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There were also fuck all face touches this episode.
I am starting to think the impressive spiel at the start might have been bullshit.
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Yeah. I expected him to bite it this episode.
I liked the new episode, it didn't have the bad scenes in the pilot that came up every so often
What's disappointing is that the CNC protagonists are boring. Ef is the only one they've given any depth too, Mia Maestro is Mia Maestro
edit: I had to look up wikipedia to find Kent's name and can't name Mia's character off the top of my head.
It was okay.
The weird info dumps the characters did (3 times iirc) was stupid an unnecessary.
I really really wished they didn't have that eyelid thing. Both scenes they used it in would have been so much better without it.
And the acting was a bit stilted in a few scenes.
But it has earned atleast the next 2-3 episode watching.
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Yeah, this was my biggest issue as well. It wouldn't have had any real impact on the plot if they'd listened to him and needed his expertise instead of acting all dumb. Made zero sense.
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Mind worms... mind worms... where have I seen those before?...
OH GOD IT'S DIO!
Well... As it is most of the acting, dialogue and creature design is comedically bad. So....
Like the only interesting element of this show going in was the Vampires as a contagion angle. And they just completely ballsed up the health department/quarantine/outbreak element in a hilariously awful way.
Basically it can only be explained by a vast and boring conspiracy that conveniently can be used to fill in plot holes for the writers.
Worst of all the dialogue is atrocious, the characters who arent cardboard are universally and needlessly antagonistic and meanspirited. If you had asked me what famous director was involved in this show I would have guessed Roland Emmerich. Some characters seem to forget their personality and act weirdly different, or lose competency and expertise suddenly, only to regain it in the next sentence.
I hope the apocalypse happens soon and the vampires and their ridiculously weird and convoluted plot (which i know will be handwaved away) wipe everyone out and make a new world order.
Alternatively the twist is its not vampires and this is a Dark City show.
Though the morgue continues to be a giant black hole in the plot, considering how last weeks ended...
Lots of horrory goodness in this episode, and it felt like they were properly gearing up for more shit to go down later, as opposed to the last episode which was just too slow.
I will say that if you don't like the creature effects at this point, I just don't know what to tell you. It must be a matter of taste. I also kind of retroactively enjoy that the survivors were mostly irresponsible dicks, because they're getting one hell of a comeuppance.
the problem isn't the effects or the horror, its that its far, far too obvious to the viewer what's going to happen due to the conspiracy and/or incompetence of everyone involved, and every minute not spent at that destination is just the show spinning its wheels now.
slow burn works in a book but not so great on television depending on the material.
Yeah, I mean I recognize that as an issue, but also that's just such a widespread problem with horror media in general, that as long as it is developing some forward momentum, I find I can look past it.
But still, I'm enjoying it. The Walking Dead has transformed me into a zen monk when it comes to putting up with this kind of bullshit.
So you'd say it's a good adaptation of the book then?
I was hoping to give it a shot when it made its way to Netflix. Hmm.
I'm overall enjoying the show, but I get what it is. It's the cast of The Poseidon Adventure (or pick your own 70s disaster flick full of rote subplots, stiff dialogue and stock Hollywood character types filling time until the dying starts) versus the vampire apocalypse. You watch it for the scary buildup scenes, and the knowledge that things will pick up nicely once disaster starts.
Exactly. It's moving way too slowly.
Though at present his story is perhaps the most insane/inane inclusion in terms of the content they are using to establish his character and place within the story.
What's strange is that that the rat-catcher is more entertaining than the heroes.
I would watch a show focused on that rat-catcher. Just going in, terrifying kids who've been bitten, then taking out the rats.
The rest of the characters, meh, feed them to the wormpires or whatever, but Rat Man needs his own show.
I think you mean befriending little girls and giving their fathers a not-so subtle f-u to their fathers.
It seems like it sits between health inspector, animal control officer and loose cannon who gets results. But there are considerable inconsistencies between what I would expect of either of the first two.
In Fox's defense, if I pretend it's supposed to be a comedy, my enjoyment of the show goes up.
UR A LOOSE CANNON, RAT MAN
HAND IN UR RAT AND UR GUN