{"id":1042,"date":"2010-03-31T12:00:15","date_gmt":"2010-03-30T23:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dfmamea.com\/blog\/?p=1042"},"modified":"2010-03-31T12:00:15","modified_gmt":"2010-03-30T23:00:15","slug":"box-watch-paradox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dfmamea.com\/blog\/box-watch-paradox\/","title":{"rendered":"Box Watch – Paradox"},"content":{"rendered":"

This five-ep series about Brit plods trying to deal with space-time-continuum anomalies, fate v destiny, the possible existence of wormholes, and… oh god<\/i> I can’t fake any more objectivity: it’s shows like this where cliches come to… make more cliches.<\/p>\n

“[S]adly,… the show’s complete absence of internal logic (or, if you prefer, its overwhelming silliness) meant that it was beyond help.” – Daily Telegraph<\/a><\/p>\n

“[Although the final ten minutes can be exciting,] the difficulty lay in the fifty minutes of scratchy dialogue, robotic acting and general misery that it took to get there.” – The Times<\/a><\/p>\n

“[The show’s] Prometheus Innovation Satellite Downlink offers a perfect acronym for the state you’d have to be in to take this kind of thing seriously.” – The Independent<\/a><\/div>\n

It’s largely negative critical reception in the UK may sum up the show best but will never explain why I persisted with these five hours of ‘entertainment’.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This five-ep series about Brit plods trying to deal with space-time-continuum anomalies, fate v destiny, the possible existence of wormholes, and… oh god I can’t fake any more objectivity: it’s shows like this where cliches come to… make more cliches. “[S]adly,… the show’s complete absence of internal logic (or, if you prefer, its overwhelming silliness) … <\/p>\n

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