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September 03
2008
17 Pop Culture Questions for David Boreanaz.
Asked about the most overrated tv show, David says "Heroes. We were doin' that in '97 with Buffy".
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I know Tim Kring talked a lot to Damon Lindelof about how to run a show. Lindelof seems to have forgotten to tell him:
1. Have a plan
2. If it's character-driven (and mostly it should be), make sure before starting that you actually know how people think and behave.
3. Only ooze pretentiousness if you can actually live up to it.
Never really was a big fan of Boreanaz, although he grew in the later years of Angel. But quite enjoyed his answers -- most of them are very far from what I'd answer, except about the DVR and TiVo. Never saw the point either (and I have a DVR/HDR -- never use it).
Kaneda | September 03, 03:23 CET
Frank answers from DB as usual, used to find him blunt but maybe I just know how to take him more because now I find it pretty refreshing, even if I don't agree with him on a lot of stuff.
Saje | September 03, 03:37 CET
Simon | September 03, 03:38 CET
magnus carnage | September 03, 03:55 CET
EX | September 03, 04:09 CET
Linnea1928 | September 03, 04:44 CET
I don't get the anti-DVR thing though. The only thing I EVER used to watch in real time was Buffy or Angel. Because I couldn't wait.
Everything else I used to tape, now I DVR.
Why should I watch a show when the powers want me to, rather than watching it when I want to?
Plus, skip the commercials. No brainer.
Interesting though that he somehow sees TV as better because it's live. Anyone else feel that?
Xane | September 03, 06:19 CET
But, for me, the structure that Heroes achieves, or tries to achieve, is much more integrated than Buffy's. What i mean is that there are no standalone episodes in Heroes, whereas there are a majority in Buffy (except maybe in season 7 and the comics).
The problem with Heroes is that they don't seem to really know where they are going, long-term wise, and that's really important when you are trying to make some kind of integrated narratic structure. In Buffy, Joss knew where he was going (Buffy's death is hinted by the end of the 3rd season) and he didn't try to do the integrated thing, which is only a long succession of cliffhangers.
Léo | September 03, 06:25 CET
And the DVR thing is a sore point with me at the moment. I fitted a bigger hard drive to my Sky+ box and now it's playing up and I may lose a couple of hundred hours of recordings.
(Todays lesson: Whatever it is, if it's on a hard drive, back it up!)
zz9 | September 03, 06:26 CET
pat32082 | September 03, 06:29 CET
MySerenity | September 03, 06:31 CET
All publicity is good publicity. A big actor dissing a show will get people talking about that show.
zz9 | September 03, 06:33 CET
I love his answers. I watch Heroes but I must agree...there are WAY to many things going on.
Floyd cira '94....I caught that tour in New Orleans. I was 14 ;)
death is my gift | September 03, 06:34 CET
I used to prefer watching it live too, but it's just not worth the wait for episodes of my tv shows to get aired here, so I download them.
Loved his answers. He's always fun and fresh reading.
(1st post here btw.. :D)
rafaboreanaz | September 03, 06:43 CET
I rarely see the point of most TV. Especially with the programming going on these days. Even on Denmark's "public service" channels, which have turned from "high-on-content-low-on-fluff" to... not so much.
Since most of Denmark had only one channel until the late 80s, I can also see the point of preferring live TV. Back then, at least, when you knew that most of the country's population were watching the same thing as you -- and at the same time -- watching TV could actually turn into a public-social event. Yes, you didn't actually interact with the rest of the public, but somehow, there was a strange feeling of community.
As such, recorded TV feels more of an asocial, "dead" pastime. And since these days, most Danes have at least 4 channels -- and a large percentage (including myself, unwillingly) have 40 or more -- there's less of that feeling.
Boreanaz surely never had that "one channel" experience, but even without it, I know a lot of people still feel live broadcasting is something of an event. Watching a recording, though, is no event at all. But the only thing that makes it really clear these days is sports programming (which I hate, with one exception).
So, these days, the tuner in my TV is actually only connected to anything from september to february (U.S. football season).
I've only followed a few TV shows: Twin Peaks, Buffy, Angel, Firefly, Carnivale, Alias, Veronica Mars, Lost, Heroes. That's all. Really. Of course, I've seen quite a few Simpsons or South Park episodes, but not enough to say I "follow" them.
