User Reviews

It would have been so much more impactful if they had not announced the tsunami before showing it. I think that is how it was told in the book as well. I remember this creeping sense of danger coming up while reading the Tina Lund chapter. The way she just slowly realises what is going on before seeing this gigantic wave at the horizon and the horror of knowing there is no way out. That is what I was expecting from the show. So far the show did an okay job hinting at this outcome with the scientists talking about the worms destroying certain underwater areas and nice subtle visuals of the waves crashing in on the norwegian coast. And then they just flat out tell us what is going on, before it actually happens. It completely ruins the surprise. I get that nowadays with smart phones and early alarm systems people would know a lot sooner about an incoming tsunami than when the book came out. Still, we as the audience did not need to know that. I assume the wave is supposed to be so big that the phone alert did not make a difference for the people living at the coast anyway. So why didn't they just show people getting a message on their mobile, but we don't see what it is. And then we follow their gaze and see the tsunami at the horizon. That could have been such a powerful moment. Furthermore, we never really got a clear sense for the scale of the tsunami. It just destroys one little building and that is it. Also the music, unfortunately, continues to be extremely lukewarmly boring, even in such actually horrible moments. A Hans Zimmer style bombastic score would have been appropriate, not this mellow, low key, quiet score we got. Also also, the main focus of the show seems to be the personal drama between the characters. I would be fine with that if it was any other show. This particular show was supposed to be an action packed thrill ride with the occasional insert of character development to keep us engaged in the main characters. Even though I lowered my expectations after the first episode by a lot, this truly disappointed me.