Television, drug of the nation

Watched the first episode. So far so good, but I still remember everything that happens in the game, which lessens the impact. Some good stuff that isn’t in the game, tho.

Been watching The Rig for no real reason. It’s bang average but has just about enough going for it to make me want to find out what happens. It’s very reminiscent of Carpenter’s The Thing and early episodes of X-Files, although nowhere near as cool as either, obviously, what could be. The theme music and soundtrack is especially unremarkable. Not sure why that’s bothered me so much, but how hard is it to get some theme music you’d actually want to hear.

Also been watching The Expanse, which feels very similar in terms of production values, but much better writing and acting. I’ve been reading the books (which are excellent), so was fully prepared to hate it, but I’m getting pretty into it.