08-05-2020, 09:14 PM
(08-04-2020, 06:02 AM)Samulis Wrote: S04 really just didn't do it for me and I stopped about halfway through; it felt like a major drop in production values/budget (and I think it actually was to be fair).
Definitely agree with this. S04 was disappointing and felt more like a cookie-cutter sci-fi show, as mentioned in one of my previous comments. I'm really hoping they'll get their shit together again for S05 or I will likely bow out as well. While it's commendable that the producers at Amazon decided to bail the show out and continue making it, I'm not entirely sure they realized what they had on their hands, and what made previous seasons great.
(08-04-2020, 06:02 AM)Samulis Wrote: It just felt like they forced themselves to 'jump the shark' higher and higher in order to make any of it make sense and it didn't seem all that enjoyable. IMHO, it slowly declined from realistic space adventure to Marvel action movie, with characters becoming less dynamic/3D and more archetypal/2D with each season. Now, perhaps that's how the original book was written; I don't know, I've never read it.
Actually, I think it happens the same way in the books. With the Ring network and the Slow Zone and all that. But I'm guessing it's less rushed than in the show. I'm on S03 right now and it's a little jarring how the story suddenly jumps forward by like a year mid-season. The pacing is very off.
