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CSI: Vegas (2021)
Lots of Make Up.
Seriously, the first thing that just jumps off the screen at you is the egregious amount of make-up that are on all the actors. To be fair, Jorga Fox looks pretty darn good but way too much make up on her and everyone else.
As far as the content goes. It is bland. They did a great job hitting all the diversity checkmarks but they didn't put any effort into giving the cast personality. The personality and "science" of the first few seasons of the original show was what made it shine. There is nothing here with the new cast that will draw people back. I suspect ratings will be as mediocre as they were when the show went off the air in 2015.
The CSI lab director hits all the diversity checkmarks - A divorced strong black woman with zero flaws or personality. Is this really diversity if all of her characteristics are the most cliche and repeated choices you can find on TV now? Not really, they can do diversity way better. Shame on them.
As for the rest of the cast, Jorga is great as always but the rest of the cast feel like LA models and not CSI investigators that will roll their sleeves up and get into a crime scene. Based on the pilot, it seems like they cast the show based on skin tone and gender without anyone reading lines. I know that I am harping on the diversity but that is only because it being done so poorly- Have a diverse cast and give them something interesting to do and say. With the original show you Immediately knew who Catherine, Warrick, Sara, Nick and Grissom were and what made them tick. As for the new show, other than some superficial qualities, I can't tell you anything about the new cast. Part of that is bad writing for their characters and part of that is trying to rely on the previous shows characters so hard.
They are going to have to find a way to make this new iteration stand on its own or else it will be a revolving door of stars from the previous show coming back as guests with hopes of getting a ratings boost. I'm guessing it will end up being the later. I wouldn't be surprised if this show goes one season and done. I may watch episode 2 but I don't really want to. I hope I am wrong but this is aiming to be a stinker.
One final note is that visually the show tries too hard- Lots of jerky single take drone shots that push in on a building or an actor- Those shots look like crap- but overall, yeah, visually it feels like CSI.
Being James Bond (2021)
The victim's journey of one of the wealthiest actors ever.
The first 10 minutes of this movie does nothing but make Craig out to be a victim. Never on Earth will a professional pretender who makes 50 million per movie ever be a victim. The following 30 minutes doesn't really do anything of worth either.
It drones on about how poorly the media treated Craig for a very very short period of time prior to the Broccoli's PR company releasing a picture of him looking very Buff. At that point, the media was 100% team Craig Bond which was what they wanted and paid for, so all was well in the world for them.
This is just a fluff PR tv episode length propaganda piece to try and sway people into believing Craig cares about Bond for anything more than money and then asks for you to care about Bond too.
Yes, the same Daniel Craig that said he would rather off himself rather than do another Bond movie following the boring Spectre.
Yes, the same Bond franchise that created the terrible world of movie product placement that has taken over Hollywood today.
The rest of the doc continues to try to make Craig or his movies a victim of writers strikes or on-set accidents.
Casino Royale is definitely one of the best action films ever made and Craig, Campbell, and Haggis should all be given props for that, but let's get real... Following Casino Royale, it has been all down hill. Craig's Bond series followed the same trajectory as Brosnan's.
I think Daniel Craig is a great actor- I just don't feel bad for him and never will. This "doc" isn't worth your time.