I really liked the first season and I wish there was a way to rate seasons separately on IMDB.
Here's what I wrote in my review of the first season:
Hadn't heard a peep about this show, I watched it just by chance. It's good!
The acting is pretty good throughout (with some exceptions) and the story is quite intriguing. The flashbacks are more interesting than the modern day story line. The score, and in particular the vocal or choral parts, is outstanding.
However, the dialogue leaves much to be desired. One example is shortly after one character discovers a desiccated corpse and says "Something bad happened here". What gave it away?? This actually made me laugh since it was almost exactly like when Forrest Whitaker discovered a bloody, gruesome murder scene in Species (1995) and has the same obvious moronic observation.
Unfortunately the show falls into the mystery trap when present day characters talk to each other and say something along the lines "because of what we did out there" which happens numerous times. I understand why the writer chose to phrase it this way since they want it to be a mystery (and possibly because the showrunners still don't exactly know yet). The problem is that it makes no sense for the characters to talk this way when they're only speaking with each other, it's only for the audience.
I have a sneaking suspicion that this show would have benefited from being a single season show with a proper ending, because it's already starting to drag a little. But I'm happy if they prove me wrong with season 2. Let's just hope this doesn't turn into another Wayward Pines.
Rating: 8
Review of the second season:
Well, it turns out my suspicion was bang on target. The tempo slows down even more. Oh how I hate the ridiculous "slow burn" fad, which is on par with the shaky-cam fad in the early 00's. Just because something moves along at a glacial pace does not necessarily make it more profound.
More mysteries are introduced and none are solved. Also new characters, even ones supposedly in the plane crash although they weren't in season 1. Echoes of Lost abound.
The show has in part devolved into farce. The side plot with the police investigation is a dud, especially due to the performance of the new cop.
The acting overall is even more broad, sometimes bordering on camp, in particular Juliette Lewis and Christina Ricci. The one part I found the most interesting were the scenes between Shauna and dead Jackie.
Such a shame. I can't say I particularly look forward to season 3. AT any rate, let's hope it ends there.
Rating: 5.
Here's what I wrote in my review of the first season:
Hadn't heard a peep about this show, I watched it just by chance. It's good!
The acting is pretty good throughout (with some exceptions) and the story is quite intriguing. The flashbacks are more interesting than the modern day story line. The score, and in particular the vocal or choral parts, is outstanding.
However, the dialogue leaves much to be desired. One example is shortly after one character discovers a desiccated corpse and says "Something bad happened here". What gave it away?? This actually made me laugh since it was almost exactly like when Forrest Whitaker discovered a bloody, gruesome murder scene in Species (1995) and has the same obvious moronic observation.
Unfortunately the show falls into the mystery trap when present day characters talk to each other and say something along the lines "because of what we did out there" which happens numerous times. I understand why the writer chose to phrase it this way since they want it to be a mystery (and possibly because the showrunners still don't exactly know yet). The problem is that it makes no sense for the characters to talk this way when they're only speaking with each other, it's only for the audience.
I have a sneaking suspicion that this show would have benefited from being a single season show with a proper ending, because it's already starting to drag a little. But I'm happy if they prove me wrong with season 2. Let's just hope this doesn't turn into another Wayward Pines.
Rating: 8
Review of the second season:
Well, it turns out my suspicion was bang on target. The tempo slows down even more. Oh how I hate the ridiculous "slow burn" fad, which is on par with the shaky-cam fad in the early 00's. Just because something moves along at a glacial pace does not necessarily make it more profound.
More mysteries are introduced and none are solved. Also new characters, even ones supposedly in the plane crash although they weren't in season 1. Echoes of Lost abound.
The show has in part devolved into farce. The side plot with the police investigation is a dud, especially due to the performance of the new cop.
The acting overall is even more broad, sometimes bordering on camp, in particular Juliette Lewis and Christina Ricci. The one part I found the most interesting were the scenes between Shauna and dead Jackie.
Such a shame. I can't say I particularly look forward to season 3. AT any rate, let's hope it ends there.
Rating: 5.