klimov wrote:So Gilligan advocates, what do you reckon to his other new show, Battle Creek? Rather 'Twin Peaks-lite' is it not? The sort of thing one might have expected to see in the mid-90s... Actually 90s-retro-style shows seem to be the new thing, what with this and The Odd Couple and Hindsight, which is actually set in the 90s.
We finally pulled this up last night...truly bizarre. You have a Vince Gilligan penned pilot, directed by Bryan Singer (not my favorite but still, a competent, successful Hollywood filmmaker with a blockbuster to his credit just this past year) but it has been put through the CBS genericlookandfeel-o-mator and simply looks and feels like another CSI spinoff. Bland casting (sorry, but the Mayhem dude from the commercials can't really act) and that washed out/green tint that makes everything look like crap. Won't be revisiting unless future reviews are through the roof, as I don't think Gilligan's presence is going to be very large on this anyway.
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