A tentative blog to test the temperature. |
| Severance This is not an advertisement for AppleTV. Even so, I was recently forced to have a look at it by the fact that Apple now has the sole rights to televise Formula 1 racing. And this is not about F1 either. It’s just that, in looking around in AppleTV to see what was available, I found a series called Severance. The meagre information on its content intrigued us enough to start Andrea and myself watching. We are now well into the second season. This happens rarely to us, so I felt I should tell you about it in case you are interested. I should warn you that it’s weird. That’s right up my street, as I like weird. Andrea is less keen but is as desperate as I am to find out what happens. If you can take a bit of weird and like being dragged along by curiosity through episode after episode, this one’s for you. My one caveat is that I haven’t reached the end yet. And too often I find that this kind of show starts well with a brilliant idea and good writing, but runs out of steam after a while, eventually making a complete mockery of the original idea. Thus far, Severance has done very well, only flirting with the ridiculous in the goat room. And I’m impressed with the amount of thought the writer has put into working out the complications created by the idea. These are multiple since it involves inventing two worlds that interact but know nothing about each other. Anyway, if you have AppleTV, I recommend taking a look at Severance. Not sure it would warrant getting AppleTV if you don’t already, however. Word count: 282 |