Like, I have a friend who watched every episode of seasons one and two and still wasn't sure which one was Stan and which one was Gaad.
That is strange. Are they face-blind? Because other than both being white and middle-aged, those two guys look nothing alike. Gaad is played by the actor who was John-Boy, for pete's sake!
And there's a critic who does a podcast with Andy Greenwald who's constantly saying that every episode is the same as the last one, and nothing ever really happens in them.
I think that's just a lazy way of saying the pacing is too slow, there isn't enough violence and/or there isn't enough sex and nudity. He probably loves Scandal. Just because someone is a television critic doesn't mean they have taste, let alone critical judgment.
The Americans is like a slow-burn romantic novel. Every look and every touch, metaphorically speaking, is meant to be savored and analyzed. It's a very out-of-fashion way of telling a story--plus the plot line is there to reveal things about the characters and the world they're trying to build. They aren't putting in a certain quota of explosions and plot twists per episode, like How to Get Away With Murder and the comic book spin-offs and they aren't following a formula, like a police procedural.
I really do love how this show is being created. I just wish it wasn't making me feel sick at heart.
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Re: I'm mostly just thinking aloud
Date: 2015-03-09 05:51 pm (UTC)That is strange. Are they face-blind? Because other than both being white and middle-aged, those two guys look nothing alike. Gaad is played by the actor who was John-Boy, for pete's sake!
And there's a critic who does a podcast with Andy Greenwald who's constantly saying that every episode is the same as the last one, and nothing ever really happens in them.
I think that's just a lazy way of saying the pacing is too slow, there isn't enough violence and/or there isn't enough sex and nudity. He probably loves Scandal. Just because someone is a television critic doesn't mean they have taste, let alone critical judgment.
The Americans is like a slow-burn romantic novel. Every look and every touch, metaphorically speaking, is meant to be savored and analyzed. It's a very out-of-fashion way of telling a story--plus the plot line is there to reveal things about the characters and the world they're trying to build. They aren't putting in a certain quota of explosions and plot twists per episode, like How to Get Away With Murder and the comic book spin-offs and they aren't following a formula, like a police procedural.
I really do love how this show is being created. I just wish it wasn't making me feel sick at heart.