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| | Film: The Mod Squad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | On the one hand, The Mod Squad's TV-to-big-screen-adaptation status could be seen as a negative: hot on the heels of such similarly high-concept pics as The Avengers, Lost in Space and My Favorite Martian, these duds could rub off on The Mod Squad's hefty publicity campaign. |
 | | But the new Mod Squad, based on the Aaron Spelling series which ran from 1968-73, is pretty much what you might expect: trying mediocrity. |
 | | Director Scott Silver, who was behind the indie Johns, appears to be under the impression that some MTV tricks--occasionally switching to slo-mo, jump cuts--will keep audiences on the edge of their seats. |
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