The critics liked Dawson's Creek, right? At least at first?
And I hear they're still fond of Lost. And they seem to Love Raymond, which is apparently the Everybody thing to do.
Completely personal conclusion not intended to start a flamewar: With the exception of perhaps Wonderfalls and Veronica Mars, critics? Not necessarily full of teh smart.
None of the reviews have said anything that discourages me from the show. I like horror movies. I own the DVDs of both Se7en and Silence of the Lambs, and watch them both quite regularly. Tim is a genius. Rachel Nichols is hot. Dead babies are totally feel-good (okay, not so much, but creepy much definitely).
My faith is unchanged, unaltered, undiscouraged. This show seems designed to be "Cable? We don't need no stinkin' cable. Network TV can be dark, edgy, scary, and good, and Fox+Tim are here to prove it."
There's gonna be a revolution, yeah, you know.
As I've said before, I'll give the show a shot, but I'm not sure that it's to my taste. I hope the character/plot stuff will overcome the ew-ness for me.(I prefer my violence/horror understated, and implied.) That's just me, mind you.
Not so nice review in today's Boston Globe: [link]
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The (negative) review in the Boston Globe hits on just about every single point that Allyson mentions: [link]
It sounds like Rebecca psychologically controlling the situation until someone can physically get her out (which is my take on what Allyson is describing - I admit I may be reading what she's saying wrong) is not being read as "strength" by a lot of critics.
I also think there's a "police procedural" burn-out factor at work here. Whether that tag is accurate or not, it's the one that Fox seems to be pushing.
I'll be very curious to hear Allyson's take on the execution of the show versus the scripts.
well...how about that. The Inside is on imdb's homepage and there's a big honkin' flash ad for it at the top of the page too.
I will be watchiong on tape delay, maybe I can make it in time to watch & post with the west coast.
Right, a task for you all. If we can get the show on Slashdot(.org), you get a lot of extra viewers. It's a veeeeeeeery popular website.
So. We need to word a story to submit. I can submit it as I've got stories on before.
So, how would you pitch the show as interesting a must watch to a sci-fi/geek community?
One of the core owners is a huge Firefly/Serenity fan, so it will help.
