tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713073643028066347.post1432354165262626544..comments2024-03-26T05:16:17.432-04:00Comments on TV Republik: Why Annie Walker will never be as cool as Sydney BristowTVEmpresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11324428867353988526noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713073643028066347.post-13956841834442948752023-04-05T20:08:50.849-04:002023-04-05T20:08:50.849-04:00Totally agree with this article 💯Totally agree with this article 💯Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713073643028066347.post-66662668557625788262023-02-04T23:03:26.387-04:002023-02-04T23:03:26.387-04:00Annie Walker in covert affairs is probably the lam...Annie Walker in covert affairs is probably the lamest CIA spy ever. She should be dead already but lucky for her, someone always saves her from bad guys who could have killed her. She doesn’t always carry a gun cause she thinks she can handle herself bit always loose in a hand to hand combat. Soooooo lame!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713073643028066347.post-27256093333739895572023-01-31T23:13:41.359-04:002023-01-31T23:13:41.359-04:00The article nailed it about Annie Walker, she does...The article nailed it about Annie Walker, she does suck in everything except for Speaking in different languages. In one of the episodes she said doesn’t carry a gun. Well she should! She acts tough but not even close to being tough and always pretty much loose in fights unless someone else saves her. She is soooo lame. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713073643028066347.post-59303232048677123992021-01-16T18:51:59.961-04:002021-01-16T18:51:59.961-04:00Fringe is a great sci-fi investigative show, extre...Fringe is a great sci-fi investigative show, extremely underrated. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713073643028066347.post-32598244718555776692017-10-03T21:14:14.975-04:002017-10-03T21:14:14.975-04:00I love this article so much. It is hilarious. Anni...I love this article so much. It is hilarious. Annie Walker is a stuck up self righteous hypocritical prick.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06224765486082976374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713073643028066347.post-90934412301959009122016-09-27T13:31:41.934-04:002016-09-27T13:31:41.934-04:00I agree with you for the most part. However you sh...I agree with you for the most part. However you should note that Sydney Bristow did not just "start as a pro". The show did not start with Sydney first day on the job, she was doing it for seven years before.... so she was a pro before we started watching it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713073643028066347.post-84493852361251350502016-09-02T17:46:34.150-04:002016-09-02T17:46:34.150-04:00Say what you will but Alias was doing it's bes...Say what you will but Alias was doing it's best to be la femme nikita. The late 90s show. If la femme nikita had the budget nikita the cw copy that was horrible had it would have been the most remembered spy show ever.Harvestedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09806351602705355281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713073643028066347.post-8109358864711734962015-06-16T03:23:06.160-04:002015-06-16T03:23:06.160-04:00Thank you Drakenkorin. Alias is probably my favori...Thank you Drakenkorin. Alias is probably my favorite show ever and Covert Affairs is a show I watched. As a stand alone it wasn't a terrible show but I felt it lacked the elements that made Alias a cult-hit. A lot of this article was written in good fun, so it's not a serious "script analysis" but the basic idea is that CA is a procedural light show, Alias was an intricate, sci-fi-ish highly serialized series. I understand preferring one over the other (personal taste), but I'd argue Alias was a few steps forward where craft is concerned.TVEmpresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11324428867353988526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713073643028066347.post-74650498627474304982015-06-14T13:26:15.382-04:002015-06-14T13:26:15.382-04:00TV Empress , I meant to say also that your article...TV Empress , I meant to say also that your article is brilliantly written. Thank you for taking the time to craft something with such though behind it. I was looking for a comparison to those 2 shows because I've seen some of one and my mother has watched the other and what you wrote covered much of what I was wondering about Covert Affairs. I often read articles on the internet that the author was most likely not keeping his/her mind on while writing it. Definitely not the case with you.<br /><br />----[Drakenkorin]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713073643028066347.post-26314872340945060192015-06-14T13:11:34.667-04:002015-06-14T13:11:34.667-04:00HI all!, thank you tv Empress, 'anonymous'...HI all!, thank you tv Empress, 'anonymous', and Amanda, for your comments. I recently started watching Alias (only to the middle of the second season so far though), I bought all 5 seasons, because a friend of mine recommended them. I am stunned at how phenomenal the (1) acting is (the entire cast); (2) the writing is: (plot and plot twists; the dynamic between all of the characters). (3) the music score is and (4) petty much everything else, I even love the detail put into maintaining continuity. For example: Sydney Bristow's fathers face gets mangled. including a split open left cheek, the next episode you see him in a meeting with that wound partially healed less swollen but obviously a bleeding spot still. then several episodes later (a few months perhaps) you can see a healed scar across the cheek perfectly matching the dimensions of where the cheek. was split. etc<br /><br />I cant comment on Covert Affairs, my mother liked that show but I've never watched it. however, I do fully agree with all of 'TV Empress's descriptions of the strength of alias. superbly said. .