After watching the pilot episode of Zero Hour, I feel like I've just watched an hour of National Treasure made for TV. That could be good or bad. In fact, I'll go as far to say that if you liked National Treasure, you'll love Zero Hour.
As for me, I didn't hate it, but I also didn't love it. There was enough to keep it interesting, and I'm curious to see what the Nazis tried to do, and why it would be the end of the world. It could be some fun Twilight-y Zone sci-fi semi-religious stuff. Now, that would be awesome.
But just like in the Nicholas Cage thriller, the characters are nothing more than pawns moving on a board. In other words, the story is all action and very little character development. Maybe we'll get some of the latter later.
One part I found ironic was when Victor (the bad guy) kept referring to all those movies where this stuff happens, but this is real life. I wonder if the writers were trying to be funny, because if they really thought "all those other stories are fake so this one must be real" would work, they were wrong. It didn't work. Instead it seemed like a funny joke. Just like in all those "other movies and shows," this show has all the fun cliches.
I'll keep watching, because it is fun to watch. But this will be near the bottom of my list until I get some other fun shows out of the way.
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I watched the beginning, but I couldn't really get into it. I might check it out when the whole season is on Netflix -- if it doesn't get cancelled. Too many of these high-concept shows can't seem to make it on the networks. Looking forward to Under the Dome, though.
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