Ice Princess is an appealing look at passions, fears, and dreams through a female p.o.v. Add in a bit of wish fulfillment. Kim Cattrall also has a change of pace role that works. The mom has a good line about the daughter's hopes to go into ice skating having a ten year expiration rate. Is that really compelling for a teenager? Ten years! In fact, many adults would appreciate something wherein they can be truly passionate for a decade. Let the rest of the life be somewhat mundane ... those ten years will make a lifetime. For some, it's much less than that.
Why am I reposting this comment from 2006? Well, the teen science nerd turned ice skater is played by Michelle Trachtenberg, who does a little skating in an episode of Mercy. You know, the show I just watched on DVD -- that is, the full season that was all that aired. The DVD allowed quick viewing, ff-ing past some stuff, closed captioning allowing me even to see what was being said at times. A flashback to another project, intentional or not, was but one t.v./film geek moment. The elder Gilmore girl taking heroin among other things as her character here suffered a debilitating disease was one somewhat surreal moment.
As I quickly noted before, the show as a whole was pretty good, though it overdoses on drama. A character is introduced, e.g., largely to have something bad happen to her. The show also ended with more than one major cliffhanger, ones never dealt with, given the cancellation. Bummer. Still, good opening music, net plus on good dramatic scenes and K.K. Moggie plays a cute level-headed doctor ... would liked to have seen more of her. James LeGros -- who has his own drama -- is my favorite doctor character though. Better with the beard. Some extras, including two commentaries, one with crew, one with the three lead nurses.
So many hospital, legal and crime dramas of late, so it's not too surprising that this one was lost among them. Still, it had week to week "watch me" qualities (a few good story arcs) and some dramatic chops. Good find.
Why am I reposting this comment from 2006? Well, the teen science nerd turned ice skater is played by Michelle Trachtenberg, who does a little skating in an episode of Mercy. You know, the show I just watched on DVD -- that is, the full season that was all that aired. The DVD allowed quick viewing, ff-ing past some stuff, closed captioning allowing me even to see what was being said at times. A flashback to another project, intentional or not, was but one t.v./film geek moment. The elder Gilmore girl taking heroin among other things as her character here suffered a debilitating disease was one somewhat surreal moment.
As I quickly noted before, the show as a whole was pretty good, though it overdoses on drama. A character is introduced, e.g., largely to have something bad happen to her. The show also ended with more than one major cliffhanger, ones never dealt with, given the cancellation. Bummer. Still, good opening music, net plus on good dramatic scenes and K.K. Moggie plays a cute level-headed doctor ... would liked to have seen more of her. James LeGros -- who has his own drama -- is my favorite doctor character though. Better with the beard. Some extras, including two commentaries, one with crew, one with the three lead nurses.
So many hospital, legal and crime dramas of late, so it's not too surprising that this one was lost among them. Still, it had week to week "watch me" qualities (a few good story arcs) and some dramatic chops. Good find.
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