I really liked "Tabula Rasa". It didn't have much that annoyed me besides a few minor points and the pacing was pretty good (as opposed to, say, "Adrift").
However, I was really annoyed by how they treated the viewers like idiots and insisted on splashing "X hours earlier" and "Present" over the screen every single time the timelines switched.
I mean, it was pretty obvious every single time they switched timelines:
* Flashy transitional effect
* Switch of filters and lighting (dark and bluer/greener)
* The scenes switched from people without amnesia walking about to mostly Rodney with amnesia panicking
Yet they showed these little reminders of which timeline we were in repeatedly. It was shown so many times I didn't even notice it when they stopped doing it towards the end because I've begun to ignore the bottom half of the screen every single time there was a switch.
IMO, the first little note ("14 hours earlier") at the beginning would've sufficed.
So what did you guys think?
However, I was really annoyed by how they treated the viewers like idiots and insisted on splashing "X hours earlier" and "Present" over the screen every single time the timelines switched.
I mean, it was pretty obvious every single time they switched timelines:
* Flashy transitional effect
* Switch of filters and lighting (dark and bluer/greener)
* The scenes switched from people without amnesia walking about to mostly Rodney with amnesia panicking
Yet they showed these little reminders of which timeline we were in repeatedly. It was shown so many times I didn't even notice it when they stopped doing it towards the end because I've begun to ignore the bottom half of the screen every single time there was a switch.
IMO, the first little note ("14 hours earlier") at the beginning would've sufficed.
So what did you guys think?
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