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"Just one more thing...": Rewatching Columbo
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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 283156" data-attributes="member: 23"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 22px">Murder, Smoke and Shadows</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 15px"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/columbophile.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Smoke-titles.jpg?w=702&ssl=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 497px" /><img src="https://i0.wp.com/columbophile.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Smoke-spotlight.jpg?w=738&ssl=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 520px" /></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">The Universal Backlot. We’ve been here a few times, haven’t we? </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">When used judiciously it can be highly effective. Overdo it and it can look lazy and cheap. In almost any long running Universal TV series there’s generally an episode or two where a plot is either built around a device on the lot (such as the Flash Flood or the Collapsing Bridge) or characters - for whatever reason - spend a great deal of time on sets from the lot. It’s a contrivance I associate with either budget, lack of focus or just plain shark jumping. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">In the original series, the most blatant use of the lot and tour came in<em> Fade In To Murder</em>. But that was in the Sixth Season*. Here we are, not two episodes in to the new <em>Columbo</em> - a time when creative juices should be flowing - and we’re given an extensive tour of the lot and its attractions.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">Our tour of the lot is so thorough, I almost feel as though I’ve done it. Why pay to visit it when I can just watch this episode? Bruce The Shark redux from <em>The Jaws Ride</em> even has a cameo in the opening montage (his second <em>Columbo</em> cameo, if we’re counting his carrot toothed predecessor as the same shark). </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">Even the murder takes place on Brownstone Street, which is named as such. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px"><em>* </em></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>It does seem appropriate that this episode should take the baton from Fade In To Murder, since Season Eight looks set to replace Season Six as my least favourite year to date. </em></span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><em><span style="font-size: 15px">continued...</span></em></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 283156, member: 23"] [CENTER][B][SIZE=6]Murder, Smoke and Shadows[/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=4][IMG width="497px"]https://i0.wp.com/columbophile.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Smoke-titles.jpg?w=702&ssl=1[/IMG][IMG width="520px"]https://i0.wp.com/columbophile.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Smoke-spotlight.jpg?w=738&ssl=1[/IMG][/SIZE][/CENTER] [COLOR=#000000][SIZE=4]The Universal Backlot. We’ve been here a few times, haven’t we? When used judiciously it can be highly effective. Overdo it and it can look lazy and cheap. In almost any long running Universal TV series there’s generally an episode or two where a plot is either built around a device on the lot (such as the Flash Flood or the Collapsing Bridge) or characters - for whatever reason - spend a great deal of time on sets from the lot. It’s a contrivance I associate with either budget, lack of focus or just plain shark jumping. In the original series, the most blatant use of the lot and tour came in[I] Fade In To Murder[/I]. But that was in the Sixth Season*. Here we are, not two episodes in to the new [I]Columbo[/I] - a time when creative juices should be flowing - and we’re given an extensive tour of the lot and its attractions. Our tour of the lot is so thorough, I almost feel as though I’ve done it. Why pay to visit it when I can just watch this episode? Bruce The Shark redux from [I]The Jaws Ride[/I] even has a cameo in the opening montage (his second [I]Columbo[/I] cameo, if we’re counting his carrot toothed predecessor as the same shark). Even the murder takes place on Brownstone Street, which is named as such. [I]* [/I][/SIZE][SIZE=3][I]It does seem appropriate that this episode should take the baton from Fade In To Murder, since Season Eight looks set to replace Season Six as my least favourite year to date. [/I][/SIZE][/COLOR] [CENTER] [COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)][I][SIZE=4]continued...[/SIZE][/I][/COLOR][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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