Too many fans seem to be blown away

it is the rare 'crazy' movie that actually has something to say.

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

I think the series is pretty good... a guilty pleasure. I'm not going to categorize it as 'great' TV, but it's entertaining. I love the music, the era, and Chicago is my hometown. I don't know what direction the series can/will take, but I'm willing to tag along for the ride... it looks like fun.I was a kid growing up in the 70s (from Kindergarten to H.S.) but it is probably the decade that had the most influence on me... that core decade that leads from innocence to a shattering of childhood beliefs to a glimpse of the possibilities of adulthood.The music, the dress, the look of 'Swingtown' brings that decade back to mind... the culture of America.. the "Spirit of '76" and the post-Nixon, pre-Reagan, 'Archie Bunker' era.Having lived through the 70s and having fully conscious memories of it and a real connection to it may make 'Swingtown' a bit easier to digest. The nostalgia helps it all go down. The 'swinging' only adds a minor plot device and works more to bring the cultural era to life than as titillation.IF the writers can keep it interesting, it could become a nice diversion, a nostalgia antidote. But they will be walking a fine-line and I don't really think they'll be able to keep 'Swingtown' from devolving (more) into a simplistic soap opera......but I'm hoping for more.btw.. It just occurred to me that the young boy/son in 'Swingtown' is about the same age I was in '76.

I was there and this is the way a lot of people lived, from the details in the props and costumes to the ambivalence toward the women's movement and open marriage.In the Seventies, rehab was where repeat offender felons went. We were playing it by ear. I gasped when the new neighbor popped a Quaalude; it was possible to O.D. on two, if mixed with alcohol. Easyrider magazine ran a special editorial, warning its readers NOT to use this counterfeited prescription drug.Swingtime shows both sides; the remorseful housewife who returns to church, family in tow, after her fling with the neighbors, the young girl disgusted with her mother's addiction and promiscuity, the kitschy hor-d'oerves and party games at the house-warming--can't wait to see if they get the best friend from the old neighborhood to give a Tupperware party! If you don't 'grok', you weren't there! Go back to your Xbox or Wi. The rest of us have a new guilty pleasure.Thanks, CBS!

We have caught the first two episodes of this show and thoroughly enjoyed it.The characters are entertaining and we were drawn to several of them immediately. One of the other posters seems to be offended as they state this is not a fair portrayal of what went on in this neighbourhood in the 70's???????? This type of behaviour goes on in every neighbourhood around the world and who cares what consenting adults do anyways.... I will keep watching the show and hope that it is renewed for future seasons.

I am from Chicago & I can tell you that this is NOT how respectable people that live in the suburbs especially those who lived near the lake behaved in 1976. The show is more reminiscent of how feature films portray this type of lifestyle of people that were living in Los Angeles at this time. We actually had one neighbor whose parents might have smoked pot & had a few 'pool parties' for adults..But, for the most part the people that lived in the quiet suburbs of Chicago up and down the Northshore at that time were too busy raising their kids & getting them into Ivy League schools. They were not behaving like the creator of this show is portraying them. (He apparently grew up in Winnetka on what street with what people remain to be seen?) I was very excited to watch this show; as I love seeing shows from this era. There are problems with this show from the first episode..Music is supposed to enhance a show not take away from it. The over-use of popular 70's songs makes the viewer identify more with the songs & less with the plot. Parts of the show really look like they took place in 1976 and other parts just look like a network show from 2008 trying to dress & style the actors appropriately. I am a huge fan of Lana Parrilla & Grant Show. I just think their characters would be better placed in New York or L.A. during this era. I guess when you have seen a bunch of John Hughes films knowing that John grew up in the 'real' suburbs of Chicago & depicts our towns with accuracy and humor it's hard to accept anything else!!