Lets get one thing out of the way... My names nick.. and I'm a Sci-Fi addict. I love it. But unfortunately, my love of SF couldn't stop me from thinking Threshold is awful.
It started off reasonably well. The UFO was a good concept and I liked the way the signal turned people inside out. The 3 pronged helix motif was also a good call and was used to great effect several times.
But then it hit the skids. The following episodes were boring, badly written and directed rubbish. The cast were a who's who of sci-fi stereotypes. Spunky yet vulnerable woman, Brilliant but perverted guy, wise-ass doctor, gruff yet sensitive government man......... And the plan? Goddamit, how boring? And Molly Caffrey.....worst lead ever? Possibly. A terrible annoying character.
But its faults transcended the most glaring problems. The highly trained government operatives couldn't hit a cows arse with a banjo, constantly allowing people to escape them with utterly inept weapon usage and tactics...... The plan itself is ridiculous and the science is the worst kind of techno-babble; the kind which people semi-understand and think 'Wait a minute..thats bullcrap'.
I wanted to like threshold. It had all the signs of being a winner. But every element of the show had at least one problem with it and that, i think was its undoing.
Oh, and no matter how many petitions are raised, this is one show that is never coming back.
It started off reasonably well. The UFO was a good concept and I liked the way the signal turned people inside out. The 3 pronged helix motif was also a good call and was used to great effect several times.
But then it hit the skids. The following episodes were boring, badly written and directed rubbish. The cast were a who's who of sci-fi stereotypes. Spunky yet vulnerable woman, Brilliant but perverted guy, wise-ass doctor, gruff yet sensitive government man......... And the plan? Goddamit, how boring? And Molly Caffrey.....worst lead ever? Possibly. A terrible annoying character.
But its faults transcended the most glaring problems. The highly trained government operatives couldn't hit a cows arse with a banjo, constantly allowing people to escape them with utterly inept weapon usage and tactics...... The plan itself is ridiculous and the science is the worst kind of techno-babble; the kind which people semi-understand and think 'Wait a minute..thats bullcrap'.
I wanted to like threshold. It had all the signs of being a winner. But every element of the show had at least one problem with it and that, i think was its undoing.
Oh, and no matter how many petitions are raised, this is one show that is never coming back.