I was a big fan of the show back when it came out and waited eagerly before the release of every episode. Needless to say i was really anticipating the return of the show, but i was taking several factors into consideration..
It's been 8 years since 2009, and although Prison Break was a breakthrough in TV, a lot has changed and along came many other TV series that raised the bar and gave us better writing and storytelling... Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, House of Cards to name a few. I was sure that by bringing Prison Break back, the creators must have a had a significant revamp to it to make it 2017 ready... 5 minutes into the episode i realized that nothing has changed.
Attn: Spoiler Alert While in many cases, being loyal to the storytelling style is praised, in this case not so much. The dialogue, background music and the lack of human emotion is just a few of the things that made it look old, stale and very boring.
Some plot holes might be answered at later stages and it's early to judge by just the first episode, such as how is Sara living in the New York suburban family life when we last saw her as a fugitive.
However what bothers me the most is the fast pace that all the events took place in the first episode all at once rather than introduce these back to the audience slowly and in a clever way.. it made it all look very sloppy.
Time will tell if the show will have that same success it once had.. but so far, and for 2017 standards this episode barely hits 5 stars in my book... and the 9.6 rating it has is just absurd... unless rated by those living under a rock since 2009.
It's been 8 years since 2009, and although Prison Break was a breakthrough in TV, a lot has changed and along came many other TV series that raised the bar and gave us better writing and storytelling... Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, House of Cards to name a few. I was sure that by bringing Prison Break back, the creators must have a had a significant revamp to it to make it 2017 ready... 5 minutes into the episode i realized that nothing has changed.
Attn: Spoiler Alert While in many cases, being loyal to the storytelling style is praised, in this case not so much. The dialogue, background music and the lack of human emotion is just a few of the things that made it look old, stale and very boring.
Some plot holes might be answered at later stages and it's early to judge by just the first episode, such as how is Sara living in the New York suburban family life when we last saw her as a fugitive.
However what bothers me the most is the fast pace that all the events took place in the first episode all at once rather than introduce these back to the audience slowly and in a clever way.. it made it all look very sloppy.
Time will tell if the show will have that same success it once had.. but so far, and for 2017 standards this episode barely hits 5 stars in my book... and the 9.6 rating it has is just absurd... unless rated by those living under a rock since 2009.