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Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2014 7:20 pm
by SoulBiter
Cail wrote:Zarathustra wrote:Just now getting into this for the first time. I've read too much in this thread. I appreciate the spoiler tags. I only wish I had more willpower to ignore them.
Anyway, we're about 6 episodes in, and it's a little slow. I've noticed some of the same things you guys have already said, so I won't repeat. I hope the son gets more interesting and not so one-note. I hope the bigger picture stuff (The Pattern) starts to get more screen time. Other than that, I can't complain much.
Give it time. It takes a bit for the show to emerge, but when it does....hang on!
I have not read much at all in this thread but I will catch up when I watch the last episode.
My wife and I started watching this on Netflix a few months ago... Love this show!!! We are on the last season (episode 3) and I hate to see it end. Where was I when this was on TV??? At least I get to watch it without commercials!
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2014 2:43 pm
by Zarathustra
This is one show where I felt the ending was perfect. I certainly wouldn't have been able to predict it, but felt like it ended exactly how it should. Fantastic story telling. The s.f. "gimmick" is so good, you sometimes forget that the story is entirely character-driven. Everything happened because a father loves a son too much to give him up ... a love that transcends worlds.
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2014 2:58 pm
by Ananda
Was this serial worth watching? We watched a few of the first episodes, but thought it was bad scientific breakthrough of the week to solve the case kind of thing. Did it get better?
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2014 6:12 pm
by Zarathustra
Oh yeah, it gets lot better. The problem is that it takes at least 3/4 of season 1 to get there. Until then, it's "monster of the week" type of episodes. But a larger story--much larger--is lurking at the end of season 1, and then it takes off into directions that are hardly glimpsed at the beginning. Have you read the Gap series? It's like the Real Story taking off into something else, and then you realize, "Oh, that's what this is about!"
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2014 6:30 pm
by Ananda
Zarathustra wrote:Oh yeah, it gets lot better. The problem is that it takes at least 3/4 of season 1 to get there. Until then, it's "monster of the week" type of episodes. But a larger story--much larger--is lurking at the end of season 1, and then it takes off into directions that are hardly glimpsed at the beginning. Have you read the Gap series? It's like the Real Story taking off into something else, and then you realize, "Oh, that's what this is about!"
Thanks, Z. We will check it out, then.
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2014 7:04 pm
by SoulBiter
I agree Z... the first few episodes they are just trying to get the character chemistry together but the series has been quite a wild ride. Love it!!
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 5:01 pm
by Ananda
We are watching this now: thanks for the suggestion. Enjoying it so far aside from the monster of the week stuff.
Another show that started weak and became quite good is Defiance. First season was b movie scifi, but they seemed to have hired good writers for season two and it was very fun.
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 8:13 pm
by SoulBiter
My wife and I finally finished this series a few weeks ago. They get away from the Monster of the week eventually as the true plot start to develop. Also its one of the few endings where I felt they did a pretty good job of closing a series out.
Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2014 12:33 pm
by Cagliostro
It's true. I was satisfied with the ending, as rushed as it seemed. My biggest problem with the show was how about every season felt like a completely different story using the same characters. While that was sometimes good, it was sometimes bad as well. But definitely still worth watching.
Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2014 1:21 pm
by Zarathustra
The last season may have felt rushed because it wasn't a whole season (IIRC). They almost didn't get that last season until the fan reaction convinced the network to let the writers/creators finish it properly.
Yeah, each season was unique. But that's part of its charm. Very original and ballsy.
Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2014 2:04 pm
by Ananda
Thanks for the suggestion, Z and SB. We watched this serial and enjoyed it.