Did last night's Cupid win you over or break your heart?You've read my advance review of ABC's redo of Rob Thomas' Cupid, starring Bobby Cannavale and Sarah Paulson. But now that the series has launched, I'm curious to know what you thought of this new Cupid.
To those of you who had seen the original Cupid, with Jeremy Piven and Paula Marshall, how did this new Cupid compare? Did you think that Bobby Cannavale and Sarah Paulson had any chemistry? Did you like the New York City setting? Did you buy that Cannavale really could be the ancient Roman god of love sent to Earth as a punishment where he has to unite 100 couples in true love?
And, most importantly, will you watch the series again next week?
Talk back here.
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But. I will definitely watch again, just because you can't really tell anything from a pilot.
That said. It's only because I'm not really digging the show, yet. I don't want to hate it, because I generally love Bobby Cannavale and sometimes like Sarah Paulson.
However. I'm just hoping that maybe this newest incarnation will spur them on to release the original series on DVD...because no one tops Piven as Cupid.
(Oh! And, I didn't believe Bobby as Cupid until the very end, with the little abacus bead.)
But: I don't like Sarah Poulson. I always liked Paula Marshall in everything she was in; I never understood why she seemed to be a "ShowKiller" when her scenes were always enjoyable for me. Cannavale was okay; I liked him better in his Third Watch role.
The show is clever, and there's really not enough of that on TV these days. And I like Rob Thomas' writing, although his perception of women and romance can be oddly skewed. So I'll be watching. I wish more people wanted "clever" on their TVs. I'm completely dispirited by the state of network TV these days. I have never watched so little TV. (Although to be fair, there is some truly great TV going on, just not much of it.) I'm really hoping this season was an after-effect of the strike and next fall will bring some more enjoyable shows.
Jace: I agree with you 100% in that there is NO chemistry with these two, and Piven and Marshall had it.