Discuss!
Edited by toughfluff, Jan 14, 2008 @ 6:52 PM.
MVP: CBC's answer to Footballers' Wives
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toughfluff
, Jan 14 2008 06:50 PM
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#1
Posted Jan 14, 2008 @ 6:50 PM
Except they replaced "football" with "hockey" to make it 100% more Canadian. They also probably blew the series production budget on limo rentals and faux lens flare.
Discuss!
Discuss!
#2
Posted Jan 16, 2008 @ 7:13 PM
I would discuss, but honestly haven't seen it yet. I remember when CBC aired Lance et Compte in both French and English though... that was a pretty hot show. Wonder if they'll be as daring with this one? (Note to self: Set DVR for this week's episode.)
#3
Posted Jan 16, 2008 @ 8:15 PM
Some really hot actors in this one - although I couldn't identify any of them as I don't think I've seen any of them prior to this. I did recognize some of the "older" actors, as in the "old" hockey player who only lasts one episode (no pun intended). It was an hour of watching pretty eye candy - so you know I'll tune in again.
#4
Posted Jan 18, 2008 @ 11:29 PM
Haven't had time to watch tonight's show in its entirety yet - but does anyone else think that one of the main hockey players (I think his name is Damon - he's the guy who been video taping his sexual encounters) looks like a young Richard Gere? Maybe I'm showing my age - but I think he looks like Richard Gere when he played in "American Gigolo".
finally found the proper spelling of gigolo
finally found the proper spelling of gigolo
Edited by GG63, Jan 18, 2008 @ 11:32 PM.
#5
Posted Jan 19, 2008 @ 11:02 AM
I've watched the first two episodes of this and have enjoyed it. It's put together well for a CBC production but being the hockey fan I am I can see the cheapness in some of the production, especially when it comes to the equipment they use for the scenes in the dressing room. They definitely found a pretty cast though.
#6
Posted Jan 19, 2008 @ 11:39 AM
I am a vet of FBW as well as Lance et Compte (what with the english version tanking so quickly and the french version chugging along many seasons later) as well as Power Play (really loved that show!).
On FBW, the wives actually got together to shop and things because they didn't have anyone else who understood their world (and their men). That was completely missing. If star player's wife has been widowed, where are her "friend" (fake or otherwise).
In general, the characters seem very isolated from one another. The scene in the bar, after the court case seemed a little false because you never had a sense that these guys have any comraderie (I didn't see the first episode, so maybe I missed the 3-way with Mandy and said "comraderie" between team mates. I don't think rookie Trevor said a single word to another hockey player through the whole episode.
I thought the player with the daycare teacher date was kind of cute (and we really didn't need the distracting storyline of her nerdy, nervous suitor - what's his role, the guy she runs to when she decides she can't handle being a hockey players girlfriend/wife?). However, I thought it was a bit over the top that she would not only run to the court house (uh, no one asked you to go, none of your business) but when she finds out he was in a 3-way, she slaps him. Hello, he's not a pedophile but a man with an active sex life. He said he entertained being a vet for a few minutes but otherwise it was hockey all the way. That didn't mean he was a monk as well.
From what little I know about the hockey world (I have a friend whose sister has followed her hockey player boyfriend/now-husband around the country), these guys are very down to earth. Being Canadian, they don't have the "I'm going to be a hockey god" thing going on. They are very team-oriented. They tend to have the support of their family. They likely have a girlfriend that they knew from "back home" and she tends to keep him grounded (unlike Trailer chick from MVP or Harley's girlfriend from FBW). For her the fringe benefits are security.
So Damon's lack of support and the fact that the star player died of an overdose rang false for me (not saying hockey players don't do drugs but consider how much harder it becomes to skate up and down a rink for 60 minutes).
The only character that really intrigues me is the GM. I like that they have made him a little short (which may mean he is a player wannabee but had to make do with being in on the business). I see wheels turning in his brain and I want to see where they are going to go with that.
Also as a black woman from Canada, the photographer really bugged. To work at that level, she needed to be fabulous, confident and damned cocky. As a woman working with what was clearly an uncomfortable half-naked man, she needed to flirt with him (from a distance of course). Instead, she looked like she was too timid to look through the view finder. Just sayin'
On FBW, the wives actually got together to shop and things because they didn't have anyone else who understood their world (and their men). That was completely missing. If star player's wife has been widowed, where are her "friend" (fake or otherwise).
