[strike]She was great on Hawkeye next to JRenner. She's no longer that kid from then but a woman 3 years down the line and no Renner... very much wondering how this series will end up to be.[/strike] Here's hoping it wont be another endless woke virus promotion.
EDIT1: I expected this series to be about Hawkeyes sidekick Kate. But its about the bad lieutenant Maya. My mistake.
Quite disappointing.
EDIT:2 So after having seen the first 2 episodes of season 1 (I doubt there will be a season 2), it's not as messed up woke as I was worried for it to become.
But..... maybe that would even have been better than this crap. The whole series just stinks.
I really wonder what the whole plan was with this season. It looks like they had some specific story in mind, recorded everything. Probably some scenes were not done yet during the whole writers and actors strikes
And then in post-editing someone totally re-wrote the story.
There are loads of flashbacks or supporting scenes that seem to be about native americans and their roots and customs as a sort of documentary, which in some ways is better developed than the main story itself.
Frankly I dont like the Maya character. Maya her endless frowning / angry face gets old quickly. She has only 1 possible expression on her face: angry. There is hardly anything else coming out of her.
I guess acting of being a deaf person who is angry about life is probably difficult to do antything else than this, but her whole attitude gets old fast. No matter who she has near her or whom she communicates with. Endless negativity and anger and violence.
I dont like several of the other characters either. Plus I find the way most of the native americans are being protraid borderline racist. All of them seem to be either stupid, over-weight(fat), or criminal or so stuck in the traditional ways that they are just plain silly.
And a lot of what we see just doesnt make sense.
You dont go driving a motorcycle hundred of kilometers/miles with a bullet still stuck in your chest.
I am considering rating this series on the same level as Iron Fist. Not sure if to be above or below. I guess below is impossible. So let's say its halve a step better than Iron First. Although the storyline of Iron Fist at least made sense (mostly). Hm.
Anyway. It's poo. Dont bother. There's much better stuff out there than this s h i t.
Easily the best Star Wars tv show, even after only 3 episodes. A Star Wars show that actually has nuance??!?
Having continued to watch weekly, here's just a bit of why it's so good: Dialogue that treats its audience as intelligent, writing and themes that actually address what Empire and Rebellion really mean, side characters who immediately make an impression even with limited screen time, incredible set design that feels real rather than CGI, spy thriller intensity bubbling underneath every scene, imbuing TIE fighters and stormtroopers with actual menace, new nuggets of interesting worldbuilding, emotional scenes between interesting characters, and some of the best set-pieces of Star Wars TV (episodes 3 & 6 in particular). It's Star Wars for adults, not in the sense of gore, violence, or sex, but in the sense of nuance, complexity, and weighty themes. It's astounding that Star Wars can be this good, especially since all their recent shows and films have been lackluster copies of past highs.
Art is subjective of course, you can like what you like, but these are just some of the reasons that this show is getting as much praise as it has been. I think Star Wars is a setting, a feeling, and it can sustain different types of genres and themes. It can be light-hearted action-adventure, and that's fine if that's what you want it to be, but this show proves that it can do other things. Star Wars can keep expanding into numerous different genres if it's done with the care and thought that this show has been given.
Just binged the entire thing, I liked it personally and think they did a great job.
Hopefully it won't randomly crash to the TV's home screen while watching.
Standard junkTV -- something to have queued up on the DVR for when you're extremely bored or want something playing in the background when doing something else. An endless chase as a predictable conspiracy unfolds. When the series gets cancelled (shouldn't take long), the chasing will abruptly end, unresolved.
I love this show! I would really like to congratulate to Scott Ryan for making this. Both writing and acting are awesome.
For me it's a sick combination of Breaking Bad, The Hitman video games and Louie (2010). This last example is because it's also written by the actor himself and the main character is also a bit lowlife and antisocial. But Ray also kicks ass and funny.
Because of this show I actually started to enjoy Australian accent! It makes it even more interesting. Yeah, mate! :)
Words are stronger than actions. That expression depicts this show perfectly. For a show with zero action (not a hyperbole, I assure you) and all dialogue, I found myself more glued to the screen than with any other show in the last few years. The casting was spot-on, characters are charismatic, the interviews are mesmerising, the dialogue is compelling... Above all, the writing is stellar. This is one of those shows that comes once in a lifetime.
Easily one of my favourite shows of 2017. Highly recommended!
Why is there no hype around this show? It is amazing. A drama around the genesis of criminal psychology, a subject that many of today's shows are based on. Never found a slow moment, hooked from the beginning. Tons of details surrounding every encounter.
The first three episodes or so are mostly ideology and dialogue between the agents, but once the interviews begin things take off and continue to build momentum. There is definitely a second season coming to this one and I can't wait.
I just finished bingeing Mindhunter as well and really enjoyed it like many others here. The show definitely had the whole David-Fincher-Zodiac-vibe going along with it (for obvious reasons), and I really enjoyed the pace of it all. The incarcerated killers were brilliantly acted with the portrayal of the killer Ed Kempfer as the star of it all. I really loved getting into the psychology of "serial killers" especially during a time when the field and knowledge around "serial killers" wasn't even really established or properly understood yet. Each different killer gave off their own unique and distinct vibe (with no copying of Hannibal Lecter), which only further added to the excitement in the show.
The first episode is pretty slow and doesn't give you a great sense of where the show is going, but the series really starts to take off in the second episode and I couldn't stop myself after that. Please give me a second season ASAP!
Really great series. Very solid acting, interesting plotlines and characters with much depth. I like that it's not just a 'bad guy of the week' series. How the different storylines affect eachother and both their professional and personal lives is very nicely done.
Don't expect action or a lot of exciting scenes. You can feel the tension underneath! Just great!
This comes highly recommended!
Whomever marked this as 'Weak Sauce' has had a sense-of-humour bypass. One of the greatest comedy characters ever.
Absolutely fantastic show, would really recommend watching!
