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I really wanted and tried to enjoy this but...

posted 8 years ago by Kitsa0
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The pilot hit the two extremes for me.

I really enjoyed the jury profiling. A little over the top believable but it made entertaining tv. It reminded me of Gene Hackman's team in Runaway Jury. The mirror jurors, their bias/discriminations and the counter psychological manipulation of those jurors was all interesting and entertaining.

But the main character would only be affordable to rich people which is where my problems with this began.
It was just showing, right or wrong, that rich people could buy themselves a better chance at getting away with things they shouldn't.
The majority of people are not rich and wether they are decent or not they don't want the pampered life of rich spoiled people rubbed in their faces. So the caricatures of the pilot were ALL unrelatable. I don't need to go into this a too much as others on this board have already expressed similar feelings on them.

But I just watched the next episode to find that although the accused wasn't rich and was likeable\relatable. The problem was with Michael Weatherly. I watched him in NCIS and thought he was ok. A bit cocky and a bit of a bully to Mcgee but would also take some flack from Ziva. As he wasn't in charge it was relatable as there are plenty of douchebags at work.

But in this he doesn't convey the attitude/mentality of someone in control of their own organisation and seems to think that a collection of small and rather annoying mannerisms, such as constantly nodding of the head as if to say "Told you so"/"I know best" just isn't good acting.

Then...The story's twists and turns just seem to be a rushed bunch of loose connections that don't really come together well in what seem to be the last 10 mins of each episode.

For this to have been good I think the main caricature should have been independently wealthy and offering his services "Pro bono". Fighting for justice for the common man against rich/big business/corporations.

Welcome Lazerbeak, unlike some of my other warriors, you never fail me.

[–] Byrdz 8 years ago

I think the main caricature

was that On porpoise ?

I do agree that the Pro bono idea might have worked better... it would have eliminated the "how can they pay him?" and the "only the rich can finagle the system " problems.

[–] Kitsa0 8 years ago

"was that On porpoise ? " LOL...No, I've gotten so lazy and stupid because of auto spell correct I actually let it decide for me when I get mental block typing on forums now. I just just think yeah...That's right and just accept that it's made the correct decision.

Welcome Lazerbeak, unlike some of my other warriors, you never fail me.

[–] Byrdz 8 years ago

I have a pun-prone buddy on the boards and character and caricature were just such a perfect fit !

Thanks for the in-intended laugh !

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[–] OddsAreIAmRight 8 years ago

I think the main caricature should have been independently wealthy and offering his services "Pro bono".

Someone who won a big settlement perhaps and wants to give back? I think that would make more sense.

In the pilot, Bull didn't seem to care if the client was guilty - only about how to manipulate the jury in favor of the billionaire client. In this second ep he seemed to determine she (the accused) was innocent early on. That capricious motivation to take clients is annoying, since it means we logically would assume he has used his talents to get guilty people off somewhere along the line.

Fighting for justice for the common man against rich/big business/corporations.

Ideally -- ones that have their own JURY CONSULTANTS. There needs to be a standard adversary, and it would be better if he was matching wits with someone trying to do the same "trial science" each week against him.