[Anyong Bluth]

Originally Posted by Bambi

Very disappointing.

That being said it appears there simply isn't a reason to hire anyone outside of the Australian continent to do your cinematography. They're so ****ing good at it.

Nigel Bluck follows Adam Arkapaw who may be the best going at the moment. I'll watch the show just for these kind of shots alone...

I'm not even joking when I say that gorgeous cinematography can allow me to overlook a ton of holes or weaknesses for a film, or in this case episode of essentially a miniseries.

In fact, I'm not even judging this against last season.
It has barely any connection with the previous story, and that's only people involved behind the camera.


I don't get all the rush to judgment after 1 episode. People are building up some mythical timeline as if right after episode 1 last season there was mass hysteria and the internets were ablaze with conspiratorial chatter.

I'll give you that the opening scene from last season raised some enigmatic excitement, but a lot of it was a slow burn. Often, the analysis and detection of the subtle clues is what made the show that much more significant and satisfying.

Rest assured, there are plenty of breadcrumbs littered about in the episode that may reveal themselves down the road. Yet, some seem to confuse boring with not being clubbed over the head with blatantly obvious signal flashing as to plot progression.

There's already a few items from this 1st episode that give pause for greater exploration. I haven't even looked online to see what other things people picked up on and speculative theories.

Where's the payoff in being spoonfed some homogeneous goo for a narrative exposition?

Quick and easy, and you can suck it up through a straw.

In opposition, it requires time and preparation to blend and then bring it to a heat. The end result is unquestionably more satisfying, because if you truly want something unique and rich in texture, it still requires you to chew your own meat.