Charlie's Angels

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.

I was not expecting much to begin with but the show was kinda lame.

There was nothing exciting about the action and the story and the acting was not believable. The show felt much longer than 1hr and that is never good. This is another bad remake . It reminded me of "knight rider" a couple of years ago :(

Rachel Taylor was much better in Grey's Anatomy. They're gonna need to make so mayor changes to keep this show alive. The girls seem kinda weak and storyline was not interesting enough.

I don't believe this girls can catch any criminals at all. I can believe they made me long for Drew, Cameron and Lucy. At least these 3 were kinda funny.

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.

I thought people were exaggerating, but no almost as bad as The New 2 and a Half Twits, pardon me, Men. Has any remake been any good this year?

Only decent thing about the pilot was the soundtrack. Shame on you ABC canceling Ugly Betty and spending loads of money in this piece of garbage.

Anywhoo. How will the actresses get another headline role after this? Who allowed this to go beyond the pilot? Why wasting so much money when the screentests were unpopular?

I feel sorry for the cast because the buzz was tremendous, even if you have no idea who the girls were, in Europe no one knows who the girls are, hence that wasn't part of the attraction, we were expecting not only a good script, but laughs, action the smashing pow that a remake this show deserved.

The first episode was like a female, badly written, acted, directed Austin Powers. No offense meant to Austin Powers.A wast of money and time.

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.