Unlimitedia Sick Product of a Sick System

Megamind To all those who have watched it: I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do.

Portia Hilton Blistering performances.

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

jenloubak Waist of time and intelligence. I get angry that this gets more seasons and last man on earth is axed. And these reviews, really? Is it the cast writing them. Only explanation. " I saw a mermaid" " no you didn't" " I did". There an example of the script.

subhdeep-07439 It's good, I found the concept new even though there has been a lot of movies and TV series was based on mermaid. I liked this TV series. It's a nice thriller.

Leethal1 Cringey, Cheesy and unfathomable. I am utterly shocked as to why rotten tomatoes has the ratings sooo high on this. 9 times out of 10 I agree with rotten tomatoes. THIS???? WTH? This program is squeaky clean. No gritty real life feel, no sense of dread or apprehension. It feels like a cross between 7th heaven/ hallmark movies and early 90s "bad" Stephen king low budget films. My wife and i preempted most of the lines of dialogue...which just made us wince more as we watched the first episode. I feel like this type 'story' has been told many many times before and much much better than this disappointing mess.

Carycomic A lot of reviewers have nay-said this as just a made-for-TV ripoff of the Twilight films. But, using mermaids in lieu of vampires. Well, personally, I found that to be a refreshing change of pace, seeing as how I stopped watching vampire-oriented series after Season 1 of VAMPIRE DIARIES!* Alex Roe is convincing as Ben Pownell (eco-friendly son of the local seafood magnate). And Ms. Fokingbola is equally credible as his Haida Indian girlfriend and fellow marine biologist. But, Eline Powell, of course, almost literally steals the show as Ryn. A mermaid who--as the ultimate fish out of water--comes to the Pacific Northwest town of Bristol Cove, Washington, looking for her missing older sister (played by Ms. Mlombo), who was accidentally netted by the good ship North Star up near Alaska...and flown off with by the U.S. Navy. The premise is an intriguing one. And the interactions between all the protagonists are done with the utmost emotional plausibility. Even so, there are times when the soap opera elements overpower the suspense of each episode. Which is most definitely _not_ a good thing! Because it's during those moments that one wishes the fast-forward function had _not_ been disabled on one's remote control. Still, I will concede this much. The science aspect of this particular science fiction drama is well researched with respect to how music can affect one's emotions. The siren song of the mermaids apparently having the same effect on the pleasure center of the human brain as any man-made drug! Sort of a tranquilizing version of the bio-sonic zap that dolphins give to schools of fish that they're hunting. Yet, all that being said, I will reluctantly have to admit that I think this show is destined to be just as big a one-season wonder as THRESHOLD, SURFACE, and INVASION. All three of those series premiered the same year as LOST (2005). All three of the former were better written and acted than the latter (as far as I'm permanently concerned). And, yet, all three of the former were cancelled instead of being renewed. High quality on a medium budget just doesn't seem to matter anymore. Just high quantities of consistent viewership, right from the get-go.*Remember: I'm not shouting. I still just prefer capitalizing movie and TV show titles.