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Bonekickers BBC 8th June

yeah dont think ill bother anymore, im getting the feeling all the episodes are going to be very similar
 
wamdue said:
yeah dont think ill bother anymore, im getting the feeling all the episodes are going to be very similar
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Yeah, I know what you mean... I did think this weeks was a slight improvement over last, so I might give it another week, seen as there's nothing else on.
 
Hmmm, I quite liked the first episode. It's no more hard to believe than Indiana Jones and certainly no more far-fetched than either that or The DaVinci Code.
 
Well, it's not been renewed.
From Digital Spy

The BBC has decided not to commission a second series of archaeological drama Bonekickers.

The show starred Julie Graham as the head of a team of archaeologists solving historical mysteries and was penned by Life On Mars creators Ashley Pharoah and Matthew Graham.

While initial ratings were good - some 6.8m (30.5%) tuned in for the first episode in July - the audience quickly declined, losing 3.2 million viewers in four weeks.

A BBC spokesman told Broadcast: "Ashley Pharoah and Matthew Graham have decided to concentrate on new projects and not write a new series of Bonekickers. We look forward to working with them in the future."
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Life on Pluto!
An archeologist gets into a digging accident and is sent back to 1595 where he hears lots of lutes in his head...
 
I think it had possibilities but it was done so... meh. The sword obsession (oo-er, phallic imagery!) was a bit, uh, obsessive, and all the characters were a bit too cryptic and vague with one another, except for the dirty old bugger always chatting up the young hottie.

There werwe a lot of interesting stories they could have done rather than what they did. Ah, well, no great loss.
 
Australis said:
I think it had possibilities but it was done so... meh. The sword obsession (oo-er, phallic imagery!) was a bit, uh, obsessive, and all the characters were a bit too cryptic and vague with one another, except for the dirty old bugger always chatting up the young hottie.

There werwe a lot of interesting stories they could have done rather than what they did. Ah, well, no great loss.
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I agree, it had potential but it was pissed away on trying to be "relevant" and if they'd just stuck to telling a decent story instead of trying to tie in topical subject matter they might have come up with something decent.
 
Bob The Skutter said:
I agree, it had potential but it was pissed away on trying to be "relevant" and if they'd just stuck to telling a decent story instead of trying to tie in topical subject matter they might have come up with something decent.
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And they laced the topical stories with subtle as a sledgehammer, borderline toxic Political Correctness. That's what helped kill the show for me. Also bad CGI, like that laughable snake.
 
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