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Apple TV+ Series Review Roundup: The Morning Show, See, Dickinson, and For All Mankind
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We don't have enough information to know if it's bad and a failure, yet. If it is, they have plenty of money to fix it....which is what you need in content.
I don't think these reviews confirm or deny anything. Tons of products they've released have gotten "tepid" initial reviews, including iPhones, Watch, AirPods, etc.
I never read reviews and I don’t know why I bothered to read some of those. I think it’s because I highly anticipated Apple TVs new shows,especially “See” and the upcoming “ Time Bandits “.
I usually make up my own mind and I’m going to do it again this time.
I usually make up my own mind and I’m going to do it again this time.
Does anyone else remember when Apple just made great computers and software? Those were the good old days.
I think it really depends on the show itself. I am all for slow picking series ( I mean, I love "Twin Peaks the Return" and it's a VERY slow show), but the premise has to make sense. GOT starts slow, picks up very well in S2, and then kinda deflates at the end. However, you can see since S1E1 that the series is going to be slowly built.
One thing we should also remember....
critics and audiences sometimes differ in opinions of shows. There are numerous critically acclaimed shows that audiences just did not watch and thus got cancelled.
There are shows fans loved but critics panned. And there are shows like OITNB that, if shown on network tv schedule, would’ve failed. There are a lot of factors on whether a show succeeds or fails.
The real test of failure or success is how the audience react to it.
critics and audiences sometimes differ in opinions of shows. There are numerous critically acclaimed shows that audiences just did not watch and thus got cancelled.
There are shows fans loved but critics panned. And there are shows like OITNB that, if shown on network tv schedule, would’ve failed. There are a lot of factors on whether a show succeeds or fails.
The real test of failure or success is how the audience react to it.
What do you need? An entire season? If 3 hours of screentime does not get your attention, just remember that this is almost 2 full lenght movies. If the show get at least 7.0 on IMDB, it may be worth may precious free time. I wont be a laboratory rat for testing shows. That whats the professional reviewers and critics are paid for. At the end, a bad show would accomuluate milions of views counts just from the curiosity of the people, sending a wrong message to Apple that their show may be worth something, which apprently is not, even as free content.
According to Macrumors members, Apple has been doomed every year. So asking that question here is moot
I could not agree more with this statement. With so many options, why waste hours of your time to "get into a show"? If it doesn't grab my attention in the first episode, I will probably move on to something else. Plus, these are weekly releases. The pilot has to be a winner.
A lot of the criticisms are fairly typical for new TV shows. It's not that unusual for the writers and actors to need time to get the feel for the material. I think the issue with streaming shows is that the number of episodes is so truncated vs. traditional TV that any misfires for direction/tone get exaggerated.
Well, if they hadn't become a music company, they probably wouldn't still be making computers.
Ok, do you have any example of a TV show where the vast majority of the critics agreed that it is meh but the general public endorsed as great? I can recall any. The opposite situation may happen in very rare circumstance where the first 2-3 episodes are great and then the show goes downhill big time. Highly unlikely scenario for a show with such a high profile and budget.
For all mankind looks hella interesting, esp. with the reviews.
Please note that Variety and the Hollywood Reporter can’t stand Apple and haven’t for years. So I wouldn’t pay attention to the reviews. Every episode of “For all mankind” already leaked online and I’m currently so invested in it.
I'm largely in the same boat. I can tell in the first episode if I'm going to like or not. Occasionally, a second episode re-direction can change my mind. And sometimes I'll even give it a third. But by then you know if it's going to be something that's worth your time, at least for the rest for the immediate future.
That's not to say that a show can't turn itself around even in that first season (Succession is a recent example of a show really needing to get to midseason before figuring itself out), but even in those cases, it's easy to double back to a show if necessary.
I might not be the biggest fan of Dan Feinberg, but I do like Tim Goodman, and I don't think either of them would let a company bias factor into their review of a television show.
Nope. Rape is not political. But if you don't think there is a political angle to any of the "me too" dynamic, you're perhaps not paying attention.
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It certainly the one I look forward to. I just hope it doesn't end up like Designated Survivor; great premise, but after a while it becomes a parody of itself.
maybe read the reviews. This comment is a roflcopter. You totally missed the boat here. Apple has plenty of violence, profanity, and sex in their new shows per reviews.