RE: The Man in the High Castle (season 2): The journey so far is very very slow
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"It sounds like you have some mixed feelings about the show's second season, and I appreciate your honest assessment. Slow pacing and characters' actions can indeed be frustrating, and it's disappointing when a series drags its storyline unnecessarily. I understand your points about the show's pacing and character development.
Shows based on books sometimes do face the challenge of stretching the source material to create multiple seasons. Not every adaptation is successful in retaining the audience's interest, and it's a matter of personal preference.
Your insights into the characters and the development of the plot are valid, and it's clear you have a critical eye for storytelling. Sometimes, it's a good idea to balance between watching and reading to get the information you're looking for, especially if you're more interested in the story's resolution.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and offering a candid review of the series!" 📺🎬
Thanks buddy. As far as this show is concerned, I was not familiar with the source material. Until you mentioned it I wasn't aware it was based on a book but it makes sense that it is.
Slow pacing is something that a lot of series suffer from and much of the time, this is something that happens with American-made series. They feel compelled to have a certain number of episodes per season regardless of whether or not they actually have enough story for a season of that length.
While I don't do it very often, I sometimes prefer UK-based series that the season is however many episodes it takes to tell the story. Sherlock Holmes was a good example of this. Sometimes it was 5 episodes, sometimes it was 3, once it was only 2. They also didn't allow themselves to be pressured into releasing a season every single year. They seem to have waited until they had the right story in place, and then it might be several years before the next installment was out to the users. This might be a bit annoying to people that are impatient, but in the end it makes for much better viewing.