Shows that I’ve been watching recently
I get the impression that Dickinson is not getting as much attention as some of Apple TV’s other originals like The Morning Show and See, it doesn’t seem like many people are talking about it at all which is a shame. I found it to be such a charming and funny coming of age tale, and there were some genuinely heartbreaking moments too when it came to Emily’s relationship with Sue, with Ben, and with her father. I can understand it not being for everyone, but personally I thought that the anachronisms were hilariously done when they suddenly came out with modern slang, or followed up a formal dance by twerking. It doesn’t sound great on the page, but it came off as so charming and delightful on the show imo. Definitely a big fan of that one, I hope more people discover it
And not completely sure what my thoughts are on Dracula at the moment. Like practically everyone else it seems, I definitely preferred the episodes set in the 19th century. I absolutely loved the production and direction and how epic it all felt, you really felt like you were watching feature films with those episodes. Also loved all of the one-liners and the familiar references, many of the horror moments were incredibly effective such as when the undead were crawling out of the coffins, and of course the casting for Dracula and Sister Agatha was perfection. Annnnd then there’s the third episode
I actually didn’t hate it as much as everyone else seemed too lol, but I can’t deny that there were some serious pacing issues there. I enjoyed the beginning of it with all of the humour with Dracula adjusting to the modern age, and the ending for me was also memorable, but the middle definitely dragged at times. It felt like way too many new characters were introduced, the scenes of the modern day characters hanging out together in clubs was especially such a drag for me, and for e.g I didn’t really get the point of the younger guy with the crush on Lucy when there wasn’t enough time to develop that effectively in 90 minutes and make you care when he had to stake her.
Quite disappointing after I did fall in love with most of the characters on the ship in the same length of time, and of course Sister Agatha and Jonathan in the first episode were both fantastically portrayed as well, but there just wasn’t the same connection with any of the modern day characters for some reason, everything about their intros felt so rushed and lacking in comparison. Even Sister Agatha’s modern day counterpoint just made me miss the original if I’m honest. All of which meant that there wasn’t really any character in this episode to connect with other than Dracula, and he was so much more fun to watch when he was playing off Sister Agatha in the past and we’re watching them turning the tables on one another. I mean I don’t want to overstate it, the third episode had its moments still, but it just didn’t live up to the greatness of the first two episodes for me sadly.
Oh and one thing that does have me a bit confused is that Tv Time seems to suggest that it will be continuing, but I always thought that it was intended as a complete mini-series in itself?
And not completely sure what my thoughts are on Dracula at the moment. Like practically everyone else it seems, I definitely preferred the episodes set in the 19th century. I absolutely loved the production and direction and how epic it all felt, you really felt like you were watching feature films with those episodes. Also loved all of the one-liners and the familiar references, many of the horror moments were incredibly effective such as when the undead were crawling out of the coffins, and of course the casting for Dracula and Sister Agatha was perfection. Annnnd then there’s the third episode
I actually didn’t hate it as much as everyone else seemed too lol, but I can’t deny that there were some serious pacing issues there. I enjoyed the beginning of it with all of the humour with Dracula adjusting to the modern age, and the ending for me was also memorable, but the middle definitely dragged at times. It felt like way too many new characters were introduced, the scenes of the modern day characters hanging out together in clubs was especially such a drag for me, and for e.g I didn’t really get the point of the younger guy with the crush on Lucy when there wasn’t enough time to develop that effectively in 90 minutes and make you care when he had to stake her.
Quite disappointing after I did fall in love with most of the characters on the ship in the same length of time, and of course Sister Agatha and Jonathan in the first episode were both fantastically portrayed as well, but there just wasn’t the same connection with any of the modern day characters for some reason, everything about their intros felt so rushed and lacking in comparison. Even Sister Agatha’s modern day counterpoint just made me miss the original if I’m honest. All of which meant that there wasn’t really any character in this episode to connect with other than Dracula, and he was so much more fun to watch when he was playing off Sister Agatha in the past and we’re watching them turning the tables on one another. I mean I don’t want to overstate it, the third episode had its moments still, but it just didn’t live up to the greatness of the first two episodes for me sadly.
Oh and one thing that does have me a bit confused is that Tv Time seems to suggest that it will be continuing, but I always thought that it was intended as a complete mini-series in itself?