little B***h!”<br> Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: 10 p.m. Tuesdays on NBC.
It's tough being a sexy cop. In the season five opener of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," the exceedingly handsome Detective Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) had to browbeat a suspect, run like a girl and squabble with his partner, the exceedingly beautiful Detective Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay). All this before driving recklessly to an abandoned warehouse, calling in reinforcements and delivering a kidnap victim's baby in 45 seconds. The mortally injured mother beamed at her newborn, paused to eyeball her rescuer's physique and expired. Cue that mysterious "Law & Order" sound. Chuh-chung! Pretty detectives, sexual predators, teen hookers, pregnant kidnap victims and things that go bump-bump in the night. Together, they've made Tuesday night's "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (SVU)" the most popular installment in NBC's "Law & Order" franchise and an unlikely breakout hit in its sixth season. By tweaking the original "Law & Order's" plot-over-character paradigm, "SVU" has become a regular fixture in the Nielsen Top 20 and hooked demographics its parent show only dreamed of, most notably the coveted 18-to- 49 age bracket. The show's alchemy works something like this: First, hook viewers with byzantine story lines and heinous sex crimes, then let the ensemble cast work its magic. "SVU's" detectives are the rock stars of the "Law & Order" universe: Millions tune in just to ogle the impeccably fine Hargitay (who took home best actress honors for drama at this year's Golden Globe awards) and Meloni (whose chest and rump have been christened the Rack of Life and the Ass of Life by online admirers).
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Post by Patcat on Mar 23, 2005 14:22:05 GMT -5
Part II
Others relish arcane ruminations from the unit's forensic psychiatrist, George Huang (B.D. Wong); others collect cryptic one-liners from its free- lovin' Detective John Munch (Richard Belzer) and his neocon partner, Odafin "Fin" Tutuola (gangsta rapper-turned-TV cop Ice-T). Like the cast they love, "SVU's" fans are an eclectic lot. "For me, it really does come down to the characters," says Leslie Talbot of the pop-culture blog SingularExistence.com. "More importantly, it comes down to what the actors are able to do with their characters, considering this is a "Law & Order" show. They're the core. When I tune into "SVU," trust me, I'm not doing it because Chad Lowe or Dana Delaney is the guest star." Finding the right balance between character exposition and plot was a delicate operation, and "SVU's" first season foundered by focusing too much on the detectives' private lives. When executive producer and head writer Neal Baer arrived for the second season, he steered the show back into a whodunit format that linked character development to story. In the right hands, he reasoned, a character's approach to topics like marital rape, transgender rights and stem-cell research can be as illuminating as a soliloquy. "The characters all have different points of view," Baer says. "The way they respond to a case reveals volumes toward what they believe in. At the same time, we take on the most socially debated questions and let the audience wrangle with them." The characters do their own share of wrangling over how to face the daily horrors of their jobs while remaining human. Sometimes they fail spectacularly. Stabler neck-locks suspects -- "perps" in "SVU" parlance -- while whispering paeans to the death penalty in their ears (violating civil rights has never been so sexy); Benson resorts to acidic sarcasm and legally suspect maneuvers (self-righteous vigilantism has never been so sexy). For followers of the show, such ethical lapses help humanize the show's too-good-to-be-true detectives. This is especially true of Hargitay's character, lovingly nicknamed "Saint Olivia" by her fans. "Olivia Benson is a really strong female role model, yet we're also allowed to see the parts of her past that are dark and unsavory," City College student Angie Landau says. "She's a child of rape and almost seems to have a hatred of herself at times, yet that's the reason she joined the SVU. It's easy to identify with her because everyone at some time has a reason to not like themselves and grapple with self-doubt." Subtext, psychological and sexual, plays a pivotal role in "SVU's" fandom. More than a few viewers wonder, for example, whether the perennially single Benson shared more than just case files with "SVU's" former assistant district attorney, the so-cool-she's-chilly Alexandra Cabot (Stephanie March). By the time Cabot departed the series in a hail of gunfire last season, an online cult had flowered, devoted to the allegedly never-consummated love between the shows' two bombshell crime fighters. "SVU's" writers know a fun thing when they see it, and played to the Alex- Olivia cult by bringing Cabot back for a night in the February episode "Ghost. " At one point, Benson is shown arriving at the former A.D.A.'s apartment clutching an overnight bag; soon, the two women are trading meaningful gazes and bemoaning the difficulty of trying to be "someone you aren't." Oh! The tension. Baer admits tweaking fans with veiled references to Sapphic love. "We read the fan sites. We know that people are into the Alex-Olivia thing. All the codes are in there." For his part, Stabler (who sparked a frenzy in a recent episode by peeling off his shirt) boasts a fan base that lives for his bouts of monumental angst. It's understandable: Even the most dedicated civil libertarian might feel politics slipping when Meloni's comely detective tucks his tie into his shirt, rolls up his sleeves, and goes caveman on an array of suitably scummy suspects. On the popular TelevisionWithoutPity.com forums, his psychosexual interrogation methods have even earned titles: the Husky Whisper of Confrontational Accusation; the Looming Lean-Around-From-Behind; the Negligent Slouch of Just-You-Wait-Perp. The nature of the crimes on "SVU" makes rooting for the detectives easy, even when they're behaving badly. In the words of KPFA disc jockey, artist manager and lifetime liberal Bonnie Simmons, "The subject matter can be confusing in the other 'Law & Orders,' and you can find yourself not rooting for the good guys. But everyone's against the child molesters and rapists, right? 