Venting Jordon

[bobquasit]

I couldn't resist going over to the IMDB and venting my opinion about Crossing Jordon:

Predictable and not authentic

The series is supposedly set in Boston, but is about as authentically Bostonian as a Philly cheese steak (I think it's mostly filmed in Toronto - it's DEFINITELY not filmed in Boston). Apart from that, I found it painfully predictable. Some episodes haven't just *blurred* the line between real science and the supernatural, they've plowed up the ground that the line was drawn on and dynamited the underlying bedrock.

In other words, for a show which purports to have a mystery element, the writers simply don't play fair with the viewers.

The show also suffers from more than a tinge of "Providence" syndrome - the heroine is SOOO perfect, almost always right when she bucks the system (except for a few "very special" plots where she makes a mistake"), and every man is in love with her. Annoying!

I did like the characters of Bug and Nigel. They were funny and well-acted. But they don't make up for poor writing and utterly stale plots.

I suspect the comment will get a lot of bad ratings from fans of the show. Oh well.

Comments

[klyfix.livejournal.com]

To be sure, pretty much every Boston based TV show was not filmed in Boston beyond maybe a few special bits. The only series I can think of off hand that was actually filmed in Boston was "Spencer For Hire."

Agreed that Bug and Nigel were pretty cool while the other characters were pretty bland. I'm not sure that Jordan was all that perfect though; well, I mean she seemed to actually be a little bit crazy and probably would not actually be able to keep her job.

[dancing-kiralee.livejournal.com]

Now that I'm back... was there any response?

Kiralee