| Jason. |
21-11-2015 01:00 PM |
I've just finished watching the series in like 5 days. I've really enjoyed it. I was a tad dubious to checking it out due to the negative things I've heard and the trashy teen drama feel it had from the clips I've seen of it, and whilst I do think it's quite trashy (in a good way), it's really enjoyable and has some brilliant moments. I like the story line and the mystery behind it all.
The series has some good characters, although the acting is tragic from most of them - but then again I wasn't really expecting much from a cast where Bobby Campo is the only name I knew. I liked Noah, Audrey, and Brooke's characters the most, and I'm glad they are still alive and I'm hoping they're in the second season. Emma grew on me as a character, I wasn't a fan of her at first, but she won me over in the end. Having said that, she is quite bland, especially for a lead character and someone who's supposed to mirror Sidney from the film franchise.
The reveal was disappointing and quite anti-climatic especially as it had a good build-up to it. Although, I'm not sure if that's because I knew who the killer was (DAMN IT MARSH!), so any ounce of surprise I once had was shattered after it was spoiled for me. But I found the ending to be rushed, which was annoying. I was hoping the last episode would be a little longer than all the other ones...cause you know it was the last episode with the "grand reveal". But instead it was 40 minutes like all the other episodes. I also found the reveal lacked any of the suspense that Billy and Stu's reveal had in the original film. It was just Piper taking off the mask, chatting **** for like 10 minutes about what she's going to do Emma and her mum (which is a mistake all of the killers have made tbf) and then her getting shot before she gets a chance to slice Emma open. Even though I knew who the killer was, I found that Piper's character was really strange in the last 2 episodes and I could actually see it myself that there was something about her that wasn't right. Part of me wishes it wasn't spoiled for me so I could see if I had the same feeling if I didn't know it was her. But given how she is in the last 2 episodes, I'm not surprised people guessed it was her before the reveal.
I've rambled on quite a lot :whistle:
But yeah, really enjoyable series. Looking forwards to the second season. I hope it's as good the first, but I agree with Dezzy's post above and how the story line has reached it's natural ending, so I'm looking forwards to what they're going to do in the second season. I just hope it doesn't drag the events of the first season too much.
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