SummaryBased on the 1970s British show, Stephen Jameson (Robbie Amell) discovers his sleepwalking is really a result of teleporting in his sleep. He is a part of the Tommorrow People that includes John, Cara and Russell, who share his unique abilities such as telekinesis, teleportation, and telepathy. However, a paramilitary group know as Ultra...
SummaryBased on the 1970s British show, Stephen Jameson (Robbie Amell) discovers his sleepwalking is really a result of teleporting in his sleep. He is a part of the Tommorrow People that includes John, Cara and Russell, who share his unique abilities such as telekinesis, teleportation, and telepathy. However, a paramilitary group know as Ultra...
Although predictable in predictable ways, there are enough twists and turns and, relatively speaking, complexities of character to keep things interesting, and a pivot at the end that I did not see coming. Which bodes well.
Amazing show. Should never have ended! Expected another season but I believe it’s when the writers strike hit back in, was in 2008? I could be wrong about the year, but the story was very good and interesting. Kept you entertained, waiting and watching. Great characters too. Was very unhappy when it just ended without the follow up season to put the story to rest.
Like all the CW series, The Tomorrow People has a gorgeous, young ensemble and a fresh (though not original) premise. But it's going to have to significantly broaden the scope of the story and the size of the cast if it hopes to succeed as an episodic.
It has a stupid title and a stupid premise and, among its many transgressions against watchable entertainment, it really doesn’t make much sense (you know, on top of the acting and the writing and whatnot).
Best show I've ever seen and so gripping, entertaining and majorly addictive. I was devastated when it got cancelled as I love that show so much and hope they one day renew it again!
One moral of deciding to remake a television series is undeniably: Never....ever...insult the intelligences of your audience. If there is one theme that can be extracted from The Tomorrow People (version 2.0), it is the incessant need for the scriptwriters to assume you have been licking lead toys for no less than a decade.
The overall plot of the season 1 story has its appeal. And it has a generally good cast to execute each role. Still, the script itself - not too mention the far too obvious advertising shots for Microsoft - beats the viewer down with repetitive yet watery jargon that unendingly differentiates the magically gifted **** superior (The Tomorrow People) from Homo sapiens (wherever you might live). And this language is overly abundant in every single episode.
The over and inconsistent use of "our species", "paranormal", and even the series' namesake "The Tomorrow People" in the script might lead one to believe that the writers truly don't believe the viewer can understand that these gifted young acolytes of the Nintendo are somehow different from their non-gifted counterparts.
Add to this any number of scenes in which actors are glued to the exact same computer screen with the non-informative whirling DNA model, whether they are in the subway laboratory or in the Ultra stronghold and you get the feeling that the characters are merely play acting.
There are points in the season where the show displays its strengths in developing the characters constitutionally, emotionally, and hey - they even develop some cool superman punches. Moreover, a couple of the characters show solid traits of ambiguity, of their own ambivalence to their goals and means to achieve them. Mark Pellegrino is the perfect example of a character convincing enough to be believable and connect-worthy by the viewer. Of all of the cast, his execution is the most complex. And perhaps Aaron Yoo's portrayal of Russell may be viewed as the most human.
Other times the characters lose credibility due to the writers' need to have a main character shirtless - alot - even at awkward points (i.e. Boy fights to reach mysterious death machine. Boy gets in mysterious death machine to save world. Oh wait, for the machine to work the boy has to - yep you guessed it - take his shirt off. We aren't quite sure how important this is for the machine to work, or the plot for that matter. But the flesh score quota has at least been met for the episode. )
Convincing an audience that the characters are real and the plot and setting are legitimate, however fantastic, is no easy feat. But treating the audience like sex-appeal crazed Neanderthals (whatever that means) who are assumed to have no way of understanding a concept unless you wield a bludgeon and spell it out, is a good recipe for an unsustainable series.
This series had promise and was a good idea, but its execution became completely lost in the hype of pop-culture and commercial sponsorship. Perhaps a South Park parody on the series (and of the CW 'esque spin on storylines) might find better success.
Serie meio sessão da ****, a maior parte dos atores é desconhecida pra mim, mas é legalzinha, a ideia é boa e a história regular, bons efeitos e uma trama bem trançada...Vamos ver no que dá!
I love Robbie Amell, but this is garbage. Having him join the bad guys? Terrible idea. Trying to make us think he's only 15 or something (and those gawdawful terrible expressions on his face)? Horrible idea!
I love you, Robbie. But holy cow...
This is good entertainment, if you don't want to bother yourself with more in-depth meaning. However, at the end of the series, they introduce new characters, that suddenly gets important roles for the outcome of the story. The show really consists of 5 people that we follow, and a hole bunch of other people we know nothing about. The tv-show with 100 reminds me of this kind of tv-show, however, they introduce important people meanwhile, so you are more keen as a viewer to accept these new characters. However here, they just put in new people from around the block like it was nothing, and make us accept that they can control the story. That's bs....