Inhumans

This was a horrible series about The Inhumans. Because the dumb dog, Lockjaw sends each of the core cast to different parts of Hawaii, the Inhumans spend most of the TV series trying to find each other, while touring all over Hawaii. I have to think that the Tourism Board of Hawaii must have funded a substantial part of the production costs?

The cast is good in some areas. Black Bolt is played by Anson Mount, who has no charisma, and is perfect for the role of a mute superhero who has no personality. Medusa is played by Serinda Swan, who has a sour look and witch face that is perfect for the role. Unfortunately, Swan is all over the place. Her acting goes from friendly to abrasive to compassionate to argumentative and generally irritating.

One of the supporting Inhumans is Karnak, who is played really badly by Ken Leung. In this TV series, Karnak trips climbing a hill, and hit his head. That is totally unlike the character of Karnak. The entire TV series, Karnak is walking around confused, due to his head trauma. Ken Leung is way to old for the role, and he looks like a flabby middle-aged Karnak.

Every time Karnak says something, he mentions that his head hurts and he is confused. Considering the dangers of head trauma, why didn't somebody take him to a hospital? There is also a totally ridiculous sub-plot involving Karnak and a very hot young woman who is several inches taller than him. This went from "The Inhumans" to "flabby old man getting sum" for about thirty minutes.

Triton (played by Mike Moh) should have been the most exciting member of the Inhumans, but he is only in three episodes. Triton is the real star of the Inhumans, and in this TV series, he was shot by assassins hired by Maximus, and disappears for most of the TV series. Really bad plotting and writing.

Eme Ikwuakor plays Gorgon, who is supposed to be a gigantic man-beast. Ikwuakor plays the character as a confused man-child who needs to be guided by others. Another weak-minded character.

In terms of fighting, Gorgon cannot hold his own against the various villains that Maximus sends his way. There is a sub-plot involving a local group of Hawaiians that wants to help Gorgon, and Gorgon looks totally unable to lead this group in any way.

Isabelle Cornish plays Crystal as a empty-headed valley girl who has no clue. Crystal was never a total zero in the comic books, sadly she gets wasted in the TV series. Crystal also had an incredible bond and control over Lockjaw, the teleporting dog. In this series, she gets separated from the dog a few times, and has no control over where the dog drops people off.

The main villains are Maximus, totally over-acted by Iwan Rheon, and his main lackey, Auran, played by Sonya Balmores. There is a world-domination speech by Maximus every five minutes of every episode, and they are insanely boring. Maximus feels slighted by his brother Black Bolt, and he may have killed his parents so that Black Bolt would be blamed. Every flashback is about the same general topic, mostly that Black Bolt is not nice to Maximus.

Sonya Balmores does a decent job as a lackey. She is ruthless and mean. Then she flips her character when Maximus does not reciprocate her love interest in him. Really lame writing.

Ellen Woglam plays Louise, as a NASA scientist who is fascinated with the moon, and begs the Inhumans to take her to the moon, and helps them tour Hawaii. Medusa treats her in a very arrogant and degrading manner, like Louise was her housekeeper, and refuses to take her to the Attilan city on the moon, which is where Louise wants to leave the ashes of her Father, who was also a NASA scientist.

Overall, the characters who make up the Inhumans range from dumb to detestable, and there is no reason to root for them. I really could care less who controlled the Attilan moon city after about ten minutes of the first episode, and I cared even less by the end. The villains and the heroes were not anyone I ever wanted to meet or know.