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Peacemakers (2003)
Excellent New Show
USA Network continues it's tradition of introducing quality TV shows with "Peacemakers". Berenger plays the traditional Western lawman with skill, while O'Meara's Detective Finch provides an excellent contrast, and showcases the series' originality with his forensics-minded approach to criminal investigation, opposed to Berenger's Marshal Stone's Western-style approach. The pilot's plotline maintained a good pace and was properly suspenseful, and highlighted the beginnings of a chemistry that O'Meara and Berenger are sure to establish as the series continues.
The show is set to follow in the footsteps of The Dead Zone and Monk and become a hit. If only the mainstream networks would make shows like this instead of their usual drivel, I'd watch Primetime more often.
Toransufômâ: Kârobotto (2000)
Agh! They've ruined it!
I really can't believe people actually stick up for this mindless drivel that FoxKids has foisted upon unsuspecting Transformers fans.
Now, first, I will state that I have no real qualms with things like Optimus Prime being a fire engine as opposed to a tractor-trailer or X-Brawn being an SUV. It's a new show, a "different timeline", I can accept that. A fresh start can be a good thing.
But the show itself is a pile of dog dung. The animation gets extremely goofy for no good reason (robots sweating, gimme a break), the dialogue is bland, tacky, and uninspired (I could never be a voice actor on this show, I feel sorry for the ones on there now), and the plots are laughable at best and downright ugly at worst. The first two Megatrons, and even the insane Galvatron from the post-movie era G1 Transformers, were much better mastermind villains than the clown Megatron in this show. The villains are completely stupid and the heroes aren't much better. Optimus Prime is running an army of dolts and undisciplined quacks who would get themselves killed if not for plot holes and equal amounts of bad guy idiocy. I can only moan in frustration while watching them "fight", shouting each other's "attacks" as they open fire, coupled with the monotonous transformation sequences (at least in Beast Wars and Beast Machines they didn't keep up the "Maximize/Terrorize!" or "I am transformed!" lines for the entire series) that infest the show.
The show was written to the lowest denominator, the problem is, they know it will show anyway because it has a strong toy line and the same little kids who watch the brain-cell killing Pokemon and Digimon will like it's basic plots, childish characters, and tedious attack-calling and transformation sequences.
This is the worst Transformers show ever. It's also one of the worst anime shows ever, not comparable to great anime like Trigun or Cowboy Bebop. Someone please put this show out of it's misery and bring us some good Transformers!
Titus (2000)
Absolutely positively funny!
I'm not a big fan of sitcoms, I'll admit that. I never watched a Seinfeld episode in my life and most sitcoms have bored me with their attempts at humor. But Titus is definitely not the average sitcom. The show is hysterically funny and it pulls it off naturally, no lame and forced jokes to be seen. It is very rare that there is an episode of Titus that does not make me laugh myself to tears.