Your Guess: Is "Smith" The First Show To Get The Axe? Cancelled - Canadian TV, Computing and Home Theatre Forums

james99 · 2006-09-19, 06:36 PM

There's bad, and then there's criminally bad.

Hands down the worst new show of the season, Smith is CBS' attempt to break out of its crime-show rut by turning the crooks into the heroes.

JesseJ · 2006-09-19, 09:46 PM

Liked it. Will watch again.

hawkeye19 · 2006-09-19, 11:01 PM

The review posted by James99 took the words right out of my mouth. I found myself "grabbed" by the first episode (think it might have something to do with Virginia Madsden

. But when it was over I was conflicted about watching a show full of slick, cool characters who are cold-blooded murderers. So far it seems like style over substance. I'll give it a few more episodes.

bigscreenbob · 2006-09-19, 11:47 PM

I liked it-except for the day into nite part when they left the museum-maybe god left the museum for good? Sorry-couldn't resist.
Whenever you can work a little Hip into a statement me thinks you should.

JesseJ · 2006-09-19, 11:55 PM

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But when it was over I was conflicted about watching a show full of slick, cool characters who are cold-blooded murderers.

Holy crap. What's wrong with watching the bad guys?
Think Italian Job, Goodfellas, Casino, Scarface...cheer for the bad guy for once.

hawkeye19 · 2006-09-20, 12:49 AM

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Originally Posted by JesseJ

Holy crap. What's wrong with watching the bad guys?
Think Italian Job, Goodfellas, Casino, Scarface...cheer for the bad guy for once.

There's nothing wrong with watching bad guys, but (the review said it better than I can) there's something odd about a storyline that sees the audience cheering for a group of criminals who shoot a museum security guard in the back. And in the movie examples you bring up, most (not all I admit) of the 'criminals' get their just reward in the end. Unless "Smith" is a limited run series I doubt anyone else in the gang is going to die or go to prison.

harmer · 2006-09-20, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by bigscreenbob

I liked it-except for the day into nite part when they left the museum-maybe god left the museum for good? Sorry-couldn't resist.
Whenever you can work a little Hip into a statement me thinks you should.

This series was also supposed to be leading edge with big Hollywood stars
and so I could not believe it when I saw the day-night error.
I blurted out to my wife that it was broad daylight on the street when the girl was bleeding, etc., and then when the guys drove out of the musem it was at night. Duh!!!!!

She didn't answer as she was already asleep.

Richard Travale · 2006-09-20, 03:19 PM

I enjoyed it and will be watching again.

As for the guard, he shot the tech guy first. Then the other guy shot the guard.
Not exactly Han vs. Greedo but you know, I had no problem with the guard being shot in that manner (as a viewer, not a human being

)

os · 2006-09-20, 05:39 PM

It wasn't very good, but not as bad as the reviewer implies. I'll give it another chance next week mainly because I like the lead actors.

dcorreia · 2006-09-20, 07:18 PM

Looks like CTV has removed Justice from their schedule to make room for Criminal Minds. I don't see it in next week's schedule either.

It's almost like CTV wants the rights to every show out there, but doesn't have enough time in the day to air it all!

TJ77 · 2006-09-20, 07:31 PM

CTV does seem to be greedy. Once the Chum buy out goes through hopefully they'll share with City TV.

supervij · 2006-09-20, 11:10 PM

Had to tape it, but just finished watching it now. I actually don't remember a whole lot except for Amy Smart ripping her buttons. My gods, what a boring show. I thought this was supposed to be edgy, smart and stylish. Instead, it was boring, boring and boring. None of the characters were even mildly interesting. Ray Liotta displays absolutely no charisma here, and for the lead of a show like this, he really should. The others were bland and interchangeable. Virginia Madsen's character, though lovely to look at, didn't really grab me either. The pace of the show was agonizingly slow too.

After that one guy died, I spent the rest of the episode trying to remember which one he was, what he did earlier in the ep. I couldn't for the life of me remember anything about him. Okay, so they're not going to do much character development for someone they're killing off in the first ep, but come on!

If you want to watch a crime drama done right, try to find (or download) the five aired episodes of Heist. Yeah, it was cancelled after ep #5, but it was miles ahead of this bore-fest. It had a charismatic lead, interesting characters, great dialogue, and interesting situations. Smith was awful. I'll be avoiding it like the plague.

cheers,
supervij

PrimeBane · 2006-09-21, 01:01 AM

Has my vote... easily the least interesting of the new Fox dramas.

