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| Fran |
Date: Sunday, 29-Mar-15, 2:03 PM | Message # 916 |
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Quote Wand6122360 (  ) At the risk of stepping on toes, I preferred their interactions to those between Rigsby and VanPelt |
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| KathyF |
Date: Sunday, 29-Mar-15, 3:22 PM | Message # 917 |
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I also enjoyed the Wylie & Vega pairing! It seemed so natural. |
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| redbird |
Date: Sunday, 29-Mar-15, 7:54 PM | Message # 918 |
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I too preferred Vega and Wylie to Van Pelt and Rigsby. I just didn't think that Van Pelt and Rigsby were all that interesting. I did, however, enjoy Cho and Rigsby together. They were a hoot!!! |
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| DS_Pallas |
Date: Friday, 03-Apr-15, 12:19 PM | Message # 919 |
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Just read on a blog ( here ) that someone was watching "Kidd Kraddick morning show" on TV yesterday, and heard the actor Matthew Perry said that "he was offered The Mentalist and turned it down"! 
The 10 dollars question is: Can you imagine M. Perry as Patrick Jane?? |
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| Wand6122360 |
Date: Friday, 03-Apr-15, 1:43 PM | Message # 920 |
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What a horrible horrible thought! I can't believe it! They were looking for someone graceful and I would hardly call Matthew Perry that. |
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| kim |
Date: Friday, 03-Apr-15, 2:06 PM | Message # 921 |
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I really loved the Vega character. Josie was great in that role. I also liked the Wiley/ Cho interaction a lot. I loved Rigsby, but honestly not a big fan of VanPelt. I hate to sound disparaging but I would have loved the Vega and Wiley characters to have been around much longer. But then it might have been too hard to have Vega killed and that was an important turning point in the entire last season.
As for Matthew Perry- Meh, never would have worked. |
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| amanda |
Date: Saturday, 04-Apr-15, 9:01 AM | Message # 922 |
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Quote DS_Pallas ( ) The 10 dollars question is: Can you imagine M. Perry as Patrick Jane??
Matthew Perry hasn't the charm and glamour of Simon Baker. Really not.  I can't imagine him in the character of PJ. But he is a good actor. |
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| Tina |
Date: Saturday, 04-Apr-15, 9:52 AM | Message # 923 |
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I like Mathew Perry, but definately not for this role. I always had the impression that Bruno wanted Simon from the beginning and we are so lucky he took the offer! No other actor could have done such an awsome job and I think it wouldn't have been such a success without Simon. |
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| bee |
Date: Saturday, 04-Apr-15, 11:20 AM | Message # 924 |
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I also got the impression that Bruno wanted Simon for the part from the outset. I seem to remember that Simon once said in an interview (I think it was with Larry King) that he didn't even have to audition for the part, it was just offered to him. Tina love your new Easter themed Avatar, you always make me smile....
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| Tina |
Date: Saturday, 04-Apr-15, 5:51 PM | Message # 925 |
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Thank you bee  |
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| June |
Date: Tuesday, 07-Apr-15, 6:57 PM | Message # 926 |
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The Mentalist: The Complete Series DVD http://www.cbsstore.com/detail.....-300055
Available on April 28. It's a nice box, isn't it? I have six seasons on dvd but I don't know if I'll be able to avoid buying the complete series. Very tempting!
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| Wand6122360 |
Date: Tuesday, 07-Apr-15, 7:19 PM | Message # 927 |
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I wonder if the box set will have any special features. I didn't see any listed, but perhaps I looked in the wrong place? I own 6 seasons and will be buying the 7th. It's the only show for which I've bought the complete set, and it's definitely worth it, based on how often I have watched it. |
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| Tina |
Date: Tuesday, 07-Apr-15, 8:43 PM | Message # 928 |
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I was hoping for a set with the complete series because I want to have a second copy of all episodes for back up. I hope there will be some extras and that it's published in Europe. So I will wait for a UK or German release. |
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| amanda |
Date: Tuesday, 07-Apr-15, 9:23 PM | Message # 929 |
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Tina your avatar is so beautiful ! You are very talented with knitting  |
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| ruuger |
Date: Tuesday, 07-Apr-15, 9:50 PM | Message # 930 |
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Quote bee ( ) I also got the impression that Bruno wanted Simon for the part from the outset. I seem to remember that Simon once said in an interview (I think it was with Larry King) that he didn't even have to audition for the part, it was just offered to him.
In at least one interview Bruno said that Simon was in a way the network's choice. When they started casting for the pilot, he was given a list of possible leading men that he had to choose from (this is apparently a pretty common practise - the list probably included actors who already had a deal with CBS, such as Christian Slater, Alex O'Laughin and Jason O'Mara), and Simon was the one they picked. He was a bit cagey about whether or not Simon was his first choice, and since they started shooting the pilot within days of Simon being cast, I'm guessing they did also consider other actors before him. Matthew Perry would certainly have been a more bankable leading man for the network than Simon was at the time.
(Also, didn't Bruno say in his Walk of Fame speech that he'd had a moment of regret when he first met Simon and he wasn't at all like he'd imagined the character, but it was Simon's vision of the character that sold him to Bruno?) |
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