Quick! Before they take it down.
Someone has uploaded the original Cupid series to YouTube. Cupid was created by Rob Thomas and starred Jeremy Piven. There are 15 episodes on YouTube. Catch ‘em before they disappear.
In other Cupid news, according to Alan Sepinwall, the new version of Cupid will be a collaboration between Thomas and Veronica Mars collaborator Diane Ruggiero. Here’s the trailer for the new series.
What do you think? New one? Old one? How do they compare? Is the old one good enough to watch all over again in pieces on YouTube? Does the trailer for the new one make you think there’s hope for network tv afterall?
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O god, I love nothing more than Jeremy Piven in a rug.
I’d watch Jeremy Piven stare at himself in a mirror for two hours.
He’s my middle-aged fantasty.
…That being said, I’m glad he’s got more hair now.
I’ve been watching since Jaime Weinman posted the pilot … love that show, miss that show, am kinda dreading the new version of the show because I’m not sure I can judge it on its own merits. Plus, Bobby Cannavale? Not quite sold on him.
The original is so compelling. I didn’t mean to start watching because I had other things to do but I got totally sucked into it. I worry about the new one. It seems to adhere strictly to the old story (save for the change of location) which puts a helluva lot of pressure on two new actors to live up to what others did before them… with second hand material.
Original flavor for me, thank you very much. I’ll try out the extra crispy, but from what I’ve seen, Cannavale is playing it too manic without Piven’s pathos. That could just be the trailers, though, so I’m willing to give it a shot.
I hadn’t seen either until now, and I prefer the original; the actors are just so much more compelling, so much more subtle and comfortable in their roles.
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