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Did you see the first season? Most people seem to think the second season is lacking compared to that.
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Did you see the first season? Most people seem to think the second season is lacking compared to that.
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I did but this does it at a slower pace. It'll get more frightening
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I think season one had the slower pace. With that season the first half or so was just dealing with paranoia and being stuck on a ship in the middle of nowhere, whereas this season the 'monster' is immediately in it and fucking with people.
I'll add myself to the group that loved S1 but have so far found this new season disappointing. It definitely lacks the great performances of the first season, as well as the dread and tension filled atmosphere. The historical recreation also feels half-hearted and superficial. I'm no expert on this era or Japanese-American culture but the attitudes and relationships feel very casual and modern, but I might be entirely off base here and it's actually 100% accurate, I dunno.
From the season preview they showed after the first episode it looks like the horror and tension builds as America gets further involved in the war, so hopefully it gets better as it goes along.
I'll add myself to the group that loved S1 but have so far found this new season disappointing. It definitely lacks the great performances of the first season, as well as the dread and tension filled atmosphere. The historical recreation also feels half-hearted and superficial. I'm no expert on this era or Japanese-American culture but the attitudes and relationships feel very casual and modern, but I might be entirely off base here and it's actually 100% accurate, I dunno.
From the season preview they showed after the first episode it looks like the horror and tension builds as America gets further involved in the war, so hopefully it gets better as it goes along.
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Yeah, so, season two (Infamy) was a dud. The historical bits (the internment camp and the WW2 setting in general) feel mostly like window dressing, rarely being of much importance to the main plot. The tension, dread, and general horror never compares to the first season. 'Infamy' overall feels like they took the script to a horror film that was styled after the likes of The Conjuring, stretched it out into a season, and tacked on historical elements to make it fit with the first season of The Terror.
The times when the show remembers it is part historical drama were easily my favorite (especially when Chester is in the jungle as a soldier) but ultimately they end up being pretty meaningless to the central plot about the yurei and Chester's family to the point that you could cut them and not really miss a thing. Infamy having such a narrow focus for its central plot is probably it's main problem. Whereas the first season's plot was about the crew's survival and everything else tied into that, season two is specifically about the yurei and Chester's family's connection to it and everything else is, well... superficial and largely meaningless.
Season one is a top tier show with great production values, cinematography, writing, and acting. Season two, on the other hand, feels like a middling Netflix mini-series.
The times when the show remembers it is part historical drama were easily my favorite (especially when Chester is in the jungle as a soldier) but ultimately they end up being pretty meaningless to the central plot about the yurei and Chester's family to the point that you could cut them and not really miss a thing. Infamy having such a narrow focus for its central plot is probably it's main problem. Whereas the first season's plot was about the crew's survival and everything else tied into that, season two is specifically about the yurei and Chester's family's connection to it and everything else is, well... superficial and largely meaningless.
Season one is a top tier show with great production values, cinematography, writing, and acting. Season two, on the other hand, feels like a middling Netflix mini-series.
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Early on I saw a lot of positive energy online about season two, but apparently that was astroturf'd. (I never trusted the glowing critic reviews of season two, obviously.) After a few episodes the shills couldn't combat the tsunami of negative fan reaction.
I don't figure this will get a third season (unless AMC listens to wokefag "critics" instead of audiences), but it really never should have been a multi-season show to begin with. I am a huge fan of the first season... it makes me sad to think this outing should taint "the brand."
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The early previews for the season sold it as being about a haunted internment camp, tying mysticism with the horrors of World War 2. All that looked pretty interesting in the trailers (plus throw in how great and well received season one was), so I can understand the initial excitement for Infamy. It's not surprising that buzz for it quickly died down as the first few episodes showed that all the historical stuff was basically just background noise and not a single aspect of it measured well against the first season's quality.
I'm surprised critics still gushed about the show throughout the entire season since all the political context was sidelined in favor of focusing on a mediocre ghost story.
I'm surprised critics still gushed about the show throughout the entire season since all the political context was sidelined in favor of focusing on a mediocre ghost story.
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TV critics don't watch the entire season, usually. They often make their judgements based on a few early episodes.