Intelligence [CBS - US]

Richard Dower

Ory is good, nice to see her get a big part but its too "CBS" for me, Person Of Interest-ish clone,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-nqhGQeniM

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don ramo

looks like a good show, but something about it seems like it wont work on CBS, its looks somewhat along the lines of arrow more that POI i would say, meaning it probably wont get the numbers CBS would demand, but saying that they have a great cast, and i assume it will be slightly retooled before it airs,

a lot of shows really struggle when they go to federal government levels, they always tend to overplay the scope of the show, more locally based shows tend to do better like POI or Elementary,

JP Liz V1

Marg Helgenberger don't age at all :P

So this is CBS's take on Chuck, will still probably check it out

JP Liz V1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMayn0vdCpM

Starts 7th of January 2014

Agent Coulson

Chuck version 2 then.

JP Liz V1

Enjoyable but predictable pilot, Holloway and Ory have good chemistry so I'll stick with it

Mr E

Not bad at all. Didn't find the pilot too predictable, but saw the ending coming a mile off.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

How does it compare to Almost Human?

And more importantly, is it somewhat of a more serious version of Chuck?

Mr E

Can't really draw comparison with Almost Human. Different kind of show. It is a bit more like a serious version of chuck, but the main character has a chip instead of brain overload intersect thingy. There are some laughs (watch out for a joke with a gun near the end) and the action scenes are well done. Good setup of some season-long arcs too.

Worth a look....

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Mr E wrote: »

Can't really draw comparison with Almost Human. Different kind of show. It is a bit more like a serious version of chuck, but the main character has a chip instead of brain overload intersect thingy. There are some laughs (watch out for a joke with a gun near the end) and the action scenes are well done. Good setup of some season-long arcs too.

Worth a look....

May let a few episodes air and then give it a look if it hasn't already been cancelled...

CastorTroy

I'd like to see the 20 dollar bit be a running gag.

Not a bad set up for a nice time killer. The set up is a little too familiar and Gabriel feels like a dozen other characters rolled into one without any real original slant. The overall arc about his wife is one that I can see growing tiresome rather quickly and I think that it's a show which will be at its best when observing the rules of the baddie of the week format.

One thing I really hope is that the writers play by the rules they've set down. There's far too many shows that build a world and then introduce new rules every few weeks while violating them when needs be.

JohnK

Thought it was entertaining enough but I'm wondering if Gabriel is a bit too powerful in that he can open electronic doors with his mind, with the use of satellites he can see people through walls/ceilings and no doubt he'll be tapping into live security cameras to see more stuff so its hard to imagine him ever being in real peril unless theres hugely overwhelming force against him. I'd be a bit worried it might end up like Sylar in Heroes where for the most part he's just untouchable.

expectationlost

the characters in the show seemed to forget about the

second chip

, we saw it, but those two walked off into the sunset without too much concern

The Black Oil

A straight up affair that knows exactly what it is. You've got Holloway whose got enough charm to be the main lead, Marg Helgenberger - Pam Landy a la the Bourne series and some other woman as the newbie all working as part of US cyber command, and ya know, in this day and age, it's the Chinese. Back stories are OK, maybe a little hokey. It generally balances the human element with the cyber nonsense pretty well. One or two decent lines poking fun 'I've an app for that'. Advanced intelligence agent? Go rogue, I guess.

Bullseye1

How are you guys viewing this? VPN service and watching on the CBS website?

Skerries

our uncle Torence in America is sending it to us

expectationlost

is his superpower exposition?

Headshot

Just watched the first epside there bloody hell that was awful

Patty O Furniture

CaptainNegative wrote: »

How does it compare to Almost Human?

And more importantly, is it somewhat of a more serious version of Chuck?

