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TV Show Reviews
"Vegas" review by Suzanne
Tuesdays 10/9c on CBS
I really was hoping this show would be great because it
stars Dennis Quaid, whom I love. It's set in old Vegas,
which is fun and fascinating. It's written by the guy who
did "Casino". That last part should have let me know that it
might not be that great of a show... I don't think I
actually liked that movie, just the actors, and the setting.
Anyway, this show, at least judging from the pilot, is
very mediocre. I read someone called it NCIS in Vegas, but
it's not even as good as NCIS. I would say that they are
desperately trying to be "Longmire", which is a fantastic
show, but they really fell short.
There's a lot of action, so if you're into that, you may
like this show despite the boring writing. It has a
lot of characters, but I didn't really care about any of
them, aside from Dennis Quaid's Ralph Lamb. I wouldn't have
thought you could make a really boring show about Las Vegas,
but somehow they managed. Michael Chiklis does a great job
as the mob bad guy, but of course he does... I think he
could do that in his sleep.
I was hoping they would at least get the time period or
the local history right, but the one woman in the cast has
hair like a modern woman. It doesn't at all look like
someone from 1960. They tred to reproduce the old Las Vegas
casinos from back then (in the background), but for some
reason, other than the Golden Nugget, they use fake names
for the old casinos downtown, like The Mint. They use the
same design as the Mint, but not the names of the actual
places. Most of the action takes place indoors, or in
the desert, so I don't know why it would be so hard to make
it more accurate on those few shots they have. Plus, when
they showed the downtown, the Sahara and the Riveria were
behind them (which they never were - the Strip and downtown
areas are not close together).
Skip it...
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