I watched all of Severance S2 but won't go back for S3. It was pretty boring for the most part. I asked my wife if Ben Stiller was laughing at us, maybe that's the joke? The finale finally did something interesting with the camcorder and Innie V Outtie situations, but otherwise, a really interesting premise has been milked enough.

The gratuitous blood was fun though.

    Asterix The gratuitous blood was fun though.

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    I was thinking the stature of the actor who plays Mr Drummond was pretty wild, but it turns out he is only about 6'3", so now I'm wondering if the "side elevation" shot of Drummond next to Mark S in the corridor was digitally altered—there's only about six inches difference between the actors in real life. Or maybe I just got fooled … hmm … 🤔

    I felt there was huge potential in this show after the first season, really loved it, but I'm disappointed with pretty much every single creative choice made in the second season.

      Big Willie This is quite an annoying bug given the damn post summary collapses all HTML whitespace so even the three dummy paragraphs above don't stop the spoiler getting rendered on the discussions list.

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        Any of you watched Adolescence? I thought it was great - one of the best shows I've seen recently. The one take concept could have been gimmicky but it worked really well. Episodes 1 and 3 were the strongest, and the final scene had me in tears.

          No, but it seems as if every single person is telling me to watch it. I've had friends, family, colleagues, other friends, the folks I co-program the cinema with, and now OMITT banging on about it.

          An amateur filmmaker friend was also raving about the "Ronin" gimbal camera that's used. I didn't realise until then that this show was a Stephen Graham joint done in single takes. The BOILING POINT film is quite fun if you are looking for more of that.

          Doing a "one take" in a high school with a cast that includes about 100 school kids is rather ambitious. Props to the kids and teachers who were there to act as AD's for making it work. Quite incredible when you think about it.

            Asterix it's not even one of those things where it looks like a one-take but is just really cleverly stitched together. All the episodes are actual one-takes.

                I’ve only watched the first fifteen minutes so far, and that was impressive. Both the camera work and the acting by all involved. There is also a cool continuity.
                Amazed by how much work they had to do for ea CG episode. I’m sure they were all tired of each other by the end

                Asterix it was excellent. feels like it will be the equivalent of baby reindeer in terms of buzz

                the studio on Apple is good fun.

                    Gazza M oh yeah thanks for the reminder. We are currently watching The Residence which is also fun. Nice to hear some Aussie accents in a Shonda Rimes show.

                      QuincyAbeyie there are some great behind the scenes videos on YouTube showing how they handed the camera off to the next operator and onto drones etc. Very cool.

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