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.
I keep reading reviews of The Inside where critics pan it for being needlessly gory.
There's a pretty positive review in today's B'more Sun and their critic mentions the gory quite a bit. But he is saying get past the gore (and the surface resemblance to other procedurals) because there's something special about this show.
I think the review may be a little plot spoilery for the first ep.
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I just find the show as written so beautiful and funny, and terrifying, that I'm really confused by the critics. "It's like Silence of the Lambs and Seven. So you shouldn't watch it."
Huh?
I really do wish Jessica had seen the review DVDs, because maybe she could explain it to me.
I haven't seen so much "So you shouldn't watch it" as "So you've probably seen it before, done very well."
I've never seen SotL because I can't handle gore. It's the same visceral reaction I have to rollercoasters -- if it makes me feel like I'm going to vomit, I don't watch/ride. Se7en...well, I liked the last 20 minutes. Really wish I'd never gotten around to seeing the rest.
So for me, there is a certain extent to which "Like SotL and Se7en" means I shouldn't watch. But the impression I've gotten from the critical response is that the similarities are thematic, not executional, which IMO can only be a good thing. I'd love for there to be a creepy noir crime procedural that I can actually watch.
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.
Please, let's not go there.
[eta: And I think the developers will back me up in saying that we really don't want to be Slashdotted, so if a review does appear there, can we be very careful about not letting it lead back to us? We've only got so much bandwidth.]
