Charlie's Angels

I'm a middle-aged man COMPLETELY in love and obsessed with Minka Kelly, but this show was so bad I almost turned it off before her character had even been introduced. The plot was complete nonsense to the point of frustration. Dialog was inane. Back-stories made no sense, and the acting was horrific (except for Minka, who wasn't fantastic but was a heck of a lot better than the other cast members).

I obviously came into it ready to love it. Despite my infatuation, even I am not sure I could stomach another episode. I'll guarantee this isn't on TV anymore by Halloween at the latest. Minka - find something better to do! You deserve better writing! At least I have all the seasons of Friday Night Lights on DVD to comfort me, or maybe I'll keep watching Charlie's Angels (during its short life) with the TV on mute.

I wanted so bad for this series to work, but it was just horrible. I tried watching the pilot but couldn't make it past poor writing, bad acting and the racing from action sequence to action sequence with zero character development. Why was it necessary to make the Angels bad asses? And that bit about Bosley being a hunk with mad computer skills is just plain dumb.

The next episode I tried to watch was the one where an aspiring model disappears and the Angels are called in to find her. They learn that this model shared a big house with some other models, so they have to go undercover and infiltrate. So far so good, as I anticipate they'll spend the rest of the episode at the mansion trying to find out what misfortune befell their client's daughter, just like the original would have. I assumed it would be about typical criminal activity like prostitution or white slavery gone wrong. But no, they turned it into an episode of international intrigue by having the models marrying foreign criminals for green cards! Turns out the model they were looking for got killed by her green card husband because she stumbled onto his global assassination plot, lol. Of course the requisite computer hacking, gunfire and action sequences ensue.

Same with the most anticipated episode, Angels in Chains. They go to a prison in Cuba? Again they take an original series' idea and try to "make it more relevant" by introducing 24-like elements, with the CIA getting involved and the plot evolving into one of international intrigue. What kind of nonsense is this? These women are private eyes, not Navy Seals!

In short, the producers writers/decided to forgot all about the charmingly cheesy and campy elements of the original series and instead created some mindless action shoot-em-up. Furthermore, the Angels in the original were very engaging and enjoyed great reporte with each other and none of that his present in this incarnation. I guess between all the explosions, machine gun fire, global threats and computer hacking there just wasn't any time left for good old-fashioned character interaction.

You don't watch a series like this expecting a life-changing experience or Shakespearean wit, but I was at least hoping for some mindlessly entertaining action and crime solving. Unfortunately, this programme couldn't even deliver that. The acting is very flat, the script is nonsensical and the plot makes no sense. The Angels seem to have been picked based on their looks and willingness to wear skimpy clothes rather than any particular charisma or talent. Even if you're building your series around providing eye candy, you still need some comic relief, some witty dialogue, or at least something to concentrate on during yet another motion-sickness inducing shaky-cam sequence.

I would be really surprised if this disaster lasts more than a season or two.

This show owes more to the James Bond series and The Bionic Woman than the TV series which bears its name. It's about three superwomen who easily solve complex cases that law enforcement and intelligence agencies are unable to crack. They seem to have superhuman powers. In one scene, a secure door to a five star hotel is easily kicked in by one of the private detectives. They speak multiple languages. They have no trouble hacking into the most secure computers. At times, evidence falls into their laps so conveniently, they don't need to do any detective work. They easily overpower trained thugs and bodyguards who are twice their size, and they do it without messing up their designer clothes and make-up. I realize this isn't supposed to be literal reality, but it could at least be believable. Problem is, this is so unreal, it could be a Saturday morning cartoon. I'm not saying there aren't any tough women. With the proper fitness and combat training, a woman can kick some serious ass. But the stuff shown could only be done by soldiers with special forces training. It never even begins to be credible.

Can't think of how a network could let this go to air. Corny writing bad acting terrible set design. Better money spent on reality non scripted stuff than this. Hope they don't commit to more than the min episodes Fake tears bad effects. Bad acting again and again doesn't get better just worse the longer you watch it. Maybe Tom Arnold isn't busy and can do a cameo spot or carrot top. don't see how it could get such a high score unless all cast and crew voted. And may be all their families and so on and so on..... Will give it one more hour that I will never get back and see if it improves. I can only write so much about this waste of air time to fill 10 lines. But maybe this is just what the USA needs to keep them distracted from the real world...