Lancoor A very feeble attempt at affirmatie action

BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Stephan Hammond It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Wyatt There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

hubertalain I'm a big fan of the original Law & Order, and I've watched every episodes of this new Los Angeles edition so far, and can't help but feel this is has nothing to do with the quality of the original show. Bad writing, mostly unknown actors, too upbeat, too bright, too predictable.The acting is okay at best, but we can't relate to any of the characters even after a few shows. You can tell they (NBC and Dick Wolf) are struggling, with many cast changes already! They (NBC) need to get the original, exceptional cast together back again in New York. Bring back the original Law and Order! Not this diluted, flavourless, and almost boring version. It feels like a cheap knock-off not worthy of the Law & Order title. Dick Wolf should be ashamed for producing this level of crap when compared to the extreme high quality of the original show.Let's hope someone in charge will wake-up and realize the blunder they've made in cancelling the original, only to replace it with this...

ChicagoTVFan Every Law & Order fan waited for the new franchise, many of us willing to give it time, yet, it is missing the basic elements that make us watch Law & Order re-runs. Cops, prosecutors, defense attorneys, defendants and an environment that is a character as well. Actors, unknown to most of us, who later in life become stars, like Melissa Leo. Slowly, we become attached to the cops and their partner relationship. The prosecutor, we all loved Sam Waterson, his conflict with his blue collar roots, watching the struggle with values and the law as he prosecutes. These unfolded over time. But all of the characters stood in snow, in rain, they sweat in heat... struggled with the environment of urban living, crammed into small work spaces and that was essential to the formula of Law & Order. People were not pretty; they were interesting or funny, but not slick. As much as everyone wants to defend Hollywood and LA, it is not urban; it is suburban. The buildings, the streets, the weather. It's a young city and it's an industry city. Everyone is too pretty, too clean, too smooth. I hope the franchise survives; I hope it returns to its roots, to head to an urban environment with history, weather, its "run and gun" feel, gritty, interesting actors, and gives us both Law and Order.

gn68121 It is a sad day for the Law & Order franchise. I suppose it was inevitable that L&O would one day go into TV heaven, even if it HAD finally become must-see TV again after a few seasons of just sputtering along. Alas, there was some glimmer of hope when almost simultaneously NBC revealed that "Law & Order: LA" would replace it. After watching the premiere episode, to say that L&O: LA is an abomination is an understatement. It is hands down the WORST incarnation of the L&O franchise. And that's saying a lot, considering Dick Wolf unleashed tripe like "Law & Order: Trial by Jury" and "Conviction" on us. Wolf goes down swinging for strike three with L&O: LA.NOTHING works. First the "Law" side: Skeet Ulrich shuffles around so nervously in every scene that it's hard to believe this guy could have possibly impressed anyone to rise through the ranks of the LAPD and make detective, while Corey Stoll looks like he stepped right out of "Barney Miller" with his smarmy acting and porn-star mustache. Horrible. And the "Order"? NOTHING about Regina Hall says "law school grad" or "prosecutor". Just plain bad casting. And Alfred Molina? God bless him, he tried, he really tried to pull a rabbit out of a hat, but he just wasn't given enough quality material for us to care one way or the other. Now this week it's Terrence Howard's turn although I fear he'll suffer much the same fate as Al. And as someone else had pointed out, the sets and cinematography are so bright and flashy, a cursory glance at the show would never lead you to believe that this was part of the "L&O" franchise. The writing, dialog and acting was all paint-by-numbers, a claim that you could NEVER make about the original or its 2 successful spin-offs.With L&O gone and "L&O: Criminal Intent" right behind it, I'm predicting that "L&O: SVU" will wind up being the standard bearer by default, since I don't foresee L&O: LA making it past a half season, much less a full one if the series continues in this vein. Time for Dick Wolf to pack it in, walk away and accept his place in the annals of TV history rather than continue unleashing steaming piles of crap like this and sullying the greatness of the L&O franchise.UPDATE: all you haters can keep on hating my review. The truth is that this show was garbage and its cancellation has proved that. Boo hoo.

lawnut95 i watched it and it just felt to bright and upbeat for a law and order show. the order of half cop/court was there but it just didn't feel right. they had a dramatic courtroom moment and I expected that dark suspense music when someone gets caught in a lie like the other series did but it was different. even the title sequence was a turnoff. as soon as a saw it and especially heard it, it was just different. that stuff is still a law and order signature, no matter where the show is, its just expected. everything was just to bright. it also feels like you can't relate with whats happening since it is so upscale and celebrity based. most of us can't relate with people getting murdered but just the way it works is more relate-able. somewhat good attempt at expanding but really needs work.