I really, really wanted to like this show. Boston Legal was one of my favorite shows ever, and while James Spader was the main reason for that, Denny Crane certainly had the endearing moments. So I was looking forward to more politically incorrect lines from the Shat.
Also, the twitter feed, and the book S#!t my dad says, were phenomenal. I read the book straight through in a night and couldn't stop laughing.
I had a bad feeling that they couldn't translate this to a TV show. And all my worst fears came through. No profanity, and the attempt to create the emotion of the book onto the screen. The show just wasn't funny. The laugh track, and the ridiculous side plot in the second episode, reek of trying to hard.
Repackage the show on HBO, leave in the profanity, and tell some of the stories out of the book. Then you've got me. Until then, this show will quickly become s#!t that no one is watching.
Also, the twitter feed, and the book S#!t my dad says, were phenomenal. I read the book straight through in a night and couldn't stop laughing.
I had a bad feeling that they couldn't translate this to a TV show. And all my worst fears came through. No profanity, and the attempt to create the emotion of the book onto the screen. The show just wasn't funny. The laugh track, and the ridiculous side plot in the second episode, reek of trying to hard.
Repackage the show on HBO, leave in the profanity, and tell some of the stories out of the book. Then you've got me. Until then, this show will quickly become s#!t that no one is watching.