Saturday, May 21
Welcome back...
... and what's the deal with 'The 4400'?
First, let me just welcome all of you (and me) back. As you might have noticed MOLN has been pretty dead since February and the Oscars. Why, you ask? Well, it's pretty simple. I got tired of it. I felt I had nothing to write about. And now I feel that I do. I hope.
I'm going to rant a bit about the tv-show "The 4400". The Swedish channel TV3 started showing it a couple of days ago, I missed it and just caught the rerun. Some people I've been speaking to have been saying how good it is. I also heard it really wasn't all that good.
So, my first impression of the "The 4400". It's crap! And I'm going to tell you why. First all those plot-holes. And the logic! (There isn't any logic at all.) For all you who haven't seen it or know the plot, it's about 4400 people who have been lost, or abducted or whatever. They all return one night in a ball of light in the middle of a lake, and they remember nothing of what happened. Some of them have been lost for 60 years, and some for just 3-4. The first weird thing that hit me was that none of the people seem to mind. They're calm, and not very worried. They're just.. normal. Hell, if someone told me that I've been lost for 60 years and that I'm now in what I 'd believe was the future- I would go crazy! Or at least get a little shocked or even upset! But these people, they were just like "Oh, allright. I've been lost for 60 years and haven't aged a day. Allright then, sounds good to me!"
The second big thing that bugged the hell out of me was how easy it was. Everything was just easy. It felt like all the 4400 were identified in a couple of hours. No offence to the FBI or anything, but I just don't buy it. Were are the complications? Were are those who can't comprehend what's happening? And the ordinary people, the people on the beach watching 'the 4400' land, they were also just like.. "Oh allright.. A ball of light. Nothing weird there."
I'm all for weird, and lightballs and space and mystery. But there has to be logic, a firm ground where the plot can rest upon. A framework for everything else. I don't see that in 'the 4400', I just don't. That's to bad, 'cause the basic plot aint to bad. All the people we have ever heard of being abducted, or lost and missing- they are returning to Earth. What does this mean? Too bad they just blew it with this show. Maybe it picks up later on. I'm gonna give it a couple of episodes and keep you all posted.
First, let me just welcome all of you (and me) back. As you might have noticed MOLN has been pretty dead since February and the Oscars. Why, you ask? Well, it's pretty simple. I got tired of it. I felt I had nothing to write about. And now I feel that I do. I hope.
I'm going to rant a bit about the tv-show "The 4400". The Swedish channel TV3 started showing it a couple of days ago, I missed it and just caught the rerun. Some people I've been speaking to have been saying how good it is. I also heard it really wasn't all that good.
So, my first impression of the "The 4400". It's crap! And I'm going to tell you why. First all those plot-holes. And the logic! (There isn't any logic at all.) For all you who haven't seen it or know the plot, it's about 4400 people who have been lost, or abducted or whatever. They all return one night in a ball of light in the middle of a lake, and they remember nothing of what happened. Some of them have been lost for 60 years, and some for just 3-4. The first weird thing that hit me was that none of the people seem to mind. They're calm, and not very worried. They're just.. normal. Hell, if someone told me that I've been lost for 60 years and that I'm now in what I 'd believe was the future- I would go crazy! Or at least get a little shocked or even upset! But these people, they were just like "Oh, allright. I've been lost for 60 years and haven't aged a day. Allright then, sounds good to me!"
The second big thing that bugged the hell out of me was how easy it was. Everything was just easy. It felt like all the 4400 were identified in a couple of hours. No offence to the FBI or anything, but I just don't buy it. Were are the complications? Were are those who can't comprehend what's happening? And the ordinary people, the people on the beach watching 'the 4400' land, they were also just like.. "Oh allright.. A ball of light. Nothing weird there."
I'm all for weird, and lightballs and space and mystery. But there has to be logic, a firm ground where the plot can rest upon. A framework for everything else. I don't see that in 'the 4400', I just don't. That's to bad, 'cause the basic plot aint to bad. All the people we have ever heard of being abducted, or lost and missing- they are returning to Earth. What does this mean? Too bad they just blew it with this show. Maybe it picks up later on. I'm gonna give it a couple of episodes and keep you all posted.
posted by david at 22:04
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