YEAHHHH!!! 12 Monkeys renewed for season 3!!

Right, you keep thinking that. Actually, if you think this show is so clever and complex, then you're probably the stupid one here.

Prove it.

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I agree. This is yet another reason I don't subscribe to the ideas of critics who review movies and such. More often than not, they don't know a great storyline when it jumps up & bites them in the asterisk! Most of what critics claim as bad, is either really great or high on the scale of watchable as well as entertaining even if it's not some intellectual great, bomb-flashings every 3-seconds, or has an all-star cast of characters but rather a cast of nobodies who do an excellent job! Sadly, 12 Monkeys is a lot like that; all anybody has to do is listen to the snipers here! TV shows & movies CAN AND ARE GREAT WITHOUT THE NEED FOR MINDLESS PLOTLESS MOVEMENT! Some actually require a person to use that gray squishy matter that sits inside your skull! Another important thing about 12 Monkeys that might help the haters or at least the whiners is a few refresher courses in history! Anybody with a half-decent memory of historic events, fashion styles, the mindset of people from specific eras (whether they are spot-on or total BS) then 12 Monkeys is even easier to follow. If you have this understanding, you won't need to know where the characters are being sent or where they land b/c the show does more than a decent job of staying true to specific periods.

It is no wonder that people from other countries have the opinion of Americans that they do. So few can actually sit through a film or TV show that requires a person to think for themselves & draw their own conclusions rather than having the movements & plot spoonfed to them. I find this so sad. Many, far too many, miss out on some really intense psychological thrillers & dramatical works of art all b/c these people don't have the ability to decipher information, pay attention without explosions & crazy car chases every 3 seconds, along with having everything spoonfed to them. Personally, I'd like to blame poor education but if that were the case, there would be fewer senior citizens tuning in who love these types of shows despite the fact that many didn't get beyond 4th to 5th grade b/c they had to work on family farms or they joined the military during WWI, WWII, & Korea yet they can keep up not to mention give an earful when watching slower-moving films & TV shows that require a person to actually pay attention to what is happening. I don't know. Perhaps it's dumbed down education at it's worst in specific areas of the States that is the cause or the fact too many over the past 30yrs or so refuse to take time to read actual books, especially classical literature & poetry that a person must be capable of comprehending before they are able to understand it. Who knows...

All I can say with absolute certainty is that I will not blow off a film or TV show all because some critic says it's crap. I prefer to find out for myself.

If anyone reading this is wondering if it's something worthy of watching, all you have to do is ask yourself if you can sit through a TV show week after week without constant nonstop explosions, no cinema Hollywood greats but definitely some interesting as well as talented actors, and have at least some idea of historic time periods over the half-century or so, then give it a try regardless of what the mindless dweeb haters say. Personally, I think you will find yourself pleasantly surprised, albeit ready to binge watch because there are lots of cliffhangers perfectly placed as well as leaving a great deal of the show up for interpretation.