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Dave Gorman: Modern Life Is Goodish (2013)
Not funny
I wanted to give the show a chance so I watched a few episodes before coming to the conclusion that it was terrible in every way.
- Bad jokes
- forced laughter
- bland and unfunny stories
Dave Gorman tries to be sarcastic and witty but comes across as awkward and unfunny, even the audience struggle to laugh at his "jokes"
Why Dave gave this a second series is a mystery and shows poor judgement on their part, I only hope viewers will be more intelligent and get rid of this awful piece of television.
Fringe (2008)
Interesting but flawed.
Terrible. Absolutely terrible.
The idea is an interesting one with the whole fringe science concept (even if implausible) but what really lets this show down are the actors, apart from John Noble who puts in a sterling effort.
1.) Anna Torv - She couldn't be more wooden unless she was an actual tree. She cannot convey emotion at all, substituting it for a smug look on her face and a massive dose of self righteousness which is completely unfounded. There are times when you just want to punch her in the face, her arrogance is that bad. Now all you fringe-addicts will say that this is just part of her character etc etc but the truth is, it's not. She simply does not have the presence to hold the screen and is a weak actress at the best of times. I cannot understand why she was cast when she has come from nowhere, with good reason. I predict that her future career is going to look bleak because she can't act to save her life so anyone who is thinking of casting her beware, it'll end in ruin.
2.) Joshua Jackson - A walking cliché. All he does is come up with unfunny digs at his father and again plays the self-righteous card which becomes tedious after two seconds. I think if I was blind and deaf I could have seen his relationship with Olivia happening as well, complimenting the predictability of the characters.
3.) jasika Nicole? - An irrelevant character for which I have no understanding of what she is even doing in the show, she's just Walter Bishop's lab rat. Nothing More. I won't waste anymore time on this poor excuse for an actress.
Overall the plot is boring, illogical, flat, misinformed and predictable, while the characters are pure and utter rubbish. Why people cannot see this is more down to the name of the producer (J.J Abrams) than the quality of the show. His reputation is what gives the shows high scores, nothing else.