peteeeed wrote: » https://twitter.com/rottentomatoes/status/1023661690146045952?s=21
blazard wrote: » and not subtitled which was a pleasant plus.
Nancy Scarce Pronoun wrote: » It's in English?
blazard wrote: » the rain on netflix is worth a watch if u like dystopian what if films. and not subtitled which was a pleasant plus.
Kermit.de.frog wrote: » Completed S2. Watchable but by no means great or memorable. What irritated me most is that there are literally NO surprises here pretty much throughout. Whatever way they have filmed it every time a character is about to get whacked you know it's coming 10 minutes in advance...even though it's clearly intended to be a shock. Very clumsy. Also feels like you have seen it all before. Nothing new or original here. There are some funny quips but it's just boring. Biggest indictment for me of the whole series is the fact I did not remember a thing from S1 prior to starting S2 and had to go through a big recap in advance. The whole thing is easily forgettable.
ButtersSuki wrote: » Finished it this week. It was grand; not amazing but certainly not crap either. I find the pacing uneven, going from slow and detailed to very rushed - and often in the same episode - One week Marty has $8m to launder, the next it's the last run? Come on. . I also find Peter Mullen's accent all over the place and inconsistent and they do that thing where in a lot of his scenes his back is to camera to hide this (this may be just me spotting this?) and likewise with Del his accent slips from Mexican to full on Yank at times . What made Breaking Bad great was the attention to detail (even if that was subsequently debunked as being inaccurate on shows like Mythbusters etc., and I don't think this has it). I'm not asking for a "Dummy's Guide to Laundering Mexican Cartel Money", but it would help if more detail was provided on the efforts Marty has to go through to launder this cash. A good summer at a sh*tty bar & motel and a strip joint isn't washing $8m. Bateman, Linney (don't get the criticism, she's almost always excellent) and Mullen (accent aside) deliver from an acting perspective, but some of the supporting actors aren't as good for me. The show started and ended strongly, but some of the middle episodes were, for me, not great. I seriously considered not finishing it at one stage but I'm so OCD with TV and books that I honestly can't not finish something if I start it. Had it been better thought out with more attention to detail and paced more consistently (slower) I think it would have been a lot better. The ending was a bit bizarre killing Del and Mullen just talking about it as if it'll be grand and if not we'll deal with the cartel - yeah right! but it will be interesting to see where they take it for season 2 and beyond (if they do that).
