Touch

Pilot: I wouldn’t have rated it yet, but after seeing the wave uncritical acclaim caused by the pilot here, I couldn’t help but be surprised and I needed share my views, too :-D. In its first episode, Touch has the same negative symptoms that affected the later episodes of Heroes, from the same author (Tim King). By this I mean the initial premise of “the fates of people from various corners of the world are somehow connected”, but this time with numbers. Ladies and gentlemen, this is a stupid mystery, like I’m 33, have 3 kids, I live on the 3rd floor in flat no. 3 and today is 3 March, WTF? There must be something in there! That can’t be a coincidence! This will never make sense, the rules of that world will never be explained to the viewer, they will just stretch things for as long as there is any viewership. The other problem this series has from the very beginning is the behaviour of the characters. Basically, I can’t think of any (of those present) that in the pilot didn’t behave unconvincingly. The worst was, of course, the telephone conversation between an involuntary bomber and an employee of a telephone company, which is so laughable that it’s not funny anymore. The last, though personal, complain is addressed at the shiny yet sterile visuals. I’ll have to think a lot whether I will watch another couple of episodes. (07/02/2012)