Exactly. One of my buddies from college is named Zielinski, hence he was always "Z". I don't watch CSI Miami (ok, I'll peek when the GF watches it) but they call Horatio "H". I get that. But "F"? Why not "FU"? That guy is too stiff and way over the top. And I love how he's this perfect father and he's going to save the world and his wife still loves him but she dumped him because he's too good at his job and now she's quickly moved onto a store manager at Sears? LOL. Love how the kid just blows that dork off. Hey, at least F is f-ing the hot latino babe. Oh I forgot, SPOILER ALERT. _
No, they clearly established it, but the ph in "Eph" makes it just sound like "F". Why not make his name Quinton and call him "Q"? _
They sort of did, but it just doesn't work for TV when people are saying "F you", and have been for years.
I kind of want to watch this now and see if it sounds as ridiculous as you guys are saying. It never struck me as odd when I was reading it.
Ok I've only made it through the opening sequence so far and I've already seen 2 of the worst acting performances I've seen in anything(male flight attendant and the air traffic control dork). Who the fuck is directing this nonsense is it Del Toro? I've never been a fan of his but I thought from all the praise I've seen him get he at least had some idea of what he was doing. This is community theater bad so far.
Marriage counselor is bad, homeboy getting blackmailed is ten times worse. Fucking 3rd just convinced me to never watch this chunk of shit again.
New favorite moment, "Fffff" chugging his milk like Caruso putting on his sunglasses after a one liner, I hope this is a recurring weekly theme. His name does sound ridiculous spoken aloud but I think it's more the way his wife drags it out like it's got three syllables. I'm also thoroughly enjoying his bad early 90's Jeff Goldblum impression. I'm on the fence about this one so far, it should be firmly in so terrible it's entertaining territory but the dialogue is so awful and stilted I have to keep pausing it to let the douche chills fade. I'm still only 15 minutes in out of and hour and 10.
Lol, forgot about the milk. That's such a cool eccentricity. "Hey F, you want to chew on a matchstick?" "No, Cobra chewed on a matchstick, how about I drink orange juice. NO wait--MILK! Yeah, that's going to be my calling card." _
Eh, the rest of the episode was just generically bad for the most part, the master vampire looked really dumb in his robes. Says a lot that the female doctor that could barely deliver her lines hardly warrants a mention in things wrong with the show. The van driving vato and the squarehead with the dead daughter on the plane also have to be nominated in the worst actor category. Took me the entire episode to realize where I recognized the Nazi vampire from, getting beaten to death with a bat in Inglorious Bastards, that one minute clip was more enjoyable than this entire show.
My wife wants to keep watching this. Goddamn now I won't be able to see that guy without a bat in his head. Knew it sucked, though. This is going to be a tough few weeks.
There's one character I'm really curious to see on the screen, based on the casting/stereotyping we've seen so far he has the potential to be the best(worst) one of all, only problem is he doesn't come into the story until relatively late if they stick to the book, I don't know if I can hang in there that long. I'll probably watch the next episode to see if they can recapture that pitch of the first half hour again though.
I guess he's a pivotal character that isn't main or early, and either way, I hope he disappoints you on general principle.
Damn wanted to check this show out as I love end of the world type shit... To add on to what someone else said in this thread, Tyrant is serious.. They are slowly developing it but Jammal is about to go off..
