I didn't read the book but got hooked on the pilot about an eco disaster and some sort of animal/nature revenge on mankind. As others have pointed out, it does start off slow and I was fine with that and I had it on in the background while doing other things.
There is just so much filler, downtime, pointless scenes in this that even this was ok with me as I mostly watched when something interesting was happening and treated this as a podcast with benefits of some visuals.
I didn't find any of the actors that bad really, it's just that the writing isn't that great and they're doing the best with what they have. Music was ok mostly, as were the special effects when needed. The production was decent with a good film crew and locations and the ship rentals have got to be substantial.
So why the low rating? Well, I was expecting some sort of intriguing climax to the story and it just meanders along like a lost snail. The ending is disappointing. With all the time, effort and a large cast of characters surely someone could have pointed out that perhaps they need to work on that a bit more.
You can't have a series like this, span 8 episodes of 45mins each, slowly building and building and then just abruptly stop filming one day because you run out of ideas or possibly money. For a long as this is, a 2 minute ending is embarrassing, and had I known beforehand I'd never have started.
Hopefully this helps others. Some rewriting, editing it down to 4 episodes or a movie and chock on a decent ending and this becomes a hit. 3/10 as I feel cheated out of my time.
There is just so much filler, downtime, pointless scenes in this that even this was ok with me as I mostly watched when something interesting was happening and treated this as a podcast with benefits of some visuals.
I didn't find any of the actors that bad really, it's just that the writing isn't that great and they're doing the best with what they have. Music was ok mostly, as were the special effects when needed. The production was decent with a good film crew and locations and the ship rentals have got to be substantial.
So why the low rating? Well, I was expecting some sort of intriguing climax to the story and it just meanders along like a lost snail. The ending is disappointing. With all the time, effort and a large cast of characters surely someone could have pointed out that perhaps they need to work on that a bit more.
You can't have a series like this, span 8 episodes of 45mins each, slowly building and building and then just abruptly stop filming one day because you run out of ideas or possibly money. For a long as this is, a 2 minute ending is embarrassing, and had I known beforehand I'd never have started.
Hopefully this helps others. Some rewriting, editing it down to 4 episodes or a movie and chock on a decent ending and this becomes a hit. 3/10 as I feel cheated out of my time.