Dialogue was flat and unnatural. Mai: "Let's go outdoors."? Who says that over "Let's go outside."? Even trying to justify it as it being 'not her' when she says it would be a weak attempt.
The series just jumps in and expects viewers to grasp the fine details of characters' relationships to one another and already be aware of finer character traits. I understand that dropping the introduction from a production is a simple way to save time and money while effectively increasing the tempo of the film, but this series fell WELL short of doing it successfully.
Script aside, the production aspects were fantastic. Shots were very clean and well composed. Post-production work was excellent: color grading was appropriate and consistent, VFX were not overstated and distracting, scenes were well scored.
It's hard to judge acting on terrible dialogue and even more difficult when the plot is full of holes and presented ineffectively, but I would say that the acting was no worse than the script.
Again, the script could be summarized as such: Good concept, insufficient information, terrible dialogue, ineffective presentation.
The series just jumps in and expects viewers to grasp the fine details of characters' relationships to one another and already be aware of finer character traits. I understand that dropping the introduction from a production is a simple way to save time and money while effectively increasing the tempo of the film, but this series fell WELL short of doing it successfully.
Script aside, the production aspects were fantastic. Shots were very clean and well composed. Post-production work was excellent: color grading was appropriate and consistent, VFX were not overstated and distracting, scenes were well scored.
It's hard to judge acting on terrible dialogue and even more difficult when the plot is full of holes and presented ineffectively, but I would say that the acting was no worse than the script.
Again, the script could be summarized as such: Good concept, insufficient information, terrible dialogue, ineffective presentation.