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- A&E
- 2019
- A&E
- 2019
Summary College professor Dr. J. Allen Hynek (Aiden Gillen) is recruited by the US Air Force to lead the secret Project Blue Book to investigate thousands of cases of UFO sightings in this series based on the real investigations conducted by the United States Air Force from 1952-1969.
Created By: David O'Leary
- A&E
- 2019
- A&E
- 2019
Summary College professor Dr. J. Allen Hynek (Aiden Gillen) is recruited by the US Air Force to lead the secret Project Blue Book to investigate thousands of cases of UFO sightings in this series based on the real investigations conducted by the United States Air Force from 1952-1969.
Created By: David O'Leary
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Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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Even if it’s less nuanced than The Americans and a bit cornier than The X-Files, Project Blue Book has a pulpy energy that carries it over its rougher patches. Whether it has legitimately grand truths to uncover remains to be seen, but for now, it recognizes that concrete answers aren’t nearly as entertaining as mankind’s enduring (and tantalizing) quest to comprehend the great unknown.
Even if the show has trouble finding its sea legs, it’s a perfectly fun bit of distraction that could find an admirable groove if it proves willing to take a step back and make some calculated adjustments.
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Generally Favorable
Based on 39 User Ratings
7.2
67% Positive
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I got to see the first two episodes and I am really excited to see where they take the season. The casting is brilliant - you can't go wrong with Aidan Gillen - and the script is believable and witty without being too much or silly. The cinematography is gorgeous as well and really on point. It seems like they budgeted everything well too because there is a nice balance of realistic props and set, which give it a genuine feel for the 50's without being too much, and also believable CGI. Very well done for a tv series. All the little extra plots and twists have me on the edge of my seat and eagerly awaiting next Tuesday!
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SEASON 1
Wow!, love this! So it's seems so far like X files meets the Americans... BUT REAL! Love that at the end of each episode, they break down the facts of what actually happened to piece together this well put together drama!
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SEASON 1
It is a little dumb in a way that might or might not be intentional--it's hard to tell--and too predictable to be really suspenseful, even when nominally suspenseful things are happening. But this means that watching is also a relatively stress-free experience, and there is something to be said for that.
Project Blue Book feels like “X-Files” Lite, only with a whole lot of indistinguishable men--and all the women are stuck on the sideline.
In all, the six episodes of Project Blue Book did just enough to keep me moving forward in the hopes that everything will click. Even if the storytelling comes together at some point, I'm not sure what can be done to make Hynek and Quinn a better duo. As it stands, the show is interesting without ever being as fascinating or involving as it ought to be.
Overall, the show squanders a fantastic, real-life premise by trying to patch together its own flimsy mythology. Sometimes there’s a deeper meaning behind those lights in the sky. Sometimes it’s just lights. Project Blue Book is just lights. Case closed.
Potentially intriguing moments feel entirely manufactured, and the plots in between are paint-by-number plain with sometimes painfully bad dialogue.
to many commercials Picture to dark gives me a headache straining my eyes I like the show but struggling to see the picture and OmG the commercials! Do we really need that many?
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SEASON 1
I like PBB but have real concerns it can sustain itself despite hundreds of unsolved UFO cases to choose from. The structural flaw is somewhat like the X-Files. We ALL wanted to believe but there could never be a definitive episode of the series would effectively be over.
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SEASON 1
Project Blue Book is History Channel’s latest offering; its first premiere of 2019, dealing with UFOs and other unexplained reports that prevailed during the 1950s, and the Air Force’s attempt to deal with those reports. The show stars Aiden Gillan of HBO’s Game of Thrones fame, Michael Malarkey (Vampire Diaries), and Neal McDonough, who played the excellent Robert Quarles in FX’s Justified, amongst other roles.
When a pilot breaks down after a mid-air altercation with a strange flying light, the duo is sent to Fargo, North Dakota, to explore the claim. Of course, before that, Captain Quinn needs to convince Dr. Hynek to be a part of this tag-team, and he does so in the quickest manner possible: by bruising the man’s ego. Not a bad way to start things off, if you ask me. Dr. Hynek still gets to keep his job, choosing to moonlight as a secret operative, hoping the extra cash can help with his work, and hoping to get recognition for the work he does with UFOs.
The show manages to be engaging, even if it does follow the same, well-beaten path of other shows that have come before it. The dialogue and characterisation needs improvement, with the lines bordering on corny and the characters not doing much to stand out;something that needs to change over the next couple episodes. The women of the episode are neglected as well, with one being a predictable element from the moment of her appearance, and the other reduced to a dull housewife of a character. Now, to be fair, it is set in the 50s, and the women then weren’t allowed to do much more than that, but I do hope to see real depth to these women, which has been lacking so **** main issue with the episode is with the audio and how badly it has been balanced. The ambient and special effects are far louder than they should be, and are not accommodating towards the dialogue, making for a poor aural experience that I, once again, hope improves in the coming episodes.
In terms of content, I’m glad to see the show actually exploring the supernatural, rather than serving as a true-to-history debunking series. This allows for more entertaining stories, even if it does stretch, bend, and warp the truth.
All in all, Project Blue Book shows some promise, if not a lot, and could make for interesting viewing, if for no reason other than to watch Aiden Gillan on screen again.
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SEASON 1
This show is trash. If it were about fictional characters, it might be OK. The problem lies with this being broadcast on the History channel and being about actual people. Taking poetic license with historic figures, as all historic dramatizations do, is expected -- but this goes beyond poetic license and into the realm of malicious misinformation. Nothing like these events happened to Hynek. He disagreed with the government being so quick to dismiss UFO sightings, but only because their science was sloppy -- not because he encountered actual aliens when investigating.
This show takes the already out-of-control urban myth that Project Bluebook was a cover-up and cranks it up a few more notches, feeding the paranoid and misinformed more nonsense.
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SEASON 1
I really love this show. The actual Project Blue Book was published when I was in High School, but watching the events dramatized is so much better. My only criticism is that many of us who are over 50 have hearing problems (maybe we attended too many concerts or were on too many firing ranges), but either way, the background music overwhelms the show and makes it difficult to even hear the dialogue -- which totally ruins it for me. Tone down the music so we can hear what is being said!
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