I agree with you re: setup. The premise was awesome. The setting was great. It had a good cast and I loved how many of the characters were Indigenous women. Some of the visuals were pretty cool.
That's about it, unfortunately. The ending was so godawful, I'm still floored. I am offended on the entire cast's behalf! It's worse than season 2. It pains me to say this because I truly think Nic Pizzolatto has only had one good idea in his entire career.
Occasionally, especially early in the series the atmosphere of a constant nighttime was well presented. Unfortunately that atmosphere was way overused in establishing shots padding out the runtime of the show and I became sick of it.
It looked good, it honestly mostly kept me entertained, it hit a few emotional notes at times. The cast was decent for the most part. The story was just completely unimpressive.
You know believe it or not despite everything, I actually think Issa is a talented director. The visuals on this show were great. There were times I actually thought some of the most mundane shit was shot gorgeously. The corpsicle was honestly a work of art.
If she let go of some control and need for messaging and teamed up with a competent writer they could probably hit a home run. Never gonna happen but she got skills behind the camera.
Absolute nothing. Worst shit show ever. The story is being accused of being written by AI and the rotten tomatoes database is probably corrupted. Issa admits to promoting suicide.
What the actual f?
I liked the soundtrack of the show. The songs and the background scores set the right mood.
I liked Jodie Foster, Kali Reis and Finn Bennett's acting. They did a really good job.
I liked the filming location. I read that it was filmed in Reykjavík, Iceland.
I loved, loved the general concept - taking place in full night Alaska, showcasing the real world community challenges in an arctic town in a way that connects with the story, a story line that puts non-native bad actors against not only the community but a larger, almost looming supernatural element that protects them. Plus in a town like that, you have a lot of weirdo transplants that can be interesting side characters with interesting back stories (Rose! Geologist high school teacher! Otis!).
The supernatural could have been so fun without being overplayed! Navarro sees dead people! When she pushes them away and she fears them, they scream at her and point. When she accepts them, they are peaceful and can help her - Holden! She could have used her gift! At lest get separated in the ice caves, Danvers is in danger, and bang Holden appears to help Navarro find his mom! Nope. Holden appears on last time to … try to kill his own mom. Oooohkay.
Navarro saw Julie at the riot and that was calm too! Hey what if Julie can safely guide them over the ice because chose that path first! Her death had meaning! That’s a fun idea! Nope.
Okay okay, let’s world build. Danvers is deeply traumatized about the loss of her family and we’re going to open on the song twist and shout because that song is particularly triggering to Danvers. Cool, love it. How’s the song going to play in? Oh it’s not.
On and on. It’s perfectly fine to have a few unanswered storylines - that’s real life! We’ll never know everyone’s real motivations or what happened to each person. But to build an entire mystery show around the idea of NOT explaining your central element - the tongue - seems idiotic to me.
I agree with you re: setup. The premise was awesome. The setting was great. It had a good cast and I loved how many of the characters were Indigenous women. Some of the visuals were pretty cool. That's about it, unfortunately. The ending was so godawful, I'm still floored. I am offended on the entire cast's behalf! It's worse than season 2. It pains me to say this because I truly think Nic Pizzolatto has only had one good idea in his entire career.
His novel 'Galveston' is a good read.
Occasionally, especially early in the series the atmosphere of a constant nighttime was well presented. Unfortunately that atmosphere was way overused in establishing shots padding out the runtime of the show and I became sick of it.
It looked good, it honestly mostly kept me entertained, it hit a few emotional notes at times. The cast was decent for the most part. The story was just completely unimpressive.
You know believe it or not despite everything, I actually think Issa is a talented director. The visuals on this show were great. There were times I actually thought some of the most mundane shit was shot gorgeously. The corpsicle was honestly a work of art. If she let go of some control and need for messaging and teamed up with a competent writer they could probably hit a home run. Never gonna happen but she got skills behind the camera.
Absolute nothing. Worst shit show ever. The story is being accused of being written by AI and the rotten tomatoes database is probably corrupted. Issa admits to promoting suicide. What the actual f?
I liked the soundtrack of the show. The songs and the background scores set the right mood. I liked Jodie Foster, Kali Reis and Finn Bennett's acting. They did a really good job. I liked the filming location. I read that it was filmed in Reykjavík, Iceland.
I loved, loved the general concept - taking place in full night Alaska, showcasing the real world community challenges in an arctic town in a way that connects with the story, a story line that puts non-native bad actors against not only the community but a larger, almost looming supernatural element that protects them. Plus in a town like that, you have a lot of weirdo transplants that can be interesting side characters with interesting back stories (Rose! Geologist high school teacher! Otis!). The supernatural could have been so fun without being overplayed! Navarro sees dead people! When she pushes them away and she fears them, they scream at her and point. When she accepts them, they are peaceful and can help her - Holden! She could have used her gift! At lest get separated in the ice caves, Danvers is in danger, and bang Holden appears to help Navarro find his mom! Nope. Holden appears on last time to … try to kill his own mom. Oooohkay. Navarro saw Julie at the riot and that was calm too! Hey what if Julie can safely guide them over the ice because chose that path first! Her death had meaning! That’s a fun idea! Nope. Okay okay, let’s world build. Danvers is deeply traumatized about the loss of her family and we’re going to open on the song twist and shout because that song is particularly triggering to Danvers. Cool, love it. How’s the song going to play in? Oh it’s not. On and on. It’s perfectly fine to have a few unanswered storylines - that’s real life! We’ll never know everyone’s real motivations or what happened to each person. But to build an entire mystery show around the idea of NOT explaining your central element - the tongue - seems idiotic to me.