All I've seen is the trailer. It looks slick and cool, but... So he's being chased through 1985 Philadelphia by 1980s-vintage Philadelphia police cars. So far, so good. But... the street has palm trees on it! And the cars spin out in front of a building marked "Children's Home Society of California"! Huh?
On Tuesday, September 20, 2022 at 11:31:31 PM UTC-4 Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: > On Tue, Sep 20, 2022 at 8:11 PM Tom Wolper <two...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Some of that might be an extra big budget to make the pilot pop. They’ll >> probably cut back on the CGI in future episodes. >> > > What I think is the CGI is meant to reduce the show’s dependence on a > studio backlot or, Heaven forbid, location shooting. But I believe the lack > of realia affects an actor’s performance. I have the same criticism of Star > Trek: Strange New Worlds. Give me a cardboard set from the 1960s any day > over a green or blue screen creation. > > > >> On Tue, Sep 20, 2022 at 10:53 PM Kevin M. <drunkba...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> The CGI is distracting… there are too many sets and effects that aren’t >>> practical. It’s a decent first story, but the cast seems to have been >>> chosen more for diversity than for talent. That said, Raymond Lee has the >>> potential to be a good lead. It is not as bad as it could have been, but it >>> is also not as good as it could have been. >>> >>> Streaming on the Peacock >>> -- >>> Kevin M. (RPCV) >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to tvornottv+...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4BXa--4bzRYDatMuSE1M4qXzrGENMNfYcCQVC36E6ArHA%40mail.gmail.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4BXa--4bzRYDatMuSE1M4qXzrGENMNfYcCQVC36E6ArHA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to tvornottv+...@googlegroups.com. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiG37SWhYTiiwLNYu7oB9qGgxSe16SS_N09%3D%3Dm3icgiG%3DA%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiG37SWhYTiiwLNYu7oB9qGgxSe16SS_N09%3D%3Dm3icgiG%3DA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/d404bee9-b02c-477f-9f54-9851480fe083n%40googlegroups.com.
