melwyn Review of Project Blue Book

Project Blue Book (2019–2020)

Really promising ideas but poor execution

[5/10 · 6 January 2020]

I loved "Project Blue Book" as a kid and really wanted to like this but it's not possible. So much of the dialogue is unintelligible and the Australian DVDs have no subtitles. Michael Malarkey in particular mutters and mumbles his way through his dialogue to the extent I wonder how he got the part. Actors used to be trained to enunciate clearly when whispering or speaking in a low voice. This training obviously doesn't happen anymore. I've persevered through eight episodes but that's enough. I'm also not a fan of the attempt at an ongoing, serialised conspiracy subplot. UFO of the week would have worked fine, like in the original series.