djkunai Reviews

How to Be a Gentleman (2011–2012)

Just.... so unfunny.

[3/10 · 6 October 2011]

I couldn't find anything else on at 8:30 on a Thursday, besides Parks and Rec. I'm not even going to publish this review until the episode is over.

This show is bad. It's as if it's written by the people who brought you Hannah Montana or any other completely forgettable Disney Channel or Nickelodeon series. I'm not even sure of the plot line.

The deliveries of punchlines are terrible. The punchlines are bad to begin with, but then they're delivered awkwardly and it just makes a mess of the comedy.

The characters are forced. They're not convincing. They spew line after line of dialogue without any heart or sense of true rapport. I don't know why these people are friends. They are annoying, and more one dimensional than a point, which this show doesn't have. What's the point? Who am I supposed to care for? Why doesn't the studio audience leave mid-performance?

This is a filler show. Destined to be canceled before the end of the season after somehow being green-lit. Kill it. Kill it now. NBC canceled Outsourced for this garbage.

The episode just ended. With a bit of slapstick that was expected and unconvincing.

Bad.

Flashforward (2009–2010)

Review of the pilot episode

[14 September 2009]

I attended the D23 expo and saw the pilot episode for FlashForward. I went in with the hopes that it would be very good, but after the first 20 minutes it was clear that this was going to be a "replacement" for LOST viewers to watch in the 2010 fall season:

The first scene of the first episode of FF is pretty much the first scene of the first episode of LOST. There is a billboard for Oceanic in the background and an out of place animal in the middle of the city. Very LOSTish.

The only thing different between the mysteries of LOST and the mystery of FF is that in FF, the people actually question what happens- extensively. Yet the viewer is able to put together what's going to be the end of an act easily. There are no twists since its obvious what a character is going to say.

Also slightly aggravating is the continuity of the blackouts. There are moments where watching the aftermath you ask yourself "Why didn't that happen sooner?" or "Where was he this whole time?" Of course it seems there are going to be flashbacks to clarify what happened in future episodes which contradicts the title of the show.

The pilot itself isn't very promising, but then again I didn't believe LOST was going to be anything amazing until the fourth episode. I hope FF pulls itself together by then.