dent-7
Joined Dec 2005
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dent-7's rating
Bit of a slow burn but I can't believe how many reviewers expect instant improvement in relationships with a teen within a couple of episodes.
I thought it was understated but realistic. Teenagers can be truly horrible people and step-family relationships are very complicated. In particular, the back story shows how this girl who has been the utter centre of her father's life, now finds herself coping with the displacement of a new love.
Yeah I'd figured out where some of the plot was heading by at least a couple of episodes before the reveal.
People complained about some slow "wandering around like dimwits" which is *exactly* what real people do. Memory is fragmentary, trying to trigger it is a slow process. Insight and evidence don't jump up with the pace you see on CSI whatever.
I also really believed in the ending.
I thought it was understated but realistic. Teenagers can be truly horrible people and step-family relationships are very complicated. In particular, the back story shows how this girl who has been the utter centre of her father's life, now finds herself coping with the displacement of a new love.
Yeah I'd figured out where some of the plot was heading by at least a couple of episodes before the reveal.
People complained about some slow "wandering around like dimwits" which is *exactly* what real people do. Memory is fragmentary, trying to trigger it is a slow process. Insight and evidence don't jump up with the pace you see on CSI whatever.
I also really believed in the ending.
I have been involved in the tech startup space for years and loved (finally?) seeing a non-lampooned character.
People who succeed in this space are often very smart, super-quick thinkers and tough characters. Rose was a perfect illustration of this.
The scenes where Farr is berating much bigger men are great - worth watching again to appreciate how the camera pulls back to see the projection of her anger.
As a long-time martial artist, I thought the fight scenes were well also very well done. We didn't see the shaky-cam that's made some of the Bourne movies so annoying.
Much of the series is framed with moral ambiguity. How do you know you're on the right side of something? Does a simplistic moral viewpoint mean you let the country down?
The pace was engaging. It could maybe have been tightened down to 8 episodes but I didn't feel it was dragged out. (My wife, who's not much of a fan of this genre, thought it was a bit long).
People who succeed in this space are often very smart, super-quick thinkers and tough characters. Rose was a perfect illustration of this.
The scenes where Farr is berating much bigger men are great - worth watching again to appreciate how the camera pulls back to see the projection of her anger.
As a long-time martial artist, I thought the fight scenes were well also very well done. We didn't see the shaky-cam that's made some of the Bourne movies so annoying.
Much of the series is framed with moral ambiguity. How do you know you're on the right side of something? Does a simplistic moral viewpoint mean you let the country down?
The pace was engaging. It could maybe have been tightened down to 8 episodes but I didn't feel it was dragged out. (My wife, who's not much of a fan of this genre, thought it was a bit long).
I like thoughtful SF and didn't mind the slow pace, although my wife gave up on it.
The mining people and differences with management are spot-on (years in mining companies). The engineering manager with difficulty relating to family and labouring over public speaking was very plausible.
Sub-plot with autistic child was clichéd and where I started having doubts.
The ending contains some plain silly stuff which spoiled the entire show for me.
The mining people and differences with management are spot-on (years in mining companies). The engineering manager with difficulty relating to family and labouring over public speaking was very plausible.
Sub-plot with autistic child was clichéd and where I started having doubts.
The ending contains some plain silly stuff which spoiled the entire show for me.
