Gotta ask, is anyone watching this? I swore up and down I was gonna forsake hour-long dramas eternally (except for Westworld), but this sucked me back in. Thankfully, its a miniseries, so I'm a little less likely to burn out on it.
Enjoying the heck out of it, just like I did the novel. There are a few changes, but everything is pretty close. I've heard reviewers describe the show (and not negatively) as 'misery porn'. Well, yeah, but the nice part is that it actually gives you characters to care about. The two captain are both interesting, despite being at odds with each other the show shies away from making one perfect and the other awful. The, let's say, supernatural elements are restrained, and much better for that. Just like in the book, I remember the [redacted for spoilers, but c'mon, you know what it's gonna be] being the least of their problems on the expedition.
My one big issue, which you can't really do much about, is that everyone is a white dude in a sailor's outfit. It makes them hard to keep track of, but again, you can't do much to change that. Glad I read the book beforehand, knowing the spoilers doesn't make it less effective, and it helps in the moments when important plot points get lost in the mumbly British dialogue.
Enjoying the heck out of it, just like I did the novel. There are a few changes, but everything is pretty close. I've heard reviewers describe the show (and not negatively) as 'misery porn'. Well, yeah, but the nice part is that it actually gives you characters to care about. The two captain are both interesting, despite being at odds with each other the show shies away from making one perfect and the other awful. The, let's say, supernatural elements are restrained, and much better for that. Just like in the book, I remember the [redacted for spoilers, but c'mon, you know what it's gonna be] being the least of their problems on the expedition.
My one big issue, which you can't really do much about, is that everyone is a white dude in a sailor's outfit. It makes them hard to keep track of, but again, you can't do much to change that. Glad I read the book beforehand, knowing the spoilers doesn't make it less effective, and it helps in the moments when important plot points get lost in the mumbly British dialogue.