- Network: WB , The WB , TWB , Warner Brothers
- Series Premiere Date: Oct 5, 2003
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Tarzan isn't as horrifyingly awful as the WB's recent remake of another cultural icon, "The Lone Ranger," but few things are. Even so, it's asking a lot even to wait around [for Lucy] Lawless to show up...Fact is, this "Tarzan" series dies on the vine.
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As for story, Tarzan will remain trapped in monotony unless the writers can get him out of the city sometime (at least to the Catskills or Poconos), or bring in wild and bizarre comic book characters like the Batman series did. [5 Oct 2003, p.TV6]
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It's hard to imagine anyone over the age of 15 being able to watch this series with a straight face after seeing Tarzan go sniffing through Midtown like a bloodhound, but maybe that's the audience the WB is after. As we said, Fimmel does have great pecs. [3 Oct 2003, p.B47]
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It's all thin melodrama and B-grade action steeped in generic nighttime city scapes. All the while, there's the serious Fimmel, doing his workout with a jut in his jawline and a grunt on his lips. [3 Oct 2003, p.D16]
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It's all rather dull. Which might be remedied. Maybe. [4 Oct 2003, p.E08]
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Much of Tarzan feels more like a marketing strategy than a show, and it seems to have a few flaws that "Smallville" doesn't. Chief among them is the incoherent plotline, which, in the pilot at least, does little to explain the motivations of Pileggi's character. [4 Oct 2003, p.D01]
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It's one thing that Fimmel can't act (but boy, he puts a lot of heart into that grunting, and he does that thing where he just seethes, which allows the camera to get close to his face for long, long periods of time), it's another that the script is flat-out stupid and the rest of the cast isn't exactly pulling a De Niro.
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That, friends, is bad TV. [3 Oct 2003, p.E1]
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Me critic. You stink. [3 Oct 2003, p.3]
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