Atlantis

horseunderwater · 5 Oct 2013 at 08:46

I loved this its so funny i know thats not how its supposed to be but its fun trying to work out which person from greek mythology they will try to cram in next

ic1male · 5 Oct 2013 at 21:21

Did Juliet Stevenson provide the voice of Athena? in Age of Mythology - the PC RTS game?

Glanza · 5 Oct 2013 at 21:32

I had to turn it off after 15 minutes

easyrider · 6 Oct 2013 at 14:27

You have to keep in mind its family entertainment. I watched it and was not impressed but my 7 year old nephew was

SexyGreyFox · 6 Oct 2013 at 15:15

easyrider said:
You have to keep in mind its family entertainment. I watched it and was not impressed but my 7 year old nephew was

But how can Dr Who & Merlin be so good and this so naff?

easyrider · 6 Oct 2013 at 15:19

Dimple said:
But how can Dr Who & Merlin be so good and this so naff?

Not a fan of either of them, as I have not really watched them, so can't comment sorry.

I have to agree. The casting and script and set pieces are pretty dire.

One thing that Dr who had was good casting apart from that god awful woman Catherine Tate

Kishywish · 6 Oct 2013 at 16:14

I don't mind the casting but the plot had me rolling my eyes within the first ten minutes.

ic1male · 13 Oct 2013 at 13:47

Much better last night. The evil Queen was excellent.

No1newts · 13 Oct 2013 at 19:20

I saw the end of one last night, thought it was a wind up with them jumping a bull or some such.

Terrible!

HangTime · 13 Oct 2013 at 22:41

We gave up after about 1.3 episodes. My dad only lasted 10mins.
Kids might like it though I guess.

Duff-Man · 14 Oct 2013 at 20:33

robfosters said:
Have we not got enough talent in this country to produce shows to the calibre of Sopranos and BB?

Sherlock? Luther?

How well they stack up against the likes of Breaking Bad and The Sopranos is a matter of opinion, but they are certainly good quality shows with great writing and acting.

Just like in the US we can produce shows that are intelligent and thoughtful, with compelling stories and interesting characters. We can also produce 'lowest common denominator' tripe designed for easy watching without engaging the brain. Clearly Atlantis is one of the latter type of show - but the US has no shortage of such shows either.

HangTime · 17 Oct 2013 at 23:46

US probably has a bigger budget for TV than UK so realistically we should be producing fewer quality shows. I think we made some good TV from time to time though. You can add Spooks to that list. I'll probably get shot down for this but I also thought the early series of Skins were top notch.

Also you need to factor in that there is probably a LOT of rubbish on US TV that simply never makes it onto our screens, at least not primetime/primechannel. I doubt the ratio of good:crap TV is much worse over here than it is there.

Shamikebab · 18 Oct 2013 at 00:28

Precisely, there's more good US shows....because there are more US shows. Their budgets are much, much higher for the top end shows as well.

easyrider · 18 Oct 2013 at 00:51

I would love to know how much Atlantis cost to make.

Cosimo · 18 Oct 2013 at 08:39

easyrider said:
I would love to know how much Atlantis cost to make.

Probably buried with Atlantis so you'll never get to find them.

easyrider · 18 Oct 2013 at 10:59

BB cost 3 million $ an episode

Laurio · 18 Oct 2013 at 16:29

This show is terrible! Looked so fake in last weeks episode in the colosseum, you'd think they would try and make it look more realistic. But for some reason I cant turn away! Its bad in a good way