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Agonizingly slow paced and poorly directed. Nothing like the TV movies.

posted 8 years ago by evilcartman01
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I honestly had to give up after the third episode. The show suffers from bad direction, annoying camera work and a story that plods along literally one quarter of the pace of the TV movies. That's probably why the camera work and direction suffers because of so much empty space to fill.

And remember the TV movies were not fast-paced to begin with. I felt they were perfectly paced but slower than what's typical for the genre.

At this rate the show makes Jessica Jones looks like fast and furious.

[–] hmbrown-2 8 years ago

I disagree..I just started watching the latest series on ABC and absolutely love it. Can't wait for the next episode. The dialogue is excellent and very very funny in places...'he must be ok he's wearing a cardigan'. Well done to all concerned with this new series...superb!

[–] evilcartman01 8 years ago

Glad somebody is enjoying it because I really am not. And it's a shame as it's a great waste of tremendous talent and good stories. I was thinking about actually editing the six hours of episodes into about a three hour movie, which is what I feel the material can honestly support.

But that's a lot of work for a project but no one's going to see isn't it?

[–] fitzysbuna-232-617652 7 years ago

you must have a short attention span!

[–] letess 8 years ago

Fantastic. Agonizingly good. The dialogue and execution set it apart from other shows. I am so glad they made this. I don't want it to end.

[–] alaw248742 8 years ago

I know what you mean, but I prefer the slower pace, and better for a build up to the moments of humour and agony.

[–] letess 8 years ago

Humor is top-notch. I do have to turn closed caption on but the writing and delivery are the best I've seen in a while -- most quotable of anything since True Detective One. This series however is sarcasm at its best. I thought Viggo Mortensen had the best delivery, but the actors/actresses in this are just fantastic.

The urinator... the list just goes on.