Aldarion
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Wat?
You could line up the 25k least attractive women on the planet and they'd all be more attractive than that thing somehow
Paradise
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You could line up the 25k least attractive women on the planet and they'd all be more attractive than that thing somehow
meStevo
I think your wife's a bigfoot gus.
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Man, this went from a simple and interesting story I loved to a wide ranging, dense... thing... and not really sure I liked it.
Feels like they're telling like 3 stories too many. Maybe once it settles a bit and watch some pods or something I'll come around.
Feels like they're telling like 3 stories too many. Maybe once it settles a bit and watch some pods or something I'll come around.
Khane
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I like this show and think showing the outside world this soon is the right choice so those characters and storylines get appropriate screen time. Story is interesting, characters are interesting, acting is mostly pretty good.
The only exception being Sinatra. Both the way that character is written and the actress... it's just B movie shlock.
They even have Gerald McRaney and could have just cast him as Sinatra and told him to just reprise his role as George Hurst but instead we get... that. That character really drags the show down whenever on screen.
And they killed off Billy, one of the better characters, way too early. At least we are getting some more of him in flashbacks I guess.
The only exception being Sinatra. Both the way that character is written and the actress... it's just B movie shlock.
They even have Gerald McRaney and could have just cast him as Sinatra and told him to just reprise his role as George Hurst but instead we get... that. That character really drags the show down whenever on screen.
And they killed off Billy, one of the better characters, way too early. At least we are getting some more of him in flashbacks I guess.
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Gravel
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Haven't started the new season yet, but this is literally how every one of these mystery box shows based on a really interesting premise goes. The pilot is awesome, and the rest of the first season really unfolds masterfully. But they weren't really sure what to do after that, or if it'd even get picked up for a second season. So they limp through it, with 1/4 of the time to prepare storyboards compared to the first season, and they go off the rails because there was no larger plan.
Why come up with an overarching idea that runs out after 3-4 seasons, upfront, when you can just propose a fun idea and see where you can take it?
meStevo
I think your wife's a bigfoot gus.
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Agree largely with you both. I sure do wish that secret service agent and Sinatra didn't make it out of S1.
For some reason this initial batch of episodes reminds me of The Last of Us, where they are obligated to tell this wider series of stories rather than sticking with a narrower narrative.
One thing that bugged me in the moment that I haven't cared to fire it back up and see if I just had it wrong...
Anyways, just feels like this is heading more towards Under the Dome quality rather than what I'd have considered as good as some of the best TV around before S2. This should be a exponentially higher quality Jericho, but instead it feels like it's seeking to barely clear that low bar.
Hopefully subsequent episodes narrow things a bit more. Seems like it's established with these opening episodes it's going to go into a strange direction.
For some reason this initial batch of episodes reminds me of The Last of Us, where they are obligated to tell this wider series of stories rather than sticking with a narrower narrative.
One thing that bugged me in the moment that I haven't cared to fire it back up and see if I just had it wrong...
Didn't she hear the plane crash or something, and then hop on her horse and find him at the crash site ... but then when we get his view and the events that lead up to it... he crashed... was out... was wandering around, did this shit with the kids, got held up, abandoned, whatever ... and then went and passed out at the plane site to be found? Am I misunderstanding a bit of the continuity there?
Anyways, just feels like this is heading more towards Under the Dome quality rather than what I'd have considered as good as some of the best TV around before S2. This should be a exponentially higher quality Jericho, but instead it feels like it's seeking to barely clear that low bar.
Hopefully subsequent episodes narrow things a bit more. Seems like it's established with these opening episodes it's going to go into a strange direction.
Khane
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I don't think this will end up as meandering subplots or side stories, hopefully. The first two episodes of this season spent time showing us what happened outside of the dome and how people survived. And it only really introduced 1 new, connected piece of the story and the characters that will be involved with it.
The aftermath of the crash was framed oddly, I think it was supposed to only represent about a day, maybe 2, of real time but it the events made it seem longer? He crashed, followed the kid, reset his knee and passed out for unknown amount of time, wakes up, fights the bad guy (that was a weird choice, he was tracking a group of kids?), gets stabbed, passes out again. Kids leave and take his stuff, he tries to move on, gets dehydrated, passes out again and she finds him? It was shot and framed weirdly