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June

Date: Monday, 23-Dec-13, 8:46 PM | Message # 511

Bee's Knees

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Thanks for this article, DS. Very clear, well explained and interesting. They are right about The Mentalist, but I don't want to lose my hopes in a seventh season yet.

258pce

Date: Tuesday, 24-Dec-13, 7:36 AM | Message # 512

Cobber

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Thanks so much DS for that translation. I guess that is the nitty and gritty of the renewal process and is depressing. The move to Sunday night was really pretty devastating in terms of viewers and ad revenue. It seems to me that I've noticed the use of greenscreen backdrops more this season.....I suppose that is due to cost cutting in production.

I guess all we can hope for is that the ratings continue to improve and/or some other broadcast station would want to continue with it for an additional season.

Mossibecca

Date: Tuesday, 24-Dec-13, 11:46 AM | Message # 513

Bee's Knees

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Thanks for this DS, very interesting, I've never really understood why some series get dumped and others keep on going

Evy

Date: Tuesday, 24-Dec-13, 1:13 PM | Message # 514

Fair Dinkum

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Article in a French TV magazine (TVmag du 29 décembre au 4 janvier)

Simon Baker, the sexiest of 2013

Message edited by Evy - Tuesday, 24-Dec-13, 1:24 PM

Flip

Date: Tuesday, 24-Dec-13, 6:36 PM | Message # 515

Jillaroo

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Thank you for the translation. Unfortunately, it's not too surprising. I know there has been talk in the past about CBS grumbling. Perhaps, it would do better if CBS would stop sabotaging it through their schedule. Either way, I really keep my fingers crossed for one more season.

sylvia5993

Date: Tuesday, 24-Dec-13, 7:01 PM | Message # 516

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Re: French magazine, Simoon at 44 is still the sexiest man according to French women. Of course they celebrate his acting talent and family life, but lets not forget the sweet man behind the glasses. Kudos.

kabuky

Date: Tuesday, 24-Dec-13, 9:18 PM | Message # 517

Surfie

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I am glad that SImon is still considered the sexiest in France; he loves that country and has stated if he weren't an Aussie, he is sure he would be French.

SO sad to read about the obvious potential of losing the Mentalist after this season! Very well written and translated - thank you! There is SO MUCH energy in it this season. More than that, the thought of not seeing Simon every week in my living room in a NEW episode is the most devastating! I doubt he will be coerced into another TV series after mentalist. Just hope he does MANY a project a la Clooney after his series is over.

DS_Pallas

Date: Thursday, 02-Jan-14, 2:43 PM | Message # 518

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Well if you like Hitchcock films, here is a very interesting reading, provided by bloomingviolet2013 on Reviewbrain blog:

As it has been stated before, the films noirs seem to be a source of inspiration for a number of details in the show: the vintage car Jane used to drive; the fedora he wore once; the fact that he’s allegedly a good guy, but he’s prone to expeditious methods and has plenty of moral ambiguity… Yet, through the film noir code, some aspects of the storyline seem to reference more precisely Hitchcock’s thrillers…

References to Hitchcock in TM

sylvia5993

Date: Thursday, 02-Jan-14, 6:12 PM | Message # 519

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I really enjoyed this bit of reminiscing about Hitchcock and his flair for great movie making. I was even in Bodega Bay where he shot "The Birds" and could see the significance of this little church in this quaint rural seaside town. Simon has used H and Romero as his muses or models for his directing and it is quite well suited to his own personality. Well done.

DS_Pallas

Date: Thursday, 02-Jan-14, 7:44 PM | Message # 520

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Yes, I thought Hitchcock references in Simon's directing style were particularly obvious in some "Blinking Red Light" frames… His darkest episode so far.

Message edited by DS_Pallas - Thursday, 02-Jan-14, 7:45 PM

Ivana

Date: Thursday, 09-Jan-14, 6:56 PM | Message # 521

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Nice review for The Mentalist – box set 5 seasons in the Guardian posted today
http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-....=twt_gu

Fran

Date: Friday, 10-Jan-14, 1:43 PM | Message # 522

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The Mentalist makes a fresh start in a new city — Austin
http://austin.culturemap.com/news....-austin

A cunning killer has moved to Austin. No need to panic, though. He’s a fictional murderer from a prime-time TV show.

On the CBS crime drama The Mentalist, the main character — Patrick Jane (Simon Baker), who possesses psychic-like mental abilities — recently took up residence in Austin to work for the FBI. Jane previously lived in Sacramento, California, but the show’s producers wanted to give Jane a fresh start after he tracked down and murdered “Red John,” who killed his wife and daughter.

Two of Jane’s crime-fighting colleagues from Sacramento, Teresa Lisbon (Robin Tunney) and Kimball Cho (Tim Kang), also are stationed at the FBI office in Austin.

Jane agreed to accept the Austin gig with the FBI in exchange for not being charged in the “Red John” case. In the wake of the “Red John” slaying, the show fast-forwarded about two years, with Jane landing in Austin after hiding away on a Spanish-speaking island.

Tom Szentgyorgy, an executive producer for The Mentalist, said he and other producers mulled several cities for Jane’s new locale before settling on Austin.

“We were looking for a city outside California where Patrick Jane could start over. We wanted it to be a city with a distinctive character, a city with some funk to it,” Szentgyorgy said. “At the same time, we wanted it to be a city whose architecture and look weren’t too familiar to television audiences — because, frankly, we continue to shoot our exterior scenes here in Southern California.”

In addition, he said, Jane’s new home base needed to be a city where it made sense for the FBI to maintain a significant presence. (Note: The fictional FBI office in Austin looks much fancier and bigger than the real one.)

Now, Austin will play at least a small part in every episode of The Mentalist. However, it remains to be seen whether any stars of The Mentalist will pop up in Austin.

“Our camera crew will be filming background and establishing shots in Austin, but at the moment there are no plans to film actual scenes there,” Szentgyorgy said. “If a story is good enough and demands it, we’ll make the trip.”

Szentgyorgy said Michael Novotny, the show’s production designer, and Julie Walker, the show’s art director, spent several days in Austin taking photos and getting a feel for the city’s “visual style.”

“That trip informed their design of the FBI office,” he said, “and will guide our choice of new locations to film here in Southern California that are supposed to stand in for Austin.”