The second ep drags incredibly.
The pacing is awful. This is Eric's fault.
The basic script is quite good. But the production and execution is poor.
The directing is very Ron Jones/lame.
The 'chase' scenes with the car that mst people could walk faster than and the laser gun fights where people can't hit barn doors are terrible
The transformation stuff (Peri and Areta) is weirdly fanciful. The resolution of this is disappointing. (Just switch off the machine and they get 'better'... honestly I kid you not.)
Some of the acting. (Rondel/Maldak/Jondar/Quillam/The bald guy) is quite ropey.
Colin is appalling in this. Stupid quips, hammy action, dopey dramatic bits. His 'dying of thrst' bit (end of p1) is embarrassing.
The story ends awfully. The bad guys (the Varosian government who are pushing the video nasties) win. Sil is at best an amoral character. There's no way you could say his is the protagonist or the baddie. Sil is a cheersquad basically.
The Arak and Etta characters are well observed and innovative (for DW) but they are undermined by that conclusion.
In an awful season this is no 2 but it's still pretty cr*ppy.
ABM Rating 2.05/4.00
LJM Rating 2.69/5.00
SPJ Rating 5.10/10
No. 105 (out of 138)
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