Reviews

This pilot episode has Daddy issues, casual boy-toy sex, bossy know-it-all female personalities putting all the broken men-characters in their place. I was going to put money on this being another one of Ann Donahue's misguided "wet dream" series. I was shocked to see it's actually created by a _guy_ - Joshua Safran. The sad thing is, there is actually the bones of a good story here, entrance academy at the FBI. The cast is good and acting is well done. But it's smothered in social evangelism for genderless America, "glass ceiling" expose and excessive personal story lines that leaves you believing that every applicant to the FBI is some kind of human dysfunctional.

So I did a bit of checking and discovered that Mr. Safran seems to be responsible for other kinds of over-sexed gutrot, like "Gossip Girl". So not only am I missing a real opportunity for an interesting story about Quantico but I am left with that empty feeling like I just spent and hour reading some nonsense from Woman's Day magazine, cloaked as a drama series, of all things.

If you want respct you need to show respect. Attempting to advance women by hating and objectifying men just backfires. If there is some motive to help women find "equality" in the workplace it's all shot to hell by this crap. For now, "Quantico" really needs to get off it's (poorly) misdirected social soapbox and stick to the story. One story. Please, _minimal_ flashbacks (not the constant back-and-forth). And I need an FBI portrayal that's far more credible than one that has days to waste stalling to pursue just one framed suspect of a national terrorist attack.

None of this is enjoyable, credible or recommendable. This show was my first encounter with material from Joshua Safran and I almost hope that it will be my last now :(

What were we to expect? I mean, what do you get when you take Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Michael Caine, Matt Damon, the Nolan Brothers and Others to make a single movie? Well you have a lot of dependable names so we call them "The Dependables" for great acting, directing, etc. (Sorry no Stallone though) With so much talent you would kind of anticipate a movie in which everything technical - from directing and cinematography to acting and music to be well done. And that is definitely he case for Interstellar - simple as that. PS the Bluray version is excellent :)

This story brilliantly navigates plot holes like a NASA pilot. The story starts amidst some unexplained global apocalypse which causes a lot of sandstorms and other plagues that keep killing farm crops. The cause is never really made clear, but considering the movie lasts almost three hours I can hardly blame them for trying to keep it on point. This catastrophe's solution lies at the center of a black hole, to which at least two characters arrive to alive - again without great technical detail provided. Or why obscure Morse code on a watch was used instead of a simple analogue typewriter to pass back the quantum data via "gravity beams"? I mean - dunno 'bout you all but my Morse sucks. Hell why not just paint it on the side of corn silo for that matter. Spray cans cant' be that much of a challenge for gravity beams, cmon now..

But to debate all of the theoretical loopholes here is probably like arguing that lightsabers and "the Force" don't really exist, so again kudos for staying on point with the part of the story that most viewers will actually care about.

And that's the part that is done really well here. So if you are looking for Arthur C. Clarke's 2001 (which put me to sleep) then this might not be for you. But if you liked Star Trek or Titanic or any big movie where you are willing to ignore any and all inaccuracies, relax and be entertained then this is definitely something you might like. I mean after all, it did win and Oscar for Best Achievement in Visual Effects so on that basis alone it's a good watch.

I am actually surprised how much I like this. Its a bit of Goth and a bit of Noir and a bit of Comic-Con rolled in one.

I wasn't a fan of Smallville, so the idea of Gotham before Batman didn't really appeal either, at first. Normally it just tastes like barley before its brewed - the story just isn't ready. But thanks to interesting acting from Ben McKenzie, Donal Logue and especially Robin Taylor (Penguin), Gotham without Batman is still interesting. Bit like a glorified Gothic Law and Order or something..

Robin's Penguin reinvention is really what I like. Simply way more interesting than the camp clown cliché portrayed by Burgess Meredith or the pervert-raised-by-penguins(wtf...) played by Danny DeVito. Robin Taylor that is, not Robin Grayson LOL.

BTW seeing Sean Pertwee in a decent ongoing role is also interesting.

What I definitely don't like is "Fish" (Jada Smith). She tries to scare me but she doesn't. Sorry folks, no Heath Ledger here just us Spice Girls trying to act all baddie. I'm annoyed when her scenes start and relieved when they end.

Here in Australia we only have half of season one so far, and the story seemed to get off to its anticipated slow start. What kept me coming back was the developing storyline, good production effort and some of the acting.

I am keeping an eye on this one, because whatever it has planned I think it has only gotten started.