Jim G.
9/18/2011 11:32:00 PM
David Barnett sent the following on 9/16/2011 6:36 PM:
> In article<j50dg3$q92$8@dont-email.me>, jimgysin@geemail.com says...
>
>> THE SECRET CIRCLE / Pilot
>>
>> Okay, I admit it. I'm surprised myself that I watched this, and even
>> more surprised to admit that I'll give it at least one more look. I
>> wasn't going to tune in, figuring that it was gonna be another typical
>> CW teenybopper show, but I read something that suggested that the adults
>> here have a secret or two of their own and are not just a clueless
>> sideshow, so that was enough to get me to take a look. And it wasn't
>> bad. The young cast members are about as talented as I was expecting
>> them to be at that age and on a show like this, which is to say "not
>> very," but I've seen a lot worse on *non*-teeny stuff in the past. The
>> lead seems like a nice-enough kid and the "bad girl" is already having
>> fun nibbling on the scenery, so that was all okay. And I like the six
>> families bit, but isn't it convenient that all six (apparently) have
>> kids the same age, and all now going to the same school in the same town
>> that no one (apparently, except for the lead's mom) ever considered
>> leaving? In any case, I'm hoping for less teeny
>> kissmedon'tkissmekissmedon'tkissme nonsense and more adult involvement,
>> but we'll see how it starts to play out.
>>
>> Grade: B- (and another possible guilty pleasure for me)
>
> Thanks for th explanation of this show.
> There seems to be quite a few posts about it.
> I had no knowledge of it previously.
You're welcome.
> It does not sound like "my cup of tea".
Understandable. As I said, I didn't think that it would be my cup of
tea, either, until I learned that there would be more parental
involvement than I'd been expecting, and that said parents would not be
portrayed as morons.
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Jim G.
Waukesha, WI