OK, watched the first two episodes with great trepidation — would they do William Gibson's terrific novel justice? And so far they have 1/
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Actually, this being a production by the people who brought you Westworld, it benefits from being watched twice, for all the details you missed the first time, like the disappearing motorcycle 2/
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They changed the plot quite a lot from the novel to make it TV-suitable — among other things, a lot more on-screen violence — but retained the central conceit. And I found it gripping on both viewings, actually more the second time 3/
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Small complaints: I thought Lev Zubov was a more interesting character in the novel than in the show. Also, the novel made Corbell Pickett embody the banality of evil, the show makes him more of a conventional villain. But minor issues 4/
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But overall, two thumbs up so far. Now, will somebody please pick up Paper Girls for a second season? If only because you have to love a show that makes a Jerry Garcia lookalike an intertemporal bad guy 5/
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The first two episodes of The Peripheral were extremely well done and Chloe Grace Moretz is terrific as Flynn. Can’t wait for next week!
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ראיתי אתמול את הפרק הראשון. עושה רושם טוב אבל מצד שני נקטל בברוטליות על ידי כל המבקרים שראו את ההמשך. אז מחכה לראות את הפרק הבא
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Digging it. Didn’t think I would. Haven’t read the book although I have read Nueromancer and Pattern Recognition (that needs its own show!)but this is good TV so far. It’s like a reverse Travelers.
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