I watched this not having seen the original series so I really had no expectations. What I found was a complete mess of a series - overly long, full of heavy-handed political messaging, stuffed to bursting point with pointless subplots that went nowhere and entirely failing to deliver on the promise of supernatural horror elements promised in the opening scene.
As for Natalie Dormer's multiple character, what was the point of this? Nothing is explained and while her acting and characterisation was always good to watch, the underlying premise was never explained and the show would have been no different had different actresses taken each role.
Oh, and another thing. Why were so many episodes padded out with pointless song and dance routines? Did the producers really want to make a musical? We get long drawn-out scenes of Molly singing, Vega dancing, Vega's nother dancing, Vega's brothers dancing, almost every episode wastes time with an extravagantly-staged musical number that added nothing to the plot but quite a bit to the runtime.
Overall, a boring mess of a show that doesn't know what it wants to be. Directionless, aimless and - worst of all for anything purporting to be entertainment of any kind - BORING.
As for Natalie Dormer's multiple character, what was the point of this? Nothing is explained and while her acting and characterisation was always good to watch, the underlying premise was never explained and the show would have been no different had different actresses taken each role.
Oh, and another thing. Why were so many episodes padded out with pointless song and dance routines? Did the producers really want to make a musical? We get long drawn-out scenes of Molly singing, Vega dancing, Vega's nother dancing, Vega's brothers dancing, almost every episode wastes time with an extravagantly-staged musical number that added nothing to the plot but quite a bit to the runtime.
Overall, a boring mess of a show that doesn't know what it wants to be. Directionless, aimless and - worst of all for anything purporting to be entertainment of any kind - BORING.