I watched a few months of this show when it came out. All I can remember is the ridiculously slow pace of everything. So today they showed the premiere episode on Sci-Fi, and all I can say is, good god, that was awful.
There's a woman who supposedly used to be Princess Diana's best friend (yes, THE Princess Diana). We get flashbacks to phone conversations she had with the Princess: "So, Diana, what time are you and Dodi coming over? Hello? Diana?" This stuff must have been written by a group of 12 year old girls playing make-believe at a slumber party or something. It's so poorly done it makes you cringe. Then there's the young couple spending the day making out and reciting prattle to each other on the beach. The scene is repeated, virtually verbatim, on five separate occasions. And then we've got the angry Mexican guy - did I mention the dialog is written by a group of 12 year old girls? Nowhere is this more evident than in the clichéd this-is-how-people-write-not-how-they-actually-talk rubbish that comes out of this guy's mouth. Even more unfortunate is the fact that when this actor was in school, no one ever took him aside and said "Hey buddy, this line of work just isn't for you". He speaks all his lines with that "I memorized this, and now I'm reciting it" emotive quality. As far as the writing, I found it impossible to believe that the folks who came up with this have ever written a high school English paper before, much less an actual script. Then there are a pair of teenage girls who unfortunately wound up with dialog for a pair of 6 year olds: "Oh, I've got a secret." "Tell me your secret!" "Promise you won't tell?" "I'm your best friend, you've got to tell me your secret!" Good lord, this is just putrid.
And don't even get me started on the completely out of place theme music that keeps intruding on every scene. Obviously it never occurred to these folks that the mood of the music should coincide with the mood of the scene. And then there's the constant cutting from one scene to another to another, apparently to give the impression that something is happening when absolutely nothing is.
To give you an even better idea of how truly awful this thing is, you'll notice that a lot of the other user comments mention the character of Timmy as being the best part of the show. Timmy is a 20 year old midget who plays a 5 year old kid, and talks like a combination of Minnie Mouse and Pee Wee Herman. Yes, that's the "best" thing about the show. What more can one even say? This show is as stoopid as stoopid can possibly get.
There's a woman who supposedly used to be Princess Diana's best friend (yes, THE Princess Diana). We get flashbacks to phone conversations she had with the Princess: "So, Diana, what time are you and Dodi coming over? Hello? Diana?" This stuff must have been written by a group of 12 year old girls playing make-believe at a slumber party or something. It's so poorly done it makes you cringe. Then there's the young couple spending the day making out and reciting prattle to each other on the beach. The scene is repeated, virtually verbatim, on five separate occasions. And then we've got the angry Mexican guy - did I mention the dialog is written by a group of 12 year old girls? Nowhere is this more evident than in the clichéd this-is-how-people-write-not-how-they-actually-talk rubbish that comes out of this guy's mouth. Even more unfortunate is the fact that when this actor was in school, no one ever took him aside and said "Hey buddy, this line of work just isn't for you". He speaks all his lines with that "I memorized this, and now I'm reciting it" emotive quality. As far as the writing, I found it impossible to believe that the folks who came up with this have ever written a high school English paper before, much less an actual script. Then there are a pair of teenage girls who unfortunately wound up with dialog for a pair of 6 year olds: "Oh, I've got a secret." "Tell me your secret!" "Promise you won't tell?" "I'm your best friend, you've got to tell me your secret!" Good lord, this is just putrid.
And don't even get me started on the completely out of place theme music that keeps intruding on every scene. Obviously it never occurred to these folks that the mood of the music should coincide with the mood of the scene. And then there's the constant cutting from one scene to another to another, apparently to give the impression that something is happening when absolutely nothing is.
To give you an even better idea of how truly awful this thing is, you'll notice that a lot of the other user comments mention the character of Timmy as being the best part of the show. Timmy is a 20 year old midget who plays a 5 year old kid, and talks like a combination of Minnie Mouse and Pee Wee Herman. Yes, that's the "best" thing about the show. What more can one even say? This show is as stoopid as stoopid can possibly get.