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migmitWatched "Shadow and Bone", season 1. Not going to continue.
My main problem is, why is it a series? They barely had enough material for a 2.5-hour long movie. And that's without cutting off unnecessary stuff. Everything about that girl with viking nazis can be safely removed without affecting the story at all. Genya doesn't affect the plot either. The fighting training is just one scene that leads to nowhere. The flashback tells us what we already know, plus a few superficial details we don't care about.
I keep saying this, but look at Buffy, episode 1 of season 1. It introduced a dozen of characters (quick head count: Buffy, Giles, Willow, Xander, Jessy, Cordelia, Angel, Joyce, Flutie, Darla, Luke, the Master), did some worldbuilding (not just do we learn who the slayer is, but also how vampires reproduce), showed the most important locations (the school, the Bronze, Buffy's home, the Master's cave), and had time for some pretty decent action sequences.
Plus, there are plenty of details that make no sense. Like, Jesper saving everybody by shooting at monsters? Why aren't there guns on this weird landship they use to cross the Fold? Sure, Jesper is the best, but surely you can put ten soldiers onboard and make them all shoot, so that one of them hits the target? And later Kaz just beats a monster with his cane; couldn't they do that as well?
They could've made a standalone movie, but invest heavily in plot, characters, and worldbuilding. Instead they made a long, sluggish show that falls apart as you watch it.
My main problem is, why is it a series? They barely had enough material for a 2.5-hour long movie. And that's without cutting off unnecessary stuff. Everything about that girl with viking nazis can be safely removed without affecting the story at all. Genya doesn't affect the plot either. The fighting training is just one scene that leads to nowhere. The flashback tells us what we already know, plus a few superficial details we don't care about.
I keep saying this, but look at Buffy, episode 1 of season 1. It introduced a dozen of characters (quick head count: Buffy, Giles, Willow, Xander, Jessy, Cordelia, Angel, Joyce, Flutie, Darla, Luke, the Master), did some worldbuilding (not just do we learn who the slayer is, but also how vampires reproduce), showed the most important locations (the school, the Bronze, Buffy's home, the Master's cave), and had time for some pretty decent action sequences.
Plus, there are plenty of details that make no sense. Like, Jesper saving everybody by shooting at monsters? Why aren't there guns on this weird landship they use to cross the Fold? Sure, Jesper is the best, but surely you can put ten soldiers onboard and make them all shoot, so that one of them hits the target? And later Kaz just beats a monster with his cane; couldn't they do that as well?
They could've made a standalone movie, but invest heavily in plot, characters, and worldbuilding. Instead they made a long, sluggish show that falls apart as you watch it.
