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... I miss Ben Frazer.
Jun. 23rd, 2011 06:37 amWith my Amazon gift cards in, I used one of them to get the Riverboat 15 episode set. It came on Monday and I've been watching the episodes I hadn't yet seen, starting with the ones on Disc 3. I love The Quick Noose, which is, I think, still season 1 (but after Burt Reynolds left). Devil in Skirts and Chicota Landing, both season 2 episodes, are very much "Eh" for me.
I've noticed that season 2 seems to focus a lot more on Grey's womanizing than season 1 did. I've only seen a handful of season 2 episodes and I'm already sick of the pattern. I want to see adventure, not Grey discovering a woman in every port! Plus, in season 1 it seemed more like Grey just encountered women he liked who then went on to other things. But in season 2 it seems more like he's just fooling around with no intent to get serious. He pretty much admitted it in Chicota Landing. Isn't it enough that Mike Hammer is that way? Why does Grey Holden have to be that way too?
And don't get me wrong, I love Noah Beery. But I'm not crazy about his character on Riverboat. I can understand him being upset about how things are going in Chicota Landing, but his matter-of-fact attitude about taking Grey's boat away from him and "letting" Grey stay on as Captain just really bugged me. He seems to be all business. I don't see any real friendship, like there was between Grey and Ben.
So this is an amusing, ironic situation. I'm not a big Burt Reynolds fan, but I love his Riverboat character. I like Noah Beery quite a bit, but I'm not impressed with his Riverboat character.
And isn't it strange, Darren McGavin and Burt Reynolds didn't get along at all, yet their characters had such an amazing rapport. It's too bad the actors didn't get along. I really wish Ben Frazer had remained. I supposed there was no explanation for his disappearance, either.
After I finish with Disc 3, I'm going to move to Disc 1 and watch The Unwilling (the episode where Grey is mostly absent, which I skipped when I had the Netflix disc out) and I will welcome Ben Frazer with open arms.
I've noticed that season 2 seems to focus a lot more on Grey's womanizing than season 1 did. I've only seen a handful of season 2 episodes and I'm already sick of the pattern. I want to see adventure, not Grey discovering a woman in every port! Plus, in season 1 it seemed more like Grey just encountered women he liked who then went on to other things. But in season 2 it seems more like he's just fooling around with no intent to get serious. He pretty much admitted it in Chicota Landing. Isn't it enough that Mike Hammer is that way? Why does Grey Holden have to be that way too?
And don't get me wrong, I love Noah Beery. But I'm not crazy about his character on Riverboat. I can understand him being upset about how things are going in Chicota Landing, but his matter-of-fact attitude about taking Grey's boat away from him and "letting" Grey stay on as Captain just really bugged me. He seems to be all business. I don't see any real friendship, like there was between Grey and Ben.
So this is an amusing, ironic situation. I'm not a big Burt Reynolds fan, but I love his Riverboat character. I like Noah Beery quite a bit, but I'm not impressed with his Riverboat character.
And isn't it strange, Darren McGavin and Burt Reynolds didn't get along at all, yet their characters had such an amazing rapport. It's too bad the actors didn't get along. I really wish Ben Frazer had remained. I supposed there was no explanation for his disappearance, either.
After I finish with Disc 3, I'm going to move to Disc 1 and watch The Unwilling (the episode where Grey is mostly absent, which I skipped when I had the Netflix disc out) and I will welcome Ben Frazer with open arms.
