Narce
Joined Oct 2006
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In brief, I seem to agree with most of what was said in rchalloner's review - slow pacing, injudicious editing and unnecessary side-tracks.
As this seems to have involved a bunch of actors who are basically new to me, and therefore unrecognizable. This is compounded by someone's insistence that every male actor must have a beard of some description, making it even harder to tell them apart. The only exception seems to be Samuel who, while bearded, has a unique treatment of his hirsuteness. OK, so the Gillette company didn't exist, but surely some men (or their wives) trimmed or removed their beards with some sharp implement like a knife.
By now you may have guessed that I am not a big Christian, yearning for more bible stories on TV. So the degree to which the show follows the Bible is basically lost on me. I recall a couple of facts about David from my Sunday School days, like the lion encounter and the slinging death of Goliath, along with the fact that he played the harp occasionally. Virtually no memory of Saul or why he chose to annoy God, or of Samuel and his role in the story of David. I got almost as much about David from Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" as I did from this show.
As this seems to have involved a bunch of actors who are basically new to me, and therefore unrecognizable. This is compounded by someone's insistence that every male actor must have a beard of some description, making it even harder to tell them apart. The only exception seems to be Samuel who, while bearded, has a unique treatment of his hirsuteness. OK, so the Gillette company didn't exist, but surely some men (or their wives) trimmed or removed their beards with some sharp implement like a knife.
By now you may have guessed that I am not a big Christian, yearning for more bible stories on TV. So the degree to which the show follows the Bible is basically lost on me. I recall a couple of facts about David from my Sunday School days, like the lion encounter and the slinging death of Goliath, along with the fact that he played the harp occasionally. Virtually no memory of Saul or why he chose to annoy God, or of Samuel and his role in the story of David. I got almost as much about David from Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" as I did from this show.
Saw the listing for this, and always liked Nathan Lane as a comedic actor, but as soon as the laugh track raised its ugly head, I knew there might be trouble. They say that it is done before a live audience, but it didn't sound like that to me - At the very least, it sounded like reactions were "enhanced".
Good cast, but no real chemistry between them and jokes that elicited NO laughs from me (and another giveaway that audience reactions may be pre-recorded). I expected more from the guys who did Will & Grace.
Good cast, but no real chemistry between them and jokes that elicited NO laughs from me (and another giveaway that audience reactions may be pre-recorded). I expected more from the guys who did Will & Grace.
I heard that people had problems figuring out what was happening in Season 2, so they were told to go back to Season 1 to hepl make sense of it. So I went back and re-watched Season 1 BEFORE I started Season 2. Well, that's a lot of time wasted.
Season 2 seems to have almost no connection to Season 1 except for the main characters. And even then, it makes very little sense. I couldn't be bothered to finish S2, it was just too bizarre.
Season 2 seems to have almost no connection to Season 1 except for the main characters. And even then, it makes very little sense. I couldn't be bothered to finish S2, it was just too bizarre.