Let's hope they retool it from the backdoor pilot...
At first, I was kinda ambivalent about the spin-off. I mean, it's great that the show is strong enough to earn a spin-off to begin with. But what turned me off is how hard they are trying to make the show 'cool' and 'awesome'. I think the pilot was poorly done and did seriously color my view of the spin-off.
Now, with the push for more 'names'... hell, Garofalo could be a huge fan and this a dream come true for her... it just like they're trying too much for it to be good and not relying upon what made CM a success in the first place: outstanding story-telling. With the name "suspect behavior" so... bland. I mean, really, isn't profiling all about suspect behavior?
Anyway, unlike the CSIs or the L&O, they didn't tag it with something specific. They could have done something interesting like, make this an "international" version or a group that focuses specifically on a type of criminal. To have it as 'generic' as "Suspect Behavior".
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Date: Jun. 29th, 2010 01:18 am (UTC)At first, I was kinda ambivalent about the spin-off. I mean, it's great that the show is strong enough to earn a spin-off to begin with. But what turned me off is how hard they are trying to make the show 'cool' and 'awesome'. I think the pilot was poorly done and did seriously color my view of the spin-off.
Now, with the push for more 'names'... hell, Garofalo could be a huge fan and this a dream come true for her... it just like they're trying too much for it to be good and not relying upon what made CM a success in the first place: outstanding story-telling. With the name "suspect behavior" so... bland. I mean, really, isn't profiling all about suspect behavior?
Anyway, unlike the CSIs or the L&O, they didn't tag it with something specific. They could have done something interesting like, make this an "international" version or a group that focuses specifically on a type of criminal. To have it as 'generic' as "Suspect Behavior".