Agreed. The show is not actively horrible like the original advertisements made it look, which is that, but I do agree that the show is bland. And Neal's witty, loveable character is actually more accurately described as annoying and dorky.
Finally, someone who agrees. And here I thought I just had bad taste not liking this supposedly great show.
I couldn't even sit through an episode; I just couldn't get involved in the show. It was just too boring, and I found I really didn't care about the plot. It's not that the acting was bad or anything, the show's just incredibly bland. Between this show and "Royal Pains" 2009 was a bad year for USA's premiers.
Minor note: White is a colo(u)r. Black is the one that isn't a color, but the absence of color. Color is determined by the wavelengths of visible light reflected by a surface; white is the reflection of all (or almost all) visible wavelengths and black is the total (or almost total) absorption of all wavelengths of visible light.
Actually, white is the absence of color in pigments and black is the absence of color in light. They're different.
And I love White Collar, but to each his own.
This is actually fairly common for USA Network. The take an overdone unoriginal premise, and inject awesome interesting characters into it. You watch for the characters and their interactions, the actual plot is incidental. Think of it as porn without plot, or porn.
If you look at color in the artistic sense, then black is considered a color - a warm one, apparently - and white is the lack of color. Now, if you go for classical painting, then there shouldn't be much 'lack of color' anyway. Unless you're painting fluorescent lights. By the way, the first thing that really annoyed me about this series was Neal's taste in art. The first thing that nearly put me to sleep, on the other hand, was the beginning. I only bothered to continue when I literally couldn't find anything better to watch, but I'm glad I did. The series did a pretty nice job at exploring Neal's flaws, and the interactions between the characters were absolutely awesome. (Of course, as per the previous poster, it's not the kind of show you wanna watch for the plot. Or the crime. Or the police procedure. Because if you do, you're gonna have to wonder whether the writers hand-picked plot points from a list of cliches. A music box with a code that leads to a Nazi treasure? Seriously?)
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As Bland As The Colour In The Name
Okay, so white isn't technically a coloour, but whatever.
Nothing about this show is even slightly original. Neal is supposed to be charming and witty, but his jokes are about the level of 'Your face is putting me back in prison!', made less obnoxious but more boring by his bland delivery. His search for his girlfriend is just as boring - you never really feel his desperation as he looks for any little clue to her location.
Burke is slightly more interesting. He and his wife have some good chemistry, and their scenes together are generally the best in the show (though this is only in comparison with the rest of the show). That said, his time at work is generally textbook Police Procedural, with none of the interesting characters or quirky feel of, say, NCIS, Monk, Life, Bones or Castle.
Each Villain Of The Week is as uninteresting as the last, only made interesting by the occasional Hey Its That Guy moment.
Each of the flaws this show has wouldn't be that bad if they were the only one, but combined they make for one powerfully boring show. So Okay Its Average at best. If you want a quirky police procedural, try any of the other shows mentioned in this review.