Talamasca: The Secret Order

I'm not sure how many words i have to write for this to qualify, i merely wished to say and it's rare i write imdb reviews despite being an Amazon Vine product tester who writes many..

This is quite a genuine outing.. it holds a significance that many genres of this 'trope' lack.

It is well introduced and sustains all components.

Don't pass it by, watch the first episode and draw your own conclusion.

It would have been more compelling to have the original characters from the novels in this series. I've read she sold 100 million books so there are fans that complain about essential people being completely left out of the story. To me that was a mistake as most people who are interested in the series read the books. I read them because of the way Anne wrote history and how she intertwined world events throughout the series. I will keep watching though, it's not bad.

I'm halfway through the second episode, so grain of salt. I'll change my review after watching a few more episodes, but I suspect it won't find its feet enough to improve much. I haven't read Rice (not this series, anyway) so I'm coming in without having read -- or watched -- anything but the original Pitt/Cruise Interview. First, the writing is just not very good. The premise isn't very original (maybe it was when Rice wrote it?) but that's okay as it's still pretty rich and this show holds so much promise. So why isn't the writing better? They say painfully obvious things, hold back information annoyingly but unnecessarily, and it's bad enough that the actors are struggling with it. Denton is chewing up the scenery and responding to situations so inconsistently and inappropriately that his acting alone was almost enough to get me to stop watching. It may not be his fault, IDK. And please, do something with his hair, he's not 12 (or James Blunt) and it's 2025.

If the writing shores itself up and Denton gets better direction, maybe it'll attain its promise. Crossing my fingers, but not betting on it.

Watched the 3rd episode. Too much angst, too much explication, not enough movement. The tension is forced and it gets pretty boring.

I've been taken in by the new portrayal of Lestat on television, so much so that I found myself diving into every bit of Anne Rice's world I could get my hands on, even wandering into "Mayfair Witches." The "Interview with the Vampire" seasons have held up beautifully, while "Mayfair Witches" never quite found the same footing, yet the idea of the Talamasca kept tugging at me, and I was ready for this new series the moment word of it surfaced. It opens with a kind of quiet intrigue that pulls you along, although the middle stretch slows to a crawl, making you sit in the shadows longer than necessary. Elizabeth McGovern brings confidence that's effortless and undeniable, and Nicholas Denton, playing the central male role, surprised me with a presence that sneaks up on you, his delivery carrying a rhythm that makes even the simplest line feel loaded. For a while the whole thing seems to lose its sense of direction, drifting toward a place where you start to wonder if it can still find its footing, but the final episode pulls back the curtain just enough to make you rethink the journey. Whether those late pivots are enough will depend on how much the idea of the Talamasca speaks to you, and how willing you are to hold on until the very end.

Was really hoping for something intriguing and enjoyable but the main character, who's supposed to be bright, isn't. Kept thinking about the writers conference where someone threw out the idea that they should make a series with Napoleon Dynamite and vampires. Will give it one more episode before giving up completely.