I really apologise for not being one of the adoring mass but the final episode disappointed. This is probably going to sound harsh to most and I really apologise for that. This is an absolutely brilliant series. This is the best TV I have ever watched. Ever. But...
By the time the end *finally* got there to be honest I was over it.
What started out as a great series, full of promise, the tangent it was on seemed to point higher than it ended up and I mean from a story and directorial perspectives. Sorry - but the reasoning behind the creators having their creations kill them doesn't ring true for me. I felt these were complications engineered to make it 'smart' but it just doesn't resonate with me. It's done to keep the 'keep-you-guessing-factor" high but in the end is over done. It's just trying to be too clever by half and fails in the overreach. And I wish with every fibre it didn't because I love it. LOVE it. But how many times do we watch scenes where just enough is revealed to keep us interested but doesn't move the plot forward at all. At finding out William was the guy in the black hat did surprise me but then again it didn't wow me enough for the investment made in the dual storyline. When you break it down the plot is actually quite simple. The storytelling didn't feel focused and formed well enough to convey the actual story.
I was really a big fan up to the ending.
It's not that I expected more - it's that I expected the story to better told. Too much filler. Too many overlapping / repeat scenes or repeated scene types that don't extend or flesh out concepts enough for the end episode to be worth an hour and a half. By about an hour in it felt like - when is this thing going to end? - really spoiling the investment made in watching all the other episodes and the promise it had. In the end I think too many liberties were taken with viewers time and investment. I hope they find a better way to drive it next season and when they do LOOK OUT! This will be the hottest, slickest, mind laser ever. They'll probably make you check your health insurance before watching... :)
By the time the end *finally* got there to be honest I was over it.
What started out as a great series, full of promise, the tangent it was on seemed to point higher than it ended up and I mean from a story and directorial perspectives. Sorry - but the reasoning behind the creators having their creations kill them doesn't ring true for me. I felt these were complications engineered to make it 'smart' but it just doesn't resonate with me. It's done to keep the 'keep-you-guessing-factor" high but in the end is over done. It's just trying to be too clever by half and fails in the overreach. And I wish with every fibre it didn't because I love it. LOVE it. But how many times do we watch scenes where just enough is revealed to keep us interested but doesn't move the plot forward at all. At finding out William was the guy in the black hat did surprise me but then again it didn't wow me enough for the investment made in the dual storyline. When you break it down the plot is actually quite simple. The storytelling didn't feel focused and formed well enough to convey the actual story.
I was really a big fan up to the ending.
It's not that I expected more - it's that I expected the story to better told. Too much filler. Too many overlapping / repeat scenes or repeated scene types that don't extend or flesh out concepts enough for the end episode to be worth an hour and a half. By about an hour in it felt like - when is this thing going to end? - really spoiling the investment made in watching all the other episodes and the promise it had. In the end I think too many liberties were taken with viewers time and investment. I hope they find a better way to drive it next season and when they do LOOK OUT! This will be the hottest, slickest, mind laser ever. They'll probably make you check your health insurance before watching... :)