kailasa-05090
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I watched the trailer and thought I would really like the show.
Nope.
The storyline is original and interesting, and contains lots of opportunities for even further originality.
The acting is good, even if you don't like the characters, or that the two main protagonists have a strong anti-depressant type of chemistry together. (That is to say, none.) The director's style is clean - nothing to write home about; but nothing cring-worthy either.
What literally bombs this show is the SCRIPT! It's. Just. Not. Funny.
In fact, the dialog is soooo tired that it trips over itself moving in between moments. Imagine one very hungover writer doing it all alone, and not showing the script to anyone else before the cold reads. (But then you'd have to imagine everyone else involved not caring enough to say out loud, "This is boring.") There IS a smattering of 'grinnables', but the average wait time in between, along with the winceful other lines is trying.
I couldn't make it past the 2nd episode.
And, what the heck is the "Clog Dropper". I couldn't tell from the off screen sound effect.
Nope.
The storyline is original and interesting, and contains lots of opportunities for even further originality.
The acting is good, even if you don't like the characters, or that the two main protagonists have a strong anti-depressant type of chemistry together. (That is to say, none.) The director's style is clean - nothing to write home about; but nothing cring-worthy either.
What literally bombs this show is the SCRIPT! It's. Just. Not. Funny.
In fact, the dialog is soooo tired that it trips over itself moving in between moments. Imagine one very hungover writer doing it all alone, and not showing the script to anyone else before the cold reads. (But then you'd have to imagine everyone else involved not caring enough to say out loud, "This is boring.") There IS a smattering of 'grinnables', but the average wait time in between, along with the winceful other lines is trying.
I couldn't make it past the 2nd episode.
And, what the heck is the "Clog Dropper". I couldn't tell from the off screen sound effect.
Full Disclosure: I have NOT played the game. I find dystopian-future-based storyline games boring. I'll admit that maybe I'm missing something, but repeatedly killing/maiming zombies/vampires/mutants/gov't agents ad nauseum just doesn't raise my dopamine levels.
Having said that, I am 3 episodes into watching this show.
I like the story thus far, and I am amazed at the sets (the detail, the size and the ingenuity that has gone into their creation). I find that the character development is also keeping me interested so far. And the dialog, characters, directing and editing are all good, IMO. I really enjoy the "cameos" of actors I like that have frequently popped up so far as well.
The main 3 things that subtract from the the show to me are these - 1) it's pretty easy for me to figger out what's going to happen next (so far) - yawn...; 2) the lead character/heroine(?), while very well cast, scripted and acted, has something about her personality that makes me want to ram my fist into the screen and smack the 'holy skeet' out of her; and 3) the soundtrack of the 60's Country and Western tunes pushes me to my limits of endurance. Granted, that may be because my Dad constantly listened to this music when I was a kid; but I feel it is mostly because I only like this kind of music when I am really drunk and going thru a some kind of 'betrayal' in my life. It's definitely NOT a music genre I want to hear when I DON'T feel that way!
So, to summarize, I am slogging my way thru this show. TBH, I hope it keeps me entertained well enough to put up with its detractions!
Having said that, I am 3 episodes into watching this show.
I like the story thus far, and I am amazed at the sets (the detail, the size and the ingenuity that has gone into their creation). I find that the character development is also keeping me interested so far. And the dialog, characters, directing and editing are all good, IMO. I really enjoy the "cameos" of actors I like that have frequently popped up so far as well.
The main 3 things that subtract from the the show to me are these - 1) it's pretty easy for me to figger out what's going to happen next (so far) - yawn...; 2) the lead character/heroine(?), while very well cast, scripted and acted, has something about her personality that makes me want to ram my fist into the screen and smack the 'holy skeet' out of her; and 3) the soundtrack of the 60's Country and Western tunes pushes me to my limits of endurance. Granted, that may be because my Dad constantly listened to this music when I was a kid; but I feel it is mostly because I only like this kind of music when I am really drunk and going thru a some kind of 'betrayal' in my life. It's definitely NOT a music genre I want to hear when I DON'T feel that way!
So, to summarize, I am slogging my way thru this show. TBH, I hope it keeps me entertained well enough to put up with its detractions!