I remember back when everyone raved about this show. I didn't get it then. Not my cup of tea, i found the episodes boring, whenever I'd catch the end of one. (Channel surfing, but never actually watched one until last week.) Well, I don't know what it is: it has great cinematography, awesome costumes (for the Beast & cohorts: the modern times clothes are dreadful, particularly Linda's!) and the music! The music is great but it's not enough to draw me in. I'm catching this at 5 AM on TV and this show puzzles me.
On one hand, I needed something new (to me) to watch. On the other, so far I find the stories still boring. It's like the show has great production values, I can see that, but the actors... are they even trying? Linda Hamilton phones in her part. Did she just despise Ron, the TDS-afflicted loon? (It was the politics, wasn't it?!) Linda is too typecast as the muscles-bound terminatorette. I just can't buy her as the 'damsel in distress'. It's just too weird! (Did she take THAT role to shed this image?)
Anyway, I want to like this show but it's hard. I like the colors. So, I read some spoilers: Linda is gone in S3. Couldn't they have hired that other actress right off the bat? I mean who cast her? Her clothes are too big, ugly, mismatched and ill-fitting. She's also not a good fit to be called a "Beauty"; sorry, but she's no Linda Evans in Great Valley or Lesley-Ann Warren in Mission Impossible. So what of it? Well, it's like they got everything right... except the actors and the stories. Ok, maybe the TDS-afflicted loon might be good, but it's all makeup and his mouth can't really move and I don't see facial expressions, so? Anyone could have played that part and done a better job. This seems to me like a 2nd rate Forever Knight, even if it started before. And what's with the whispering? Beast has to whisper most of his lines? Annoying acting choice!
I've seen 2.5 episodes so far. I hope Linda brings it. She seems disinterested. And why would the guy care about a woman whose face was all bloodied then bandaged? Makes no sense. OH!! Also the constant tapping on pipe is helluv' annoying! It's like: we get it! You want to simulate the Catacombs of Paris. But give it a rest, already. It's hurting mine ears. I mean, haven't you dispatched 17 sound telegrams today via pipes, already? So, give it a rest. Chill with the clinging and clanging already, alright!? The decor is good as well, so I guess this rises up to a 6/10. But the stories, but the acting, but the leads. Blech! I'm not understanding what there is to get into, but we'll see. Also my START TV is all blurry on my screen, so that adds to my aggravation. All in all, not a bad rating for a show that's gotten over 200 1-stars.
But really: does anyone have any good gossip about how much Linda hated Ron & vice versa? That might make a better TV show than what I'm watching at 5AM when this stuff airs. LMK!
On one hand, I needed something new (to me) to watch. On the other, so far I find the stories still boring. It's like the show has great production values, I can see that, but the actors... are they even trying? Linda Hamilton phones in her part. Did she just despise Ron, the TDS-afflicted loon? (It was the politics, wasn't it?!) Linda is too typecast as the muscles-bound terminatorette. I just can't buy her as the 'damsel in distress'. It's just too weird! (Did she take THAT role to shed this image?)
Anyway, I want to like this show but it's hard. I like the colors. So, I read some spoilers: Linda is gone in S3. Couldn't they have hired that other actress right off the bat? I mean who cast her? Her clothes are too big, ugly, mismatched and ill-fitting. She's also not a good fit to be called a "Beauty"; sorry, but she's no Linda Evans in Great Valley or Lesley-Ann Warren in Mission Impossible. So what of it? Well, it's like they got everything right... except the actors and the stories. Ok, maybe the TDS-afflicted loon might be good, but it's all makeup and his mouth can't really move and I don't see facial expressions, so? Anyone could have played that part and done a better job. This seems to me like a 2nd rate Forever Knight, even if it started before. And what's with the whispering? Beast has to whisper most of his lines? Annoying acting choice!
I've seen 2.5 episodes so far. I hope Linda brings it. She seems disinterested. And why would the guy care about a woman whose face was all bloodied then bandaged? Makes no sense. OH!! Also the constant tapping on pipe is helluv' annoying! It's like: we get it! You want to simulate the Catacombs of Paris. But give it a rest, already. It's hurting mine ears. I mean, haven't you dispatched 17 sound telegrams today via pipes, already? So, give it a rest. Chill with the clinging and clanging already, alright!? The decor is good as well, so I guess this rises up to a 6/10. But the stories, but the acting, but the leads. Blech! I'm not understanding what there is to get into, but we'll see. Also my START TV is all blurry on my screen, so that adds to my aggravation. All in all, not a bad rating for a show that's gotten over 200 1-stars.
But really: does anyone have any good gossip about how much Linda hated Ron & vice versa? That might make a better TV show than what I'm watching at 5AM when this stuff airs. LMK!