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Protraph Lack of good storyline.

HottWwjdIam There is just so much movie here. For some it may be too much. But in the same secretly sarcastic way most telemarketers say the phrase, the title of this one is particularly apt.

Taha Avalos The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

Bob We are halfway through watching this on BBC America, so we don't know how it ends. So far all I can say is this program is a wonderful surprise.It was scheduled for the middle of the night last week on BBC America, so TIVO did it's job and we are now going through it during a very chilly weekend. It has turned the chill into a warm glow. The storyline is completely realistic, which is always my requirement for stories of star-crossed lovers. The characters are totally plausible. The acting is top notch.I've been a fan of Rashida Jones since she was on Boston Public. The girl's got chops! We've also seen Stephen Moyer in other projects (Midsomer Murders, Waking the Dead) and think he is ready for the big screen. The supporting actors are all excellent, and I never cease to be amazed by how well actors from the UK do American accents. They are completely believable.Now for the writing. Simon Burke has a real ear for both America and British idioms. As a novelist myself, I will tell you this is not easy. We use completely different expressions right down to our verb tenses, and Burke seems to have both down cold. I'm a writer myself, so I pay special attention to idioms. When they're wrong, it's like nails on a chalkboard. Well done, Simon. Edie, Christine and Luke sound like Americans. And a note about the music in this series. The music flows throughout like a Greek chorus, embellishing the plot line beautifully. A great deal of thought must have gone into that. Real artists pay attention to those kinds of details. Well, well done!Enjoy!

Robin Harrison Right, this programme was quite simply terrible. I mean, just so bad. The leads were totally wooden, had no chemistry and were totally unsympathetic, so the whole will-they-won't-they dynamic never really seemed to matter; these people are so uninteresting and didn't even seem to like each other, so why the hell would any viewer want them to get together? The bloke, however, was at least fairly entertaining to watch, due to the fact that with his abnormally large head, he was obviously a Thunderbird puppet, whose Pinocchio-like wish to become a real boy had been granted... In fact, all the characters are fairly uninspiring, especially the Thunderbird puppet's nephew, who is in the film solely to allow other characters to reveal their sensitive sides. Perhaps if he'd been a baby seal, who made eyes at the camera (with a studio audience obediently 'awww-ing') he would've been more bearable. There were only three characters who actually came across as anything more than insubstantial twats: Macaulay Culkin's ex-wife, who gets her bits out on several occasions; Thunderbird's sister, who actually seems human, rather than a hologram of a pretty person, as the rest of the cast; and Thunderbird's ethnic minority best friend, solely because he was in Teachers and is, in Teachers, a top actor. Apart from these honourable exceptions, the characters are dreadful finger puppet people, anxiously trying to be cool and do cool stuff (never before have I seen so much self-conscious smoking). You can almost imagine most of them lying in bed at night, unable to sleep, as they fret and worry: "Am I cool?" The writers made a real stab at making the people do interesting things, or utter interesting, quotable lines, but these were so obvious, almost signposted, that they just seemed to be trying too hard. Believe it or not, there were actually some small parts of the series that weren't too bad: the music is cracking, though it has obviously been picked to hammer home the fact that the characters are hip, happening, cosmopolitan bright young things. Don't watch this. No, actually do, its very funny. Shame it wasn't a comedy.

Clapperboard Having experienced a similar transatlantic romance, she in NJ and I in Manchester (not so cool maybe?) I enjoyed this immensely and saw lots of parallels. All that aside, the ups and downs of Michael and Edie's relationship keep you coming back for more in this arresting 7 part drama.Look out spoiler ahead: Unfortunately, the will they won't they roller-coaster ride ends in such an unsatisfactory manner - you are left feeling empty and unfulfilled - perhaps much like the central characters. I imagine the lackluster ending sets the scene for a sequel - which would be a shame, because I feel there's no way you could continue the story without diminishing the feel, intrigue and impact of this original piece of work.

vendetta_kinda_mood NY-Lon: New York - London...This groundbreaking new drama series is set in the two great cities and features a passionate love affair spanning 3,000 miles. Innovative, home-grown and contemporary, NY-LON boasts the grand vision of a big screen movie and all the style and energy of the best US drama.The first ever UK drama series to be filmed partly on location in New York's Lower East Side and with an exciting transatlantic cast, NY-LON follows the troubled romance between a New York record store clerk, Edie (Rashida Jones), and London stock broker Michael (Stephen Moyer), after their chance meeting in his city.As well as having a gripping story line and well created characters, this show boasts cool modern camera work and daring literary techniques.Following the couple through the highs and lows of their very modern romance, the intervention of opinionated friends and the inevitable culture clash, NY-LON is a stylish and bold drama event. Do not miss this!