Although the puzzle-solving is fun, you can only do it so much until it becomes tiring. After three, I’m struggling to find many reasons to keep watching.
And I feel that for a series like this to succeed, the showrunners needed to hook us by the pilot episode.
Unfortunately, The Lost Symbol after three episodes just hasn’t found its groove yet.
HAS THIS SHOW PROVEN TO BE WORTH YOUR TIME? The villain in the series also has enough unique attributes about him that I’m curious as to what his motivations are. There’s also a brilliant action scene in the first episode involving being closed-in to an ancient room by moving walls, which I found very exhilarating. Although I do think there are so many puzzles to solve that it just doesn’t make much sense… Any time a new artifact was found or a new clue needed to be solved, I found myself invested again. Courtesy of Peacock.īut, the one saving grace for this series is the reason why we watch these stories to begin with. Particularly when I watched Angels & Demons and Inferno, I couldn’t help, but think that the filmmakers had somehow made the legendary Tom Hanks lack any sort of charisma. And unfortunately for Ashley Zukerman (who just showed up as Nick Goode in the Fear Street films) he is no match for Robert Langdon’s droll and zestless approach, as well. The actor flounders in many scenes, mostly due to the overly-complicated and silly dialogue. Many of the other performers fail to impress either, making for a bit of a lackluster ensemble. While the puzzle solving and wild goose chases are interesting, this character and the world around him fails to be captivating. The CIA forces him into a task force when he uncovers a chilling conspiracy… And while the idea was a sound one, The Lost Symbol suffers from many of the issues that the films did. But, now Grazer and Howard have moved this franchise into the television format, for a pseudo-prequel series based on another of Brown’s books. In this series we follow the early adventures of Robert Langdon, who finds himself pulled into a series of deadly puzzles when his mentor is kidnapped. Dan Dworkin and Jay Beattie have written a phenomenally captivating script, and the casting and performances are pitch perfect.As the films dwindled in their box office receipts, it seemed like this franchise was doomed to be over. “We’ve all wanted to make ‘The Lost Symbol’ for some time now, and I’m grateful to CBS Studios, Imagine Television Studios, Universal Television and Peacock for joining forces to make this project a reality. “I’m absolutely thrilled to be working with Ron and Brian again on another Langdon project,” Brown said. Hanks played Langdon in the film adaptations of the Brown novels “The Da Vinci Code,” “Angels & Demons,” and “Inferno.” Ron Howard directed all three films, which were all produced by Imagine Entertainment. This marks the first time Langdon will have been played onscreen by someone other than Tom Hanks. Imagine Television, CBS Television Studios and Universal Television will produce. Dan Trachtenberg executive produces and directed the pilot. Dan Dworkin and Jay Beattie will write and executive produce “Langdon.” Brown will also executive produce along with Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Anna Culp, and Samie Falvey of Imagine Television Studios also executive producing.