Is HBO's new show, The Leftovers, too poorly put together to be viewed by human eyes?
If you haven't seen the HBO show The Leftovers, then you can just read along about how terrible it is.
Here is the basic premise: About 2% of the world's population suddenly vanishes.
So far, so good, but here is where they lose me. There is a 2-year time skip before the main events of the show occur. THAT'S DUMB, because the characters all reach their boiling points TWO YEARS after the event (called the Rapture). It's as if everyone is finally ready to express how they feel long after the fact.
Imagine The Walking Dead if the incubation period for infection was two years, and no one gets prepared for the zombie apocalypse in the meantime (lame).
This show should have taken the "Under the Dome" approach; "event" happens, and everyone gradually goes mad under the circumstances.
Besides this egregious lack of story, there is also an amalgam of highly confusing side plots. Honestly, by the end of the first episode, the whole thing looks like a mash up of old Twilight Zone/Outer Limits episodes (is that how the show got its name?). But like many jumbled messes, this one stinks.
This goes to show, not all books can make it to the big a screen.
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TV studios are all trying to make the next "Lost". But this show and "The last ship" really Stink !!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely! "The Last Ship" started hot, but quickly fell into an over-done story style. It seems studios are also trying to capture the post-apocalyptic craze. The best, of course, is The Walking Dead!
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