In general, the characters seem very isolated from one another. The scene in the bar, after the court case seemed a little false because you never had a sense that these guys have any comraderie (I didn't see the first episode, so maybe I missed the 3-way with Mandy and said "comraderie" between team mates. I don't think rookie Trevor said a single word to another hockey player through the whole episode.
I thought the player with the daycare teacher date was kind of cute (and we really didn't need the distracting storyline of her nerdy, nervous suitor - what's his role, the guy she runs to when she decides she can't handle being a hockey players girlfriend/wife?). However, I thought it was a bit over the top that she would not only run to the court house (uh, no one asked you to go, none of your business) but when she finds out he was in a 3-way, she slaps him. Hello, he's not a pedophile but a man with an active sex life. He said he entertained being a vet for a few minutes but otherwise it was hockey all the way. That didn't mean he was a monk as well.
From what little I know about the hockey world (I have a friend whose sister has followed her hockey player boyfriend/now-husband around the country), these guys are very down to earth. Being Canadian, they don't have the "I'm going to be a hockey god" thing going on. They are very team-oriented. They tend to have the support of their family. They likely have a girlfriend that they knew from "back home" and she tends to keep him grounded (unlike Trailer chick from MVP or Harley's girlfriend from FBW). For her the fringe benefits are security.
So Damon's lack of support and the fact that the star player died of an overdose rang false for me (not saying hockey players don't do drugs but consider how much harder it becomes to skate up and down a rink for 60 minutes).
The only character that really intrigues me is the GM. I like that they have made him a little short (which may mean he is a player wannabee but had to make do with being in on the business). I see wheels turning in his brain and I want to see where they are going to go with that.
Also as a black woman from Canada, the photographer really bugged. To work at that level, she needed to be fabulous, confident and damned cocky. As a woman working with what was clearly an uncomfortable half-naked man, she needed to flirt with him (from a distance of course). Instead, she looked like she was too timid to look through the view finder. Just sayin'
Edited by PopCultDiva, Jan 19, 2008 @ 11:44 AM.
#7
Posted Jan 25, 2008 @ 9:03 PM
I'm also a veteran of Lance et compte and LOVED Power Play and so far, this new series doesn't hold a candle to either.
I couldn't understand why the GM of the team let the dead player's widow fend for herself, if only for PR reasons. One article in the sports page with the bereaved window and the team's reputation would've been toast. It doesn't help that the guy playing the GM reminds me of Gary Bettman, LOL.
The scenes with the school teacher are all too cutesy for me, even when she's with other characters. And can anyone name me one team captain in the NHL who's single? For a show that's suppose to tell the lives of hockey wives, we haven't see many married players.
I couldn't understand why the GM of the team let the dead player's widow fend for herself, if only for PR reasons. One article in the sports page with the bereaved window and the team's reputation would've been toast. It doesn't help that the guy playing the GM reminds me of Gary Bettman, LOL.
The scenes with the school teacher are all too cutesy for me, even when she's with other characters. And can anyone name me one team captain in the NHL who's single? For a show that's suppose to tell the lives of hockey wives, we haven't see many married players.
I agree on both counts. She just left work to do this for a guy she went roller blading with? Too farfetched.I thought it was a bit over the top that she would not only run to the court house (uh, no one asked you to go, none of your business) but when she finds out he was in a 3-way, she slaps him.
#8
Posted Jun 27, 2008 @ 9:48 AM
I liked what I saw of the show. I am no hockey fan so I have no idea what the players are like or their lifestyle. I am just enjoying the drama and I think Gabe is hot.
#9
Posted Jun 27, 2008 @ 10:26 AM
Hot damn this show is terrible. I could predict every third line in the pilot, and keeping with Canadian tradition, it's over-acted and over-enunciated. I can't believe it sold in the States.
At least Lacey from Corner Gas isn't in it.
At least Lacey from Corner Gas isn't in it.
#10
Posted Jun 27, 2008 @ 11:42 AM
Given that it is currently airing on SoapNet here in the states, a thread was started for this over in the soap opera forum. However, given that this was started first, I'm not sure which thread should win. Mods? Can you help out here? Not that I mind a second place to talk about this show as I am totally enjoying how trashy and cheesy it is and drooling over the man candy, especially Peter Miller. :)
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