Taleann Reviews

The X-Files (1993–2018)

Unbelievably stupid character

[1/10 · 24 November 2023]

I don't know what the writer was thinking but the Scully character is so stupid, it is almost painful to watch. It is not about doubts she has, I understand they needed somebody with different views but not like that! If it's not in an instruction, it can't be. Ok, you doubt what you see once or twice but do it the same way every time, really? Let alone the "actress" who can't act. The same facial expression and voice tones. And is she really an FBI agent? She looks ridiculous trying to run or holding the gun. Probably they decided that as long as her hair is done and makeup is on the rest doesn't matter. Sad. Could have been a good show.

Nash Bridges (1996–2001)

Was better at the beginning

[6/10 · 6 November 2023]

Yes, it's a simple series, but the characters are cool, each with their own unique role, it is fun to watch the team working together. However adding a silicone doll Caitlin Cross, an obnoxious, dumb, "know it all" caricature character with the same (!!!) facial expression in every situation: "look how beautiful I am", is rather upsetting. Hearing her congested voice is a real ordeal too. Wrong genre for this babe who doesn't know what acting even is. This is so pathetic and insulting for the viewer. Do such "actresses" pay in some way to get hired? Probably. What else can they do there is no talent at all?

Absence of Malice (1981)

A good depiction of double standards and corruption of mass "media"

[4/10 · 9 November 2021]

So it started long ago - anything for a "story", hype, and glory. Double standards and hypocisy of reporters, who can easily print anything to ruin somebody's life. It is uplreasant to watch, and these people disgust me, but it's still true and even worse nowadays, unfortunately.

Suits (2011–2019)

An excellent disgusting character

[2/10 · 5 September 2021]

If the idea was to create a disgusting character - Mike Ross is it. A spoiled primadonna without anything to offer except a huge ego, a good representation of a generation thinking that everybody ows them just because they are so cool. Which, oftentimes, they are not. Why would everyone risk everything, just to keep him working at the firm, is beyond me. Self-righteous liar, whose whole career is built on cheating, preaching morals to everyone around, how can I unsee it?!

Tenet (2020)

No acting, just sleepwalking

[1/10 · 26 August 2021]

Well, maybe this was an attempt to convey something terribly deep, not for your average mind))) but it turned out to be a total disaster. Some people in the movie (presumably actors) are just sleepwalking, all the emotions are so unreal, basically non-existent, more like they are all bored all the time. Action scenes are as boring, as is the music. The whole thing is just pointless. And yes, being a son of an actor doesn't make anyone an actor...

How I Met Your Mother (2005–2014)

Terrible ending

[2/10 · 27 June 2021]

Terrible and really dumb ending, Ted can't wait for yet another "love of his life" to die to be with Robin..... again. Really?! What a moronic idea, like they haven't tried it a hundred times before. And that's the most repulsive character in the show, who pretends to be a nice guy, while lying through his teeth and always omitting the truth to his convenience in order to look nice and to get validation from others. Aghh!

The Listener (2009–2014)

Terrible acting of the main character

[2/10 · 27 June 2021]

How can a guy with one facial expression be an actor and be cast for the main role? Some of the supporting cast are better actors, at least they are real people with different emotions. The detective in the first season was terrible, it's a good thing she is finally gone.

Hill Street Blues (1981–1987)

Great show, though really sad

[6/10 · 2 June 2021]

A great but sad show about the beginning of the end of America. Good to see though how cool it was when actors still thought acting was important, and it was not just about pretty faces and visual effects.

Almost Paradise (2020– )

I wish I could unsee Samantha Richelle's "acting"

[3/10 · 8 May 2021]

It was almost physically painful to see Samantha Richelle trying to act and being all "tough" and "professional", I wish I could unsee the scenes with her. What a great demonstration that money and looks are not enough! Better stick to bikini shots in instagram. And the writing, oh, somebody please tell this person that they need to resolve their daddy issues and that writing is more than just putting letters and words together. They also need to make sense)))

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013–2020)

Auditioned six times for the role of Skye))) She just wore them down)

[2/10 · 3 May 2020]

Well, I understand a girl's desire to be famous and called an "actress", but really? Really? Here we have a team of highly skilled professionals, some with years of experience in many areas. And we have ... Skye - a show-off, know-it-all, "pretty face" without any substance, good for nothing character, who, they want us to believe is a super-hacker?! That's kind of ridicuouls. But - in any situation she knows better than everyone else, she never shuts up and always, always behaves like she could do anything better than anyone else, that she is the only one who understands what's going on and knows what to do. This show is not much, but it could be better without this nauseating, judgemental and shallow character.

Frequency (2016–2017)

Really bad

[2/10 · 20 February 2020]

Female characters are terrible, not just the actresses "acting" like wood logs - they bring no quality to the series whatsoever. While in the movie we had something to care about - a family united by love and warmth, here there are just two selfish and repulsive characters, bullies in fact, who believe that everyone is below them or owes them, or who knows what else. This is really unpleasant to watch, so avoid if you can.

