Submitted by SpongeJake t3_yebx2h in television
I like Jack Carr’s books, and am a fan of that genre in general. So expectations going into the series were high.
I can’t speak to how closely the book matched the series but I’m guessing it’s probably close, particularly as Carr was involved in the making of the series.
The first episode starts off with a few horrific scenes, all designed to bring our hero (Pratt) to the point of vengeance.
After that, every episode gets darker than the rest. And just when you think all is well and maybe you can get some uplifting relief, it gets even darker.
It’s unrelenting, and it sucks all the joy out of even wanting to watch it. By the time the sixth episode came around, I was ready to quit. I only kept going because the characters were compelling enough (and well-acted) to make me care about what happens. But man - it’s just awful.
There were a couple of episodes that seemed unnecessary, such as the one where our hero was fleeing a manhunt through the woods and hills. There was unrelenting pain, unrelenting nightmare (not in a good way) and it didn’t really add anything to the overall plot.
It’s labelled as “Season 1” so there’s a slim chance there might be another season. If so, I won’t be watching.
Maybe I’ll stick to that genre’s books from now on.
What did you guys think?
VampireHunterAlex t1_itxc5t2 wrote
Why does this keep happening with shows, especially ones with such high budgets? I read an article the other day from some guy behind GOT, and he said those dark scenes are perfectly fine on his Home Screen, and that there’s just so many variables in type & settings on modern TVs. But you’d think then they would do lighting tests before full production even begins, and have like a master tv room where they can run scenarios on test footage.
This should not be as large of an issue this far into the streaming era.