I'm not sure if "enjoyable"' is the right word for this series yet, since so much is still unknown, and so many of the characters and stories are still almost completely undeveloped, but it is interesting, I guess. But what puzzles me is not what is in the series so far, but what is not: the music. Did they run out of money for a proper soundtrack with proper music? A big part of the mood and appeal of the original series was the almost perfect use of both an atmospheric, haunting score with some quirky, funky, jazz and swing music to set the various scenes. Here, we get the occasional atmospheric, moody background noise, and . . . nothing else, just silence. Painful, awkward silence in scene after scene. Even scenes meant to be darkly funny instead come off as just painful, awkward, and unfunny because they are completely silent -- no backing music at all. Nothing to set the mood. Nothing to punctuate the humor. Just awkward, boring silence in scene after scene. I don't need constant musical cues, but the absolute silence in scene after scene thus far has gone beyond interesting or unsettling to just plain empty and boring. Given the phenomenal use of music in the original series, this is a puzzling choice. Did they not have the budget this time around? Did someone forget to add the music during post-production? There's good weird, and then there's just weird. The lack of music is the latter.
Review of Part 5
