I’m just not really a TV series person. Personally, Films > Miniseries > Ongoing series.
I don’t generally have a problem with Ryder at all (can’t remember seeing her in much post Alien : Resurrection, mind). I just don’t like her in this (or the way she’s being asked to act and/or her character). She’s just chewing the scenery all the time (which is fair enough I guess, given what her character is going through). It’s just a bit much for me.
Or really any 80s "gear up montage"
but really, the camo headband is more Stefan DeSalle from “Russkies” (a movie I am sure I am the only one who ever saw it)
There’s definitely an ending. It does feel to me like an “we sure hope they give us money to keep this going so let’s have a few loose threads” kind of ending. But it’s not like a Lost season finale that cliffhangs some new mystery without resolving the previous ones, in case that’s what you’re dreading.
I, I couldn’t stick it. Mostly because of Ryder. If she took a little break now and then her desperation would resonate that much more deeply if you ask me. How many people have played that same character? How many have made the material unwatchable? First time for me, I think.
The music in the series reminds me of the music in Beyond the Black Rainbow, which I found to be inspired more by Coscerelli than Carpenter (music included). Though I can see the similarities.
The Beyond the Black Rainbow soundtrack was done by a different artist, though - Sinoia Caves.
I read an article today about ITC Benguiat’s use in ST - one of the more “huh, wow!” callbacks was the use of the font in the old VHS piracy warning screens (Paramount’s, I think) -
I’m binge watching this today (screw work!) and the music & look/feel is amazeballs- but I’m just starting E3 and the colour pallet & composition is giving me the strongest tug towards Roger Dean’s work. I can’t really explain it tho. Great stuff!