... that's what Mitchell Hurwitz will be saying if this show doesn't evolve.
I had big expectations for this as I am a big fan of Arrested Development, but I have to say I am disappointed. I tried waiting as long as I could before writing a negative review of this show because I thought it could get better, as it happens with some other shows, but it's just stuck in the same mistakes. Here are what I consider the main flaws of this show: - Bad writing / silly, boring jokes: they REALLY need to work on the scrips, unless the show is aimed for children. I think I laughed, no, chuckled, once or twice in so far four episodes. - The woman and the little girl are terrible actors: yes, specially the woman, whose name I don't know. She is such an over-actor and her character is just stupid. I also hate the little girl, but I'd rather she stayed than her mother. Also, the child doing the narrations is quite annoying. Maybe it's not that they are bad actresses but that their characters are poorly written. Who knows? - Bad use of GREAT actors: I just hate the way they waste good actors as Will Arnett, Peter Serafinowicz and the butler, who is quite new to me, but seems to be very good. I was surprised when I found out that Peter was in this show, I love his UK show, but I think he is not well exploited here. I still think he brings the show up a little bit. Maybe they should let him write some stuff.
In conclusion, I hope this show gets better. It desperately needs the scrips to be re-written, the characters need to be "polished", they need to get more aggressive and less cheesy, and the show has to be less predictable (that's what made Arrested Development such a great show), unless they want the show to be canceled before the first season ends.
I had big expectations for this as I am a big fan of Arrested Development, but I have to say I am disappointed. I tried waiting as long as I could before writing a negative review of this show because I thought it could get better, as it happens with some other shows, but it's just stuck in the same mistakes. Here are what I consider the main flaws of this show: - Bad writing / silly, boring jokes: they REALLY need to work on the scrips, unless the show is aimed for children. I think I laughed, no, chuckled, once or twice in so far four episodes. - The woman and the little girl are terrible actors: yes, specially the woman, whose name I don't know. She is such an over-actor and her character is just stupid. I also hate the little girl, but I'd rather she stayed than her mother. Also, the child doing the narrations is quite annoying. Maybe it's not that they are bad actresses but that their characters are poorly written. Who knows? - Bad use of GREAT actors: I just hate the way they waste good actors as Will Arnett, Peter Serafinowicz and the butler, who is quite new to me, but seems to be very good. I was surprised when I found out that Peter was in this show, I love his UK show, but I think he is not well exploited here. I still think he brings the show up a little bit. Maybe they should let him write some stuff.
In conclusion, I hope this show gets better. It desperately needs the scrips to be re-written, the characters need to be "polished", they need to get more aggressive and less cheesy, and the show has to be less predictable (that's what made Arrested Development such a great show), unless they want the show to be canceled before the first season ends.