Meh, pretty run of the mill procedural with super-intelligent troubled guy that sees more than anybody else.
The gimmick about body language is interesting, as long as you know nothing about the subject. Best part? Tim Roth is punching so far below his weight that it's absolutely gorgeous to see him waddle around looking like he's going to collapse any minute (either out of boredom or... whatever else). He's easily the best thing in the show.
My psych teacher played it for our class a few time (senior year of highschool). I didnt like it that much. Tim Roth was iight in it, but I thought the concept was pretty dumb (even if it's based on real stuff).
If you want to know: It's about a dude who has a company that helps investigations by looking at suspects facial expressions (seeing if they lie or not). Tim Roths character is the guy who discovered how to apply it; 'wrote the rule book' in a sense.
Yeah, it's nothing special, but nice to see Tim Roth.
Mostly this. I really like Tim Roth; he's a super-talented actor that seemingly hasn't been able to find anything worthwhile to do for a long time. His movie The War Zone (directed it, didn't act in it) is amazing. Really painful to watch, but amazing.
I only got like two episodes into Lie To Me before mostly giving up on it. Maybe I'll try it again now that it's on Netflix.
It's pretty decent. It can feel a bit formulaic off and on, but it actually improves in some ways as the show goes on. It does fit a kind of House dynamic of the smart master with problems guiding the students, but it plays with it in its own way. There's some pseudo science mixed in with real science, but it's generally all in the service of entertainment. And Tim Roth is great.
It's pretty decent. It can feel a bit formulaic off and on, but it actually improves in some ways as the show goes on. It does fit a kind of House dynamic of the smart master with problems guiding the students, but it plays with it in its own way. There's some pseudo science mixed in with real science, but it's generally all in the service of entertainment. And Tim Roth is great.
I'd recommend it. I was a fan while it was on TV.
Pretty much how I feel. I liked it, so it gets a recommendation from me.
Yeah, it's nothing special, but nice to see Tim Roth.
Mostly this. I really like Tim Roth; he's a super-talented actor that seemingly hasn't been able to find anything worthwhile to do for a long time. His movie The War Zone (directed it, didn't act in it) is amazing. Really painful to watch, but amazing.
I only got like two episodes into Lie To Me before mostly giving up on it. Maybe I'll try it again now that it's on Netflix.
Wow, really surprised that you would watch Lie To Me but hey, if you're picky with your entertainment, you're gonna run out. By the way man, have you seen The Wire? Love that shit man, really refreshing with a show that doesn't talk down to you. Easily head and shoulders above anything out there, which is why is pisses me off how few people have actually watched it.
You know, the ones that have a different story every week. Those shows are always the first to drastically dip in quality.
I hate the weekly format. They are all the same, season premiere will be some kind of setup hinting towards a bigger picture, next 20 episodes will dance around it while arsing around doing other shit, then the last 2 episodes will be a cliffhanger. (Lie to Me mostly just had different stories every week with no big reveals ever, I got bored fast)
Never ever start a show you know has already been cancelled. You're setting yourself up for disappointment of being left with an eventual cliffhanger.
That being said, it's a pretty good show with good actors/characters. Main dude is the cop from Resevoir Dogs/robber in Pulp Fiction (Tim Roth?). I was bummed when it was cancelled.
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