yeswecanagain74

Watched with my 20 yr old Son before he left for College. After getting past the poor acting and the feeling that I was watching the "Last Dragon II" I was able to explain the arc of music. My generation is fortunate to see the emergence of Reggie, decline of Rock & Roll, decrease of R&B bands/Groups & death of Disco. All this over a twenty year period. Which is now mark with the rise of Hip Hop & Rap which continues today. This opened a discussion over the parallel arc of drugs from LSD, Heroin, PCP & Crack. Furthermore we were able to talk about politics cause and effects, crime, gangs, inner city life etc. Bottom line I was able to show him how good he has it. He didn't have to worry about what color to wear or neighborhood to avoid. He was well feed and never had to check a Payphone for a forgotten quarter. His life is full of electronics, color TV and wireless phones. But the downward trend of the creative bands and R&B groups will leave a hole in his generation. Which is why most movies are rehashed, poorly acted repeats or saga's. And although this series is fresh and new the characters, Director and Writers are wack, look too young and give no life to what Could have been a great story.

This is an interesting series however it does not reach the altitude of a "Must Watch" series like The Shield or The Wire. Why you ask? Well it call come down to the sound track. This series has all the needed elements, Good major character, unique time period and interesting topic 1900s crime drama. All of this is special but the Killer is the sound tract. I spent and entire weekend watch the complete series and each and every show had horrid music sound track which did not match the story line. All winners for a "Classic" series , this show would be a classic if they used traditional, time period appropriate music. But NO the choice of an off brand Rock & Roll minor league band has destroys the flow and impression of the event. If I were the director I would re-record all the music and then re- release the series as a new project. The Music is Bad Bad and let me remind you it's bad. Worst ever and should receive the award for worst music EVER! The music sound track does not match the period or emphasize what is about/going to happen. They should have went with classic period music which is much loved due to the River Dance Experience. I just can't express the PAIN it causes me to watch this series with such a bad unneeded out of touch music score. Story line is good save for a few wandering disjoined shots. Maybe it would have been better under the watch of an American Director.