The Equalizer

JP Liz V1

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

https://tvline.com/2020/05/08/queen-latifah-the-equalizer-cbs-series-order/

Series Order for Queen Latifah led Equalizer reboot

https://tvline.com/2020/12/03/super-bowl-55-queen-latifah-equalizer-premiere/

CBS must have a lot of faith in it to give it the SuperBowl slot

Agent Coulson

Starts February 7th

https://twitter.com/IAMQUEENLATIFAH/status/1341173035089289216?s=20

High probability of this being shyte.

CastorTroy

I'll admit that this actually interests me. So I'll check it out for a bit.

I have some memories of the original series and the great theme song. Even watched a couple episodes on Forces TV.

Any time I've seen Queen Latifah, she's seemed very likeable. Whether she can play this character well is another thing. She's always been a more upbeat and cheerful character when I've seen her.

JimmyVik

Ah FFS.

CastorTroy

https://twitter.com/TheEqualizerCBS/status/1347968669054246912

Agent Coulson

Trailer

donegal_man

Oh dear

yabadabado

Holy **** that looks terrible. I wasn't expecting much but the trailer is worse than I imagined.

Mr E

Starts tonight.

Reviews range from average to good.
https://www.metacritic.com/tv/the-equalizer-2021/season-1

Mr E

Mr E wrote: »

Starts tonight.

Reviews range from average to good.
https://www.metacritic.com/tv/the-equalizer-2021/season-1

Reviews trend be like

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drGx7JkFSp4

stronglikebull

She's simply not believable as a hard-ass. I had added this to my watchlist, but after seeing that trailer, delete...

Galwayguy35

So they had to change The Equalizer to female just to keep the radfem brigade in Hollywood happy.

Maybe Wonder Woman will be male in a future series just to even things up.

Agent Coulson

I watched it and I won't be watching it again!

KungPao

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

So they had to change The Equalizer to female just to keep the radfem brigade in Hollywood happy.

Maybe Wonder Woman will be male in a future series just to even things up.

A black woman, for double money.

I’ll stick to Eddie Woodward on Forces TV thanks.

Nody

I'll give it a few more episodes (I lack a Monday show to watch) but bland and boring were definitely words coming to my mind if I was to describe that initial episode; it's been done before and better in for example Person of Interest.

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

So they had to change The Equalizer to female just to keep the radfem brigade in Hollywood happy.

The gender makes no difference to the series esp. if the script is weak and this script was weak. You could replace her with a man and you'd still end up with a bland episode; the gender makes no difference.

Agent Coulson

It is totally the wrong casting gender has nothing to do with it.

Person of Interest mentioned there I could 100% have bought Taraji P. Henson or Sarah Shahi as McCall however there is no way I can buy Queen Latifah as CIA agent you can do what Reese did in Person of Interest.

Hangdogroad

CastorTroy wrote: »

I'll admit that this actually interests me. So I'll check it out for a bit.

I have some memories of the original series and the great theme song. Even watched a couple episodes on Forces TV.

Any time I've seen Queen Latifah, she's seemed very likeable. Whether she can play this character well is another thing. She's always been a more upbeat and cheerful character when I've seen her.

Remember the original well, had a great theme tune and opening sequence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB1NiNKwueE

Coming next fall to CBS "Taken the tv series" starring Rosie O'Donnell.

If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of handbags, handbags I have acquired over a very long career, fancy handbags that make me a nightmare for people like you.

fritzelly

Not great - must have hired Liam Neeson's action director, 60 camera angles in 60 seconds - totally unbelievable an overweight woman could take on multiple grown men

But it's not as bad as Walker

fryup

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Remember the original well, had a great theme tune and opening sequence.

no one will beat Edward Woodward,

the menacing stare, the intensity of his voice

CastorTroy

Will give it a couple more, but yeah she's not exactly believable in the role.

Maybe it was a product of it's time but you can even tell from the original's opening credits that it was a lot more gritty. The whole idea is the threats are pretty street level and the episodes added to that. This new one felt too clean or something.
Person of Interest is a great comparison of how to do a show like this

corkie

A fan of Edward Woodward as 'The Equalizer', teenager in 80's when it aired here.




And from what I remember it was more down and gritty with detective work.
The modern version, with the modern tech takes away from the grit of the original.

