I must admit I haven't really watched Law and Order: L. A. in strict episode order, and I think I started in the middle post-Skeet Ulrich, so now I've finally watched episode one, and I was kind of a bit let down when really it could have been a contender. Anyway, several things I liked were the Hollywood touches, like when Deputy District Attorney Ricardo Morales (Alfred "Spider-Man 2" Molina) wanted a friendly camera angle at the start of his press conference announcing criminal charges. Also, the lack of an opening to establish the cast and who was the Order (the Police) and the Law (the district attorneys).
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Bored out of my Gourd
Hackintosh6 October 2010
Sadly, the premier episode, which is a story by Dick Wolf with the screenplay by Blake Masters, was so silly I almost stopped watching. In order for the show to say it was created by Dick Wolf, he needs to have written the first episode. Total ego trip.
And if you go back to the first L&O: SVU, you could pretty much give it a 3-star rating as well. Dick Wolf just isn't that imaginative. I'm holding off final judgment until I see more episodes, but so far it's off to a lousy start.
All the actors are good, even Skeet, but the premier episode was poorly written, cheesy, full of clichés, lacking in plot, and much too brightly lit. I hope it gets better.
I miss the original L&O. Even after 20 years, that show was actually getting better. The person at NBC who made the decision to cancel it should be fired. It may not have been a rating's giant like it was in its heyday, but the revenue from syndication more than would have compensated for it not being a top-ten show.
They should have done what they did with L&O:Criminal Intent and let USA pick it up as an original series. Bad decisions all around.
And if you go back to the first L&O: SVU, you could pretty much give it a 3-star rating as well. Dick Wolf just isn't that imaginative. I'm holding off final judgment until I see more episodes, but so far it's off to a lousy start.
All the actors are good, even Skeet, but the premier episode was poorly written, cheesy, full of clichés, lacking in plot, and much too brightly lit. I hope it gets better.
I miss the original L&O. Even after 20 years, that show was actually getting better. The person at NBC who made the decision to cancel it should be fired. It may not have been a rating's giant like it was in its heyday, but the revenue from syndication more than would have compensated for it not being a top-ten show.
They should have done what they did with L&O:Criminal Intent and let USA pick it up as an original series. Bad decisions all around.
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