Most of those I've watched via the internet (mostly the day after U.S. broadcast), and later bought on DVD -- because I really can't wait for a Danish station to pick them up, if ever. Or, in a few cases, I've just caught up on DVD.
Kaneda | September 03, 07:27 CET
Re: Heroes, I have only seen the first season and a friend if showing me the second. I liked season one, and there were individual episodes and moments that blew me away. The acting is universally strong, and the moral conundrums set up for the characters led to some riveting moments. But it was definitely wildly inconsistent, even within individual episodes. I think it's not helped by the fact that Tim Kring himself seems to be one of the weakest writers on staff on a line-to-line basis, which means that the opening and closing episodes of the season, even if they have good ideas, don't really land. And on the big picture side, characters that are developed just suddenly disappear; others die kind of pointlessly; others cover the same ground over and over again. And Mohinder's uber-pretentious opening narration is almost unbearably annoying. ("Evolution is a part of God's will, but can we really know the face of God? And if we come to close to the Sun, will it burn us, the way fire itself marked a new chapter of humanity?" No, not an actual line, but was this much different from all his other ones?)
I'll have to see Season Two to be sure though, but I might still go with Lost as the most overrated show on television--and another one overshadowed, really, by Buffy and Angel, even if the mainstream doesn't see it that way.
WilliamTheB | September 03, 07:52 CET
phlebotinin | September 03, 08:20 CET
WilliamTheB | September 03, 09:05 CET
As ofr DB's comments about "Heroes", I started t olose interest because of those twins from Mexico having a power I still don't know what it was, Hiro in feudal Japan bored me, and I don't like seeing Kristen Bell as an electric Gossip Girl. "Lost" still has my attention because apparently they have come up with a plan. I hope "Heroes" has come up with a plan, too, but it's not too much like X-Men movies.
impalergeneral | September 03, 09:44 CET
Also, @serge: Hey, someone from the homeland! Regarding DVR, while I don't have anything against them, as Boreanaz seems to, I certainly don't have any need for them. I've got zero interest in sports, and, as Serge mentioned, Danish networks are usually at least one season behind on American shows, if they pick them up at all. To give a particularly egregious example: to this day, Battlestar Galactica still hasn't graced our screens. So it's all torrents followed by DVD boxsets here.
Winther | September 03, 10:16 CET
I couldn't agree more with David and many of the members here in regards to Heroes. I just finished season two (in preparation for season three), and I'm wondering if maybe they just had a good idea when they started, but got all stumbly as they went along. I think season three will be the ultimate test. If I get six episodes in, and it's more of the same, I may have to just completely write it off as a lost cause, one-hit wonder kind of thing. There are occasional moments of solidarity, but they're too often surrounded by ideas that are either rushed, inconsistent in character, poorly executed or just plain lame. We'll see.
Also, I had no idea THAT'S what Fringe is actually about! Kind of worries me a bit now. :)
kungfubear | September 03, 10:34 CET
I partly agree about Heroes. The first season wasn't bad but the second was mostly bad due to the random and occasionally bizarre character and plot developments.
DreamDancer | September 03, 10:38 CET
dollrific | September 03, 10:49 CET
Compared to me (and maybe most people on here ?) DB just watches TV differently - if I follow a show then I watch it in its entirety, missing an episode of a programme I follow isn't the end of the world (even before on demand TV and downloading etc.) but it's at least something i'd rather avoid. DB's just a much more casual viewer (probably more like a mainstream viewer from what I gather) - ironically, he's possibly the sort of viewer that wouldn't get what all the fuss was about over Buffy because he might miss a lot of the serial elements by dipping in and out.
Re: changing his mind, maybe not but even if he was purely kidding around it certainly seemed like he didn't have a use for a PVR and then, after a few seconds of consideration, came up with a use for one. Who knows what might happen in another few seconds ? ;)
Saje | September 03, 10:56 CET
[ edited by KingofCretins on 2008-09-03 20:43 ]
KingofCretins | September 03, 11:42 CET
He mentions his son so many times. Seems like he loves being a Dad.
jaxn | September 03, 12:22 CET
Fringe is NOT about a disease that takes over an airplane. Seriously. What he thinks might not matter to J.J. Abrams, but he probably hasn't even watched the damn show yet! How does that make him any different from the other people who make snap judgments? And railing on other shows seems to actually make him look kind of a jerk, IMO. It's one thing to be neutral, say "I don't watch it," but for someone who doesn't seem to watch much television, proclaiming that all of these other shows are horrible...seems a little pretentious..and Crossing Jordan WAS doing the comedic procedural thing before Bones even made it on the air. And Numbers was doing the science meets law enforcement thing a few years before thing. And CSI started the chain.
