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I am 1.5 episodes in and struggling. :(

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Pete-MK says...
"1. If I hadn't seen the trailer I would have given up after half an hour. A slow build is one thing, but this was wading through treacle."
This gives me hope it gets better? Please say it gets better. It's 2024 and I certainly expected a better portrayal of scientists rather than this idiotic representation.


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Just finished this and it was surprisingly disappointing. Given how good of a job they did with adapting the first four seasons of Game of Thrones, I thought they would manage something similar here.

This was like somebody giving you the jist of a story after skim-reading through it. They left out all of the philosophy and skipped over half the story without giving it time to breathe. The pacing is so fast that some of the big plot points feel incredibly silly, such as:

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"My plan is to perfectly line up a thousand nuclear bombs in space and detonate them one by one..."
*one episode later*
"Alright the thousand nukes are in place, let's roll..."

They really needed to do a better job of depicting the passage of time and the logistics of all these grand plans.

The chinese adaptation was much better in that sense, although very flawed in other ways. The Netflix version certainly has better acting and production value (although some of the CGI was terrible), but the story feels terribly dumbed down.

Liam Cunningham felt miscast IMO. Just didn't suit that role at all, which is sad because he was literally perfect for Ser Davos. Benedict Wong was the best part of the show.

One final grievance: the cover of Lana Del Rey's 'Video Games' would have been great if I didn't spend the whole scene wondering where I'd heard it before (it was in Westworld).

They've got a 4 season plan but I don't know if they'll get that far. The later seasons are going to be super expensive and I'm not sure this was quite the megahit they were hoping for.

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Gareth Williams says...
"They've got a 4 season plan but I don't know if they'll get that far."
Seeing as you've gone that far I'll admit my over riding feeling at the end was the same as after the first Lord of the Rings.

Haven't read the books but now intend to.
I agree about Benedict Wong but also didn't have a problem with Liam Cunningham.

I still think it's worth sticking with for this and any future seasons.

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This item was edited on Friday, 5th April 2024, 20:59

Nope. Didn't hate it (from performances alone) but won't be wasting any more of my attention on this. Trailer promised too much and the series didn't deliver. Almost gave up about episode 6/7 when the physics started to collapse in on itself.

Also, Keiko O'Brien. Who'd'a thunk?

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Pete-MK says...
"when the physics started to collapse in on itself.
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Have to admit being a Marvel fan I'm very forgiving on the physics stuff.


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