New Amsterdam Not Very New
March 10th, 2008 at 09:12am Richard Pulfer
The tagline of New Amsterdam is “Uncover the mystery”, and the mystery of a detective as old as New York City is an intriguing one. Unfortunately, New Amsterdam goes the polar opposite direction of Lost – giving far too many answers. By the first fifteen minutes, the entirety of the mystery is laid bare – John Amsterdam (Nikolaj Coster-Waldu) is an explorer bestowed with eternal life by Native American shamans until he finds his true love. When all is said and done, New Amsterdam just isn’t all that new. We’ve seen the period-piece TV show in “Highlander”, the immortal cop in “Forever Knight”, the love-related spell in “Angel” and the lone wolf cop who doesn’t want a spunky new partner in a dozen other TV shows. Coster-Waldu does a good job as Amsterdam, but the plot is just so poorly rendered his talents are likely to go to waste. New Amsterdam airs on Fox at 8:00 PM on Mondays.
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1. Ben Abba | March 11th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
I just found your blog post and found it quite interesting. I watched the first 3 episodes of New Amsterdam and enjoyed them. However, they did not create as much excitement for me as the “Highlander” or “The Man From Earth” movies.
Now, a story about a real immortal would create more excitment.
If you are serious about this subject of immortality, then you will be quite interested in my research and findings on this very topic.
I have summarized what I have found on my main blog: www.Ben-Abba.com .
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