Jessica Jones (2015–2019)

If super-arrogance is a super-power, she is a real "super-hero"

[1/10 · 20 October 2019]

It's hard to believe that anyone can be portrayed so incapable to learn from her own mistakes and circumstances. A useless "super-hero", whose only real power is her boundless arrogance and complete inability to take any responsibility for her own actions and decisions, blaming others for her own guilt and utmost incometence in every aspect of life. Every time jessica says "I'll take care of it", I feel like laughing because that's a sure sign of another coming failure, more tragic and unnecessary deaths around her, and more reasons for drinking and coming up with new, even more idiotic plans she keeps seeing as genious. "Well done" if the show is for the brainless.

Altered Carbon (2018–2020)

When there is no substance there is nudity and violence

[1/10 · 4 September 2019]

When there is no substance there is nudity and violence. Not that they are really necessary, but, oh well, the whole 50 minutes need to be filled with something. What can be easier and require no thought, no effort, no brain activity whatsoever than underssing all the characters and parading people? That also explains the cast, after all, such "actors" don't really need to act. Maybe that's why there are no "characters", only "mannequens" in this show.

Hawaii Five-0 (2010–2020)

Ran out of actors, hiring cardboard characters

[4/10 · 15 March 2019]

Have you guys run out of actors? Or the budget? Is it that bad, you had to hire one-dimensional cardboard characters? It's impossible not only to like Tani and Junior but even slightly care about them. Season 8 is an epic failure, and while I had to close my eyes on the whole disastrous Doris sideline, this time the show went from 7 to 4 stars, and who knows where it ends up. It's really disappointing and looks like it's the beginning of the end for you.

NCIS: Los Angeles (2009–2023)

What does Nia Long do in this series? Did she get lost on her way to Santa Barbara?))

[4/10 · 13 December 2018]

I used to enjoy this series, not all of it, but it had its moments with Hetty, Granger, Deeks, Kensi, and Eric making it watchable without pretence. But then something happened, and a character from a totally different planet appeared like she got lost on her way to some soap opera. Mosley - is a caricature character with all the babe "appearance" but without any substance. How can anyone take her seriously? How can anyone in their right mind believe that she is a trained operative? I don't know but it looks like they have a mole on their shooting team, somebody who hates the series so much they want it to fail completely. Well, my rating has already fallen and it might not be the end of it))) Nia Long just doesn't belong there.

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)

Could it be worse? It would really hard...

[1/10 · 12 October 2018]

Wonderful visual effects is probably the only plus of this movie. Dumb script, reactions of characters that have no connection to the situation, disgusting leads, total lack or inability to actually act. It is really impossible to sympathize with this couple. In some movies bad characters are much more likeable than these "saviour" of the world. They lose the whole team, jump on their ship and start talking about honeymoon, like nothing happened. Seriously? They behave like spoiled teenagers, which might be appropriate in high school settings. The "hero" Valerian, positioned as a great warrior, could be better off playing some "nerd", not an athlet. So many things went wrong here, it's really hard to name them all, but I am so disappointed that such and idea was totally ruined by bad casting, writing and acting. It's no "5th element" and could never be it considering abysmally terrible "actors"...

The Blacklist (2013–2023)

The worst "main character" ever

[2/10 · 26 June 2018]

If the goal was to create an absolutely disgusting character - self-centered, self-righteous, self-absorbed, brainless, insincere, hypocritical, deceptive, and robot-like, I have to applaud the effort. Because it's my first review ever, which I just couldn't not write because of "Lizzie". Can somebody tell the "actress", that there are more than two emotions? That crying and indignation do not even come close to covering everything a person, who is at least alive, and not necessarily and actor, is capable of feeling? It is almost painful to see how she runs around blaming others for "bad" things, while she doesn't even feel guilty when an innocent person dies because of her plot. No remorse, no sadness, no regret, no nothing! Really? Only after everyone around tells her it's not something to be proud of, she makes an attempt to "make amends", at somebody else's expense of course. In fact, existing at someone else's expense without a hint of gratitude seems to be her natural state. One minute, full of indignation she tells Red "I will handle it myself" and next minute she is talking to her fake husband, whom she abhors, asking for help. Really?! Myself? The word is getting a totally new meaning now. Oh, and every time she does it, she finds a way to tell people how bad they really are, and how totally wonderful she is. I could go on for a long time, because it hurts to even see how mature judges, KGB agents, and other men of power shrink in front of this inexperienced, unintelligent, immature, incompetent, needy, and shameless manipulator. If you can ignore this, as well as an inexplicable need of others to "protect" her, while getting nothing in return, not even warmth and gratitude, you can watch this series. Red is really the only person, who knows what acting is, and has some human qualities.