Castle

[jducoeur]

Okay, the pilot of Castle shows promise. It's not genius, but the writing is sharp, the chemistry is great, and Nathan Fillion is perfectly cast. (He's getting a tad typecast, but at least he seems to be enjoying it.) Definitely stays on the to-record list, at least for the time being...

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Re: typecasting? i don't agree

[tashabear.livejournal.com]

Certainly Mal and Rick Castle are more similar to each other than either of them are to the Preacher, but Mal was self-sacrificing, where Rick is selfish. Even when everyone around him wanted him to be selfish and say that he wanted something, he didn't (ie, Inara), because he felt he wasn't good enough for her. In contrast, Castle is shallow and doesn't seem to care whether he's good enough or not -- he just sees something shiny and WANTS. It'll be interesting to see where they take the character and the relationship with the female detective... just like it would have been interesting to see where they took Mal and Inara if he'd allowed himself to heal a bit.

(I can't include Dr. Horrible so much as not only did he not get a lot of character development, he was a caricature of a caricature. That's not to say Fillion wasn't awesome in the role, but there wasn't much there to judge against other roles.)

Re: typecasting? i don't agree

[rufinia.livejournal.com]

I think there's more to Castle than we've seen- sure he was pretty flip about the whole "some killer is copying my ideas" thing when around people, except when he was around his kid (who I love, by the way).

But I do love the chemistry between Castle and Kate- and I about died at the "I'm Just a Girl Who Cain't Say No" scene.

"Cain't Say No"

[msmemory.livejournal.com]

Long live Lwaxana!