diasdelasombra
i love a good positive review as much as anyone but there's nothing i enjoy more than a good critic defenestrating a bad product. if i were a part of anything that deserved a review as scathing as this piece from linda codega i would simply find work in a different field. and just from what i saw in the trailers, i have no doubt that linda's qualifiers are justified. some highlights:
"unambitious" "tragically unsexy" "dreary" "bland" "a pale interpretation" "doesn’t seem to know what to do with the unsavory bits of its source material" "terrifyingly banal" "watery" "aimless" "unfortunate" "how shallow Rowan’s puddle of personality is" "frustrating"" "curtailed ambition" "self important without justification." "little history or depth" "standard" "nothing remarkable" "uninspired" "pallid" "without ambition or direction."
and:
"There is little style to the show, it lacks language. The conversations are utilitarian, the lighting is bleak, the costumes are off the rack, the horror is mundane, and the sex is missionary." "It recoils from the truly taboo and horrific, resolves emotional hooks within thirty minutes of baiting them, as if afraid of the audience’s recall, and refuses to widen its scope too far beyond its main character."
not sure i'll be tuning in to watch this mess unfold but i look forward to the weekly coverage from @lincodega. go read the full review here.