This is a terrific idea. A PI conducts an interdimensional chase while fighting the minions of the evil corporation. Okay, maybe not a terrific idea, but a workable idea. And the South African Capetown setting is interesting.
However, I suspect any halfway decent script workshop could have pointed out the problems here. They show up in the summaries to each episode, where the verbs are "thought about," and "feels," and "wonders," and so on. When you are trying to write an SF adventure, that just won't do it. And so the pacing of the show reflects this because people are sitting around feeling and wondering and remembering. They should be running and jumping and shooting and so on. They should at least be reading documents which reveal some clue. Or they should be out questioning people.
I watched through the end of episode three, and not much happened. Enough happened perhaps to fill 40 minutes of television . So it's running at one third pace. And what I saw was surprisingly repetitive. I think there were three different rooftop chases with the same character. There were dull scenes that kept getting flashed back to. There were a dozen silent, fraught looks between the hero and the doppelgänger of his girlfriend, who I think is more of a courtesan because he owns her (?)
Maybe as another reviewer suggest, the plot does get going until episode 10. But that's not quickly enough. When I compare this to the wonderful The Lost Room which ran only six episodes and told a complex and interesting story with characters whose problems I cared deeply about, this is a total fail. But I will give it a star for an adequate premise.
However, I suspect any halfway decent script workshop could have pointed out the problems here. They show up in the summaries to each episode, where the verbs are "thought about," and "feels," and "wonders," and so on. When you are trying to write an SF adventure, that just won't do it. And so the pacing of the show reflects this because people are sitting around feeling and wondering and remembering. They should be running and jumping and shooting and so on. They should at least be reading documents which reveal some clue. Or they should be out questioning people.
I watched through the end of episode three, and not much happened. Enough happened perhaps to fill 40 minutes of television . So it's running at one third pace. And what I saw was surprisingly repetitive. I think there were three different rooftop chases with the same character. There were dull scenes that kept getting flashed back to. There were a dozen silent, fraught looks between the hero and the doppelgänger of his girlfriend, who I think is more of a courtesan because he owns her (?)
Maybe as another reviewer suggest, the plot does get going until episode 10. But that's not quickly enough. When I compare this to the wonderful The Lost Room which ran only six episodes and told a complex and interesting story with characters whose problems I cared deeply about, this is a total fail. But I will give it a star for an adequate premise.