Acensbart
Excellent but underrated film
Stevecorp
Don't listen to the negative reviews
Console
best movie i've ever seen.
westplainsmom
I really wanted this to work. I tried...the actors were great and even the senery/backgrounds were good. But the writers made the characters so wish-washy! They will be doing one thing then turn around and act or do something totally different! With no reason what so ever why! I found myself watching it just to see Sonita Henry once in a while. That seemed to be the only thing going for it. And this is another series SCI-FI or SYFY or whatever the he11 they are calling them self nowadays 'forgot' to finish. The last episode was horrible. Don't waste your time watching this. Not sure why I even gave it a 2. Pity perhaps? I think someone should start up a new sci-fi channel. One with sci-fi instead of wrestling and such. Get back to stuff like BSG, Stargate, Warehouse 13, LEXX, Farscape, and Star Trek re-runs. Not this garbage SYFY puts out now. I guess that is why Netflix is doing so well.
mvenkata_ramesh
Good for Teenagers those who have just crossed puberty & for house wives. For professional women and Male adults it is a time killing series, when there are know other shows to watch. Good for those first time watching the Greece Mythology shows. It gives some knowledge about Greece Gods and magic existing in the ancient times.Over all it is not a bad nor boring/disgusting series. My rating here is as a teenager is 8, and as an adult it is 7.
Harlan Williams
There has been a good bit of criticism regarding the production budget of this series. I don't have the numbers right at hand, but clearly the great majority--if not all--of the shooting is done on a sound stage. This saves money, of course, but I think there is more to it. The world of Olympus is set in ancient Greece; but it is a world in which the gods are real, and supernatural powers are part of ordinary existence. I think that the oddly-crafted set pieces are deliberately intended to evoke a world that is similar to our own, but not quite ours. Perhaps this world is a psychological state of mind; the series synopsis tells us that the gods will eventually be consigned to the world of the unconscious, what they call the Underworld, or Hades. When this happens, the entire world will change...is this not perception? Watching this series brings to mind the German Expressionist movement in film. They both share the use of stylized set pieces, and the plots and stories of both often deal with madness, hallucination, and betrayal. And let's not forget that film noir arose out of expressionism; the eerie, atmospheric lighting, somewhat hapless protagonist, and the irrepressible femme fatale elements of noir can be readily by seen in Olympus. If you examine this series through that lens I think you will gain a better appreciation of it.UPDATE: It is Aug 26 2015, and I wrote the above approximately a week before. I had not viewed the entire series by then, but I have now. If you have already made up your mind about this series, and decided that you hate it, nothing I say here will effect your opinion. But if you like the series, or are still undecided, I encourage you--nay, I entreat you--to watch it to the end. The final three episodes are spell-binding, and the season (perhaps series) conclusion is quite surprising and satisfying. This series has cemented its position on my short list of best series ever. It went by so fast I could hardly believe it was over. You owe it to yourself to give this show a chance.
katherinethecat
I mean, don't all those one star reviews seem a little repetitive? And seriously overstated, if you've like...watched 2 min of the show? It's an all right show. I'm binge watching right now. If you've got the slightest background knowledge of Greek mythology it's sort of cool to watch out for all the little shout outs to the old stories. I guess if all you've ever watched is reality TV and Hollywood summer big bang movies this will seem slow and the intrigue aspects of the show will definitely fly right over your head. Sure the hero is sort of innocent and out of his depth at first and he doesn't secks up the girl by the end of the first episode, and no, no slow motion walking away from an explosion...but there's a believable set of characters, a couple of guys you can root for, a couple of women you can respect, and more than a few moments of "oh ship!!, what just happened?!?" It's clever at times, generally solid. The effects are as good as necessary, they don't take away from anything and they don't overshadow anything. It's more of a political intrigue and character development sort of show, but in terms of that it moves at a good pace. After about 4 eps, all the power dynamics and alliances have shifted and you might be very surprised to find that some characters are still alive, and some aren't dead (not the same thing, I promise). Sorry, no brad pitt glistening in the Grecian (or troyan?) sun, just some quality story telling. Let's just say this is more for the Star Trek, rather than the Star Wars crowd. What can I say I'm absorbed. It's not the new firefly, but it's a bit better than merlin for me (tighter story, they seem to know where they are going, fewer extraneous characters etc)....maybe like around a ST:DS9 the second time I watch it level of enjoyment and obsession. I'm rating it 10/10 just to balance what I can only assume are some total azzwipe trolls, but my sincere rating is a 7/10. Watch it if are waiting for sherlock or doctor who or whatever your whiz bang series is to come back.
