I wouldn't say that I am hooked, but it certainly has me intrigued. Quentin has potential to be a goofy accidental hero, his friend Julia is most likely going to be an anti-hero, and his class mates at the school are a wonderful batch of misfits.
Quentin is o-kay. Please, for the love of God, don't be as imbecile as in the books, Quentin. The pace is fast and a lot of things that need explaining get shoved to the side. insert clueless face here But The Beast was AWESOME! Creepy as hell. So I'll still keep on watching.
Slow, but, shows promise and the effects at times are superb!
As a big fan of the books, I was incredibly psyched to see that they're making a TV series adaptation of it. I know that when books become a film/series, people would usually complain and they have the right to do so. So I lowered my expectations and from what I've gathered so far, its actually really good and watchable without the cringe factor.
All I can say is that, this series do lack the darkness and mystery found in the Harry Potter movies or Narnia. Rather at times had that horrible Vampire Academy/Twilight feel to it (film set, cliché stereotyping of the extras, changing it to a university now??). All I can say is that Jason Ralph is doing the series justice, hats off to the casting director.
Please please please, don't ruin this series. Great potential in the script, great characters and one of the most intriguing plot lines. All this series needs is that English magical world vibe rather than generic. I had low hopes for the series, but I was clearly wrong and that cliff hanger really stepped my expectations up a few notches.
Wishing this series the best & a side note to Lev Grossman, don't let them ruin your world. Fillory depends on you!
Fully clothed on hover sex...okay..I guess
going downhill fast!. it's all over the place.
Pretty standard mash-up of some of the show tropes/genres, coupled with modest acting, writing and concepts. Will give it a couple more episodes to see if it improves or distinguishes itself.
This episode is terrible, seriously terrible, probably one of the worst things I have ever seen on TV. The interesting thing is the rest of the series really isn't too bad. I was going the leave 'The Magicians' dead face down in the water after watching this awful episode, but fortunately, a couple of friends talked me into giving the show another chance, and I can honestly say I'm happy I did.
I have no idea how close the show is to the books I've not read them (in fact I didn't know there were books until after I watched a few episodes), so can only comment on what I see, which is basically, don't let the embarrassingly bad first episode put you off, stick with it a little and you will be pleasantly surprised.
That intro... omg. Random snowpiles are random. And the wobbly hugh heeled lady's so called acting cracked me up. Then it continued with an entirely un-original plot, ideas all stolen, and "charming winks to Harry Potter and Narnia" more cringeworthy than sweet lovenotes. Everybody looks way too old and the only redeeming quality was found in David Call. Hoping it improves!
All the fanservice stereotype girls, yay for syfy. Booooooring.
For some reason they managed to produce Expanse without this crap.
Or maybe i'm just too old to understand this shit? :(
horrible acting and script. cheap
Does some things well, but hamstrings them with unnecessary elements. Or is it ham-fists?
I'm intrigued enough to keep watching…but Syfy clearly fell into the Hollywood "sex sells" trap: some of the scenes act as eye candy with little to no plot relevance. (I'm really tired of mainstream shows turning to that tactic to keep eyeballs.)
Okay, this was better than I expected! I like the characters and how the pilot wasn't so slow as most are.
And the ending was really interesting! Makes me curious to keep watching it
The weirdest show ever!!! It was AWESOME! I will keep on watching...
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Is like Harry Potter, but Harry Potter goes to a school of Magic This is a university and the protagonist's is more fucked.
An interesting and engaging new show about magicians and secret worlds.
This was way better than I expected. The ending left me very very intrigued. I liked the cinematography in the scene with the cards and the last one.
Many of the characters are pretty much what you expect in a show like this, an ensamble of different types, so we'll see how it goes. But so far, so good.
WOW!! This is the weirdest show ever! I am so intrigued by it, I can't wait to see what is coming in the rest of the season. And at the same time i think that this show is a little bit messy and that it was al over the place but it was so so good.
A série tem potencial, gostei bastante do episódio, pelo que vimos a trama vai focar nos mistérios que cercam a universidade e alguns personagens e isso foi bem apresentado na série gostei da maneira de como estabeleceu esses mistérios: com calma, sem muita correria e sem revelar nem dar detalhes de quase nada (afinal são mistérios não è) deixando eles lá para serem desenvolvidos ao longo da temporada. Também gostei do clima que a série tem realmente è uma história de magia para adultos e o episódio acabou perfeitamente. A série. è promissora concerteza continuarei assistindo.
This, I'm not sure, there is a lot of story, but you're expected to know the background of the characters and instantly know what's going on in their lives and the story as a whole. I think the pilot perhaps could have been done a little better, but the last 10 minutes more than made up for it and has kept me hooked for the second episode. With any luck this will really set up the season for me to keep watching it.
One of the better pilots in the year 2015.
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I don't really know what to think of this! I'm very curious about it... It's like Hogwarts (as a college) meets Narnia and we have this crazy new world to explore. The scenes were very confusing and the dialogue can be way better. But, this series shows a lot of potential and personally I do not judge a show based on one episode only. We have plenty of shows that were crap in the begining and now they're amazing (The 100, Teen Wolf, etc). I'm excited to see what is to come, the episode ends with a very good cliffhenger let's all hope they turn this into the show the story deserves.