From the first few seconds the haunting music grabbed me. Throughout I thought the sound design was mesmerising and really added a lot to the mix. The DEVS installation itself is a wonderful artistic creation with its square fractal design. The whole thing beautifully photographed.
So the real question is, does it have anything to say? I have to admit, my opinion of this existed in a superposition of states (sorry) most of the way through. I flip-flopped from "It's genius" to "It's pretentious rubbish" many times. Ultimately though, the science is authentic. I have tried to absorb as much about quantum physics as I can, short of actually trying to learn the mathematics, and it seems to me that all the science in this is spot on.
I thought the human side of the story was very good too. The characterisation was very good and all the characters made reasonable, human type decisions, not plot-driven decisions as is too often the case in any fiction. Determinism and free will were explored. I loved the messianic themes too.
There's no denying that it is slow and ponderous at times, but I found that the artistic photography and haunting sound design was more than enough to carry me through. The pacing and sparsity of this reminded me of Sharp Objects, which I also loved, although I'll admit the central acting performances in SO were of much higher quality.
I absolutely loved this from start to finish. After I watched S1E2 on a Thursday night, I had binged the rest of the episodes before noon on Saturday.
You might love it, you might hate it. I suggest you give it a chance :-)
So the real question is, does it have anything to say? I have to admit, my opinion of this existed in a superposition of states (sorry) most of the way through. I flip-flopped from "It's genius" to "It's pretentious rubbish" many times. Ultimately though, the science is authentic. I have tried to absorb as much about quantum physics as I can, short of actually trying to learn the mathematics, and it seems to me that all the science in this is spot on.
I thought the human side of the story was very good too. The characterisation was very good and all the characters made reasonable, human type decisions, not plot-driven decisions as is too often the case in any fiction. Determinism and free will were explored. I loved the messianic themes too.
There's no denying that it is slow and ponderous at times, but I found that the artistic photography and haunting sound design was more than enough to carry me through. The pacing and sparsity of this reminded me of Sharp Objects, which I also loved, although I'll admit the central acting performances in SO were of much higher quality.
I absolutely loved this from start to finish. After I watched S1E2 on a Thursday night, I had binged the rest of the episodes before noon on Saturday.
You might love it, you might hate it. I suggest you give it a chance :-)