have u watched the magic ians?
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Unshaken_Unstirred — 9 years ago(January 14, 2017 05:55 AM)
Even the sex and violence felt very CW to me. Actually, even sillier than CW channel level sex & violence.
I wish it weren't so, but with a few exceptions SYFY's writing is normally pretty cringe-worthy. Even shows I like constantly leave me wondering how someone wrote a specific line, and others agreed to actually say it.
I think Corwin hit it on the nose that Jason(Quentin) and Stella(Julia) aren't very good actors, and don't seem to have any sympathy for the characters they are playing.
I wish this were on a network like HBO that could have gone darker. If they wanted Julia to be a magic junkie, they should have shown her doing really unpleasant stuff, not just congregating in abandoned buildings. If they could have gone dark enough and with a sense of humor, it could have sold it.
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SunnyWays — 9 years ago(January 14, 2017 04:55 AM)
But I agree with UU that Quentin is the biggest problem, because as a character he doesn't earn any empathy for his wetblanket pettiness. The actor comes across as a popular and handsome guy trying to p!ay a nerd, with little sympathy for the character he is portrayingbtw I have the same complaint for the chesty blondeand that's not a problem with writing or even direction it's the actors.