This show fails to capture the era on so many levels. Mad Men, although not perfect in this regards, does a much, much better job with the styles, culture, etc. of the period. With Aquarius, they barely even made an effort to get the clothes, hair, furniture, etc. to look like the 60s. In fact, it looks more like 1997 than 1967.
Completely sloppy and uninspiring. It's like no one bothered to grow their hair out from the current 21st century styles because they never expected the series to get picked up. "Ah, just throw in a bunch of overused, cliché 60s hits. The millennials will never know the difference!"
I loved Californication, except for the seventh season, which I'd like to forget ever existed. Don't even get me started on that stinker! But Californication was unique... a bit of low-brow adult fun.
Aquarius has no raison d'être. I mean why rewrite history when the real events are sensational enough? Last summer I read "Mason: The life and times of Charles Manson." That was a page-turner! There's more than enough interesting material to make a TV series out of. The actor they chose to play Charles Manson just doesn't fit. He needs to conjure up less Ashton Kutcher and more Brad Pitt in Twelve Monkeys.
I wouldn't say I hate this series, but I could barely get through the pilot. It's too bad, because the concept (i.e. real events) have a lot of potential. A perfect example is the movie "Zodiac". If the writers/producers had created a series like that, it would have been quite captivating. I'll give Aquarius another watch at some point to see if I can get past its flaws, but at the moment I can't rate it more than 3-5/10.
Completely sloppy and uninspiring. It's like no one bothered to grow their hair out from the current 21st century styles because they never expected the series to get picked up. "Ah, just throw in a bunch of overused, cliché 60s hits. The millennials will never know the difference!"
I loved Californication, except for the seventh season, which I'd like to forget ever existed. Don't even get me started on that stinker! But Californication was unique... a bit of low-brow adult fun.
Aquarius has no raison d'être. I mean why rewrite history when the real events are sensational enough? Last summer I read "Mason: The life and times of Charles Manson." That was a page-turner! There's more than enough interesting material to make a TV series out of. The actor they chose to play Charles Manson just doesn't fit. He needs to conjure up less Ashton Kutcher and more Brad Pitt in Twelve Monkeys.
I wouldn't say I hate this series, but I could barely get through the pilot. It's too bad, because the concept (i.e. real events) have a lot of potential. A perfect example is the movie "Zodiac". If the writers/producers had created a series like that, it would have been quite captivating. I'll give Aquarius another watch at some point to see if I can get past its flaws, but at the moment I can't rate it more than 3-5/10.