When I first watched the pilot, I was torn. It felt like the show was not portraying itself honestly. It wasn't a CSI. It wasn't a Psych or Monk. It was something else. I had several shows I am dedicated to, so I quickly pushed it aside to my "eventually I may get back to this episode" list.
Then I got asked at work yesterday what the show was. I still hadn't put a label to it, but winced as I threw out "Big Bang" meets "CSI". She wasn't interested in either, so she shrugged it off. Disappointed that I didn't have my thumb on an appropriate category, it finally hit me today where I had last seen/read this formula... Doc Savage. I read the first book at least 15 years ago, if not more, but they have modernized Doc Savage and his band of heroes. Ham, Johnny, Monk, Renny, even the Doc's female cousin (Pat) now has a son of her own rather than being the female always in trouble.
This show should be looked at more like a Marvel hero movie with its larger than life characters and adventures. They are characters in which we should not want to emulate who they are because of their personal defaults, but we should want to emulate their belief in trying to make the world better and safer.
This is a show about super heroes, not a police drama about what criminals are doing.
Then I got asked at work yesterday what the show was. I still hadn't put a label to it, but winced as I threw out "Big Bang" meets "CSI". She wasn't interested in either, so she shrugged it off. Disappointed that I didn't have my thumb on an appropriate category, it finally hit me today where I had last seen/read this formula... Doc Savage. I read the first book at least 15 years ago, if not more, but they have modernized Doc Savage and his band of heroes. Ham, Johnny, Monk, Renny, even the Doc's female cousin (Pat) now has a son of her own rather than being the female always in trouble.
This show should be looked at more like a Marvel hero movie with its larger than life characters and adventures. They are characters in which we should not want to emulate who they are because of their personal defaults, but we should want to emulate their belief in trying to make the world better and safer.
This is a show about super heroes, not a police drama about what criminals are doing.