How I finally got to watch POI...
... or can it really be that hard to get to watch a single episode of a series?!
Me and POI definitely were not off to a good start, but not because I don't like the series, but because I kept missing the episodes. :P Thanks to RL, I missed the first four episodes and yesterday I've managed to miss episode 5 as well because my receiver died on me. I was sitting there, all ready and waiting and excited, and suddenly the picture is gone - before I got to see a teaser or even a single advertisement! *bangs head against wall*
Deciding that I'll never get to see this series if it goes on like that, I tracked the eps down online today... and now I'm hooked. Can someone please stop me from sitting here and watching episodes of POI for the rest of the night? ;-)
I don't even mind too much that the quality of the vids leaves something to be desired and that I have no subtitles (though I'm sure I'm missing some things because of it or getting them wrong). Some thoughts:
[Spoilers for POI 1x01, 1x02]
I can't say I've fallen instantly in love with this series, because I'm still waiting where it's all going and I'm also waiting to learn more about the characters. POI is a lot like that kind of really annoying book that you just can't put down, because you just have to know what happens next. It just draws me in and keeps me glued to the screen until the end of another ep.
Am I the only one who thinks this series has a somewhat batman-ish feel to it? So many parallels there, and Reese reminds me a lot of Christian Bale in Batman Begins. I can't help liking him, even though he's scarily good at killing people and is definitely ruthless. He's just the kind of dangerous, broken, tragic, does-not-care-for-his-own-life, takes-the-weight-of-the-world-onto-his-shoulders kind of guy that always draws my attention. I always love it when someone who has lost everything, including any reason to live, is offered a second chance - and takes it.
Finch... Finch is harder for me to get used to. He's a kind of character I normally dislike or at least don't really care about - the intellectual, non-emotional kind. To my surprise, he managed to get me to warm up to him until the end of the pilot, though. It's become obvious that he cares - a lot - and that he's broken inside for some reason, too. I'm very curious to learn more about him, and more about Reese.
I'm not entirely sure if this series will get too dark for me at some point - I guess it all depends on whether a friendship will develop between the two main characters, and whether they'll get some helpers eventually. They are terribly isolated right now, in a very dangerous world (Batman, anyone?!). I guess the only protection they have is that they don't exist. I have nothing against, broken, lost characters, but I don't care about watching them getting more broken and lost all the time until nothing's left in the end. That's the kind of series I don't want to fall for anymore (been there, done that too often). I think/hope people on my f-list wouldn't squee about this series if it was headed down that track, though. :)
So far, I like the concept of this series, the ideas, the scripts, the acting. Now I just hope I'll eventually manage to go to bed tonight, instead of watching the entire first season. ;-)
Me and POI definitely were not off to a good start, but not because I don't like the series, but because I kept missing the episodes. :P Thanks to RL, I missed the first four episodes and yesterday I've managed to miss episode 5 as well because my receiver died on me. I was sitting there, all ready and waiting and excited, and suddenly the picture is gone - before I got to see a teaser or even a single advertisement! *bangs head against wall*
Deciding that I'll never get to see this series if it goes on like that, I tracked the eps down online today... and now I'm hooked. Can someone please stop me from sitting here and watching episodes of POI for the rest of the night? ;-)
I don't even mind too much that the quality of the vids leaves something to be desired and that I have no subtitles (though I'm sure I'm missing some things because of it or getting them wrong). Some thoughts:
[Spoilers for POI 1x01, 1x02]
I can't say I've fallen instantly in love with this series, because I'm still waiting where it's all going and I'm also waiting to learn more about the characters. POI is a lot like that kind of really annoying book that you just can't put down, because you just have to know what happens next. It just draws me in and keeps me glued to the screen until the end of another ep.
Am I the only one who thinks this series has a somewhat batman-ish feel to it? So many parallels there, and Reese reminds me a lot of Christian Bale in Batman Begins. I can't help liking him, even though he's scarily good at killing people and is definitely ruthless. He's just the kind of dangerous, broken, tragic, does-not-care-for-his-own-life, takes-the-weight-of-the-world-onto-his-shoulders kind of guy that always draws my attention. I always love it when someone who has lost everything, including any reason to live, is offered a second chance - and takes it.
Finch... Finch is harder for me to get used to. He's a kind of character I normally dislike or at least don't really care about - the intellectual, non-emotional kind. To my surprise, he managed to get me to warm up to him until the end of the pilot, though. It's become obvious that he cares - a lot - and that he's broken inside for some reason, too. I'm very curious to learn more about him, and more about Reese.
I'm not entirely sure if this series will get too dark for me at some point - I guess it all depends on whether a friendship will develop between the two main characters, and whether they'll get some helpers eventually. They are terribly isolated right now, in a very dangerous world (Batman, anyone?!). I guess the only protection they have is that they don't exist. I have nothing against, broken, lost characters, but I don't care about watching them getting more broken and lost all the time until nothing's left in the end. That's the kind of series I don't want to fall for anymore (been there, done that too often). I think/hope people on my f-list wouldn't squee about this series if it was headed down that track, though. :)
So far, I like the concept of this series, the ideas, the scripts, the acting. Now I just hope I'll eventually manage to go to bed tonight, instead of watching the entire first season. ;-)