tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31797928.post4632678832632566592..comments2024-02-15T17:42:47.365-06:00Comments on Rated B: Boston Legal Series Finale - A ReviewManodogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09362585939645849627noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31797928.post-26527667299002852322009-01-07T03:09:00.000-06:002009-01-07T03:09:00.000-06:00I would like to mention, in addition, that my view...I would like to mention, in addition, that my views are conservative, however, Boston Legal was one of TH most thought-provoking shows I have ever watched. Can't argue with the Bush complaints nor would I be insulted at any of the political views the show took. In the real world, we agree to disagree about our politics but we agree wholeheartedly that the show will be missed. Ahh, Denny and Alan, to end each day as you did....The Mouse Roarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14656928994328822660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31797928.post-22489918852641687152008-12-29T18:27:00.000-06:002008-12-29T18:27:00.000-06:00Denny Crane.Denny Crane.Manodogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362585939645849627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31797928.post-71797833614495614122008-12-23T14:12:00.000-06:002008-12-23T14:12:00.000-06:00As with any Kelly show, the show isn't about a sho...As with any Kelly show, the show isn't about a show, it's about the extreme societal differences within modern culture. <BR/><BR/>While someone referred to Kelly's views as extremist twaddle, I'd ask the writer, why does ones' views whose differs from your constitute either twaddle or extremism? <BR/><BR/>Kelly is a liberal, no doubt about it. It's why I watch him and Keith Olberbman, not Rush Limbaugh or O'Really's spin zone.<BR/><BR/>While our public airwaves are to be used in part for the education of opposing views, the network news as lost track of this portion of it task in exchange for it's free use, occasionally, some network or writer remembers this was part of the deal. That is Kelley. <BR/><BR/>While we on the left suffered with 8 years of Bush, 6 of which were never questioned by the network news, Kelley took on the powers that were in charge. <BR/><BR/>And I for one am grateful. <BR/><BR/>Although I've seen David's shows come and go, eventually, he always returns. Picket Fences was a great loss at the time, but we saw the point of view return in Ali McBeal, Boston Public and Boston Legal. <BR/><BR/>I'm sure David will bring his views in another character based ensemble show.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10569229476257752535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31797928.post-21183578738417859052008-12-14T20:42:00.000-06:002008-12-14T20:42:00.000-06:00I have already enjoyed this show. I am really goi...I have already enjoyed this show. I am really going to miss it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31797928.post-15803903238844975532008-12-10T18:42:00.000-06:002008-12-10T18:42:00.000-06:00Thanks for commenting, Heartland!A lot of people h...Thanks for commenting, Heartland!<BR/><BR/>A lot of people have responded with similar complaints. While <I>Boston Legal</I> obviously took the Liberal view on the topics it tackled, I certainly did not find them "extremist" - by any measure.<BR/><BR/>Whether I agreed or disagreed (and just for the record, I agreed with most of it, but <I>vehemently</I> disagreed with the stand <A HREF="http://manodogs.blogspot.com/2007/05/more-on-illegal-immigration.html" REL="nofollow">on immigration</A> - for one example), I thought a lot of them were handled from a common sense POV. Yes, undeniably with a Liberal stance, but more common sense than anything.<BR/><BR/>Honestly, I feel that most of the people who agree with you and considered <I>Boston Legal</I> to be "extremist" Liberal rhetoric are blinded by their <I>own</I> political "twaddle." Face it: remove the <A HREF="http://oddblog.theweirding.net" REL="nofollow">religion</A> from 99% of the issues <I>Boston Legal</I> tackled and the views it provided were common sense!<BR/><BR/>It was inarguably a soapbox, but Kelley was not the sole writer - in fact, I don't think he wrote the majority of the episodes. Of course, I'm not seeking to defend that - he was obviously the Big Cheese and whether or not he actually wrote the episodes himself doesn't mean much; he chose who wrote them, he oversaw their writing, etc. Still, while certain issues presented were warped to the left, most were more middle-line moderate than Right-Wingers are willing to admit.<BR/><BR/>And Denny Crane's (Denny Crane) hardline Republicanism <I>always</I> presented the other side of the argument. That he happened to be infected with Mad Cow (Denny Crane) at least gives <I>him</I> an excuse for being so ignorant and stubborn. Still, it's not as if <I>Boston Legal</I> was simply a one-sided showcase for the Left.<BR/><BR/>A soapbox, definitely; Liberal, without question; "extremist," hardly.<BR/><BR/>Denny Crane.Manodogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362585939645849627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31797928.post-17036599941446559602008-12-09T17:07:00.000-06:002008-12-09T17:07:00.000-06:00I happened to catch the series finale and watched ...I happened to catch the series finale and watched to see how the storylines would be concluded. I was not surprised at how ridiculously it ended. I was a fan of the show for the first two years, but after the character and legal storylines became lost in the liberal twaddle that became the focus of the show, I quickly lost interest. Hopefully, the show will be replaced with something that seeks to entertain, rather than give Kelley a soap box for his extremist views.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31797928.post-82486514471542408512008-12-09T14:22:00.000-06:002008-12-09T14:22:00.000-06:00Denny Crane.Denny Crane.Manodogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362585939645849627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31797928.post-90719541870896682092008-12-09T13:35:00.001-06:002008-12-09T13:35:00.001-06:00Edwin Poole: Do people know?Shirley Schmidt: Only ...Edwin Poole: Do people know?<BR/>Shirley Schmidt: Only a certain few at this point.<BR/>Edwin Poole: So we're really done then? Canceled?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15420115127614973064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31797928.post-82877555919183057942008-12-09T12:30:00.000-06:002008-12-09T12:30:00.000-06:00Hi, Nightcrew, and thanks for posting.I meant to m...Hi, Nightcrew, and thanks for posting.<BR/><BR/>I meant to mention that somewhere, too! Like I say, I really only started watching regularly in 2006 or so, but I could have sworn it was on Tue. when I first started watching. I wasn't 100% sure, so I didn't say anything, but I would check the schedule pretty much every night over the summer because I missed it... to no avail.<BR/><BR/>Others have mentioned how little ABC supported the show. I really think it comes down to the whole <I>Life on Mars</I> and money dispute: I think ABC was using <I>Boston Legal</I> as a bargaining chip with David E. Kelley and the whole thing blew-up in everyone's face.<BR/><BR/>Of course, we are the ones who suffer - I have a feeling both Kelley and ABC will be just fine.Manodogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362585939645849627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31797928.post-1422343246409708142008-12-09T12:02:00.000-06:002008-12-09T12:02:00.000-06:00I love the show too, and am really going to miss i...I love the show too, and am really going to miss it.<BR/>Moving it around so many nights--it was on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wed during its run didn't help. Never felt that ABC gave the show the love it deserved. Classic smart TV.<BR/>nightcrewnightcrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16982723242537000717noreply@blogger.com