Another first for me at MovieScene, the 'first impression' of a TV-series. In this case a new series (as opposed to a season premiere of a running show), the BBC's latest expensive fantasy production Atlantis:
http://www.moviescene.nl/p/150482/atlantis_-_eerste_indruk
So, not a very good start for this show. Too bad really, since I was looking forward to it and wanted to like it. The rushed script, predictable and overly modern dialogue, poor FX work and overall messy plot line didn't make it easy to get into the story, though it was at least agreeable to see Mark Addy and Alexander Siddig back in action. Hopefully their characters will be put to good use further down the road. Addy's Hercules so far seems destined to be a character providing mostly comic relief instead of his own dramatic plot lines and that's a real shame. Also, it seems this show will be a 'monster of the week' type action series, like a fantasy successor to Primeval (which is now definitely cancelled in at least two countries), but thanks to all the wonderful original and compelling television series America has unleashed upon us over the last few years, such simple 'all in good fun' shows just don't cut it these days. This isn't the Nineties anymore. This is the 21st century and audiences have grown more sophisticated, demanding and spoiled with regards to telly. If you don't convince them fast, your show won't survive. And in all honesty, if Atlantis continues its merry way the pilot indicates the show is taking, I can see it sinking within a few years. And this Atlantis won't become the stuff of legends... Nevertheless, for now I'll keep watching in hopes it gets better soon. I know pilot episodes are rarely sufficient to judge a whole series on. It's not nearly as bad as, say, Terra Nova after all.
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