I should also mention...my husband hates watching Bones. He tolerates it for me, but he genuinely dislikes it, and I've heard his reasons why and I can overlook them, but he can't.
I mean, I think he's a fine actor. But there are times when what you think should be filtered before it comes out of your mouth.
And the DVR comments...sigh...sometimes, and I'm wondering why he doesn't understand this in regards to DVRs, people don't agree on what they want to watch, and want to share and compromise...and sometimes, people work and don't get home in time to watch their favorite television show. Just because it isn't "live" doesn't mean I shouldn't be able to watch it every week on my TV instead of a 15 inch laptop monitor.
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the ninja report | September 03, 13:10 CET
Also, regardless of what David or anyone else tells me about Fringe, that doesn't mean I'm not going to check it out. I believe in the freedom of choice to judge for myself. Besides, Abrams has a pretty good track record and it's got Joshua Jackson in it. I kinda heart him. :)
kungfubear | September 03, 13:34 CET
Haveta say also, i've mentioned this before but the whole "Bones isn't a procedural" thing is starting to get old for me. It seems a bit dismissive of a whole slew of excellent TV shows that've gone before, some of which had as many or more great character moments as 'Bones' and yet, because each episode was written around the procedure of solving a mystery, were unashamedly procedurals. It's only a bad word if you solely apply it to bad shows IMO.
(and yeah, that "description" of 'Fringe' actually only really covers the opening teaser)
Saje | September 03, 13:38 CET
KingofCretins | September 03, 13:43 CET
IrrationaliTV | September 03, 13:46 CET
Saje | September 03, 13:49 CET
@theonetruebix | September 03, 14:04 CET
IrrationaliTV | September 03, 15:06 CET
J Linc | September 03, 19:26 CET
He is adorable, I have to say. I think his honesty is funny and refreshing. It makes me crush on him even more.
DaniVampsForJoss | September 03, 20:09 CET
I get the shorthand thing theonetruebix and largely agree that that's true (i'm not totally convinced that's what DB thinks though) but the procedural elements are the frame all that juicy character flesh is hung on, take 'em away and you're left with a big floppy pile of moments (we may not watch it for the procedural element - frankly a lot of the "mysteries" are fairly transparent IMO - but a skeleton is still pretty important and nothing to be ashamed of).
I think it's just a difference in perspective - the 'Law and Order' "franchise" is on over here but it's not the sort of mainstay of the TV landscape that it seems to be in the US so when I think "US procedural" I think of shows like 'NYPD Blue' or (because it was maybe my favourite new show last year) 'Life', which are both pretty rich in character stuff, despite being unashamed procedurals (and then there's 'House', current king of the US procedural hill IMO).
Saje | September 04, 00:50 CET
Season two was a mixed bag, in my opinion. Some good ideas. Some excellent new characters. However, the few plus points soon got lost in the mess of poor, dragged out story ideas and dreary supporting characters taking up way too much story time.
Season three, on paper, looks like it could return the show to it's early glory but, and there always seems to be a 'but' with Heroes, again I'm seeing article after article talking about a seemingly endless supply of new characters. Surely they aren't going to make the exact same mistakes again?
Highlander | September 04, 06:14 CET
Besides, how can you take David's comments that literally, after his comments about almost being the Thing (in F4). For all his frank talk, he doesn't take himself too seriously.
My two cents.
OneTeV | September 04, 07:24 CET
Saje | September 04, 07:33 CET
I know it doesn't add to the discussion and is in fact highly irrelevant...but there you are.
Illyria | September 05, 20:06 CET
Like a couple others have mentioned, it was material like "Company Man" in Season 1 (almost the entirety of Claire's arc, really) that kept me watching and guarantees I'll check out Season 3. Bryan Fuller is missed though.
Kris | September 08, 07:27 CET