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The Book of Daniel...Bad News

by skiddlybop

Fri Jan 06, 2006 at 07:16:34 PM PDT

Umm...if you are reading this post, you have missed the first hour at least...

AND IT'S GOOD!!

Really, that's the only necessary reason for watching it.

I'm falling in love with Aidan Quinn...
and that cute, wise, bearded Jesus fella!

You better get on the phone to NBC and see if you can make them re-run it on Bravo or something.

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  •  I heart Aidan... (none / 0)

    ...however, I had to stick with In Justice.  Very, very good!  These need to be at different times...

    Do not be overwhelmed by the enormity of the world's grief...You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.

    by Albatross on Fri Jan 06, 2006 at 07:19:53 PM PDT

  •  West coast 9 p.m. (none / 0)

    Gotta check this out. Might be the one reason left to keep my satellite connection.

    What's so hard about Peace, Love, and Truth and Progress?

    by melvin on Fri Jan 06, 2006 at 07:21:23 PM PDT

  •  Oh... (none / 0)

    I fell for Aidan back during the Michael Collins movie.

    This has been the strangest, oddest, wackiest show to watch. So many subplots...my head's spinning.

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    by kredwyn on Fri Jan 06, 2006 at 07:21:58 PM PDT

  •  Hasn't come on yet on West Coast! (none / 0)

    Glad to hear you liked it.  I figured we'd try it out-- anothing Dobson hates can't be all bad!!

    We need Special Prosecutors. NOW.

    by CalDoc on Fri Jan 06, 2006 at 08:00:04 PM PDT

    •  I wasn't even going to watch (none / 0)

      the show, until I heard why Dobson objected.  LOL.   Doesn't it always happen that way?  The more they protest, the more the pique the interest of people like me, which does nothing but up the ratings.    

      I figured it was going to be another syrupy attempt to cater to "family" viewers. Boy, was I wrong!  That's what I get for making snap judgements.  See, there, "judge not lest ye be judged."  I actually learned a lesson.

      Now, I've got to go catch up on the second showing of Stargate Atlantis and Battle Star Galactica.  How grateful am I that the SciFi channel reruns their primetime line up?  Ever so.

      Just because a person has faith doesn't mean that he isn't full of crap.-- Pastordan

      by Maggie Mae on Fri Jan 06, 2006 at 08:50:03 PM PDT

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  •  Watched it. Loved it. (none / 0)

    Hope some fundies had strokes. Heh.

    Don't trust any UID over [insert current highest number here].

    by pattyp on Fri Jan 06, 2006 at 08:05:05 PM PDT

  •  Saw the last hour (none / 0)

    and enjoyed it!

    by turning blue on Fri Jan 06, 2006 at 08:17:09 PM PDT

  •  This show has (none / 0)

    the feel of an HBO series, as opposed to a network show. I'm amazed NBC took the chance, but I'm glad they did.

    The two hour premiere was very good. The writing is quick and witty.  The characters are well defined. The cast has really good ensemble chemistry.  It's not as cloying as Touched by an Angel and it's much more grown up and smarter than Joan of Arcadia. Oh, and Jesus is not what you'd expect...or maybe he is what you'd expect, just not on a tv show.  lol.

    I came away remembering what a friend said to me, at a point when my whole life was just pure chaos, "God has a sense of humor.  You've just gotta go with it."    

    Just because a person has faith doesn't mean that he isn't full of crap.-- Pastordan

    by Maggie Mae on Fri Jan 06, 2006 at 08:40:56 PM PDT

  •  355 (none / 0)

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    by Cedwyn on Fri Jan 06, 2006 at 09:27:06 PM PDT

  •  book of daniel (none / 0)

    watched it. loved it. huge cast - all excellent. writing swift and sharp. characters hilarious - this is a really good she-ew

    pugma

    by carlyle4 on Fri Jan 06, 2006 at 10:11:30 PM PDT

  •  And the AFA (none / 0)

    Judging and casting stones...

    In the fight to prove that you are right, don't forget to be nice.

    by tarminian on Sat Jan 07, 2006 at 02:20:01 AM PDT

  •  good show (none / 0)

    i watched it because of all the outrage,thought it was really good and the scenes with jesus seem to humanize him . the  fundies will flip because he wasn`t wrathful.i predict this show will be a runaway  hit, it has everything you could want in
     a soap opera.thanks to the censoeship the ratings will be through the roof and it has a pretty easy time slot(20/20 as competition)watch the fireworks begin.

    by JOEL1954 on Sat Jan 07, 2006 at 04:51:11 AM PDT

  •  underwhelmed (none / 0)

    maybe i was just tired. premise is ok, but watching the travails of an episcopal minister in a neighborhood of millionaires didn't set off fireworks for me.

    The battle for Helms Deep is over. The battle for Middle Earth has just begun.

    by Mithrandir on Sat Jan 07, 2006 at 05:19:13 AM PDT

    •  I'm With You (none / 0)

      I've always liked that Aidan Quinn and gotta admit he looked kinda sexy all dressed in black but I'm not sure what NBC is thinking with this show other than controversy for controversy's sake. There was not a single national sponsor that I recall other than a nanosecond long advert for H&R Block. There was not a single local sponsor other than ads for the local news show. The point is NBC isn't making money from this show. It makes no sense from a business perspective because NBC has no big hits and Universal/Sony is in trouble moneywise (that's why we were getting multiple repeats of My Name is Earl and The Office these past months---they got no "content.")

      Quinn wasn't too bad as Daniel and I love the laid-back Jesus he talks to and I like the humor of it but there's really no imagination or subtlety in the concept of this show.  It's simply a catalogue of every liberal stereotype out there----pot selling daughter, gay son, adopted Asian son, interracial romance, drug addiction, alcoholic wife, embezzlement, on and on and on. Mix it all up with the Church, show a man of the cloth as only human (imagine that---he likes having sex with his wife every Friday!) and this is what you get. Book Of Daniel is alright but I don't see how it's going to last if no one wants to sponsor it.

      by AAGeek on Sat Jan 07, 2006 at 06:45:28 AM PDT

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  •  great show, lousy commercial interruptions (none / 0)

    I'll get my Jesus commercial-free.  Too much emotional shock.  Record it for later time or something.  

    The only way to change this country is if money follows politics, not the other way around.

    by jcrit on Sat Jan 07, 2006 at 05:38:19 AM PDT

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