your argument is weak sauce because you state you like movies. taking away commercials (easy to do in this era), what's the difference between a show and a movie?
Intention of the best exhibition medium, I would guess. The sofa should not be the be-all and end-all of cinema, if it's a given that sitting in a darkened room with strangers is a part of the effect. Nor should you be trained to expect pacing targeted towards breaks in the flow of the program. You can watch a film on a sofa, but it's not going to be the same overall experience if that's the same place you just changed a diaper, folded laundry or read the daily news just minutes ago. You can watch a television program in an auditorium, but that doesn't mean you won't be aware of the compromises the filmmaker made to make that cinematography look more effective in a more limited setting. You can take away the filmic quality of digitally-sourced/projected titles that make it onto your cineplex screen. You can spend ridiculous dollars trying to recreate Siskel and Ebert's fake theater in your McMansion just to show your friends how "you don't need a theater". But there's always a difference in both the nature of the product, and the nature of the environment (as well as the nature of the expectation), that separates the two mediums. Even if it's just where you parked the car.
Simple. I don't have to devote time to watching a movie like I do these ongoing series that take too much time to tell a story. I'm sorry, but if it's based on another work, such as the novel this was based on, there's absolutely no need for it to take an entire season. Hell, a four part mini-series captured virtually every scene, line of dialogue, character & nuance of Lonesome Dove perfectly & that was an 800+ page novel. The novel this was based on is less than half that & they somehow need an entire season to tell it's story? The fact that they've already renewed it for a 2nd season makes me wonder if the already glacial pace is going to slow to a crawl, or perhaps go in reverse? Or they're gonna wander away from the novel into something else entirely even if they tell it all in the 1st season. With a movie, I get a couple of hours or so of entertainment & I can get on with my life, knowing I don't have to wait until the next episode to find out what's going on. There's nothing more annoying than getting into a series & discovering it's just a waste of my time, (season two of The Following is a great example). And since that tends to be the rule rather than the exception, (for me, if not for anyone else), it's just easier to avoid them entirely for the most part, though there is the occasional exception that proves worthwhile, but that's exceedingly rare. I gave this one a shot, due to the casting of Bridges & Lithgow, & because the premise appeared interesting. I'm glad I discovered it wasn't for me as rapidly as I did, but I still wasted about an hour & a half of my time on it.
You watched one episode and part of the second. You made your opinion known and announced your intention to stop watching. This week will be Episode V. You have nothing more to add to the discussion of this show. Good day.
Having watched the first 4 episodes my take lines up with yours. I enjoyed the way it's developing. Not too slow at all, and I am sometimes affected -- put off I should say -- by plodding plot development. Like you also, Bond, Marvel and comic book stuff, and most action movies leave me cold. Where I differ is horror -- love it when it's good, which is not often. I loathe most bloody gore fests, violent cruelty orgies, etc., but if it's a good ghost story, mystery, demonic haunting and the like, I'm there. But those are usually story driven, not the 'jump scare' stuff that's typical.
Yes. Six weeks seven episodes. I forgot the first week was a double. I guess they were pretty confident about a renewal. It seems no way there will be any sort of resolution in the next two weeks.
Been watching STRANGER THINGS with my kids, so, not yet. Will watch over the weekend. Looking forward to it..
It seems very thought out from the long scenes of intense dialogue to the photography of how certain scenes are shot. I know she is not the main lead but I think Alia Shawkat is the star of the show. She is nailing every scene and the entire series hinges on her character.
watched first 2 episodes , 2 observations (neither good) so let me get it right , Spoiler: eggs are good for you dude makes scrambled eggs and the lady wets her pants for him ? come on , why did you have to put that stupid love story also it would be the laziest of laziest writeup if Spoiler: maybe she is his daughter the younf agent - is this maybe from AD ? - turns out to be his daughter not keeping high expectations , will keep on watching it nevertheless for Lithgow ps : the love story scenes are so corny and cliched , this show will never take off with 1/3 of its time spent on corny lovey dovey cliched storytelling (sigh)
I was watching Ep 5 this morning and thinking similarly. It is a bit slow, but it's very interesting. I'm enjoying all of the performances. I'm all for action-packed thrillers, but it's nice to see something different now & then.
the love story scenes are bombing this show , hoping that amy brenneman gets killed or left behind sooner than later damn Hollywood , and its lovey dovey corny shows
