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What Make The Critics Of A&E’s Swayze Vehicle THE BEAST??

d'angelo barksdale!! by Juror Number 8	Jan 15th, 2009 03:33:18 AM
i was indifferent towards this show when i saw the promos, but anything featuring any former cast member of wire i gotta check out at least once. know i'm ghost like swayze.
The Beast starred Frank Langella. by Boomers_Lips	Jan 15th, 2009 03:50:44 AM
on ABC a few years ago. It also starred that woman from LOST who plays Juliet.
Too Bad by Hamtaro Hentai	Jan 15th, 2009 06:33:05 AM
Dalton deserves better. In fact, why not make 'Road House: The Series' instead, with Swayze training a young bouncer a la Sam Elliot?
Swayze admits he's probably going to die within a few years by Shut the Fuck up Donny	Jan 15th, 2009 07:57:06 AM
and not a single reviewer can give his show a "pity review"? Jeezus, it must really be terrible.
God, that sucks to hear. by Burgundy82	Jan 15th, 2009 08:20:35 AM
I probably wasn't going to watch this either way, but I think we were all still rooting for this to at least be well received. Regardless, the guy's got 10-pound brass balls for continuing to work, but geez. Huge bummer.
Cliche or not Cliche, that is the question by BackwardGalaxy	Jan 15th, 2009 08:36:07 AM
I love how one review praises its "resistance to cliche" and the very next review claims that it is nothing but cliche.
This will be a hit. by Frank Black	Jan 15th, 2009 08:49:47 AM
Swayze is a treasure and people watch a lot of bad tv already (despite being a Lost fan, BSG, Dexter, etc, I now watch Cold Case religiously and even watch a couple of shows I won't admit to.) There isn't much originality but sometimes you watch a show for the fun of it, and people love Swayze and his current health situation will increase the interest. The Beast will be a hit so long as he is in it.
Poor guy looks awful by Knobules	Jan 15th, 2009 09:45:04 AM
Dam.
My 68-year-old mom will watch this. by MisterE	Jan 15th, 2009 10:00:47 AM
She would do Patrick Swayze, and I would prefer to not think about that!
THIS SHOW WILL FAIL AND HERES WHY by ArcadianDS	Jan 15th, 2009 10:36:05 AM
Every second of every episode that I watch, my autopiloting brain will repeat the same phrase over and over and over again: dude's got cancer dude's got cancer dude's got cancer not in a mean or cruel way, but actually in a compassionate way. As someone with immediate family members surviving cancer, its not something easily discarded or forgotten, and for the long term future, everytime I see a picture of Patrick Swayze, my mind will repeat that phrase again: dude's got cancer. and that kind of cold water splash to the face makes immersion into the plot and presence of a fluid mystery show rather difficult to achieve.
I'm tired of seeing those BEAST trailers at the movie theater! by Bob Cryptonight	Jan 15th, 2009 11:36:45 AM
Maybe now they will be pulled. The show seems to be ADVERTISED as a cliche, so maybe that's what they are going for...?
The Kansas City Star is my new favorite paper... by BadMrWonka	Jan 15th, 2009 01:23:18 PM
"The network brass probably figure, if the viewers don’t care whether Criss Angel is a charlatan, why should they care if “The Beast” bears any semblance to reality? " that's fucking brilliant...
ArcadianDS, you have a good point... by Shut the Fuck up Donny	Jan 15th, 2009 02:48:03 PM
I remember when "Lazarus Man" was on TV. Every time I saw Robert Urich all I could think of was him having cancer. The show, if I recall, had pretty good reviews, but didn't last past twenty episodes.
The Beast starred William Peterson... by HellKing	Jan 15th, 2009 03:01:08 PM
as fisherman chasing after a giant killer squid off the Pacific coast.
The Beast by BrandonGK	Jan 15th, 2009 07:37:01 PM
Starring Jason Patrick and George Dzundza as Soviet soldiers fighting in Afghanistan.
Not terrible, but... by memento108	Jan 15th, 2009 10:05:42 PM
a very weak pilot. The young kid Ellis isn't a very compelling character, while Charles Barker is. The whole "is he dirty" subplot kinda reeks of "The Shield"-lite. But i'm still gonna give it a chance to impress me. Pilot was just too all over the place and with no real hook. Patrick Swayze is still cool, though.

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