Blogcritics: Comments on ER the helicopter has fallen

Comment by BB

Sat, 13 Dec 2003 15:32:22 EST

They lost me when Alan the lawyer was killed off and Jeffrey left to become Mr. Mom. Just shows you how important the characters really are to a show.

Comment by Eric Olsen

Sat, 13 Dec 2003 13:05:28 EST

or to the "Twilight Zone" filming disaster.

Comment by Frolic

Sat, 13 Dec 2003 11:52:58 EST

Was it just me, or did helicopter falling on Romano feel like an homage to the Wizard of Oz? I half expected miniature orderlies to file out of the hospital singing "Ding dong the witch is dead."

Comment by Bleudevil

Sat, 13 Dec 2003 08:53:43 EST

Ditto, Mark. It got too much like a soap opera, esp. when they made Dr. Corday into such a witch.

Comment by Mark Saleski

Fri, 12 Dec 2003 12:52:33 EST

i used to be an avid watcher...but i bailed right around the time the edwards character died. just couldn't take the incessant tragedy that was being dumped on the characters.

Comment by Jerry

Fri, 12 Dec 2003 12:36:13 EST

The early ER had some excellent episodes. Currently they seem to have lost their way. Not sure how many of the original writers are left....

Comment by TDavid

Fri, 12 Dec 2003 10:24:34 EST

Just picked up ER The Complete First Season last night. Have never watched any episode of ER yet. I figure it will go something like the books that Crichton has written: some of the excellent, some OK, and some of them godawful (Congo, for example) Anybody seen Timeline yet?

Comment by Natalie Davis

Thu, 11 Dec 2003 23:14:58 EST

Yes, the actor, Paul McCrane, is also quite the talented songwriter and musician. He sang a number of the songs from Fame, and wrote "Is It Okay if I Call You Mine." The real McCrane is apparently not gay (married dad), and reportedly is a really nice, artsy kinda guy -- nothing like Rocket Romano. I, for one, will miss him on ER.

Comment by Eric Olsen

Thu, 11 Dec 2003 20:20:35 EST

BTW, remember when Romano had long curly red hair, was gay, and was in "Fame"?

Comment by Eric Olsen

Thu, 11 Dec 2003 20:18:34 EST

I gave out about the time the last of the original characters dribbled away but before they started coming back, and after the hundredth dying child and 79th transplant and the 92nd catastrophic accident and ....

Comment by Michelle

Thu, 11 Dec 2003 18:37:53 EST

I stopped watching ER sometime this season, because I just couldn't get myself to care for these characters anymore. When Romano's arm flew from one side of my tv screen to the other, I couldn't help but laugh. It looked incredibly funny. Afterwards the show just got worse. So what the heck - let a helicopter kill the whole cast...

Comment by Tom Johnson

Thu, 11 Dec 2003 10:57:31 EST

I'm newer to ER than many of you, apparently, having started watching it in the last 5 years. I still think it's consistently good, aside from the Africa episodes which bore me to tears (and another one airs tonight.) Maybe killing Romano off was hasty, but if he wanted to leave the show, what better way to off an evil character like that? Nah, I do agree, it was kind of low and far too easy. I'd have rather seen an episode where he was forced to confront his evil ways than just killing him off. The show is, however, better than I see most long-time fans giving it credit for. Maybe it's the time-honored tradition of "familiarity breeds contempt" taking control here. I honestly can't see how it's anywhere near as bad as anyone says, or even worthy of being listed as the bad TV some say it is. But come on - they added Linda Cardellini to the cast. She's worth losing Romano for . . . I miss Freaks & Geeks as much for its intelligent humor as for her beauty.

Comment by jadester

Thu, 11 Dec 2003 10:56:38 EST

i apologise, my mistake. That'll teach me to post a reply when i'm half awake eh? It *does* seem a copout to have him killed by a helicopter. Is it supposed to be some (not exactly funny) joke or what?

Comment by Chris Arabia

Thu, 11 Dec 2003 09:09:35 EST

that smoked serious pole. romano WAS one of the best characters. chopping his arm was unforgivable, torturing him afterwards was worse. blurring the line between reality and fiction for a spell, he was the last one who would have walked into a helicopter. it would have been one of the most memorable moments in tv history if goose had walked into the blade.

Comment by Jerry

Thu, 11 Dec 2003 09:01:10 EST

Hi jadester - the helicopter fall happened two week ago during the latest sweeps week.

Comment by Eric Olsen

Thu, 11 Dec 2003 08:39:27 EST

BTW, thanks Jerry and welcome!

Comment by Eric Olsen

Thu, 11 Dec 2003 08:38:56 EST

J, now he gets killed by one as far as I can tell - haven't watched ER in about three years.

Comment by jadester

Thu, 11 Dec 2003 07:49:51 EST

sorry but, uh, you do realise this actually happened ages ago? early this year, way before summer, sometimes when i went round to a mate's they were watching ER on cable and i saw some of the episodes after he's lost his arm. They actually aren't that bad, but then it was the first time i ever saw any episodes of ER properly