The Inside

[yendi]

So, not great, but I seem to have liked it a lot more than other folks. glenn5 was underwhelmed, and laurel, over at TVpicks, got to see the first three episodes, and was also not overly impressed.

It might have been my lowered expectations, as well as the knowledge that Minear came in to a show that was a lame Mod Squad rip-off and had to retinker it to make it watchable, but I had fun. Granted, Baldwin and Finneran, the reasons I was watching the show, had way too little time, and the lead male (the potential love interest, not Peter Coyote) has annoyingly turned his "sensitive male" dial to 11, but there's still enough fun stuff there, as well as a few nifty twists, to keep me around. It's no Keen Eddie, but every summer cop show can't be that good. If nothing else, I'm intrigued enough by Peter Coyote as a cross between The Cigarette Smoking Man and, well, Peter Coyote. Some major plot issues (such as, say, how did Coyote get to the next station?), as well as a few character ones (if Coyote really likes fucking with his people's heads that much, why doesn't he just stick a dildo in their ears and get it over with?), but I'm on board for the next few weeks, at least.

Comments

[scottwrites.livejournal.com]

Granted, I still have 15 mins. of it to watch when I get home, but first impressions are good.

Of course, I'm a sucker for the Silence of the Lambs reference, but I also completely dug all the Angel references, etc.

Minear is the man, so I'll stick with it. At least until Fox throws it into their deadly Friday timeslot and ruins it like Firefly and Wonderfalls.

[terracinque.livejournal.com]

The plot utterly unravels in that last 15 minutes.

Angel references?

[yendi]

Angel references?

Look at the company name on the security uniform, for one.

[terracinque.livejournal.com]

Since I'm at work and my VCR is not, why don't you just tell me the company name?

[yendi]

Wolfram.

[asim.livejournal.com]

It's no Keen Eddie, but every summer cop show can't be that good.

*weeps with joy*
There's another human on this grand planet that's seen Keen Eddie, and liked it. I am No Longer Alone.

I actually bought the DVDs on the strength of having caught just one episode, and have never looked back...

[yendi]

There's a bunch of fans around here -- it built a true cult following, without even the underground hype usually associated with cult shows (possibly due to the lack of sci-fi/fantasy elements).

[mendoza.livejournal.com]

I had a similar mixed reaction. I'll keep watching it for at least a few more episodes, partly because of Baldwin and partly because of a shameful fascination with the genre. Yeah, everyone scorns the cops-and-creepies show, but a guilty pleasure is still a pleasure and a cheap thrill is still a thrill, right?

What would have made the show for me would be if, when Preternaturally Wise Ingenue had passed out, Jayne Danny had smirked and said "Saw that comin'".*


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[mfree.livejournal.com]

I didn't like it for essentially the same reasons. Coyote was much too "cigarette man" for what he had to play. Far too much spook for realism. They stole a lot of the criminal-style flashbacks from Medium, a lot of the mood from Millenium, and a LOT of the look from X-files. It's... kitsch. The pop rock of the TV scene. The Monkees of the crime drama syndicate.

They also take the CSI-style realistic gross-out sessions a bit too gratuitously.

Feels like a loser to me.

[laurel]

My feelings are seriously mixed. Like it enough (for a summer series) to keep watching. Or at least I like some of the actors and give Minear enough credit, etc. It wasn't unpleasant to watch. But I suspect if it were up against any real competition (like in the fall), it might end up dropped. Though if it were in one of those timeslots where it had no competition, I'd probably keep watching.

Man, it's kinda hard to review a show where you aren't wild about it, but you also don't especially dislike it.

[wakingdreaming.livejournal.com]

The only thing I really know about this show is that someone from my local area has a fairly major part in it. Some blonde lady. Too bad I don't know her. I'd ask if she could finagle me a part as an extra. :-)