Sean Bean is very good, and could have been SO much better if he had writers, directors and fellow actors who were up to his level. I was interested and hopeful for something other than ordinary, but it quickly became completely standard and predictable.
For some sad reason, the producers have chosen to just take the easy road, following the typical conventional model for a TV show of this genre. Scenes, dialogue, characters, story elements, gimmicks, etc., etc., etc. are just re-treads from a score of other shows of this ilk.
The producers and writers have obviously also chosen to not learn much about police/FBI work and culture. The FBI characters are about as shallow as Saturday morning cartoons. All the usual standard characters are here: the semi-rogue insider (Morris Chesnut) who could be a threat to the lead character; a female mid-management/ FBI agent team leader (Ali Larter) who seems to have no insight, no emotional maturity, no leadership qualities, and no apparent FBI training. Her boss (Steve Harris), is, well, the same character that Steve Harris plays in every other TV show he's been in.
And, of course, Ali Larter has to play a stripper in one episode - gosh, who could have predicted?!? There is nothing that resembles anything like professional FBI/ investigative behavior. Again: as with the good ol' fashioned standards for network TV from the 50s through today (apparently), we see a mostly inept team of stock characters (including this shows version of the quirky lovable female tech geek with goofy hair) always missing the obvious, committing shockingly stupid mistakes, mouthing pseudo-glib little comments about ...whatever... and bumbling their way from one near disaster to the next.
Too bad. I had never seen Sean Bean very much, and didn't really grasp England's popular fascination with him. But, he is acting circles around the rest of these B- and C-level actors, hamstrung by the choices made by the producers and director(s), and the sophomoric writing.
The story could have had genuinely interesting nuance and shading, doubt and mystery. It could have been compelling. They got the right lead actor, probably by accident. Their opening artwork is derivative of True Detective. Production values are on par with prime-time broadcast network shows.
But, other than Bean (and possibly a couple of frustrated character roles), this show is fatally weighed down by lousy off-screen and on- screen talent (Sean Bean excepted). It will likely see one season, and, if no fundamental and substantial changes are made, Legends will find its way to the growing scarp heap of re-tread crap.
For some sad reason, the producers have chosen to just take the easy road, following the typical conventional model for a TV show of this genre. Scenes, dialogue, characters, story elements, gimmicks, etc., etc., etc. are just re-treads from a score of other shows of this ilk.
The producers and writers have obviously also chosen to not learn much about police/FBI work and culture. The FBI characters are about as shallow as Saturday morning cartoons. All the usual standard characters are here: the semi-rogue insider (Morris Chesnut) who could be a threat to the lead character; a female mid-management/ FBI agent team leader (Ali Larter) who seems to have no insight, no emotional maturity, no leadership qualities, and no apparent FBI training. Her boss (Steve Harris), is, well, the same character that Steve Harris plays in every other TV show he's been in.
And, of course, Ali Larter has to play a stripper in one episode - gosh, who could have predicted?!? There is nothing that resembles anything like professional FBI/ investigative behavior. Again: as with the good ol' fashioned standards for network TV from the 50s through today (apparently), we see a mostly inept team of stock characters (including this shows version of the quirky lovable female tech geek with goofy hair) always missing the obvious, committing shockingly stupid mistakes, mouthing pseudo-glib little comments about ...whatever... and bumbling their way from one near disaster to the next.
Too bad. I had never seen Sean Bean very much, and didn't really grasp England's popular fascination with him. But, he is acting circles around the rest of these B- and C-level actors, hamstrung by the choices made by the producers and director(s), and the sophomoric writing.
The story could have had genuinely interesting nuance and shading, doubt and mystery. It could have been compelling. They got the right lead actor, probably by accident. Their opening artwork is derivative of True Detective. Production values are on par with prime-time broadcast network shows.
But, other than Bean (and possibly a couple of frustrated character roles), this show is fatally weighed down by lousy off-screen and on- screen talent (Sean Bean excepted). It will likely see one season, and, if no fundamental and substantial changes are made, Legends will find its way to the growing scarp heap of re-tread crap.