[user104658]

...did they blow the entire budget for this on the IMAX / effects stuff or something?

I mean... I like it in concept. I even want to actually like it. It *is* really well shot, the difference in quality above "usual TV filming" is actually noticeable when I didn't expect it to be... and most of the effects are good, etc.

But... some of the acting. . It's not just poor... it's not even just bad for a TV show... it's actually abysmal. Like "below daytime TV soap" bad . Like... like early PS1 era voice acting bad.

Or is it mainly the script / direction? Because Iwan Rheon is in it, and I found him unwaveringly good in both "Misfits" and "Game Of Thrones", but even some of his scenes in this are pretty dodgy.