Netflix's "Locke & Key" (Season 1)

[Resettito]

What a disappointment. Only watched two episodes, wanted to stop after the first but am mildly curious to see how the rest is. The comic book is quite good and this is, as many have said, a PG13, dare I say PG, extremely tame version of it, going for whimsical I guess instead of the much darker comics.

It's a big problem but the main one is that it looks incredibly nondescript. It bums me out that Netflix decided to throw away a pilot directed by Andy goddam Muschietti who imo is an excellent director with a real eye, very visual. So yeah, the show here looks very TVish, very plain, flat, boring.

The comics is begging for a really low key, shadowy, mysterious, intriguing visual approach, with actual flair and scale. The acting is pretty subpar as well so far. The writing (Joe Hill co-wrote some episodes) is bleh. And it feels rushed.

I can't believe they went through all of this, two canned pilots, an aborted trilogy of low budget films to make this. There's no intrigue, no tension, it's shot in the most boring (and downright amateurish at times, awful, awful drone shots in there too) way, too many changes.

I've seen a ton of negativity from fans but it seems casual viewers are liking it more, that's the advantage of not knowing what they ****ed up.

By the way, Mark Romanek's 2011 pilot is available on Vimeo. It too feels very TVish, networky (Fox at the time) but it is so much more faithful, stronger cast and writing too.