I'll be honest, the opening set up worked so well for me that I was a bit let down when it settled into its status quo and started feeling more like a regular television show. But I've been trolling the internet for reactions and most people seemed to think the opposite, so Different strokes and all that. I'll let you know how I get on. :)
It's still more serialized than episodic and the whole thing is continually charming and dark and surprising and the season as a whole was really satisfying: I feel like they took on just the right amount of material. It is extremely trope-y, hence the Buffy-ish feeling, but that doesn't bother me in the slightest. It does it with aplomb. Cool. And yeah, it feels very confident. :)
ETA: is there anything quite as terrifying as Michelle Gomez playing a mousy, unassuming person? Color me unnerved. It was very strange, and we were wondering WHY was she behaving like a normal person and WHY WERE THEY KILLING HER??? And then... aaaah, now it makes sense. (Her death was hilarious! A+)
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Date: 28 Oct 2018 08:40 pm (UTC)Different strokes and all that. I'll let you know how I get on. :)
It's still more serialized than episodic and the whole thing is continually charming and dark and surprising and the season as a whole was really satisfying: I feel like they took on just the right amount of material. It is extremely trope-y, hence the Buffy-ish feeling, but that doesn't bother me in the slightest. It does it with aplomb.
Cool. And yeah, it feels very confident. :)
ETA: is there anything quite as terrifying as Michelle Gomez playing a mousy, unassuming person? Color me unnerved.
It was very strange, and we were wondering WHY was she behaving like a normal person and WHY WERE THEY KILLING HER??? And then... aaaah, now it makes sense. (Her death was hilarious! A+)