HBO's Six Feet Under - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Pitooey · 03-01-2002, 12:57 AM

I cannot wait for this Sunday to see the new episodes of Six feet under. Does anyone here watch the show?

TJL · 03-01-2002, 01:12 AM

Four words - Best Drama on HBO.

That's right Soprano fans, I said it!

I am looking forward to the new season. It is a totally unique show, with a truly interesting vision of life, and death.

Kitt · 03-01-2002, 07:32 PM

I watch it and I agree, it is top quality writing, plots, characters, lots of surprizes. The Sopranos I like more though but that might be because I've always been intersted in mafia history and the culture of that whole gangster mind set. It took me awhile to adjust to the language on both shows. Finally it began to seem almost humorous instead of vulgar.

TJL · 03-01-2002, 08:05 PM

Don't get me wrong, i do enjoy The Sopranos, but i think that Six Feet Under is the most unique thing HBO has right now.
I guess it's because i'm a big fan of the show's creator Alan Ball.
He wrote American Beauty, which is one of the greatest films to come along in a long time.

XoVanillaRain90oX · 03-01-2002, 08:10 PM

my dad does, im not allowed

Pitooey · 03-01-2002, 09:11 PM

I tip my hat off to Alan Ball TJL! Every week I can't wait to see the next installment. Well I'm looking foward to the 2nd season. Oh (At first) the show was surprising to me but, it grows on a person.

Janice · 04-14-2002, 05:27 PM

I just adore Six Feet Under. It's so well-written, and the character development is superb. I look forward to Sunday nights for my Fisher family fix.
I enjoy The Sopranos and Six Feet Under equally as much. I could never chose a favorite. HBO has two winners on its hands.

Janice · 04-16-2002, 12:09 PM

One of the things that's interesting about Six Feet Under are those wild openers with someone dying. What a novel, albeit morbid, idea. I'm always trying to figure out what's going to happen.
The most gruesome one to me was the woman who stood up in the limo, through the moonroof, and was decapitated. Yikes!

Pitooey · 04-16-2002, 07:33 PM

What surprises me is......... Why aren't the other actors getting any recognition?

They have fabulous actors in this show.

The daughter, The mother, The gay son, The policeman, The young man working for the brothers........ All these people should be getting some kind of plaque!

IheartMoonlighting · 04-19-2002, 01:25 AM

Moonlighting had the same type of intro. so it's nothing new. If there was a case, Moonlighting always opened up with a small teaser.

Quote:

Originally posted by JanLady617
One of the things that's interesting about Six Feet Under are those wild openers with someone dying. What a novel, albeit morbid, idea. I'm always trying to figure out what's going to happen.
The most gruesome one to me was the woman who stood up in the limo, through the moonroof, and was decapitated. Yikes!

IheartMoonlighting · 04-19-2002, 01:27 AM

the acting on this show is top notch. i bet you anything they will clean up this year at the emmys especially since sopranos can't get any nominations this year. It's going to be all about Six Feet Under and the Emmy snub. Sopranos was snubbed too by the Emmys when it first aired.

Quote:

Originally posted by JennyLee22
What surprises me is......... Why aren't the other actors getting any recognition?

They have fabulous actors in this show.

The daughter, The mother, The gay son, The policeman, The young man working for the brothers........ All these people should be getting some kind of plaque!

Janice · 04-19-2002, 11:37 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by IheartMoonlighting
Moonlighting had the same type of intro. so it's nothing new. If there was a case, Moonlighting always opened up with a small teaser.

Lots of crime/mystery shows had teasers that set the stage for the show's plot....Columbo and Moonlighting are good examples--these shows were about solving crimes/murders. Six Feet Under is different in the sense that you know someone's going to die within the minute. The death occurs to provide a corpse for Fisher & Sons Funeral Home, and the show is not centered around the death, yet it provides a backdrop for the show's main characters. If the death does become part of the show, it's usually to address one of the main character's issues.
It depicts ordinary people living their lives one minute, and unexpectedly dying the next--usually under bizarre circumstances. It may be a child with a gun, a fatal dive into a swimming pool, a sex act gone awry or a crack over the head with a frying pan.
Six Feet Under is not a who-done-it. It doesn't involve blackmail, a jealous husband, or any crime for that matter. That's the difference, to me anyway.
What's different also is the way the show fades to white after each death, listing the person's birth and death dates.
Teasers are as old as my Aunt Millie. These openers create a buzz, a watercooler buzz, so to speak. My friends will say things like, "Wild opener on Six Feet Under last night, wasn't it?"
I don't recall any such buzz on any other show's openers.
I didn't mean to take so long to express this, but I think the openers on Six Feet Under are a clever and fresh concept.

Beruche · 04-19-2002, 03:28 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by JanLady617
One of the things that's interesting about Six Feet Under are those wild openers with someone dying. What a novel, albeit morbid, idea. I'm always trying to figure out what's going to happen.
The most gruesome one to me was the woman who stood up in the limo, through the moonroof, and was decapitated. Yikes!

That sounds like something I would watch but I don't have HBO sooo......yeah anyway.

IheartMoonlighting · 04-20-2002, 01:36 AM

Of course people are going to talk about the openers because of the shock value. We are talking about death here. and it's on hbo so they can pretty much get away with great deal.

I guess i don't find it all that clever because the technique has been done before in other shows. and by technique, i'm talking
about the teaser format.

Alan Ball is just good. and if he wasn't behind the show, i don't think it would be as compelling.

