I'm impressed. This has a nice subtle slightly modernizated gothic feel to it. The strains of Bauhaus's Bela Lugosi's Dead filtering through the background during Lucy's first ghost fight was excellent -- even if the song is about a vampire, not a ghost, it nicely sets the atmosphere of the show. The music in general for the first two episodes has been really good, also reflecting nicely the period the problem is in that they're trying to solve.
I read the reviews here before giving this a go, and I'm not sure what the complaint about the CGI technology was about after watching the first episode. Sure, it's low key and old school, but since this series (set of books) is about a society that has been stunted in the technology department because of "The Problem", low key and old school seems to fit the bill. I dunno, I'm not a big fan of most of the modern stuff as it's (over) used in movies, so the lack of, or quality of, CGI here, didn't take away from the story in my opinion. I felt the story and the actors were what was up front and center -- the CGI was only there to represent the usually unseen (aka the paranormal).
For the person who wanted more explanation as to why, what and where, well the intro credits do cover enough to give us the gist, and googling the term "The Problem" filled in the rest of the gaps for me at least.
Netflix, please do carry on -- you've got my attention. I've seen two episodes so far and am eager to continue. This is disturbingly fun.
I read the reviews here before giving this a go, and I'm not sure what the complaint about the CGI technology was about after watching the first episode. Sure, it's low key and old school, but since this series (set of books) is about a society that has been stunted in the technology department because of "The Problem", low key and old school seems to fit the bill. I dunno, I'm not a big fan of most of the modern stuff as it's (over) used in movies, so the lack of, or quality of, CGI here, didn't take away from the story in my opinion. I felt the story and the actors were what was up front and center -- the CGI was only there to represent the usually unseen (aka the paranormal).
For the person who wanted more explanation as to why, what and where, well the intro credits do cover enough to give us the gist, and googling the term "The Problem" filled in the rest of the gaps for me at least.
Netflix, please do carry on -- you've got my attention. I've seen two episodes so far and am eager to continue. This is disturbingly fun.
