I didn't hear much good about this series, but I like adventure shows, and I don't need them to be all *that* good; The Librarians is dopey, but I still watch it.
But just in the first half of the first episode, which is as much as I could take, this series manages to fail in almost every way.
First off, the cast is quite mediocre. Not awful. Not "completely can't act." But mediocre. The spunky Brit and the adventurer both are performed by people who don't seem to have much affinity for the roles. I don't know that either of them has ever even *seen* an adventure movie. They just feel like they're playing parts they don't really get.
The story is mired in generic clichés, and these aren't even presented convincingly. I didn't believe the British one cared about science, I didn't believe the adventurer had done any adventuring. The pawn- shop scene that introduces the adventurer feels perfunctory. The native tribe is every cliché you've seen in an Abbot and Costello movie.
Everything in the movie feels like it's just there because it's been there in other movies. The antagonism between the leads feels false, with arguments that are forced and have no fire or passion.
This series attempts to make a basic, generic adventure story, and can't do it. I wouldn't quite say it was unwatchable, but I would say there's no earthly reason to watch it.
But just in the first half of the first episode, which is as much as I could take, this series manages to fail in almost every way.
First off, the cast is quite mediocre. Not awful. Not "completely can't act." But mediocre. The spunky Brit and the adventurer both are performed by people who don't seem to have much affinity for the roles. I don't know that either of them has ever even *seen* an adventure movie. They just feel like they're playing parts they don't really get.
The story is mired in generic clichés, and these aren't even presented convincingly. I didn't believe the British one cared about science, I didn't believe the adventurer had done any adventuring. The pawn- shop scene that introduces the adventurer feels perfunctory. The native tribe is every cliché you've seen in an Abbot and Costello movie.
Everything in the movie feels like it's just there because it's been there in other movies. The antagonism between the leads feels false, with arguments that are forced and have no fire or passion.
This series attempts to make a basic, generic adventure story, and can't do it. I wouldn't quite say it was unwatchable, but I would say there's no earthly reason to watch it.