Taboo - Starting This Saturday
Discussion
It's promising. Very dark and has the potential to get darker. I loved the atmosphere and production values. I did find it quite long for what was in effect, about 10 minutes worth of story but hopefully they are just building the mood and the pace will pick up a bit. I found Better Call Saul did this with the slow pacing but the cinematography and interesting characters held my interest when without, I'd have probably gave up sooner.
unrepentant said:
Yanks may struggle with some of the dialogue and most will have no clue about the East India Company so the ratings here will be interesting to see.
They might know it from Pirates of the Caribbean. They created the East India Trading Company for the film. Although the East India company did cover more than just India, they also hired pirates like Captain William Kidd to hunt other pirates.Edited by FourWheelDrift on Saturday 14th January 14:06
TerryThomas said:
Baffles me when people do this.
Why? Do you watch everything?I must admit I'll give most things a bit of time if I start watching them, but I don't need, for example, to sit through a whole episode of Eastenders or Mrs Brown's Boys to know I'm not going to fall in love with it...
I'm not sure about Taboo, though. I fear it may be weeks of dark brooding and then a rushed 20 minutes to tie it all up (or worse, and open ending for Season 2...)
M
TerryThomas said:
The first ten minutes of episode one is not enough to form a conclusive opinion IMO. Shows such as Taboo, GOT, The Wire etc are long running dramas with many twists and turns that take time to develop.
Society seems to have the attention span of a goldfish these days.
You have a point on society's attention span (eg What's coming up, what you've just seen, what you'll see later, what you just saw again!), but I think people can decide if they're ready to invest more time in what is, after all, JUST a TV show in a few minutes. Part of the programme producers' job is to capture our attention quickly. At least enough to pique our interest (It has mine, but I'm still a little on the fence).Society seems to have the attention span of a goldfish these days.
I gave up on the Wire very quickly. Now I know many people rate it as the best TV show 'ever', but (whilst I might try again one day) life is too short to try everything, especially when that something actually involves you sitting, inert in from a TV set for a few days.
I did watch the whole of the first series of GOT, but I haven't bothered with anything beyond that and, looking back, I feel the time I DID spend watching that was wasted.
I tried to watch Ron Burgundy once - I gave up on that after 10 minutes and I don't care what anyone tells me, I'll never go back...
M.
The Wire and GOT really are among the best ever. I think you're missing out.
I will admit to turning some films off after half an hour or so, but a film is 2 hours, a TV series of multiple episodes and therefore between 10 and 15 hours duration needs to be given more than 10 minutes I think.
I will admit to turning some films off after half an hour or so, but a film is 2 hours, a TV series of multiple episodes and therefore between 10 and 15 hours duration needs to be given more than 10 minutes I think.
marcosgt said:
TerryThomas said:
The first ten minutes of episode one is not enough to form a conclusive opinion IMO. Shows such as Taboo, GOT, The Wire etc are long running dramas with many twists and turns that take time to develop.
Society seems to have the attention span of a goldfish these days.
You have a point on society's attention span (eg What's coming up, what you've just seen, what you'll see later, what you just saw again!), but I think people can decide if they're ready to invest more time in what is, after all, JUST a TV show in a few minutes. Part of the programme producers' job is to capture our attention quickly. At least enough to pique our interest (It has mine, but I'm still a little on the fence).Society seems to have the attention span of a goldfish these days.
I gave up on the Wire very quickly. Now I know many people rate it as the best TV show 'ever', but (whilst I might try again one day) life is too short to try everything, especially when that something actually involves you sitting, inert in from a TV set for a few days.
I did watch the whole of the first series of GOT, but I haven't bothered with anything beyond that and, looking back, I feel the time I DID spend watching that was wasted.
I tried to watch Ron Burgundy once - I gave up on that after 10 minutes and I don't care what anyone tells me, I'll never go back...
M.
TerryThomas said:
Baffles me when people do this.
Don't be a weirdo. I know within minutes if I'm going to enjoy a programme. Sometimes I get it wrong but I do give programmes a chance if I like the sense of where it's heading. Taboo is simply not the genre or type that I normally enjoy. I was only willing to give it a chance as I do like Tom H. I enjoyed him in Peaky Blinders.Something about Taboo didn't agree with me and I knew within 10 minutes.
Baffles me when I feel I ought to justify myself...!
TerryThomas said:
The Wire and GOT really are among the best ever. I think you're missing out.
I will admit to turning some films off after half an hour or so, but a film is 2 hours, a TV series of multiple episodes and therefore between 10 and 15 hours duration needs to be given more than 10 minutes I think.
I also gave up on The Wire within 10 minutes, and dare I even mentioned that I will not even entertain the notion of watching GoT!I will admit to turning some films off after half an hour or so, but a film is 2 hours, a TV series of multiple episodes and therefore between 10 and 15 hours duration needs to be given more than 10 minutes I think.
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