I never review something before a season is up, but the negative reviews were almost laughably unreasonable; and they failed to acknowledge that this is an adaptation of Blake Crouch's book, by Blake Crouch himself. So far, it is almost pitch perfect to the book. I have frankly never seen an adaptation so true to the source.
If you loved the book like I did, then so far so good. Solid acting from the leads. Edgerton and Connelly are superb. Simpson is great.
There's a real status-shift that each character has compared to their other-dimensional ones, and the show really brings this to life in a way I couldn't quite conjure in the book. Crouch is not terribly descriptive with his character development in the book, but he does a great job differentiating everyone on screen.
For example, Jason the burnt out professor vs. Jason the famous scientist; Daniela the mom and gallery owner vs. Daniela the famous artist; Ryan the prestigious up-and-coming scientist vs. Ryan the overweight, insecure underling.
Read the book, it's great. And so far the show is, too.
Will update when S1 wraps.
If you loved the book like I did, then so far so good. Solid acting from the leads. Edgerton and Connelly are superb. Simpson is great.
There's a real status-shift that each character has compared to their other-dimensional ones, and the show really brings this to life in a way I couldn't quite conjure in the book. Crouch is not terribly descriptive with his character development in the book, but he does a great job differentiating everyone on screen.
For example, Jason the burnt out professor vs. Jason the famous scientist; Daniela the mom and gallery owner vs. Daniela the famous artist; Ryan the prestigious up-and-coming scientist vs. Ryan the overweight, insecure underling.
Read the book, it's great. And so far the show is, too.
Will update when S1 wraps.