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Jack Ryan (2018)
Just another thud and blunder action series.
I was hoping for some of the spirit of the books:
* Long story arcs
* Multiple story arcs.
* Some illustration of the process of analysis
* Set in the cold war era,
This could have been a great series, taking 1 season per Ryan book, or, for some of them, half a season (fall season and spring season)
Instead:
* no attempt to use any of the book plot.
* no attempt to really portray Ryan as a thinker.
* no attempt to bring in the other characters from the Clancy books.
Amazon has done some good series. This one? I've watched 4 episodes, and doubt that I will bother with thre rest.
Hidden (2011)
Dreary, dark, confusing.
Did not finish first segment.
In terms of plot it's a jigsaw puzzle. A piece here, a piece there.
Filled with hidden menace and foreshadowing. But also long stills of not much happening. Background sound enough to make conversation hard to hear. Music atonal. Lighting low contrast, and low level. There is not a sharp edged shadow in the entire show. If designed to give the impression of dirt, and sordidness it was successful. Camera height is consistently at chest level. This adds to menace, but it all seems so pointless.
Yawn.