<br /><br />There is one thing I wanted to say in response to TV Empress', and 'Amanda'<br /><br />Amanda said [Annie's character and preparation] 'are much more realistic than Sydney's. No one starts doing something like a pro, realistically speaking.'<br /><br />TV Empress' said: 'Sydney was a super-spy since the beginning (because she was programmed to be a spy when she was a kid, remember?). ' <br /><br />my comment:, 'programmed since a kid' might be true. But, from Alias episode 1, season 1, Sydney is a veteran spy with at least 6 years experience at the point when her finance is killed and she goes to the CIA building at Langley, when interviewed there she talks about how she started with office work then, minor field work, bugging rooms or whatever and slowly developed the skills (had had lots of training also) to be the 'point man' field operative that we know her to be. sure she was a natural, but 'no one starts doing something like a pro'... she didn't either, she was a top field agent with 6 years experience even at the beginning of episode one, and not 'fresh out of the farm' like annie probably was.<br /><br />(Drakenkorin)----[me]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713073643028066347.post-57807991001850779202014-12-01T16:16:32.266-04:002014-12-01T16:16:32.266-04:00Well, Covert Affairs is SUPPOSED to be a lighter s...Well, Covert Affairs is SUPPOSED to be a lighter show, something more fun to watch than intense. Alias was great, but it was too "insane", and so many conspiracies became tiresome. Covert Affairs is not supposed to be the next Alias, and Annie Walker is not supposed to be the next Sydney Bristol; I actually think Annie's character and her preparation as an agent are much more realistic than Sydney's. No one starts doing something like a pro, realistically speaking. So really, when you say one show/character is better than the other, it's just your taste.Amandanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713073643028066347.post-71540776307172013512014-11-07T14:06:40.212-04:002014-11-07T14:06:40.212-04:00I am so thrilled every time I find a new Alias fan...I am so thrilled every time I find a new Alias fan. I hope with Netflix more ppl get the chance to discover it. I am such a huge Alias fan that I don't think I will love another show as much. As for spy shows Nikita had some common elements, but it wasn't nearly as good. I think the closest for me is "The Americans". It has that old-school spy vibe. The cold war, undercover agents, wigs! So that would be my recommendation as far as spy shows go.<br /><br />There is another show I compare to Alias all the time, which may surprise ppl bc at 1st glance they have nothing in common. "Beauty and the Beast" That show starts ridiculously slow but it gets good by episode 6 of the 1st season. Again... not a spy show so it is not "like" Alias, but I keep finding parallels and some common themes (ppl being deceived into becoming killers, parents with secrets, coping with a secret life, etc). But it is a different genre (love story/sci-fi)TVEmpresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11324428867353988526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713073643028066347.post-41142991804181688202014-11-06T14:11:02.967-04:002014-11-06T14:11:02.967-04:00So, what show is the next "Alias"? I wa...So, what show is the next "Alias"? I watched the entire series last year for the first time and thought it outstanding. Thanks for the heads up about covert Affairs, so I don't waste my time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713073643028066347.post-49811758565416267712014-03-31T15:15:54.614-04:002014-03-31T15:15:54.614-04:00Yey, so glad you agree. I really don't think C...Yey, so glad you agree. I really don't think Covert Affairs is an awful show or anything like that. And I can see how... if you've never seen Alias you could think it's a good 'spy show', but I just can't! As unfair as it is I can't stop myself from comparing the two! I can't tell you how many times I've stopped watching CA and then I go back to it. I seriously want to like it, but all I can think is "not as good as Alias". And I love Chris Gorham... but... not enough. The one spy show I think may be a worthy Alias successor is "The Americans" (It's like the Irina Derevko prequel), they have wigs and everything hehe. TVEmpresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11324428867353988526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713073643028066347.post-5316450754885441092014-03-29T17:52:15.536-04:002014-03-29T17:52:15.536-04:00I completely agree with this article! I have been ...I completely agree with this article! I have been thinking along the same lines while watching episodes of "Covert Affairs". Annie is so lame when compared to Sydney. I had to laugh at the mention of Annie's many sundresses and shoes: funny but accurate observation. They say that imitation is the best form of flattery, BUT... If "Alias" was a 10 (and it was!), then "Covert Affairs" is a probably just a 5. Or less?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com