“DARK BLUE” – Nothing New
I was really looking forward to the new cop show, “Dark Blue.” Sorry to say I was disappointed and won’t bother watching it again. Typical of an Bruckheimer show, it’s very violent sometimes for no reason. So, why didn’t I like it? I thought it was full of cliches – nothing new. Dylan McDermott is the head of an elite squad of people who go undercover DEEP undercover to get the bad guys. I have no idea but would think it takes time to set up a new persona, life etc., and wonder how the producers are going to come up with new stories every week. I don’t care – I won’t be watching.
I found the show to be confusing and often hard to hear and understand. I’m still not sure who the bad guy was and why the cops were out to get him. I guess they got him in the end – but I’m not sure! I got the two bad guys confused me they were both so similar, and have to admit, I was playing solitaire on my lap top during the last 20 minutes of the show and had lost interest.
I really had a problem with the female lead. We’re supposed to believe she’s SUCH a good liar that, in spite of being convicted of a crime in another state, she was hired on by LAPD. Hmmm, don’t they run finger print checks through AFIS on new recruits? The other problem I had with her was the part when two guys are conversing in a van or SUV – some big hunk of metal. She comes up to the driver’s window and asks for the driver’s information. Now, she’s little – all you can see in the driver’s side window is her head. The guy sitting in the passenger side whips out his gun and blasts her four times. Later we see her getting up, grinning, and peeling off her shirt to reveal a bullet proof vest. Okay, first of all there was no way the guy could have hit her in the chest from that angle – he would have blown her head off. Secondly, ask any cop who’s been shot while wearing a vest will tell you, it HURTS -a LOT! You get bruised – big ugly bruises. Depending on the caliber of the bullets used, ribs are often broken. From what I understand (and I’ve been around enough deputies to know) you don’t just jump up grinning. Just a nit I know but….
Also I gotta wonder – is Dylan McDermott really short? In one of the first scenes he’s looking up – way up at Kyle Secor whom I don’t think it that tall. I watched from then on and they were REALLY playing with camera angles to make Dylan look taller than he apparently is. Just curious.
So, that’s my take on “Dark Blue.” It will be interesting to see what others think of it. Course I could be wrong. I remember watching the first episode of “Charlie’s Angels” low those many years ago and thinking it was the DUMBEST show I’d ever seen! I thought it would be cancelled fast – so what do I know?
Tags: cliched, confusing, Dark Blue, nothing new