Brian Damage
10-30-2010, 06:49 PM
Just read the pilot for “Charlie’s Angels”, which “Smallville” brains trust Alfred Gough and Miles Millar are shepherding, and Drew Barrymore – who, of course, starred in the feature films – is producing.
Verdict? Quite entertaining. From what I can tell it’s not as campy as the films, it actually takes itself fairly seriously, and that could either be it’s greatest asset or it’s pebble path to swift undoing.
Did you like the original ’70s series? Then, you’ll like this – it’s a slicker repackaging of it.
The series doesn’t feature the ‘Angels’ from either the original series nor the feature films.
We’ve got Abby Sampson (Caucasian. Former teenage criminal, now the spring-chicken of the Angel’s), Kate Prince (African-American ex-cop) and Marisa Valdez (Latino. The rookie, former marine). And of course, Bosley.
Oh, and the pilot is considerably different to that of the series opener of the ’76 effort. In that, the Angels – already an established trio – head to a Vineyard to locate the missing owner, presume dead. If the body doesn’t turn up in a certain amount of time, the inheritance will be presented to the man’s second wife, instead of his long-lost daughter.
In this one, an Angel, Gloria, has been murdered and it’s up to her former colleagues – and a rookie mulling over an offer to join the Townsend company – to catch her killer. Rumour is it’s ‘gang related’ but as Gloria was such a private person, the Angels don’t know where to start. I imagine, like “Veronica Mars”, that the Angel’s will be working on Gloria’s case, as well as other unrelated cases (‘crime of the week’), concurrently throughout the first season.
http://www.moviehole.net/201032858-exclusive-charlies-angels-pilot-details
Verdict? Quite entertaining. From what I can tell it’s not as campy as the films, it actually takes itself fairly seriously, and that could either be it’s greatest asset or it’s pebble path to swift undoing.
Did you like the original ’70s series? Then, you’ll like this – it’s a slicker repackaging of it.
The series doesn’t feature the ‘Angels’ from either the original series nor the feature films.
We’ve got Abby Sampson (Caucasian. Former teenage criminal, now the spring-chicken of the Angel’s), Kate Prince (African-American ex-cop) and Marisa Valdez (Latino. The rookie, former marine). And of course, Bosley.
Oh, and the pilot is considerably different to that of the series opener of the ’76 effort. In that, the Angels – already an established trio – head to a Vineyard to locate the missing owner, presume dead. If the body doesn’t turn up in a certain amount of time, the inheritance will be presented to the man’s second wife, instead of his long-lost daughter.
In this one, an Angel, Gloria, has been murdered and it’s up to her former colleagues – and a rookie mulling over an offer to join the Townsend company – to catch her killer. Rumour is it’s ‘gang related’ but as Gloria was such a private person, the Angels don’t know where to start. I imagine, like “Veronica Mars”, that the Angel’s will be working on Gloria’s case, as well as other unrelated cases (‘crime of the week’), concurrently throughout the first season.
http://www.moviehole.net/201032858-exclusive-charlies-angels-pilot-details