TrueJoshNight
Truly Dreadful Film
Sexyloutak
Absolutely the worst movie.
Dynamixor
The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.
Nayan Gough
A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.
kitellis-98121
It started out so well. The film was great, and the TV series seemed to honour all that was good about it, with quirky storylines, a likeable cast, and a comparatively intelligent feel.Then it all went catastrophically wrong. Episode 13 made a "joke" out of self-consciously pandering to the network's mindless censorship regulations, but instead of smartly satirising the mindlessness, it joined in (breaking the fourth wall in the process) and the ensuing episodes quickly became trapped in the new air of idiocy that had been unleashed.For a show about a guy who becomes the most intelligent person in the world, it fell into the obvious trap of depicting intelligence through a prism of stupidity - in much the same way that "Scorpion" did. The net result was a show that ultimately insulted the intelligence of its audience, rather than wisely (and for an American show) bravely celebrating it. Hence, the audience who is, as always, catered for in abundance - the lowest common denominator - is entertained, while those of us with higher IQs and more cerebral tastes - surely the target audience for a show about high intellect - are reduced to being the butt of the joke; insulted, disappointed, and forced to search elsewhere for a show that can stimulate our minds as well as entertain us.It's rare for me to give up on a show before the season 1 finale, but by episode 19 I had reached the limit of my endurance. Pun intended.
ashish
So the premise of this show is that the main character pops pills which give him enhanced abilities (and killer withdrawal symptoms), and we are supposed to be okay with that imagery??? This show is normalizing taking lethal addictive drugs and making it seem desirable - the hero does solve crimes. The law enforcement is made to look chumps because they are just normal human beings and not pill poppers.Fail!
madameminty
Emulating hyper-intelligence was a challenge enough for the movie writers. It kinda worked out. Enough for it to work most of the time, at least.The TV series failed at it miserably, excuses it poorly, and has only very symbolic ties to the movie. Apart from that, it's a very generic police procedural.
glendajaswal
Cancelled? Get tha heck outta heah. What do you mean, it's cancelled? Well, that's just great! NOT! I loved this show. The best part was doing the Limitless marathon because I wasn't aware of this show until hubby let me in on it. I thoroughly enjoyed it and had hoped all I was doing now was waiting for the next season. Drats....unbelievable! How much ranting do the lovers of this show need to do to get it back? :(