That said, definitely the parts that hit the hardest are the emotional inter-character drama in the nonviolent scenes.
Absolutely. It’s a very good drama. And I don’t even mean to shit on the action scenes or the high fantasy, because they do that well, too.
The blue clone guys and they’re dynamic is a really compelling high concept with a lot of opportunity for both comic relief and dramatic dialogue.
But eventually this one good idea gets played out. You’ve got deadlines to hit and no more juice in the lemon. So you fill time by having someone punch people’s heads of for five or ten minutes.
I don’t think it’s a one trick pony of a show with ulta-violence as its one trick
I agree. I just found the violence excessive. And Aaron Paul’s character was emblematic of the turn to ultra-violence over the clever storytelling that helped launch the series.
Absolutely. It’s a very good drama. And I don’t even mean to shit on the action scenes or the high fantasy, because they do that well, too.
The blue clone guys and they’re dynamic is a really compelling high concept with a lot of opportunity for both comic relief and dramatic dialogue.
But eventually this one good idea gets played out. You’ve got deadlines to hit and no more juice in the lemon. So you fill time by having someone punch people’s heads of for five or ten minutes.
I agree. I just found the violence excessive. And Aaron Paul’s character was emblematic of the turn to ultra-violence over the clever storytelling that helped launch the series.