EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL PREMIERE
One of my *vast legion* of informants happened to be present at the well-attended premiere of the first episode of Hitman, Season 3:
"There were at least 20-30 people packed into the Red Hill lounge to watch the premiere. Daniel gave a 'little speech' (he loves doing that, it seems)(he couldn't stop doing it last season ;D) and the credits rolled. David Carver's new score really hit the spot, especially the main theme. Very inspiring. The movie started out with who-else but our beloved "Mysterious Man in Black," instigating (I'm assuming this from some of the lines: "Use American weapons..." etc) a mini-war between some German-speaking terrorists and ourselves. John Crutcher handled the commando scenes well, and it was at this point that I noticed the excellent picture quality that Daniel's new equipment gave the show. Of course, there was alot of laughter and hooting in the audience throughout this part: Hitman action sequences are supposed to look kinda corny. Next we went back to the US, where we learn that our characters have gone through some significant changes. The CTU Director is now President of the United States (going by the name "Hearst")("What kind of name is 'Hearst?'-Red Fox ;D), CTU is now a separate government agency called CTA, either Red Fox or Agent Thorn (Emily Holmes' character) is the CTA new director (I wasn't quite sure), Red Fox misses his wife, and is falling in love with the lovely assistant to the CTA's liasion to the Executive Branch (played very sweetly by Emily Thomson). All in all, it looks as if the Mysterious Man in Black and a certain pretty Arms Dealer (Lauren Leach) are trying to play the US against the terrorists in order to get the President to send troops to Chechnya (hey, Chechnya is kinda near the Balkans, you were nearly right on that one...). The episode ends on an exciting note with an attack on the President (I don't want to spoil it...watch it when Daniel *finally* uploads it onto http://shippytp).
To conclude, I was very impressed by the new standard of cinematography (Robert Hogan made a short cameo as a dead body) and the passingly-good script. There were quite a few memorable lines (Rookie CTA Agent: "Don't shoot, I'm CTA!" Red Fox: "Yeah, I know, it's embarrassing me.") and some great new characters (especially Tobin Duby as a rookie agent with alot to learn). I await the next episode with anticipation..."
There you have it, folks. My Congratulations to Mr. Noa on a good beginning. How will future episodes play out? Keep tuned into The Real Director to know.
posted by The Lady in Black @ 9:19 PM
7 Comments:
The terrorists speak Russian, the man in black speaks German. I'm not quite sure why "Hitman" actions sequences are "supposed" to look corny. They have in the past, but never intentionally, and from what I saw this episode contained some of the best action scenes of the series. Watching people crawl to their deaths and getting beaten to death with squishy sounds is not funny nor corny but disturbing. Very disturbing. Which I find fitting for the openning of Hitman, but I hope Daniel doesn';t do anything more disturbing this season without good reason.
I'm assuming by "man in black" you mean Aaron Gray's character? Or Krull? They both wear black. I'm not familiar with Russian, so I probably confused that part, though I'm sure I heard Gray say "Amerikanische," which is German (I studied it for two years). I'm equating Gray=terrorist, so I think I can still say "german speaking terrorist." Yes, the action scenes were some of the best I've seen, but they (of course, by merit of the fact that they're low-budget student-directed action sequences) don't compare to say, a "24" action sequence; and I can assume that when the audience is laughing when some one gets beat-up, they find it more funny than disturbing. Corny, in this sense, isn't bad, just to be expected. Part of the appeal of Hitman is watching someone you know (like John Crutcher) go completely berserk on someone. It's incongruous and therefore funny. I was simply observing the reaction of the audience. Don't be offended...
Amerikanski is Russian. Aaron speaks Russian. Russian speaking terrorists in Chechnya (as shown by the openning titles) might lead you to believe they are "Chechen Rebels." Just maybe....
Ah, I stand corrected. I still haven't figured really how John Crutcher's character fits into all this...I suppose I will.
I think the amusement comes not because the action is "corny," but because you know the people who are playing in the scene and it is rather amusing to see people you know acting so "out of character" for themselves and "in character" for their HITMAN persona.
Emily's character was "acting" director (director in the interim after Jeremiah became president) and they convinced Paul's character to become the director. He'll be in charge of the CTA.
I truly felt that Robert Hogan's acting in this episode was incredible. All the hard work and effort that was put into is show his devotion and dedication to portraying the true emotions and feelings of the character. His exceptional acting really made me feel as if I could relate and see where he was coming from. My complaments to Mr. NOa for a tremendous cast. Robert Hogans role was truly inspiring. It makes me wish I had gone into acting instead of politics.
Oh, and that exceptional filming was a great improvement which we also owe to Robert Hogan.
By the way Peter, Tobin, tobin, TObin, Aaron, Dan, Jeramiah, Paul, Rachel, Christina, Kendell, John, and everyone else did a wonderful job. By the way This mole in the CTA will be found out and subsequently throughly interogated and sent back to the U.N. from whence she originated. Untill then I throughly injoy your sight.
Respectfully Yours,
Mr. Secretary
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