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I’ll give apparently a controversial take. The show is great. If you’re going into it expecting the books to be the guiding source material you’ll be severely d
by tw04 1y ago
I’ll give apparently a controversial take. The show is great. If you’re going into it expecting the books to be the guiding source material you’ll be severely disappointed. If you go into it assuming you’re watching a show that roughly takes high level concepts from the books but is its own thing and let it stand on its own, I think it’s worth watching.
- georgeecollins 1y agoI'm fine with series not following the books. But the show bugs me because it has great production values -- particularly the third season -- and great actors. But the writing and plotting is all over the place ranging to very bad. It is a bit dumb and always pretentious. It's the 70's version of Battlestar Galactica of our age.
- ajmurmann 1y agoI also found the pacing to be inconsistent at best.
- senkora 1y agoThis is the issue that I have with many Apple TV+ shows. The production value is always very high, but it has no correlation with whether the writing is actually good.
- mrguyorama 1y agoThis is just the state of American video media production right now. Projects are massively expensive, including a lot spent on "looking expensive", but the writing cannot be as expertly crafted because the high expense means upper management craves purpose and control and meddles with things, and the giant "target" audience means you can't do anything interesting.
- MengerSponge 1y agoLee Pace is great, and the "genetic empire" is a brilliant solution to a hard problem unique to television. Brother Dawn: How often do we make this choice? Demerzel: You always make this choice.