That's what i thought when i saw it first, looks promising & i like the way he does his mindmapping.

looks like the wife isnt around for much longer? after ep2

Patty O Furniture

Anyone else watching this, seems ok to follow as he seems a bit cocky at times though! + i see Lance Reddick (Broyles) is cast as a CIA Boss, seems he gets cast that role often!

expectationlost

this is both bad and ok,

is it wrong of me to put off by bad lip jobs it really is hard to watch

does yerman ever tire of playing scientists?

how did he survive when all the others died almost immediately

squonk

I've said elsewhere that it's not particularly bad but not particularly great either. A few things bug me. The budding romance between yet man and his handler. Seriously, thats grounds for them being split up and her being reassigned elsewhere right away. It compromises her in a tactical situation IMHO. Why only one person protecting him? Shouldn't he have a SEAL team backing him up? The science angle is a bit meh. So many times they come out with something, especially in the IT line (my own) where you just have to scream "THAT'S COMPLETE BULLCRAP!!". I wouldn't mind if they played it for laughs, like Warehouse 13 do, but they are taking themselves fairly seriously. The intro is a bit cheesy too. Marg Helgenbergers voice over isn't too bad but yer man's part sounds a bit thrown in there, as it is actually having been taken from the first episode. That being said, as something that's watchable and not too demanding on the brain cells, it's pretty good. It's an average show but I find myself wanting it to stay around. It has the feeling of a one season show though.

squonk

I thought this had a very strong finalé. It's a shame that there's no renewal looking to be in the works. I thought the show was a bit lightweight early on and I didn't really get into it because of that but it's really grown on me. Aside from Almost Human, and possibly even a little moreso with Intelligence, it's one of the few shows in a while where I watched the finalé and felt sad because it was likely the last of what I'll see.

I suppose the sad fact is that the show upped it's game way too late. While watching last week's episode and tonight's also, I thought they were pretty strong and thought back to some of the 'vilian of the week' earlier episodes and how generally lightweight they were. It's a pity they didn't get into the more sinister side of the show's setup much earlier.

I seem to like these sorts of shows. I got a real 'Now and Again' vibe when watching the Finalé. Now and Again, for those who don't know, was a late 90's, or 2000 show featuring Denis Haysbert, Margaret Colin and Eric Close. It was about a guy who died (John Goodman) and woke up to realise his brain had been transplanted into a much younger man, who was also cyberneticaly engineered to be stronger and faster than most. Another US secret weapon. That was a great show but lasted all of one season as well and also had a great finalé though, if you want to watch, be forewarned that it ends in a cliffhanger. I got the same feeling watching the Intelligence Finalé as I did watching the N&A finalé all those years ago. I think Intelligence is gone before it's time and we're missing out on a good second season. It's a real shame.

Mr E

Yep, the 2 part finale was a cracker alright. Too little too late.

I thought it started strongly. They seemed to jam a season's worth of storylines in the first 3 episodes (2nd chip, Mei Chen, Gabriel's wife etc.) - other shows would have dragged that stuff out slowly over a whole season. Then it flatlined with a collection of 'villain/terrorist attack of the week' episodes, before finishing very strongly.

Shame alright.

JP Liz V1

Starts on Sky 1 this Thursday

bnt

Just watched the first two episodes, and am a little undewhelmed by the casting. Lead role went to yet another chunk of WASP beefcake from Central Casting with no discernible character. I like Marg Helgenberger, it's not her fault she's very familiar from many years of CSI.

I'm interested in the central premise (cybernetically-enhanced intelligence), I'll keep watching to see if it goes anywhere interesting. If it's just used to give our hero deus ex machina super-vision every time, that's not very interesting in itself.

bnt

Well, if it goes downhill after the first three episodes , and that's what I've seen so far, then I think I'm done. The technology stuff is all over the place and inconsistent.

Yottabytes of "Liquid Data" in a contact lens?

The story isn't grabbing me, either - if it did, I wouldn't be spotting continuity errors, such as the agents flying to London in a plane with no walls and flimsy studio set doors. Soon they're driving around "London" in a left-hand-drive car - what, shipped in specially for them? Enough.

slippy wicket

This is like a joyless version of Jake 2.0 IMO.