It's a sad fact that more and more TV series are made to be forgettable. They are little more than white noise.
The Lost Symbol is a labeled as a as a thriller/mystery but it's actually neither of these things. It's just slow, dull, and weak.
The actor playing Robert Langdon has no charisma and is as far from a leading man as one can get. The dialogue is cliched and clunky, and the plot is slow and nonsensical. Langdon seems to pluck answers to mysteries out of thin air with little effort. I'm sure he could tell us who killed JFK and where Jimmy Hoffa is..
Every puzzle is solved just in the nick of time. There's no suspense or peril. It's like watching the old Batman show from the 60s, but not as fun.
And then there's the background music - it's constant, loud, and jarring. Sometimes less is more, unless they're trying to drown out snores...!
Finally, Eddie Izard is, as always, totally miscast. He's a comedic oddball not a dramatic actor. He's so out of place in this show - like a polar bear in the desert.
The only redeeming aspect of this show is that it's only ten episodes long, but, really, that's about nine too many. And I've just read it's been cancelled. Who said there isn't a God.
The Lost Symbol is a labeled as a as a thriller/mystery but it's actually neither of these things. It's just slow, dull, and weak.
The actor playing Robert Langdon has no charisma and is as far from a leading man as one can get. The dialogue is cliched and clunky, and the plot is slow and nonsensical. Langdon seems to pluck answers to mysteries out of thin air with little effort. I'm sure he could tell us who killed JFK and where Jimmy Hoffa is..
Every puzzle is solved just in the nick of time. There's no suspense or peril. It's like watching the old Batman show from the 60s, but not as fun.
And then there's the background music - it's constant, loud, and jarring. Sometimes less is more, unless they're trying to drown out snores...!
Finally, Eddie Izard is, as always, totally miscast. He's a comedic oddball not a dramatic actor. He's so out of place in this show - like a polar bear in the desert.
The only redeeming aspect of this show is that it's only ten episodes long, but, really, that's about nine too many. And I've just read it's been cancelled. Who said there isn't a God.
