Post by Brad Nelson on Nov 20, 2022 18:10:45 GMT -8
I've watched two of six episodes of season one of The Head. IMDB rates this about 7.5. And that's about one-and-a-half points too high.
This is set in an Antarctic research station whose purpose is to find a bacteria that can eat CO2 and thus end "climate change." (Might not those bacteria eat too much CO2 and thus makes things worse?)
There's absolutely nothing unique or creative about this series thus far. It's a rehashing of stuff you've seen before: A remote base loses all communication to the outside world. X months later a new crew comes in and finds everyone missing or dead. There are blood marks on the walls. Blah blah blah.
The only real mystery is about who did it and why. Also, could it be an actor from outside the base? Could it be (in monster-movie fashion) that this bacteria they are studying (or trying to find...I'm not clear about that) had eaten the oxygen from people's brains until they went cuckoo and started killing each other?
There is a suggestion that "going cuckoo" is an element. There's also a suggestion that this is purely espionage (try to steal a trade secret worth billions).
This is kind of bad/good-enough to watch, at least through two episodes. But I can see this tanking fast. I don't know how you stretch this out to six episodes without simply constantly playing superficial add-on to the plot...which is the death of about three-quarters of the streaming series which otherwise might start off good. And there might be a second season coming. I can't imagine anyone would want to watch another season of this if they can't wrap this up in one season.
This is set in an Antarctic research station whose purpose is to find a bacteria that can eat CO2 and thus end "climate change." (Might not those bacteria eat too much CO2 and thus makes things worse?)
There's absolutely nothing unique or creative about this series thus far. It's a rehashing of stuff you've seen before: A remote base loses all communication to the outside world. X months later a new crew comes in and finds everyone missing or dead. There are blood marks on the walls. Blah blah blah.
The only real mystery is about who did it and why. Also, could it be an actor from outside the base? Could it be (in monster-movie fashion) that this bacteria they are studying (or trying to find...I'm not clear about that) had eaten the oxygen from people's brains until they went cuckoo and started killing each other?
There is a suggestion that "going cuckoo" is an element. There's also a suggestion that this is purely espionage (try to steal a trade secret worth billions).
This is kind of bad/good-enough to watch, at least through two episodes. But I can see this tanking fast. I don't know how you stretch this out to six episodes without simply constantly playing superficial add-on to the plot...which is the death of about three-quarters of the streaming series which otherwise might start off good. And there might be a second season coming. I can't imagine anyone would want to watch another season of this if they can't wrap this up in one season.
I suspect I'll get no further than the third episode. There are signs everywhere that there is zero originality or cinematic skill in any of this. But it can (so far) be watched with a little Mystery Science Theatre 3000 as a backdrop. It's fun to guess at the stupid. (They can't possibly be thinking of doing that? Oh, geez, they did.)
Don't ask me about why this is named "The Head." There may be a deeper reason for it than what I've seen, but I'm doubting that.