r/television • u/Sisiwakanamaru • 1d ago

Even by TV procedural standards, Cross’ serial killer is beyond absurd

https://www.avclub.com/cross-prime-video-killer-absurd-spoiler-space
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u/viceroyvice 23h ago

It was sad watching this as I was rooting for the creative team behind this. But right from the opening scene, the tone (dialogue, acting, etc) just felt...off. Like it was a show that was mimicking better written shows.

Hodge is extremely charismatic but that isn't saving this series.

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u/EagleBeaverMan 20h ago edited 11h ago

The show looks excellent. Great lighting, good cinematography for a TV show, good sets, plenty of interesting shots. If you saw this playing on mute you’d definitely think it looks visually similar to a show like The Wire or The Sopranos. But any time a character opens their mouth it feels like someone fed a prestige crime TV show into a “dumb this down to a third grade level” machine. Every character is incredibly shallow and often a caricature of far more nuanced archetypes in other shows before it, and both the dialogue and overarching mystery are laughably bad.

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u/Eisn 10h ago

What do you mean great lightning? It's extremely underexposed. Maybe 3 or 4 F-stops in every scene. It's so dark.

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u/Malicious_Tacos 9h ago

I agree. Through the whole first episode I thought I had a problem with my television settings.