Thus far there has been enough to keep me coming back. I'm waiting, but have yet really gotten anything really juicy enough to sink my teeth into plot wise. This could be one heck of a set up for a cool ride, or it could just fart and fizzle away.
The use of actual characters from British Romantic Fiction and Lore, while potentially fun, post-modern spectacle, seems contrived. There is a pregnant pause before each character introduces himself. Not quite as heavy-handed as a drum roll, but, nonetheless a club over the head.
I don't have a problem with gratuitous gore and sex. It seems apropos for the subject matter and period. I do have a bit of a problem with the gratuitous and drawn out philosophically Romantic, grandes cinematique (joking) moments. Not unlike "Cloud Atlas," it's a bit flabby at points. Maybe that was all part of the Romantic period, as well.
Yet, I am a sucker for this Romantic stuff, so I'll give it a few more episodes. There is at least one interesting story line buried in the fluff. I get why people like it. I think if I were twenty years younger, I'd be glued.
That being said, episode three brought some of the laborious setup to bare. I am now more intrigued.
The use of actual characters from British Romantic Fiction and Lore, while potentially fun, post-modern spectacle, seems contrived. There is a pregnant pause before each character introduces himself. Not quite as heavy-handed as a drum roll, but, nonetheless a club over the head.
I don't have a problem with gratuitous gore and sex. It seems apropos for the subject matter and period. I do have a bit of a problem with the gratuitous and drawn out philosophically Romantic, grandes cinematique (joking) moments. Not unlike "Cloud Atlas," it's a bit flabby at points. Maybe that was all part of the Romantic period, as well.
Yet, I am a sucker for this Romantic stuff, so I'll give it a few more episodes. There is at least one interesting story line buried in the fluff. I get why people like it. I think if I were twenty years younger, I'd be glued.
That being said, episode three brought some of the laborious setup to bare. I am now more intrigued.