I wanted to explore the 1970s but every 70s cop show I watch is more boring than the other. I think this one might be the very worst! It's even more dull and boring than Mannix & Starsky & Hutch put together. Mannix leaves me cold, but at least it's got stylistic elements one can't deny: it's a very pretty show. Each scene was carefully framed by the director (upon orders of the production, no doubt?) to feature beautiful objects, beautiful clothes, beautiful people and their beautiful makeup. S&H had its moments but was mostly dull.
This show? ECH! First off, everybody speaks with a thick accent. From where? I have no idea! It's just very hard to understand because everyone mumbles. Including the lollipop sucking baldie lead. I'm trying to get thru this episode, but it started off with a Black guy robbing an old man whose wife is sick. Next scene? Him and Baldie are BFFs. WTF? It's kinda like that. I can't follow the plots, I have no idea what's going on or who the bad guy is supposed to be.
This show is boring and I'll tell you why: not only there's no pretty people nor clothes, but the stories are very hard to follow. You need to be an insider, know police lingo perhaps or even understand jive. I'm watching this with subtitles and I need someone to explain it to me. Truth is, all the elements of this poor production bore me. Cannon, Barnaby Jones, the same. But at least, Barnaby Jones is fascinating man to watch. Not so with this arrogant actor.
I watched a video of Telly Savalas interviewed in this era by a blonde (Mary Hart?) and he came on to her, told her he wanted to make "beautiful babies" with her. How creepy! Watch it for her reaction. (And I think he was shirtless, which is even worse!) They had some good, fun shows in the 70s but they weren't cop shows. The fluff of fantasy shows was done much better and is still way more entertaining than this schlock. I have yet to watch Police Woman, but I don't expect much, considering how dull her colleagues were (and how homely they looked!) Wishing the old TV stations would move away from overdone sitcoms (Golden Girls, Facts of Life) boring Westerns and dull cops shows (aforementioned) and would move on to showing the fun stuff. The most entertaining 70s shows, of course, only lasted 1 season. And so it goes. 4/10 because I don't want the fans to start crying if I give it the 2 it really deserves. (But for what? I have no idea what's worth even 2 stars in this show!) Let's just say it bores me but I don't hate it. The stuff I hate, I score lower.
This show? ECH! First off, everybody speaks with a thick accent. From where? I have no idea! It's just very hard to understand because everyone mumbles. Including the lollipop sucking baldie lead. I'm trying to get thru this episode, but it started off with a Black guy robbing an old man whose wife is sick. Next scene? Him and Baldie are BFFs. WTF? It's kinda like that. I can't follow the plots, I have no idea what's going on or who the bad guy is supposed to be.
This show is boring and I'll tell you why: not only there's no pretty people nor clothes, but the stories are very hard to follow. You need to be an insider, know police lingo perhaps or even understand jive. I'm watching this with subtitles and I need someone to explain it to me. Truth is, all the elements of this poor production bore me. Cannon, Barnaby Jones, the same. But at least, Barnaby Jones is fascinating man to watch. Not so with this arrogant actor.
I watched a video of Telly Savalas interviewed in this era by a blonde (Mary Hart?) and he came on to her, told her he wanted to make "beautiful babies" with her. How creepy! Watch it for her reaction. (And I think he was shirtless, which is even worse!) They had some good, fun shows in the 70s but they weren't cop shows. The fluff of fantasy shows was done much better and is still way more entertaining than this schlock. I have yet to watch Police Woman, but I don't expect much, considering how dull her colleagues were (and how homely they looked!) Wishing the old TV stations would move away from overdone sitcoms (Golden Girls, Facts of Life) boring Westerns and dull cops shows (aforementioned) and would move on to showing the fun stuff. The most entertaining 70s shows, of course, only lasted 1 season. And so it goes. 4/10 because I don't want the fans to start crying if I give it the 2 it really deserves. (But for what? I have no idea what's worth even 2 stars in this show!) Let's just say it bores me but I don't hate it. The stuff I hate, I score lower.