Tvshows are going down. Isn’t there anyone with some brains to write something original and well written?
Sub par 24 with I guess a made for series for the viewers with the attention span of a gnat !
8 minutes a day - is this some sort of joke?[spoiler} all I can see I'm glad they didn't show him defusing the bomb - that would've been 10 more episodes [/spoiler]
someone managed to convince a higher-up that a drunk-release-schedule would be best for this show
Possibly the single worst show I have ever seen. Embarrassing all around. The writing is shoddy, the cinematography is laughable coming from a professional project, the lead actor weak, the pacing is way off, half the shots are so clearly not framed for the Quibi format etc etc etc
A brilliant social critique about LA citizens' average IQ
This is thit shiznit.. there has to be more seasons.. yall need to stop playing... making one season ain't gonna work for the fans.
suspension of disbelief is far too much for this show. the dialog is bad, the acting is all over the place. it was a poor effort, imo.
This must be a joke. Seriously the 2 writers wrote the script as an April fools joke & they sent it to much of studios to see how many execs they can fool. They didn’t expect the execs to actually buy the load of shit. Then they wrote the dialogues to see if anyone would actually produce the crap & if big name actors could be fooled in to making the show. This the best April Fool joke ever. They even fooled me into watching this nonsense. Don’t fall for it...avoid this show at all costs. Unless you have reached the end of the internet.
Review by danBlockedParent2020-08-20T09:11:18Z
This is the first Quibi show that I've watched and I binged it in a day (the finale was released on the same day, surprise, surprise). So I'll write down my thoughts on this today, because I'm afraid that I won't remember most of what I watched a few days from now.
I mean, it's good quality TV. Great casting, good cinematography, but limited storylines and plots. The show wasn't really made in a format where it could build the suspense it needs. It felt rushed at many points, and many B plots weren't explored. Some (but not all):
- Mike's previous sentence
- His connection with his cellmate
- The terrorist attack that took away Clay's wife
- The people at the news site (but maybe not them, because they, except for Glenn Howerton's character, are horrible people. The female reporter didn't even learn her lesson at the end, I believed that she'd eventually come out a decent human being, but I was wrong.)
I can't help but think that the show could be tremendously improved by being executed in the traditional series form. What I'm saying: this kind of show's not a good fit for Quibi. I mean, we are in a very different situation from the service's intended use case, but I can't imagine how a single 8-minute episode each day could keep its viewers seated for the whole thing, even when everything becomes normal again. (I don't think I'd finish this show if I had watched it from the beginning. Besides, my free trial won't last that long.) Though I have plenty to say on Quibi, I'm going to stop here and leave it for some future blog posts, maybe.
TL;DR: good quality TV, great potential but many missed opportunities. The best I've seen on Quibi so far, so if you intend on trying out the service, definitely check it out.