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[mrph]

"Does anybody else have an underpants situation...?"

Well, ok, Bonekickers didn't entirely win me over - but a line like that is enough to persuade me that I should probably watch next week's episode anyway. :)

I'm not quite sure what it's trying to be. Time Team-ish. Yep. But then mix in some right-wing religious crazies, a touch of Tomb Raider and a few extras from Highlander. Hmm.

Now, I'm not an archaeologist - and I'm not going to fuss too much over procedural errors if the show is generally fun. But if people are going to wind up dead (and some of them do) then I'm curious as to how the characters explain this away. Based on this episode, it seems that they go to the pub.

Well, ok, fair enough. But this isn't Doctor Who and it isn't Life on Mars. They aren't police and they don't have psychic paper. If they're going to end up getting people killed - in self-defence, of course - shouldn't someone be asking questions...? Are they reporting it or concealing it? I can accept that the 'regulars' might have had similar situations before the show started... but the new recruit? Shouldn't she be a little... concerned... about this?

Lara Croft never has these problems. Normally that's because she's hundreds of miles from civilisation, not messing about in the hidden chambers under somebody's outhouse, though...

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[livingarmchair.livejournal.com]

Pretty poor stuff - I wasn't sure if it was supposed to be comedy, but in between yawning and doing the washing up, I laughed at some of the awful dialogue and the sudden swing to Indiana Jones style acrobatics at the end. They really did overload on the cliches as well, and was Hugh Bonnevile or whatever he's called trying to be the bumpkin off Time Team? Life on Mars was a pastiche of 70s cop shows. Bonekickers seemed to want to be a 1970s show.

Too derivative, IMHO. No real hook - just a by the numbers hour long drama show. TV by committee: "Hey, how about a show about archaeologists who solve riddles a bit like a time team meets Quincy thing" - we have the newcomer who has to impress the boss, the boss with a "past" to confront, and blah... the two blokes with swords were dreadful as well - espcially funny was their first scene together where they basically mouthed off huge chunks of exposition. Bits nicked from here and there, etc.

[mrph.livejournal.com]

I'm not quite that unimpressed, but... yeah. All of that, to varying degrees.

The newcomer I can accept, if only as an intro device for the audience. The boss with a "past" - a bit clumsy. Secret passages and very twitchy about mum, oh dear...

Life on Mars hooked me at least partly via clever use of soundtrack and sheer 'wtf?' weirdness - plus the Gene Hunt effect - this didn't have any of that.

I'll give it a couple more chances, in case it's hiding something that'll make me reconsider, but it wasn't a terribly strong start, was it?