Now that the show is canceled by the time of this writing, I have to say i'm neither sad nor glad at the decision. The show was pretty deep and bizarre, especially when the title character John was there.
John (Austin Nichols) himself was probably the best character in the entire show. He was child-like in nature, but there was so much more about him that was intriguing to keep watching the show. His ability to learn by repeating sentences (and relentlessly repeats them), pull things out of his pockets, and heal were probably a few of the possibly many things the writers originally planned to do with him. We will never know now.
Greyson Fletcher as Shaun Yost is probably one of the worst casting decisions ever made. This kid can skate and (possibly) surf very well, but he sure can't act. Pro surfers like Keala Kennelly actually can act pretty well despite their actual profession, so this is simply inexcusable. As I read somewhere, this is reminiscent to George Lucas casting Jake Llyod as Anakin Skywalker in Episode I: it should have gone to a more capable actor and they should've been the stunt doubles instead.
The entire Yost family was interesting to say the least, they lacked a certain something that could've made their characters more engaging. I can't say the same for everyone else, especially Ed O'Neill and Luis Guzman who were very uninteresting and hollow in their performances (sad cause they are good actors). If the show had more compelling characters (and a few actors) along with the dialogue actually going somewhere instead of being overly dull and cryptic, this would've been a great show without a doubt. It has its moments (episode 2 and 3 were great especially of what the show should've done, as well as the John and Cass relationship), but ultimately it left me wanting more of "human" moments and less of the nonsensical ones.
John (Austin Nichols) himself was probably the best character in the entire show. He was child-like in nature, but there was so much more about him that was intriguing to keep watching the show. His ability to learn by repeating sentences (and relentlessly repeats them), pull things out of his pockets, and heal were probably a few of the possibly many things the writers originally planned to do with him. We will never know now.
Greyson Fletcher as Shaun Yost is probably one of the worst casting decisions ever made. This kid can skate and (possibly) surf very well, but he sure can't act. Pro surfers like Keala Kennelly actually can act pretty well despite their actual profession, so this is simply inexcusable. As I read somewhere, this is reminiscent to George Lucas casting Jake Llyod as Anakin Skywalker in Episode I: it should have gone to a more capable actor and they should've been the stunt doubles instead.
The entire Yost family was interesting to say the least, they lacked a certain something that could've made their characters more engaging. I can't say the same for everyone else, especially Ed O'Neill and Luis Guzman who were very uninteresting and hollow in their performances (sad cause they are good actors). If the show had more compelling characters (and a few actors) along with the dialogue actually going somewhere instead of being overly dull and cryptic, this would've been a great show without a doubt. It has its moments (episode 2 and 3 were great especially of what the show should've done, as well as the John and Cass relationship), but ultimately it left me wanting more of "human" moments and less of the nonsensical ones.