# Heist on NBC **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 24, 2006, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heist-on-nbc/349659 "2006-03-24T01:07:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heist-on-nbc/349659/1 "2006-03-24T01:07:22Z")
I watched [**Heist**](http://www.nbc.com/Heist/)’s premiere last night. Yeah, the dialogue seems like it’s trying to be Tarantinesque & this week’s big heist was a bit weak in one or two spots; but it’s been years since I saw _Pulp Fiction_, OK? I enjoyed it. It was better than the much-hyped Tarantino episode of **CSI.** Actually, the touch with the two career thieves talking about guilt makes a pretty neat character point. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heist-on-nbc/349659/2 "2006-03-24T01:34:03Z")
I gave up after about ten minutes. The self-consciously imitative dialogue was hard to take, and the acting stunk. The part where sad-sack got casually sucker-punched twice in a row just put me over the edge. The scene was written and performed appallingly, the blocking was off, and the ridiculously over-the-top foleying was more painful than an actual blow to the jaw. Bleargh. It left me gobsmacked in that I actually switched over to _CSI: Miami_ looking for something that didn’t insult my intelligence quite so much. _CSI: Miami_. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heist-on-nbc/349659/3 "2006-03-24T03:55:34Z")
> [@Larry Mudd](#): > > I gave up after about ten minutes. The self-consciously imitative dialogue was hard to take, and the acting stunk. > > The part where sad-sack got casually sucker-punched twice in a row just put me over the edge. The scene was written and performed appallingly, the blocking was off, and the ridiculously over-the-top foleying was more painful than an actual blow to the jaw. > > Bleargh. It left me gobsmacked in that I actually switched over to _CSI: Miami_ looking for something that didn’t insult my intelligence quite so much. > > _CSI: Miami_. It was insanely stupid. At around the point the old thief went to vist his ailing wife my brain had had enough and started trying to batter its way out my skull so I had to turn it off. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heist-on-nbc/349659/4 "2006-03-24T04:07:51Z")
Ugh, the clichés hurt my brain. As one blogger put it, there’s the: > [@](#): > > ballsy female cop, lazy racist Irish cop who’ll probably get killed, good hearted black cop with a strong sense of morals (probably from his kindhearted mom), tough woman robber named Lola who speaks with a Brooklyn (?) accent, old guy who seems like a crotchety grandpa but will likely save the day, mimbo who seems useless and will likely foul up then save the day, ultra smooth black robber who likes to give Shaft-inspired speeches. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Lowry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Sam\_Lowry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Lowry)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heist-on-nbc/349659/5 "2006-03-24T04:53:11Z")
I enjoyed it. It obviously not totally original or groundbreaking or anything, but I thought it was a fun show. While the two main women were obviously casted for their looks and not their acting skills, I thought all the guys were pretty good. (Although it would have been much better if Dougray Scott’s character was actually Scottish instead of American, both because I think Scottish accents are dead sexy, and because he doesn’t quite have the American accent down - it wasn’t horrible, but there were some times when his inflection was totally bizarre). Perhaps I’m just overly optimistic, but I think it looks like it could be an entertaining enough show, and I’ll probably keep watching unless it gets canceled soon. There’s nothing else I really ever watched at 9 on Wednesdays either, so it’ll be something good to watch after Lost when I still don’t feel like going back to my engineering homework. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heist-on-nbc/349659/6 "2006-03-24T05:07:01Z")
More crap from the network that’s bringing you _Deal or No Deal_. ---
**Author:** ![McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McDeath_the_Mad)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heist-on-nbc/349659/7 "2006-03-24T14:18:22Z")
When I first saw the ads on CTV (up here in Canada), I thought 2 things: 1. It definitly looks Canadian! (poor production value, no-name actors, etc.) 2. Talk about a Oceans 11 rip-off! (groovy colours, quick cuts, all it was missing was the Oceans 11 theme song!) Then I found out it was from NBC. I was going to tape it, but I forgot. I was then going to find it on BitTorrent, but after reading the previous posts I think I’ll pass! MtM ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heist-on-nbc/349659/8 "2006-03-24T18:49:39Z")
We actually made it through about 3/4 of the show before we shut it off and removed it from our DVR list. Pretentious, horrible writing, bad acting…really one of the worst shows NBC has aired in a long time, and that is saying a lot. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heist-on-nbc/349659/9 "2006-03-25T20:27:01Z")
Wait a minute. So, you didn’t see the resolution of this week’s heist? But that’s the payoff! I think the thing is to realise that this is a TV version of a movie genre. It will be derivative, & that’s okay. At least it isn’t more _Dick Wolf lies about our justice system._ And I think the episode started odd, & got better.