andromeda does’t work
Not wanting to upset anyone on the Andromeda forum, or knowing if this would be a good idea for a separate thread… [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]
now that Channel 4 is showing Andromeda in this country, i’ve had an opportunity to see at least bits of some of the early eps again. I must admit, second time around maybe the idea isn’t quite so daft as it originally appeared, possibly more in the sense that it’s different to a lot of other sci-fi shows that i can think of, and we need new ideas and new shows (well, i do- alot of my faves have finished, or are winding down!). However i find myself still unable to embrace the show because the acting is so lousy. the only character i find believable is Rev, everyone else just seems so robotic. as i have previously said, Kevin Sorbo was great as Herc, but in this show the boy-scout attitude of Dylan Hunt is made all the more nauseating by the fact it sounds like it’s coming from someone that’s been pre-programmed by a Sinclair ZX 81. Tyr, for a supposedly hard character, is likely to fall over the moment someone shouts ‘Timber!!!’.
I guess the whole point of this is that great shows can be seriously ruined by a poor choice of actors to play the main roles. people may drag up ST:TOS into this category, but personally i wouldn’t put hammy acting in the same brackets as bad. in this case it added to the charm of the show.
If you want a classic example (in my opinion), take the series ‘Prey’. here we had what was a good idea, which could have made for some genuinely frightening sci-fi because it could almost be possible, and very believable. what stuffed it were the people playing the main roles. i mean, they creaked. just look for the little holes- that would have meant they had wood worm.
Adromeda will probably never work for me simply because the wrong people are in it.
sorry. [img]images/smiles/icon_sad.gif[/img]