The Firm - The Book, The Movie, The Television Show?

I finally sat down and watched the 2 hour season premiere of the new show, The Firm.  Wait, back up for a minute. 

I read the book, The Firm, on a train in Europe when I went backpacking after my junior year of college.  This was my first Grisham book (and I would later declare another my favorite) and I loved it.  The intensity, the twists, the turns, it was enough to keep me up at night trying to finish the book and figure out what happened.  It was on this trip that we all discovered that Tom Cruise had been cast as the lead in the subsequent movie.  Wait, huh?  Tom Cruise.

I went to see the movie, The Firm, around the opening weekend.  I was, as most were, disappointed.  Gone was the excitement of the ending.  Gone was the never knowing what could happen and living on a boat.  And Tom Cruise as the lead was never who I pictured as the Mitch McDeere in my mind. 

Fast forward 14 years, and the age of remaking everything, NBC has decided to create a television show based on this same book and this same movie.  I was skeptical but I decided, because of my love for the book (and lets face it Josh Lucas) that I would check it out.  And I liked it.  Now its not without some problems and I assume that these problems can be ironed out but I thoroughly enjoyed the show.  Although, I think that the basis of the show is the movie and not the book because Mitch and Abby McDeere have just gotten out of Witness Protection (never happened in the book).  I think I will continue to watch and see where the story goes.

Did anyone else watch?  What did you think?  Did anyone else actually picture someone like Josh Lucas back in the day when you read the book for the first time.  He seems to fit, in my opinion, and I have loved him since Sweet Home Alabama. 

New Show Tonight...

A new show premieres tonight on NBC called Parenthood. I loved the Steve Martin movie years ago and I am going to check out the show tonight. Plus the cast includes Craig T. Nelson (hello Coach) and Lauren Graham (Gilmore Girls). Anyone else going to watch? I will let you know what I think after I check it out....

NBC axes `Lipstick Jungle,' `My Own Worst Enemy'

See story here.

Just a brief note about this recent news. Last season I stuck with Lipstick Jungle because I loved the book (by Candace Bushnell). I was disappointed because I felt that the writers needed to find their way. This season I felt like they had. The storylines were fun, the characters were starting to sound real and the clothes were perfection. But once again NBC moved the series around and never really gave anyone a chance to find it and watch. I was (and am) disappointed that the show is leaving and I hope that maybe another network will realize that this could be the start of something great and pick it up.

As for My Own Worst Enemy, I have not watched but have heard that the show is good and getting better but there is no way that people will start following a show after only three episodes.

Shame on you NBC for not allowing people to find great shows. As we complain about the short attention spans of our children how about we take a look at the short attention spans of ourselves. Give us a chance to fall in love with a show. Contrary to popular belief (and The Bachelor) people do not fall in love and "make a connection" after only three weeks.