tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post7497376861766849281..comments2024-03-28T17:08:01.559-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: Alias: Another Mr. SloaneBillie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-49081367898296687312012-04-17T04:01:29.239-04:002012-04-17T04:01:29.239-04:00The elevators in the exchange scene looked familia...<i>The elevators in the exchange scene looked familiar. Were they in a movie? If you know, drop me a line.</i><br /><br />I'm almost positive you've placed them by now, since I think we've talked about those elevators, which are the creepiest elevators in the entire world, located in the creepiest hotel in the entire world, right here in LA: the Westin Bonaventure Hotel. (Fredric Jameson fans will recognize it from one of his articles about postmodernism.)<br /><br />And there's an incomplete list of what else it's been in here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westin_Bonaventure_Hotel#Location_filming<br /><br /><b>Arvin Clone</b>! I've been waiting for that all season. <br /><br />Humor aside, this was a great way to (re)introduce Sloane's monomania in a truly disturbing way, and a great set of call-backs to previous seasons, from Sark dropping the elevator to the Big Red Ball of Watery Doom.<br /><br />As you noted, Jack does seem fragile here, and Victor Garber did an incredible of job playing him on edge. It's remarkable how Garber can do so much by doing so little.<br /><br />I've never realized before what a distinctive voice Michelle Forbes has, but I recognized it right away. And I'm not a Star Trek fan.Josie Kafkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17892717530356699008noreply@blogger.com