SummaryBased on the novel and movie of the same name where H.G. Wells (Freddie Stroma) time travels to modern day Manhattan in catch Jack the Ripper (Josh Bowman).
SummaryBased on the novel and movie of the same name where H.G. Wells (Freddie Stroma) time travels to modern day Manhattan in catch Jack the Ripper (Josh Bowman).
With Time After Time he’s struck a balance between honest emotional resonance and salacious violence. Strangely enough, this combination makes this midseason series more charming and enjoyable than one would expect.
Whilst it isn't the best time traveling show out there, I think it could be better, going more followed it time along with going more back in time, it is WAY better than Making History, it has plot and makes more seance. And it doesn't have the awful humour that people think Making History.
Whilst it needs work, I'll have to say this is worth watching...
Stretched plot, decent cast, interested in seeing where it goes, especially with the family connection and the brooding, creepy stalker. A little concerned with the H.G./Jane romance.
Stroma and Rodriguez have some sweet getting-to-know-you moments together while Bowman has presence as a menace run amuck. Still, by the end of Episode 2, a dull-edged redundancy is already starting to set in.
Aside from Stroma, who is a charming fellow even in the worst circumstances, there is nothing to recommend in Time After Time, which feels neither adequately steeped in time travel or the lore of H.G. Wells to really deliver what its premise suggests.
'Time After Time' is very pleasant in the way it twirls with time travel. The only thing that seems to me is more than obvious is that this show arrived late with tough competition already making the same point in the field. It is not utterly original, it is entertaining like all the others but the formula keeps failing to project itself to a wider, more deep overlook of time travel.
"Time After Time" is TV's newest time traveling series. It joins the ranks of NetFlix's "Travelers", SyFy's "12 Monkeys", CW's "Legends Of Tomorrow" and NBC's "Timeless" (to name only a few). I'm a BIG fan of all things time travel so I gave Sunday's two hour premiere a look.
HG Wells is having a dinner party in 1890's London. Little does he know that his guest (and BFF) Dr John Stevenson is actually Jack The Ripper. The police arrive. Jack escapes using the time machine and ends up in modern day New York. HG follows. There's the usual hijinx involving the differences in time periods. I must say Jack acclimates amazingly fast. Based on society's current violent tendencies, the Ripper calls himself an "amateur". HG attempts to stop Jack before he kills again. Wells is joined by museum curator/possible love interest Jane Walker. She's predictably quickly kidnapped. HG also meets his great great granddaughter Vanessa Anders. She seems a bit shady. Me thinks she has another agency besides geneology.
Pilot episodes have a lot of heavy lifting to do. They must almost immediately immerse the viewer in the story's universe. They must be fast paced enough to keep us interested. They must present characters we have some sort of emotional connection with (be it love, hate, lust, whatever). Unfortunately "Time After Time" doesn't do any of these things. I'm not particularly rooting for (or hating on) any of the characters. That's a bad sign when one is Jack The Ripper (one of the history's most dangerous dudes). Time to move on.
Programs dealing with time travel seems to be the "thing" on TV this season, along with super heroes. This show (and I am dating myself) reminds me a bit of the 1960s program called "The Time Tunnel" and most recently "Timeless". There can be just so many of the same formats on TV before the viewing audience gets bored.