TMC
09-05-2018, 03:48 AM
https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-reviews/mayans-mc-review-715393/
"There are occasional playful flourishes, like the way the show signals the start of each flashback to EZ’s days as a clean-cut student dating Emily (Sarah Bolger), but otherwise it’s the same stuff, different names," says Alan Sepinwall. "(The Galindo cartel was a key part of Sons, too, but here it assumes the plot function of the manipulative Irish gun runners who funded SAMCRO.) That it’s a Latino group that gets mixed up with hot-button issues on both sides of the border offers some new shading, but that material largely takes a backseat to the same old plot moves. It’s a spin-off likely to be better received by people who didn’t watch the original."
ALSO:
Mayans MC feels like the product of research, rather than lived experience (http://www.vulture.com/2018/08/mayans-mc-tv-review.html)
Mayans MC is a "strange blast": "It ain’t Shakespeare, but it is salient and thrillingly confident in its storytelling" (https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/television/article-mayans-mc-this-son-of-sons-of-anarchy-is-a-tremendous-blast/)
It doesn't fully make the case this was the spinoff Sons of Anarchy needed or demanded (https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/mayans-mc-review-1.20738500)
Mayans MC seems less interested in exploring timely sociopolitical themes -- it's more of a throwback than a spinoff (http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-mayans-mc-review-20180904-story.html)
Watching Mayans MC for the first time felt a lot like watching Sons of Anarchy for the first time (https://www.theringer.com/tv/2018/9/4/17816022/mayans-m-c-episode-1-sons-of-anarchy-spinoff-fx)
It is too much like the bad late seasons of Sons of Anarchy (https://www.tvguide.com/news/mayans-mc-review-sons-of-anarchy-spinoff/)
There's a lot riding on Mayans MC -- it has to live up to the best years of Sons of Anarchy (https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2018/09/can-mayans-mc-redeem-the-legacy-of-sons-of-anarchy)
How to watch Mayans MC without having seen Sons of Anarchy (https://www.theringer.com/tv/2018/9/4/17806078/guide-to-mayans-mc-sons-of-anarchy)
JD Pardo had difficulty learning to ride a Harley (https://nypost.com/2018/08/31/mayans-star-had-a-rough-start-learning-to-ride-a-harley/)
Edward James Olmos was drawn to Mayans MC because it delved into the subtext of the characters' lives (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/04/arts/television/edward-james-olmos-mayans-mc.html)
Kurt Sutter insists Mayans MC is not a political show (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/mayans-mc-kurt-sutter-explains-series-premiere-1139783): "I had to step away and realize that if I'm not going to let externals dictate how I tell stories, I can't do it in reverse either"
"There are occasional playful flourishes, like the way the show signals the start of each flashback to EZ’s days as a clean-cut student dating Emily (Sarah Bolger), but otherwise it’s the same stuff, different names," says Alan Sepinwall. "(The Galindo cartel was a key part of Sons, too, but here it assumes the plot function of the manipulative Irish gun runners who funded SAMCRO.) That it’s a Latino group that gets mixed up with hot-button issues on both sides of the border offers some new shading, but that material largely takes a backseat to the same old plot moves. It’s a spin-off likely to be better received by people who didn’t watch the original."
ALSO:
Mayans MC feels like the product of research, rather than lived experience (http://www.vulture.com/2018/08/mayans-mc-tv-review.html)
Mayans MC is a "strange blast": "It ain’t Shakespeare, but it is salient and thrillingly confident in its storytelling" (https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/television/article-mayans-mc-this-son-of-sons-of-anarchy-is-a-tremendous-blast/)
It doesn't fully make the case this was the spinoff Sons of Anarchy needed or demanded (https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/mayans-mc-review-1.20738500)
Mayans MC seems less interested in exploring timely sociopolitical themes -- it's more of a throwback than a spinoff (http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-mayans-mc-review-20180904-story.html)
Watching Mayans MC for the first time felt a lot like watching Sons of Anarchy for the first time (https://www.theringer.com/tv/2018/9/4/17816022/mayans-m-c-episode-1-sons-of-anarchy-spinoff-fx)
It is too much like the bad late seasons of Sons of Anarchy (https://www.tvguide.com/news/mayans-mc-review-sons-of-anarchy-spinoff/)
There's a lot riding on Mayans MC -- it has to live up to the best years of Sons of Anarchy (https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2018/09/can-mayans-mc-redeem-the-legacy-of-sons-of-anarchy)
How to watch Mayans MC without having seen Sons of Anarchy (https://www.theringer.com/tv/2018/9/4/17806078/guide-to-mayans-mc-sons-of-anarchy)
JD Pardo had difficulty learning to ride a Harley (https://nypost.com/2018/08/31/mayans-star-had-a-rough-start-learning-to-ride-a-harley/)
Edward James Olmos was drawn to Mayans MC because it delved into the subtext of the characters' lives (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/04/arts/television/edward-james-olmos-mayans-mc.html)
Kurt Sutter insists Mayans MC is not a political show (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/mayans-mc-kurt-sutter-explains-series-premiere-1139783): "I had to step away and realize that if I'm not going to let externals dictate how I tell stories, I can't do it in reverse either"