Denzel Washington movies where okay.

silverharp

glasso wrote: »

Coming next fall to CBS "Taken the tv series" starring Rosie O'Donnell.

by the power of jump cuts she will be able to climb a stairs

fritzelly

silverharp wrote: »

by the power of jump cuts she will be able to climb a stairs

I actually laughed out loud

yabadabado

As expected it's very poor .Its comically bad in places .

yabadabado

yabadabado wrote: »

As expected it's very poor .Its comically bad in places .

had a quick look.

obviously her fight-scene movement was not as "fluid" as they had hoped

after the extensive editing of same it's hard to make out what is going on in them such is the amount of cuts

fritzelly

It's shows like this that really make you miss great shows like Person of Interest

Need a Username

fritzelly wrote: »

It's shows like this that really make you miss great shows like Person of Interest

That is pretty much what it was. They are even copying how Carter investigated Reese.

And like the movies, this not The Equalizer.

Denny61

It's absolutely dire ..not believable...utter dross

Hande hoche!

Might have been better off putting the funds towards a third Denzel film.

CastorTroy

"How do we convincingly have her take out a house full of bad guys?" "Off camera"

CastorTroy

CastorTroy wrote: »

"How do we convincingly have her take out a house full of bad guys?" "Off camera"

more big-ass than bad-ass.

bod-positive or whatever it looks more than faintly ridiculous in an action star role.

there are deliberately no shots from the rear and she seems to be mostly always wearing a long baggy jumper or a trenchcoat.

at least with the old action guys like Neeson or Willis they look like they could actually break into a sprint if required.

Frank Grimes

Like others have said, it was weak and the casting of Queen Latifah for the part doesn't help at all. Adam Goldberg seems to be playing a carbon copy of the character he played in the Taken series, might explain why he seemed to be bored in some of the scenes - at least he seemed bored at times, might have just been me projecting my own boredom :pac:

donegal_man

Might have worked if Queen Latifah's character had been more of a Mycroft Holmes figure. Calling in favours, using contacts and only stepping from the shadows when it suited her to let the bad guys know who they were dealing with.

is_that_so

Frank Grimes wrote: »

Like others have said, it was weak and the casting of Queen Latifah for the part doesn't help at all. Adam Goldberg seems to be playing a carbon copy of the character he played in the Taken series, might explain why he seemed to be bored in some of the scenes - at least he seemed bored at times, might have just been me projecting my own boredom :pac:

Pretty much how I felt as well. It's just another bland show, with absurd super evil baddies and a script that looked more a collection of conveniences. As they say I'm out.

yabadabado

This will show up on TV3 or ITV2 in a few months .It's the sott of trash that they seem to always buy.

fryup

Queen Latifah as the Equaliser??? c'mon that's sacrilege

why not just give it a different name ffs!

RandomViewer

yabadabado wrote: »

This will show up on TV3 or ITV2 in a few months .It's the sott of trash that they seem to always buy.

RTE2 double episodes in the middle of the night, probably out of sequence

corkie

‘The Equalizer’ Pauses Production After Positive Covid-19 Test

branie2

Whoever came up with the idea should be put in a wicker man.

Reference to the film starring Edward Woodward, the original Equaliser

Rodney Bathgate

branie2 wrote: »

Whoever came up with the idea should be put in a wicker man.

Reference to the film starring Edward Woodward, the original Equaliser

Watched it recently. Enjoyable, with a nice bit of nudity thrown in for good measure.

The Inbetween is mine

corkie wrote: »

‘The Equalizer’ Pauses Production After Positive Covid-19 Test

Pandemics aren't all bad it seems

Effects

branie2 wrote: »

Whoever came up with the idea should be put in a wicker man.

fritzelly

No, no, no - not that abomination one

Frank Grimes

fritzelly wrote: »

No, no, no - not that abomination one

It's a classic :pac:

Nicolas Cage wrote:

OH, NO, NOT THE BEES! NOT THE BEES! AAAAAHHHHH! OH, THEY'RE IN MY EYES! MY EYES! AAAAHHHHH! AAAAAGGHHH!

Mr E

Back on topic guys. I was expecting to hate this based on what I read here during the week, but it clicked with me. It was good fun and I want to watch more.

I like Adam Goldberg too (even though he seems to play the same kind of character in everything)

CastorTroy

But he doesn't have any dehydrated fruit

Agent Coulson

Well I gave the second episode a go and really is just a bad generic show just as the pilot showed it to be.

At least she murders people and not just wounds them.

Hangdogroad

Effects wrote: »

That ain't the real Wicker Man.

yabadabado

This isnt the real Equalizer.