'SVU's' morality is more black and white." This season, "SVU's" writers have pushed binary good versus evil questions to the fore with what fans are calling the Great Stabler Meltdown. Facing the collapse of his marriage and the Sisyphean stress of more than a decade of sex-crime work, the SVU veteran's moral compass has audibly cracked. Violent outbursts have become the norm, and Meloni's character has seemingly ventured too far from his stable-Stabler days to turn back. The question now becomes one of where he'll go next. Toward resolution, or off to a psych ward with blood on his hands? Meloni, for one, figures that his character will ultimately transcend his wrathful self-loathing. "You can't live in anger; it's a dead end for any character," he says. "There will be a sea change, hopefully an epiphany in him with how he deals with the disappointments and how s -- life can be at times. "This is a guy who all the way was trying to do the right thing, and he's stumbled in his personal life and made mistakes. He carries that sadness and that anger and that loss of security, and in the end I think he emerges as a wounded beast. When he's conducting crime investigations, people look at him as the hero, but he has chinks in his armor." Talbot, for one, admits that she's kind of enjoying all the Stabler trauma. "It's fascinating to see the toll that this kind of job takes on somebody, the way it eats away at his life and emotions and ability to maintain a distance from what he sees every day. In the end, though, I'd love to see him pull out of it." So would the series' writers. Before "SVU" wraps its sixth season in May, Baer promises "a big revelation" for Stabler, perhaps as a result of "something bad" happening to one of his daughters (something bad is always happening to one of his daughters). Still, even if Stabler's tortured story arc ends, he'll face new challenges. "This season we had him take his shirt off," Baer says. "Wait till next season. We're going to have him take a shower." The potential for new trauma looms. Will Stabler drop the soap and trade existential angst for sudsy homoerotica? Can fans stand the subtext? Meloni plays coy. "What can I tell ya? If it's in the script and I can defend my character dropping the soap, I'll drop it, baby." It's tough being a sexy cop. Chuh-chung!
Detective Odafin “Fin” Tutuola (Ice-T) Modus operandi: Delivering trenchant one-liners, slapping perps upside the head. What makes him tick: He votes Republican and keeps puppy pictures on his desk. What more do you need to know? Signature line: “Hey, don’t look at me. I just know stuff.”<br> Detective John Munch (Richard Belzer) Modus operandi: Random philosophizing while wearing sunglasses in darkened rooms. What makes him tick: Figuring out how to keep his freak flag flying while working for the Man. Signature line: “There should be a special level of hell for this pus- sucking,gangrenous malignancy of a mental amoeba.”<br>
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Post by izzi on Apr 6, 2005 7:10:52 GMT -5
hehe patcat, that article was SOOOOOO funny thanks for putting it up on a different note, i have a theory about L&O It all depends on who the ADA is, to whether I like the episode or not (just a random thought here, choose to ignore me at will)
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Post by Patcat on Apr 6, 2005 9:58:57 GMT -5
My usual disclaimer--I'm not a regular viewer of SVU--but it seems to me that Mariska Hargarity is benefitting from some terrific writing this season. And to her credit, she's really running with it.
I like Christopher Meloni, but I've not been fond of the "let's hammer Detective Stabler" storyline. (Reminds me of the character played by David Morse in ER, whose wife died, son got kidnapped, ...)
I do wish Munch and Fin would get some storylines again.
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Post by izzi on Apr 6, 2005 23:22:05 GMT -5
Yeah, I agree, the angle they're going with with Stabler isn't the best, and I do wish there was more with Munch (I like Munch)
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Post by Metella on Apr 7, 2005 7:25:22 GMT -5
I would actually watch it if Munch & Fin got more air time; I like Munch's conspiracy outlook while still working for the government & Fin just gets to the heart of any matter.
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Post by Stephanie on Apr 7, 2005 12:05:07 GMT -5
Yes, I am a Munch and Fin fan too. I think Munch is really funny sometimes.
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Post by Techguy on Apr 15, 2005 18:06:15 GMT -5
On Tuesday May 3 there will be back-to-back crossover episodes of SVU and TBJ. The SVU episode "Night" will be brodcast at 9PM Eastern, followed by the TBJ episode "Day" at 10PM Eastern.
Guest stars: Alfred Molina as a serial rapist, and Angela Lansbury as his wealthy protective mother.
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