This is based on the first episode only:
Such a missed opportunity.
Given a script doctor to work on the exposition and dialog, this could've been an 8.x show. Instead it's a 6 at best (I landed on 5, after some deliberation -- that's "decidedly average", by the way, not "horrible").
The acting is, in places, decent. In others, it seems like the actors read the script, thought "this is abysmal, how do you expect me to deliver this?" and more or less just read the lines out loud.
Several scenes seemed cut for the sake of cutting. As if they had a two minute scene, were told to get it down to 30 seconds, and just used the first 15 and final 15 seconds and called it a day. There's not a surprising moment in the entire first episode, it's all broadcast well beforehand, but the way it's played out it seems the intent was to surprise. It's like cutting the audio in a horror movie, thinking no one can guess there is a jump scare coming.
It's possible that I'm just too old. That the target audience is 15-18-year-olds (I'm just about 40) and that this is quality to them. However, considering members of my family fall into that age bracket, that seems like an insult.
In my opinion, this should have been a rejected pilot. Re-shot and resubmitted as a great supernaturals show. As it stands, it's a missed opportunity that does not deserve a time slot unless what it's replacing is a reality show of some sort.
I'll watch an episode or two more, hoping my first impression is off, but I don't have high hopes.
Such a missed opportunity.
Given a script doctor to work on the exposition and dialog, this could've been an 8.x show. Instead it's a 6 at best (I landed on 5, after some deliberation -- that's "decidedly average", by the way, not "horrible").
The acting is, in places, decent. In others, it seems like the actors read the script, thought "this is abysmal, how do you expect me to deliver this?" and more or less just read the lines out loud.
Several scenes seemed cut for the sake of cutting. As if they had a two minute scene, were told to get it down to 30 seconds, and just used the first 15 and final 15 seconds and called it a day. There's not a surprising moment in the entire first episode, it's all broadcast well beforehand, but the way it's played out it seems the intent was to surprise. It's like cutting the audio in a horror movie, thinking no one can guess there is a jump scare coming.
It's possible that I'm just too old. That the target audience is 15-18-year-olds (I'm just about 40) and that this is quality to them. However, considering members of my family fall into that age bracket, that seems like an insult.
In my opinion, this should have been a rejected pilot. Re-shot and resubmitted as a great supernaturals show. As it stands, it's a missed opportunity that does not deserve a time slot unless what it's replacing is a reality show of some sort.
I'll watch an episode or two more, hoping my first impression is off, but I don't have high hopes.