Monday, 13 April 2009

Spare us the Cutter

So, confused, moralising, shark-eyed Cutter is dead, in an episode which appropriately catalogued (and, I hope, contained) all of the major faults with Primeval: it was a sprawling, unfocussed mess set entirely in brightly-lit unatmospheric public buildings which lack a sense of claustrophobia; the comedy was forced and cheap; changes of tone were handled as deftly as a piano moved by chimps; Becker; all attempts at introducing X-Files-style conspiracies were embarrassing; Becker again; and criminally wasting evil Helen who could be way more exciting than the female Dennis Hopper she's become.

I just hope that with Cutter went all of the clutter of previous seasons. All I want is scary dino sci fi trash with the odd cute bloke to swoon over – like last week. Stop making it look so hard.

1 comment:

  1. "All I want is scary dino sci fi trash with the odd cute bloke to swoon over" Oh Good Lord don't we all.

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