Point Pleasant

[Gunslinger]

Part I of the seaon premiere is on tonight (1/19) at 9/8c, and Part II will be on at the same time tomorrow, on FOX. Is anyone else else planning on checking it out?

http://www.fox.com/pointpleasant/

 

[David Howery]

hadn't really heard much about it, but I did watch it tonite. My reaction.... so-so. It's no X-Files (except for the last season, maybe, as the TV Guide reviewer said)... it'll have to really improve it's writing and plot twists to keep me watching.

BTW, who was the woman vamping on the good dr. in his office (the one with the persistent cough)? She looked familiar....

 

[Darrin Drader]

I don't know. It's no Twin Peaks, even though it seems to be trying to be. I'll check out tomorrow night, but so far I'm not overly impressed.

 

[synecdoche]

I watched and responded with a "meh." It wasn't terrible, but seemed a bit too OC for my tastes.

 

[Chun-tzu]

I thought it sounded interesting from the TV Guide description (something about good vs. evil), but also found it way too OC. After 40 min, I switched to West Wing.

 

[Bill Scott]

BTW, who was the woman vamping on the good dr. in his office (the one with the persistent cough)? She looked familiar....

That was Dina Meyer. Scifi and fantasy fans would remember her as Dizzy in Starship Troopers, Kara in Dragonheart or Oracle in Birds of Prey. She was also in a couple of other series that flopped. Here's her IMDB page http://amazon.imdb.com/name/nm00005...pbmEgbWV5ZXJ8aHRtbD0xfG5tPW9u;fc=1;ft=20;fm=1

 

[Mercule]

Hadn't heard about it, so I missed Part I. Concept looks vaguely intriguing. I'll try to catch Part II, tonight. What do I need to know from Pt I?

 

[Desdichado]

I liked it well enough. Sure, it'll need to get moving a little better, but I'm typically a bit forgiving of pilot episodes. It takes time to set something like that up properly.

Although I just watched the first four X-files episodes on DVD the other day. Now, that's a good Pilot.

 

[Negative Zero]

the story outline and ideas were pretty good but the acting and directing ... and pretty much everything else was pretty bad ... oh wait, the chics are mostly hot. (what am i doing in Brooklyn? i should move to Jersey!) i forgave most of the mistakes because it was a pilot but Marti Noxon better get her act together if she expects me to stick around.

oh and they've really got to stop with the overly dramatic ominous music everytime Satan's kid is onscreen.

~NegZ

 

[Ruined]

Yeah, I'm kind of giving it a 'meh' response myself. It makes me yearn for American Gothic. Given that it was a pilot and had to get the ball rolling, I'll give it some leeway for now.

Thanks for clarifying the Dina Myer bit. I knew she looked familiar to me, too.