When I first saw the preview for this it looked amazing. An original take with directors at the helm, whom when they're good, they're great. The main issue I took in the show walking away from the pilot, it that it's disjointed and ham fisted.
Secondary characters seem only to be there to heavily set up the preconceptions of the movies world (maybe our own? but this doesn't really represent our own.) The hospital that has a policy on not helping dying kids if it's a gunshot? The cop basically saying "just leave him there to die, because your dad was killed by on of 'them'" and the heavy handed "what if he lives and kills someone else, a cop perhaps?" Just all feel like being hit over the head with the story.
The South Korean woman who rises to the rank of essentially co- running a major company who's treated in the typical "go make me a sammich" fashion.
The Lesbian couple that faces every gay stereotype known to man in the first 10 mins they're on screen. With a heavy helping of The L Word thrown in for whatever measure.
The writing was blocky, the script felt unpolished, and just left me feeling disappointed. I know this has been a hit with some people, and especially the LGBT community, and that's good. Honestly. But personally, I only have issues with the script, the filming, and the horrible acting on the part of secondary characters.
Secondary characters seem only to be there to heavily set up the preconceptions of the movies world (maybe our own? but this doesn't really represent our own.) The hospital that has a policy on not helping dying kids if it's a gunshot? The cop basically saying "just leave him there to die, because your dad was killed by on of 'them'" and the heavy handed "what if he lives and kills someone else, a cop perhaps?" Just all feel like being hit over the head with the story.
The South Korean woman who rises to the rank of essentially co- running a major company who's treated in the typical "go make me a sammich" fashion.
The Lesbian couple that faces every gay stereotype known to man in the first 10 mins they're on screen. With a heavy helping of The L Word thrown in for whatever measure.
The writing was blocky, the script felt unpolished, and just left me feeling disappointed. I know this has been a hit with some people, and especially the LGBT community, and that's good. Honestly. But personally, I only have issues with the script, the filming, and the horrible acting on the part of secondary characters.