sir_brettley

So many shows start out well, but then it becomes obvious that the writers are just winging it and have no cohesive long-term plan for the show. I'm not sure why more shows don't insist on having long-term outlines just in case it's a hit and runs for season after season. Aside from situation comedies, most shows can't survive without some sort of long-term vision.

Like Lost, this series has started to meander all over the place. Contrivances for keeping the younger versions lost in the wilderness become more bizarre, and this is matched by the behaviors of adults in the present time.

Watch season 1 and then get on with your life. You'll regret the time you spend watching the other seasons.

So boring...so slow...zzzzz.

The Dune novels tell a fantastic story about prophecy, mysticism, and intrigue. The original books weave a complex story involving several competing factions.

Knowing that, and having all that source material to work from, why would you deviate from it and create a slow-moving Hollywood bastardization of it?

Viewers are caught in a Catch-22. You have to have read the books to fully understand what's going on in this series because of how little plot development there is, but if you've read the books you realize how tragically inept and shallow the series is.

It makes me wonder if the people behind the series have actually read the books. Or worse, read the books and thought they could tell the story better.

I guess it's a good thing that they didn't just reboot House, but this is the next worse thing.

The story is the same: brilliant, but flawed doctor uses unconventional methods to diagnose illnesses. Throw in some politically correct intersections (he's gay) that don't forward any plots and you have Brilliant Minds.

You could overlook that if, like House, they had some really unique illness to keep you interested, but so far the stories have been pedestrian and the plot plodding. Continuity is also an issue as we're told that the protagonist suffers from "Face Blindness", yet doesn't seem to have trouble recognizing people when he sees them.

So it's not terrible, but it's not really good, either. Yet?