I have to agree about the action sequences. I'm not a major fan of them generally, but sometimes, they work.
Part of what's bugging me about the action sequences on Numb3rs lately is that, as I'm watching them, I feel a lot like I'm sitting through something designed for someone else's enjoyment. Like... it feels like a "demographic moment" to me, like a ploy designed to pull in the crucial male audience. And, um, I think that's what it's for. I think that these last few eps have been about, "We've been renewed, we have our first year DVD out, and now we're bummed we only have a 40% male audience and we want more boys."
So we get ridiculously long and loud gunfests and proof-positive that the guys are all Real Men who fuck women, and... gah, y'know?
As for the specialists, Charlie is Superman. Does Superman have assistants?
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Part of what's bugging me about the action sequences on Numb3rs lately is that, as I'm watching them, I feel a lot like I'm sitting through something designed for someone else's enjoyment. Like... it feels like a "demographic moment" to me, like a ploy designed to pull in the crucial male audience. And, um, I think that's what it's for. I think that these last few eps have been about, "We've been renewed, we have our first year DVD out, and now we're bummed we only have a 40% male audience and we want more boys."
So we get ridiculously long and loud gunfests and proof-positive that the guys are all Real Men who fuck women, and... gah, y'know?
As for the specialists, Charlie is Superman. Does Superman have assistants?
Yeah.