paneraifreak

Ok. The only reason i was curious to watch this was to see the grand daughter of you know who, act and sing. The discovery was ok. The rest of it... take the sappy music and somewhat vintage clothing out of the show and you have a cookie cutter Hollywood formulae story like i have seen so many times over the past 10 years. Originality is dead in Hollywood. Its either remakes, reboots, sequels, adaptations of best selling novels (not Pulitzer level stories) and exhumations of old pop culture stereotypes for the fake sake of nostalgia. But a young viewer cannot experience nostalgia, only people who experienced first hand the era. And those people have make a more educated and true judgement of this period piece full of pretention.

This is just a TV show, fantasy.

Why do some people expect everything on TV to be either a documentary, a cinéma vérité, a reality show or a historical drama ?

This is very much a televised comic book, nothing more. I can feel the campy vibes in parts. But really, watching this is like reading a Captain America comic book from the 40's. (Google "Timely Comics").

Yes, most of the acting is over the top but i notice that a lot a modern productions offer the same delivery, as if the actors all were trained at the Marvel Comics School of Acting.

Then, the free spirit attitude toward killing here made me feel like i was watching a 007 movie...

Those who disagree with me, just relax. Life is more fun than you think.

If you were around in the 60's, you get this movie. This reminds me of many other movies that had a psychedelic undertone, a sex soaked plot and just plain "tacky" feel.... The movie Jesus Christ Superstar makes me think it lives in the same universe as Barbarella. Well...almost.