memeweaver
Joined Jul 2011
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The dialogue in season one was never naturalistic, generally sounding like stage directions or information dumps. At least the story arc held interest.
Unfortunately the weaker story in season two means the painful dialogue dominates so it feels like a 1970s police procedural.
The poorly recreated Oxford Street seems to reuse the same bit of footpath from Kings Cross in Season One. There is no bend in the footpath in the dead straight stretch of Oxford Street west of Taylor Square.
Introducing fictional lead characters as antagonist (Naveen Andrews' character) is confusing in a series portraying such recent history.
Unfortunately the weaker story in season two means the painful dialogue dominates so it feels like a 1970s police procedural.
The poorly recreated Oxford Street seems to reuse the same bit of footpath from Kings Cross in Season One. There is no bend in the footpath in the dead straight stretch of Oxford Street west of Taylor Square.
Introducing fictional lead characters as antagonist (Naveen Andrews' character) is confusing in a series portraying such recent history.
Uneven plotting, poor character development and multiple infodumps leading to an unsatisfying ending that really resolves little. Multiple B plots and characters discarded on the way.
Having a lead character as a well intentioned idiot muddle his way through ten episodes of intermittent gore without really driving any action is simply poor writing. Female characters mostly relegated to polite frustration. Anything they achieve is simply overshadowed by an elusive character showing up and dumping information. You may as well be asking your phone what is going on at each stage.
Points given for attention to detail in SFX.
Having a lead character as a well intentioned idiot muddle his way through ten episodes of intermittent gore without really driving any action is simply poor writing. Female characters mostly relegated to polite frustration. Anything they achieve is simply overshadowed by an elusive character showing up and dumping information. You may as well be asking your phone what is going on at each stage.
Points given for attention to detail in SFX.
As much as I loved Season 1 of IWTV, the second season has raised every aspect of the show by several notches: acting, production design and above all: writing and direction.
It's such a pleasure to see such a fully realised world executed so well, and with real adult writing, rather than the perennial teen-age soap-opera that inflicts so much horror-themed TV.
The two Daniels must have worked closely to realise the synchrony of event and memory we see here. If there was one episode to re-watch this season (so far) then this would be it. I am only sad that Anne Rice did not live to see this masterful re-interpretation of her work.
It's such a pleasure to see such a fully realised world executed so well, and with real adult writing, rather than the perennial teen-age soap-opera that inflicts so much horror-themed TV.
The two Daniels must have worked closely to realise the synchrony of event and memory we see here. If there was one episode to re-watch this season (so far) then this would be it. I am only sad that Anne Rice did not live to see this masterful re-interpretation of her work.
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