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Boring

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Think the current IMDb rating is pretty much on the money. The (no longer in production) show is better than some, worse than others. The most common problem with these "high concept" shows that come (and go, like the wind) is that the first episode -- usually the one that sold the pilot to the network -- is good, often great, but the followup, the notion of running the same extended story week to week is, well, not so much...Another issue (aside from carrying the story) is the cast. On paper they look like an interesting fit. In real life ... not so much. In fact, it is hard to imagine a cast with less internal chemistry. The irony of course is that the story REQUIRES them to be uncomfortable with being "drafted" (press-ganged) into this shoebox of a storyline so you could argue that the acting matches the story...? Uncomfortable on paper. Uncomfortable on camera. But the bottom line is that they all look like they would rather be somewhere else. Spiner especially.Gugino is a breath of fresh air. Highly charismatic with a face that seems to change from frame to frame depending on the camera angle. Liked her work in Watchmen. She tries hard, often carries the entire production, but it is just not enough.

Our TV world revolves around three main types of show - hospital dramas, crime dramas and sci-fi dramas. Some of them are corkers (there are corkers in all three categories) whereas some of them are total cr*p. Threshold just is. It serves no real purpose and is really just made to try and hook a few more people who were going off Sky a bit. But it didn't hook me. I watched about five minutes of it before I switched over - it is mundane and uninspired. The Threshold logo looks interesting and the trailer is superbly gripping, but all trailers for crime/sci-fi series try to put in as much action as possible to get you into them, when all you're really going to be watching is a group of boring old gits talking to each other in buildings rather than blowing things up. At least Doctor Who is enjoyable and action-packed. This is just boring and shows a lack of imagination and ideas. My review can't be very detailed because I've seen so little of it, but that helps prove my case even further, if you get my drift. 4/10

CBS demonstrates over and over why it has no evening viewers after the 6 o'clock news. Get viewers interested in a new series (i.e. "Threshold")and just leave them hanging. What a bunch of stuff. The program managers of this network should forget competing with cable networks and just go to all news if they are going to keep doing this kind of stuff."Threshold" is a cheap production but has an excellent story line so I do not see why the "Sci Fi Net" wouldn't pick them up. They are notorious for cheap (Like killing FarScape because it cost too much and keeping StarGate SG1 because it is cheap).I just don't know why the three big networks keep doing this to viewers. Look at "Space above and Beyond" and "Surface". Get the viewers interested and kill it. Mash was really bad but look how long it ran. Why can't good Sci Fi series on the big networks have and good run or at least give closure? Do they just not have any Sci Fi writers?

I'm a fan of Star Trek: TNG so it's great to see Brent Spiner on television again. I am also a fan of Charles S. Dutton, but beyond that I wasn't expecting much from the first episode when it re-aired a few weeks back on Sci-Fi. I was surprised to be looking forward to the next episode the following week but was disappointed when it wasn't aired. Thankfully I have just read that Sci-Fi will be re-airing the entire first season. This show is authentically creepy and I enjoyed the various attempts by the characters at understanding what they were dealing with. Threshold may be no The X-Files or Battlestar Galactica but I am looking forward to the rest of the season.