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The Peripheral feels a little low-rent, as if it's halfway between a CW show and netflix. Hard to put my finger on why.
by boppo1 4y ago
The Peripheral feels a little low-rent, as if it's halfway between a CW show and netflix. Hard to put my finger on why.
- gary_0 4y ago- Uninspired cinematography (some shows nowadays really spoil us) - Future London relies on too much flashy CGI instead of building the setting more subtly - Flamboyant villain with stock henchman character - Relationship complications that weren't in the book (although the book characters were a little flat) - The near-future South is too Hollywood with very clean-cut characters and silly things like hover-Roombas (in the book the near-future parts struck me as far more grungy) - The show relies on cheesy exposition whereas the book made you fill in the blanks yourself
- balsam 4y agoThis is my first experience with Amazon Video; I went in with the expectation that the producers would cut corners somewhere. I am glad they did it with the CGI and sets. The costumes (good guys at least) seem acceptably Gibson. Thought the Fishers were impeccably casted.. Although diverging from Gibsons original take. Indeed the onscreen personalities look like they came out of Neal Stephenson instead. Gibson’s protagonists can be a bit flat as pointed out elsewhere here. I thought Aelita comes closest to the Gibson type of character. (She was killed off early in the book) I would say so far this looks like one of the better adaptations of Gibsons works, but I can see that just transcribing the books wouldnt work.
- smabie 4y agoYep, feel exactly the same way. Acting is bad and the entire thing just feels cheesy.