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**Yac** · 05-30-2018, 06:36 AM

The Terror.
Oh my. Oh my oh my. What an amazing ride it's been. In fact, i got to the book immediately after the tv show. Now with both behind me, I can say .. wow. Oh my oh my

But what is this Terror you speak of, Yac ? Well...
It's a story based on a book that was based on real events. The infamous Franklin's lost expedition, one of the most tragic and mysterious attempts to penetrate the arctic, here - to find a passage to china and India.
In the middle of the 19th century, 2 re purposed war ships - Erebus and Terror, with ~130 men aboard, set sail for the northern passage, and they were never seen again. In fact, the wrecks have only been discovered a couple of years ago. Over the years however, this story became a source of all kinds of speculations about what happened, with The Terror by acclaimed author Dan Simmons being the pinnacle of those.
But enough about history (I could spend hours writing about this, but I'm not here to bore you).
The show:

(the review below contains some spoilers, but it doesn't really spoil the plot any more than some basic knowledge of history does, so if you read the history paragraph above, it shouldn't be spoiling your fun).

And if you'd rather not spend 8 minutes of your precious life watching a review, risking facing a spoiler or two, but don't mind wasting 3 minutes, here's the official trailer:

At this point, I can't really point to a single thing that is wrong with the show. Acting is amazing, both heroes and villains are great (though the line is often blurred). The photography and scenery are stunning - even though it's to a large extent cgi and it was filmed in a studio in Hungary and on some rocky Croatian island, you can't really tell.
The atmosphere is very heavy and dark, and rightfully so. The whole thing is depressing and "misery porn", as the story is basically about things getting worse.. but at the same time, it's so different. So fresh.
Music is great, though it's mostly almost ambient noise.
And having read the book and seen the show, imo the show is something really rare - a genuine improvement. To me it seems like the writers took the original text and decided to slightly compress it (the book is 650 pages long..), slightly shift the focus, slightly fix the pacing .. and it all worked out really good. Then they decided to make some plot changes and imo, the vast majority were changes in a good direction.
10/10.

05-30-2018, 06:36 AM	#6130 (permalink)
Yac Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: It's a secret too. Posts: 1,363	The Terror. Oh my. Oh my oh my. What an amazing ride it's been. In fact, i got to the book immediately after the tv show. Now with both behind me, I can say .. wow. Oh my oh my But what is this Terror you speak of, Yac ? Well... It's a story based on a book that was based on real events. The infamous Franklin's lost expedition, one of the most tragic and mysterious attempts to penetrate the arctic, here - to find a passage to china and India. In the middle of the 19th century, 2 re purposed war ships - Erebus and Terror, with ~130 men aboard, set sail for the northern passage, and they were never seen again. In fact, the wrecks have only been discovered a couple of years ago. Over the years however, this story became a source of all kinds of speculations about what happened, with The Terror by acclaimed author Dan Simmons being the pinnacle of those. But enough about history (I could spend hours writing about this, but I'm not here to bore you). The show: (the review below contains some spoilers, but it doesn't really spoil the plot any more than some basic knowledge of history does, so if you read the history paragraph above, it shouldn't be spoiling your fun). And if you'd rather not spend 8 minutes of your precious life watching a review, risking facing a spoiler or two, but don't mind wasting 3 minutes, here's the official trailer: At this point, I can't really point to a single thing that is wrong with the show. Acting is amazing, both heroes and villains are great (though the line is often blurred). The photography and scenery are stunning - even though it's to a large extent cgi and it was filmed in a studio in Hungary and on some rocky Croatian island, you can't really tell. The atmosphere is very heavy and dark, and rightfully so. The whole thing is depressing and "misery porn", as the story is basically about things getting worse.. but at the same time, it's so different. So fresh. Music is great, though it's mostly almost ambient noise. And having read the book and seen the show, imo the show is something really rare - a genuine improvement. To me it seems like the writers took the original text and decided to slightly compress it (the book is 650 pages long..), slightly shift the focus, slightly fix the pacing .. and it all worked out really good. Then they decided to make some plot changes and imo, the vast majority were changes in a good direction. 10/10.