Crimes of the Century

Let me just start with what another reviewer wrote: "the producers thought that style was more important than the substance, so they apparently let some clueless film students with schizophrenia and severe cases of ADD do all the editing and sound." Well, that may be a slight exaggeration, but only slight. The voices distort for no reason, and there are some bizarre close-ups on faces and blurred moments that ought to be clear.

One can also question who handpicked these stories. Certainly "Oklahoma City" is worth an episode, but then the episode on "Waco" appears after it. Why? It would make more sense to talk of Waco first to put Oklahoma City in context. And then somehow the Kennedy assassination did not make the cut, but Amanda Knox (who will be forgotten in five years) did? Sure, Kennedy is too big for one episode, but Amanda Knox a "crime of the century"?

Literally never have I been so annoyed by the editing of a docuseries. I love true crime; I've never seen it ruined so badly. What were they thinking?

If these shows teaches us anything it isn't about criminals, evil masterminds, or col blooded killers. It teaches us about the importance of hiring a knowledgeable, experienced, and talented sound and vocal editor.

Interviewees were not taken seriously as their comments were spliced and diced to the point where their vocals were pushed through a gimmicky "phoneline" filter to give a "creepy vibe."

It failed spectacularly. Every four minutes or so, the gimmicky filter kicked in....in mid sentences, at the last couple of words at the end of sentences....basically anywhere and everywhere. The only time when you knew the filter would not be applied was whenever the main narrator was talking.

The vocal editing sounded like they hired the producer's 11 year old kick to take control of the sound board.

It's not worth watching. None of them are. They ruined every episode with the same gimmick. It is so thick with it, you lose focus of the actual story

This series contains several interesting stories. Unfortunately, the producers thought that style was more important than the substance, so they apparently let some clueless film students with schizophrenia and severe cases of ADD do all the editing and sound. Their attempts at being artistic and trendy absolutely ruined the finished product, rendering the show unwatchable. Shame on CNN for allowing this, and let's hope none of those creepy film students that are responsible for the editing and sound ever graduate. If this green-lit production is a sign of things to come, well, all I can say is that would be more disturbing than any of the subjects of the series....and this includes the Uni-bomber and the DC Sniper.

I haven't logged into this site in a long time, but I felt I just had to after attempting to watch this.

The stories, the content and the witness testimonies are more than plenty to carry this show, however it is so bogged down by the SpikeTV, ADD type editing, I couldn't even make it through the first episode.

I lasted about twenty minutes before the image of some editor using the "sweet" new filters, audio tuning, and jumpy, rave like transitions crept into my head and annoyed me beyond comprehension.

Please, spare yourself. You can look up all of these stories on wikipedia and save yourself from a seizure or an aneurysm.