Just had the misfortune of watching this. What a terrible series this was. Terrible acting, unsympathetic characters, boring plot. Films about journey's should be about people overcoming obstacles that have been put in their path. These imbeciles created their own obstacles due to stupidity and arrogance. Hardly a sympathetic character in the bunch. I was actually hoping most of them would die grisly painful deaths, especially the bratty teen son. I was going to give up on this after the first two episodes, but kept watching, hoping it'd get better. Should have trusted my first instinct.
You captured my sentiments almost verbatim. I had downloaded it and couldn't erase it off of my computer fast enough after I finished watching. It was truly god-awful. I knew it by middle of the second episode and, just like you, I kept watching anyway. Only I knew it wasn't going to get better, I just decided to see it through.
Hateful characters: Like you, I wanted most of them to die, especially the boy. Characters were pretty one-dimensional. The writers resorted to stereotypes upon which to paint the characters, which made them 100% predictable, boring, and wholly uninteresting. These weren't people, they were caricatures. I don't think I've met a person yet in real-life who is a living, breathing, stereotype all of the time.
Poorly written. The writers weren't clever enough to think up interesting situations to advance the plot. Instead they resorted to trite devices: One of the kids gets into trouble and needs the group to come to their rescue. Or one of the gang resorts to sabotage for selfish reasons. Same scenario used over and over and over again. No depth whatsoever.
Too long: All filler, little substance. The story dragged on because there was no meat to it. Entire episodes could have been deleted and it wouldn't have changed the overall storyline. Just endless meandering.
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maverick-media
15 years ago
Well I enjoyed it as a bit of fluff TV.
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coys77
15 years ago
I watched every episode of its original run and enjoyed it, and re watched it a few years ago. On second viewing it comes up as being stretched out too much, and they only really had enough worth while story for 3 to 4 episodes. But there were some good moments too it and a dramatic ending.
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