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[-] mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Just binged the first season of Widow's Bay and it definitely hits on all cylinders for me. Feels like a hybrid of Lost and X-Files with very well written characters.

For a show with such a dark premise they did a good job contrasting it with light touches of subtle humor.

My only knock against it is that the next season is probably at least 2 years out!

[-] xyguy@startrek.website 2 points 3 days ago

Its really good but its a full ripoff of multiple john carpenter movies. I mean if you are gonna steal, steal from the best but I feel like a lot of sequences exceed homage and fall under retread.

[-] wjrii@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I am particularly glad it landed well and they are getting a second season, because

spoilerotherwise that ending would have been both super anti-climactic and deeply depressing. I am not even sure who the guy was who got accidentally offered up to the island.

I did like that from time to time, the humor moved beyond subtle. It was a pretty funny show.

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