Softwing
Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??
Breakinger
A Brilliant Conflict
Delight
Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.
zee
This is a terrific idea. A PI conducts an interdimensional chase while fighting the minions of the evil corporation. Okay, maybe not a terrific idea, but a workable idea. And the South African Capetown setting is interesting.However, I suspect any halfway decent script workshop could have pointed out the problems here. They show up in the summaries to each episode, where the verbs are "thought about," and "feels," and "wonders," and so on. When you are trying to write an SF adventure, that just won't do it. And so the pacing of the show reflects this because people are sitting around feeling and wondering and remembering. They should be running and jumping and shooting and so on. They should at least be reading documents which reveal some clue. Or they should be out questioning people.I watched through the end of episode three, and not much happened. Enough happened perhaps to fill 40 minutes of television . So it's running at one third pace. And what I saw was surprisingly repetitive. I think there were three different rooftop chases with the same character. There were dull scenes that kept getting flashed back to. There were a dozen silent, fraught looks between the hero and the doppelgänger of his girlfriend, who I think is more of a courtesan because he owns her (?)Maybe as another reviewer suggest, the plot does get going until episode 10. But that's not quickly enough. When I compare this to the wonderful The Lost Room which ran only six episodes and told a complex and interesting story with characters whose problems I cared deeply about, this is a total fail. But I will give it a star for an adequate premise.
Shahzad
I was attracted towards this show because of it's hight ratings. I am a big fan of SciFi. But after watching this show I have to admit that it was a boring show and a complete waste of time. I don't know why it got a rating of 7.5. I lost interest after watching the first episode and thought maybe it was get interesting after a few episodes.But it was as boring as from the first episode.For the writer, "if you are writing a science fiction series, at least add some science into it and not just the fiction".Even the fiction in the series is so boring and don't understand what they are doing.
Data-1001
First off, let me state that the first episode is rather slow going. I must admit that I was close to giving up on it until the tail end of the episode, but was glad I stuck it out. I was hooked shortly thereafter.Very intriguing characters -- especially '01 Boxer', who, as played by the fascinating Michael Filipowich, is driven by motivations which only become clear later in the season -- along with a unique setting and intricate plots and subplots make "Charlie Jade" a standout amongst sci-fi series.There are arcs in many of the main characters which keep the viewer wondering what will happen from episode to episode. And I appreciated the fact that certain things weren't always completely spelled out; you are left to contemplate and figure some things out for yourself.While it seems obvious they were leaving the door open for additional seasons, there is enough of a resolution to the series that the viewer will not be left hanging and unsatisfied at the end of the first (and only) season. If you can find this on DVD or somewhere else on cable TV, I recommend it to any sci-fi fans who are willing to stick with a truly engrossing story.
imdb-14275
Its quite rare for a television series to provoke a 1 out 10 reaction without hesitation. But it is so bad that I sometimes find myself unable to change the channel when it comes on - until some part of my brain rebels, seizes the remote and narrowly averts a parallel universe lobotomy. The director completely fails to grab the audience with any palpable intrigue, like Battlestar or Lost might, so in the end you don't even bother to follow the convoluted and uninteresting plot. Too little is revealed too slowly ensuring a healthy dose of tedium. The visuals are probably the best part of the film with the director managing to twist the holiday village reality of Cape Town into a dark urban jungle at his leisure. But the strange mix of Canadian, American and South African accents (with the full spectrum of South African dialects thrown in for good measure) serve as a huge distraction. The background music is relentless, somehow wrong for each scene and jars with the atmosphere. With these distractions and a confusing and lethargic plot, Charlie Jade tries to be too much and as a result completely fails to entertain. The fact that I'm the 11th comment suggest this hasn't had very wide screening yet. Perhaps there's hope for the rest of the world?
