codymurphy27
Joined Jun 2014
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The Bear thrives on its authentic interactions between its characters, which are mostly well fleshed out and interesting. The problem is, nothing happens. Whats happened so far in 4 seasons could easily have taken place in 2.
The show largely isn't predictable and doesn't follow common tropes, which you have to commend. But after 4 seasons, I'm still waiting for some kind of payoff that hasn't taken place. We mustn't boil down all television and film to delivering shocks and twists, but I need a little more meat on the bones than this.
The show would be much better without any of the Fak characters. The show is like a pizza, and they are the pineapple.
The show largely isn't predictable and doesn't follow common tropes, which you have to commend. But after 4 seasons, I'm still waiting for some kind of payoff that hasn't taken place. We mustn't boil down all television and film to delivering shocks and twists, but I need a little more meat on the bones than this.
The show would be much better without any of the Fak characters. The show is like a pizza, and they are the pineapple.
Fans of the original show will get enjoyment out of this, the same way someone who eats McDonalds every day enjoys their Big Mac. Plenty of call backs to the original show, and it keeps a similar vibe. Using the original soundtrack (the best part of the original show) was a nice touch, even if the dramatic revelation cue was used too often. Dexter feels very authentic, Deb a bit over the top but nails being an insufferable teenager. The acting is adequate enough.
However, they took far too much creative license with this and dramatically altered important plot details from the original storyline. That, however, doesn't reflect on the show's quality when you look at it on its own, which I find is maybe even a little worse than the original, which had plenty of its own glaring issues. Jarring tonal shifts, playing very fast and loose with timelines, perhaps being guilty of just how far behind us 1991 is and world building details surrounding that. But then, when we've eaten up all the Dexter content to this point, why would they suddenly aim for true prestige status with this?
However, they took far too much creative license with this and dramatically altered important plot details from the original storyline. That, however, doesn't reflect on the show's quality when you look at it on its own, which I find is maybe even a little worse than the original, which had plenty of its own glaring issues. Jarring tonal shifts, playing very fast and loose with timelines, perhaps being guilty of just how far behind us 1991 is and world building details surrounding that. But then, when we've eaten up all the Dexter content to this point, why would they suddenly aim for true prestige status with this?
