Who was the idiot that greenlighted this trash? He should be fired and Brian Fuller and Brian Singer should never be allowed to work again. I wasted an hour of my life I will never see again for this travesty of my favorite tv comeday of all time. I did not find one thing worth anything in it. If "Lily" asked me what is wrong with my heart I would tell her it is breaking after seeing how some jerk ruinied a great and legendary show. It even made me miss The Munsters Today. That is bad. I could have made a better show for half the 10 million dollar price tag of this garbage. Hey NBC, give me a shot! I will show you how to do it right and maybe you might finally get some ratings! Sorry for the rant. This is unforgivable.
I'm about halfway in and I actually really like it. In fact, thus far there is nothing I don't like about it.
I liked it, definitely wasn't The Munsters but then again it wasn't supposed to be...well kind of! I would have really liked to see where Fuller and Co. were going to take this show. Aintitcool has stated that the cast is under contract until Jan. but I doubt the show ended up getting big ratings; Then again Friday ratings are never expected to be that huge!
I was also impressed by most of the CGI, it blended very nicely with the surroundings and moved more realistic than most CGI! Also the new mansion isn't as huge as it appeared to be in the production pics, it's just a nice size victorian mansion!
It wasn't the Munsters, but it was a decent show. At least Grandpa didn't sparkle.
Darkly funny and mildly entertaining. I can see why they didn't green light a series -- too dark and too expensive. I enjoyed it and got a few good laughs out of it. Not heartbroken that it didn't get picked up, though....
At the risk of being burned at the stake... I really liked it. Wish it had been green lighted.
Quote from: Scary Terry on October 26, 2012, 10:00:24 PMDarkly funny and mildly entertaining. I can see why they didn't green light a series -- too dark and too expensive. I enjoyed it and got a few good laughs out of it. Not heartbroken that it didn't get picked up, though....
That pretty much sums up my feelings towards it. It was different, it wasn't the classic Munsters, but it didn't stink on ice, either. Had it gone to series, I would have given it a chance.
While I wanted to hate it-- it actually was pretty entertaining. It's not The Munsters as we know it-- but its head and shoulders above anything done post the original series. I loved Eddie Izzard as Grandpa-- he was brilliant.
I just caught the last half-hour of it. Eddie Izzard basically carried the show, as I thought he probably would. Like other people said here, much darker than the original, more in line with the tone of the Addams Family than The Munsters. I didn't hate it, but I found it hard warming up to the show. I thought the combination of dark humor and some pretty jarring effects and make-up didn't really mix that well (is it really funny looking into a gory hollowed-out chest cavity?) The idea of a vegetarion werewolf (Eddie) could have been funny, but just sounded kind of preachy to me (i.e., eating meat makes you one of the "monsters"....thanks for beating me over the head with that one, Hollywood)
Overall-not a total failure, but nothing I'd be keen to watch again.
Quote from: Pauspy on October 27, 2012, 10:07:15 AM
Like other people said here, much darker than the original, more in line with the tone of the Addams Family than The Munsters.
Agreed. I thought it was mildly interesting but not enough to leave me wanting more.
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After reading your post it seems I am alone in my disgust over the show. However a subject like this is all about opinions and I respect all of yours. I am glad you enjoyed it either fully or partly. I was indeed curious about what other members thought. I am particually biased because The Munsters is my all time favorite classic comedy show and I just felt it should have stayed a comedy.
Quote from: Universal Steve on October 28, 2012, 12:48:53 AMAfter reading your post it seems I am alone in my disgust over the show. However a subject like this is all about opinions and I respect all of yours. I am glad you enjoyed it either fully or partly. I was indeed curious about what other members thought. I am particually biased because The Munsters is my all time favorite classic comedy show and I just felt it should have stayed a comedy.
I completely see your point and respect your opinion. We got the "classic" Munsters in the two Fox made-for-TV movies "Here Come the Munsters!" and "The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas" in the mid-'90s. The first was a decent attempt at recreating the classic series for a more modern audience. The second was just wretched. There's just no recreating the classic series. There was no need to even attempt it, it's already failed twice. So, updating it and going in a different direction, was probably the only choice after "just leave it alone."
Quote from: Haunted hearse on October 26, 2012, 09:52:20 PM
It wasn't the Munsters, but it was a decent show. At least Grandpa didn't sparkle.
Haaaa!
Quote from: Scary Terry on October 26, 2012, 10:00:24 PM
.......too expensive.
Although they sank 10 million into the pilot, I wouldn't think it would cost nearly that much for subsequent episodes; At least no more than any other fantasy/sci-fi/horror show costs to bring as a weekly series.
Thanks for being so cool with the opposing views Steve ( as we are all SO well aware of, not everyone can deal with them so well these days unfortunately ).
Me? I'm with the rest here, I actually wound up enjoying it. And, wouldn't mind it if it got a pick up for additional episodes. Though at this point I'm not sure what the ratings were. Though one would think that they'd be OK for a Friday night being so close to Halloween & it being a lead in to a fairly popular genre show in GRIMM.
Jim
Quote from: Count_Zirock on October 28, 2012, 01:13:32 AM
I completely see your point and respect your opinion. We got the "classic" Munsters in the two Fox made-for-TV movies "Here Come the Munsters!" and "The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas" in the mid-'90s. The first was a decent attempt at recreating the classic series for a more modern audience. The second was just wretched. There's just no recreating the classic series. There was no need to even attempt it, it's already failed twice. So, updating it and going in a different direction, was probably the only choice after "just leave it alone."
Here Come the Munsters was actually better then "Munsters Revenge", which was still better that the Addams Family Halloween film from the 1970's. In a sense, I think the makers of Mockingbird Lane" made the right choice in not using "Munsters" in the title, or attempting to recreate the look of the cast members of the 1960's show, since they wanted to take the idea of a family of monsters in a different direction.
"Mockingbird Lane": A Show Worth Saving? (http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/27/mockingbird-lane-a-show-worth-saving/)