Nuje · 2006-09-21, 01:37 AM

Smith isn't long for this world (unless upcoming eps do a lot more to make their characters more engaging).

JesseJ · 2006-09-21, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by PrimeBane

Has my vote... easily the least interesting of the new Fox dramas.

HUH?!? The show isn't eve on Fox!

2006-09-19, 06:36 PM	#1
james99 Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Burlington Posts: 24,791	Your Guess: Is "Smith" The First Show To Get The Axe? Cancelled There's bad, and then there's criminally bad. Hands down the worst new show of the season, Smith is CBS' attempt to break out of its crime-show rut by turning the crooks into the heroes.

2006-09-19, 09:46 PM	#2
JesseJ Veteran Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Calgary, Shaw Digital HD Plus, 3416 & Expander Posts: 6,313	Liked it. Will watch again. __________________ SHAW 2012 HD Count: +8 (51 Total not counting SC or SNETWorld)

2006-09-19, 11:01 PM	#3
hawkeye19 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Calgary, Shaw Cable Posts: 170	The review posted by James99 took the words right out of my mouth. I found myself "grabbed" by the first episode (think it might have something to do with Virginia Madsden. But when it was over I was conflicted about watching a show full of slick, cool characters who are cold-blooded murderers. So far it seems like style over substance. I'll give it a few more episodes. __________________ Sony KDS 50A2000/Oppo 970/Denon AVR1802/Paradigm CC370/Mini-Monitor x2/DR10 sub/Jamo E800 x2/6416-III HD-PVR

2006-09-20, 11:10 PM	#12
supervij Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 1,329	Had to tape it, but just finished watching it now. I actually don't remember a whole lot except for Amy Smart ripping her buttons. My gods, what a boring show. I thought this was supposed to be edgy, smart and stylish. Instead, it was boring, boring and boring. None of the characters were even mildly interesting. Ray Liotta displays absolutely no charisma here, and for the lead of a show like this, he really should. The others were bland and interchangeable. Virginia Madsen's character, though lovely to look at, didn't really grab me either. The pace of the show was agonizingly slow too. After that one guy died, I spent the rest of the episode trying to remember which one he was, what he did earlier in the ep. I couldn't for the life of me remember anything about him. Okay, so they're not going to do much character development for someone they're killing off in the first ep, but come on! If you want to watch a crime drama done right, try to find (or download) the five aired episodes of Heist. Yeah, it was cancelled after ep #5, but it was miles ahead of this bore-fest. It had a charismatic lead, interesting characters, great dialogue, and interesting situations. Smith was awful. I'll be avoiding it like the plague. cheers, supervij Last edited by supervij; 2006-09-20 at 11:21 PM.

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2006-09-19, 11:47 PM	#4
bigscreenbob Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Cranbrook, B.C. Posts: 626	I liked it-except for the day into nite part when they left the museum-maybe god left the museum for good? Sorry-couldn't resist. Whenever you can work a little Hip into a statement me thinks you should.

2006-09-20, 03:19 PM	#8
Richard Travale Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Vancouver Island. Shaw cable.Sony 46V2500,DCT6416(w/TB Xpndr), PS3, Denon AVR2807, Paradigm spkrs. Posts: 777	I enjoyed it and will be watching again. As for the guard, he shot the tech guy first. Then the other guy shot the guard. Not exactly Han vs. Greedo but you know, I had no problem with the guard being shot in that manner (as a viewer, not a human being )

2006-09-20, 05:39 PM	#9
os Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 1,056	It wasn't very good, but not as bad as the reviewer implies. I'll give it another chance next week mainly because I like the lead actors.

2006-09-20, 07:18 PM	#10
dcorreia Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Mississauga and Toronto Posts: 175	Looks like CTV has removed Justice from their schedule to make room for Criminal Minds. I don't see it in next week's schedule either. It's almost like CTV wants the rights to every show out there, but doesn't have enough time in the day to air it all!

2006-09-20, 07:31 PM	#11
TJ77 Veteran Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,984	CTV does seem to be greedy. Once the Chum buy out goes through hopefully they'll share with City TV.

2006-09-21, 01:01 AM	#13
PrimeBane Veteran Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Calgary, AB Posts: 1,766	Has my vote... easily the least interesting of the new Fox dramas.

2006-09-21, 01:37 AM	#14
Nuje Veteran Join Date: May 2002 Location: A charted un-desert isle Posts: 2,465	Smith isn't long for this world (unless upcoming eps do a lot more to make their characters more engaging).