Quote:

Originally posted by JanLady617

Lots of crime/mystery shows had teasers that set the stage for the show's plot....Columbo and Moonlighting are good examples--these shows were about solving crimes/murders. Six Feet Under is different in the sense that you know someone's going to die within the minute. The death occurs to provide a corpse for Fisher & Sons Funeral Home, and the show is not centered around the death, yet it provides a backdrop for the show's main characters. If the death does become part of the show, it's usually to address one of the main character's issues.
It depicts ordinary people living their lives one minute, and unexpectedly dying the next--usually under bizarre circumstances. It may be a child with a gun, a fatal dive into a swimming pool, a sex act gone awry or a crack over the head with a frying pan.
Six Feet Under is not a who-done-it. It doesn't involve blackmail, a jealous husband, or any crime for that matter. That's the difference, to me anyway.
What's different also is the way the show fades to white after each death, listing the person's birth and death dates.
Teasers are as old as my Aunt Millie. These openers create a buzz, a watercooler buzz, so to speak. My friends will say things like, "Wild opener on Six Feet Under last night, wasn't it?"
I don't recall any such buzz on any other show's openers.
I didn't mean to take so long to express this, but I think the openers on Six Feet Under are a clever and fresh concept.

Pitooey · 04-26-2002, 09:46 PM

Leeza Gibbons will be on the show this Sunday. I can't wait to see it. And that Policeman Kevin Woooooooooo! He is a fine HUNK!

03-01-2002, 12:57 AM	#1
Pitooey Member Forum Star Join Date: Feb 15, 2001 Location: Rocking in Transylvania. Posts: 15,042	HBO's Six Feet Under I cannot wait for this Sunday to see the new episodes of Six feet under. Does anyone here watch the show?
	__________________ Pitooey... AKA JennyLee - I love the Monkees all over again! *SAY NO TO DRUGS* Jesus saves...

03-01-2002, 01:12 AM	#2
TJL Suburbanite Extrordinaire Forum Star Join Date: Dec 29, 2001 Location: New Jersey - the cradle of civilization Posts: 16,591	Four words - Best Drama on HBO. That's right Soprano fans, I said it! I am looking forward to the new season. It is a totally unique show, with a truly interesting vision of life, and death.
	__________________ "I think I'll stroll up to the front to see how the shooting's going..." - Capt. Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce Read my blogs! http://centralparkamisguide.com/ http://dvdcriticscorner.com Visit me on Facebook!http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=641138880 Hey, I do the tweet thing too! http://twitter.com/TomLevier My shop of handmade items! http://www.etsy.com/shop/ColdGarageCreations

03-01-2002, 08:10 PM	#5
XoVanillaRain90oX youre RAD <3<3 Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 14, 2001 Location: SwEdEn BaBii! Posts: 3,416	my dad does, im not allowed
	__________________ <3Lisa With one look in your eyes.. & suddenly I knew, I'd fallen for you Proud PLAY fan, that's right 2001 - forever.

03-01-2002, 09:11 PM	#6
Pitooey Member Forum Star Join Date: Feb 15, 2001 Location: Rocking in Transylvania. Posts: 15,042	I tip my hat off to Alan Ball TJL! Every week I can't wait to see the next installment. Well I'm looking foward to the 2nd season. Oh (At first) the show was surprising to me but, it grows on a person.
	Last edited by Pitooey; 03-01-2002 at 09:12 PM.

03-01-2002, 07:32 PM	#3
Kitt James Dean Forum Veteran Join Date: Aug 16, 2001 Location: California Dreamin' Posts: 6,115	I watch it and I agree, it is top quality writing, plots, characters, lots of surprizes. The Sopranos I like more though but that might be because I've always been intersted in mafia history and the culture of that whole gangster mind set. It took me awhile to adjust to the language on both shows. Finally it began to seem almost humorous instead of vulgar.

03-01-2002, 08:05 PM	#4
TJL Suburbanite Extrordinaire Forum Star Join Date: Dec 29, 2001 Location: New Jersey - the cradle of civilization Posts: 16,591	Don't get me wrong, i do enjoy The Sopranos, but i think that Six Feet Under is the most unique thing HBO has right now. I guess it's because i'm a big fan of the show's creator Alan Ball. He wrote American Beauty, which is one of the greatest films to come along in a long time.

04-14-2002, 05:27 PM	#7
Janice Retired Admin - Hollywood Swingin' Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 03, 2001 Location: Beantown Posts: 36,388	I just adore Six Feet Under. It's so well-written, and the character development is superb. I look forward to Sunday nights for my Fisher family fix. I enjoy The Sopranos and Six Feet Under equally as much. I could never chose a favorite. HBO has two winners on its hands.

04-16-2002, 12:09 PM	#8
Janice Retired Admin - Hollywood Swingin' Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 03, 2001 Location: Beantown Posts: 36,388	One of the things that's interesting about Six Feet Under are those wild openers with someone dying. What a novel, albeit morbid, idea. I'm always trying to figure out what's going to happen. The most gruesome one to me was the woman who stood up in the limo, through the moonroof, and was decapitated. Yikes!

04-16-2002, 07:33 PM	#9
Pitooey Member Forum Star Join Date: Feb 15, 2001 Location: Rocking in Transylvania. Posts: 15,042	What surprises me is......... Why aren't the other actors getting any recognition? They have fabulous actors in this show. The daughter, The mother, The gay son, The policeman, The young man working for the brothers........ All these people should be getting some kind of plaque!

04-26-2002, 09:46 PM	#15
Pitooey Member Forum Star Join Date: Feb 15, 2001 Location: Rocking in Transylvania. Posts: 15,042	Leeza Gibbons will be on the show this Sunday. I can't wait to see it. And that Policeman Kevin Woooooooooo! He is a fine HUNK!