stusby
Joined Mar 2017
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The production values of Criminal Minds has always been impressive and the casting of the regular characters usually well-chosen.
But the casting of the actors for that week's episode is highly inconsistent and often so is the writing.
One way round the beating from critics is to allow sloppy work in a story centred around a social minority. Any statements highlighting the poor work can be dismissed as prejudice.
The acting and the dialogue is so stilted, and the story so unconvincing and incoherent that even the LGBTQ+ setting feels token and patronising. As if LGBTQ+ narratives are not worth the commitment of a talented team of a long-running successful show.
But the casting of the actors for that week's episode is highly inconsistent and often so is the writing.
One way round the beating from critics is to allow sloppy work in a story centred around a social minority. Any statements highlighting the poor work can be dismissed as prejudice.
The acting and the dialogue is so stilted, and the story so unconvincing and incoherent that even the LGBTQ+ setting feels token and patronising. As if LGBTQ+ narratives are not worth the commitment of a talented team of a long-running successful show.
The McCullough murders of Great Baddow is a highly unusual case; a double parricide, committed by a woman, who did not dispose of the bodies, living with those remains for several years.
This show reduces this extraordinary case to rent-a-quotes from talking heads with no connection to the case and generic opinions to fill an hour. Even taken to guessing what the investigators might have done to check these two missing persons cases.
No-one from the family nor investigation team was on this programme There's no personal background of this complex killer.
No explanation why there are no family visits for years, nor why there appeared to be so little interest from the four other siblings.
Disrespectful cash-in that shows ITV productions in the worst light.
This show reduces this extraordinary case to rent-a-quotes from talking heads with no connection to the case and generic opinions to fill an hour. Even taken to guessing what the investigators might have done to check these two missing persons cases.
No-one from the family nor investigation team was on this programme There's no personal background of this complex killer.
No explanation why there are no family visits for years, nor why there appeared to be so little interest from the four other siblings.
Disrespectful cash-in that shows ITV productions in the worst light.
Excellent source material ruined by intrusive music drowning out a very poor choice of experts.
Repeatedly repackaged, this blaring slog is extremely disrespectful of it's source material.
Almost Solved, Finally Caught, Imperfect Murder, whatever it is called next it could be an teaching tool to media students how completely undermine a compelling case.
This series is bizarre example of low-budget over-production that does not trust it's source material to drive the narrative but instead chooses seemingly irrelevant talking heads to make barely audible generalisations to limp reconstructions.
Repeatedly repackaged, this blaring slog is extremely disrespectful of it's source material.
Almost Solved, Finally Caught, Imperfect Murder, whatever it is called next it could be an teaching tool to media students how completely undermine a compelling case.
This series is bizarre example of low-budget over-production that does not trust it's source material to drive the narrative but instead chooses seemingly irrelevant talking heads to make barely audible generalisations to limp reconstructions.