TV Series

Bigga said:
Can I ask you, then, what in the show is revelatory in any fashion?

What do we know about the company and who it deals with and what the dynamics of those relationships are? What's the impact of having the president's ear and how does that shape anything we see on screen?
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The company is a media conglomerate, not too dissimilar to Rupert Murdoch's. We see it envelop other entities during the series and Its Patriarch even details plans to take over local TV news networks. We even get a story around sexual harassments at one of the subsidiary cruise companies. So to answer you, we get to knows lots about the company.

However, the company itself is not the story but a backdrop. Like the title not so subtly suggests, the whole premise is around who will be the patriarchs successor after he announces he will retire. He reneges on this and the whole infighting begins.

The real story is the view we get of an American oligarchy. We see the dysfunction and how out of touch with the real world they are. Its fascinating and also darkly humorous. In fact, its hard to distinguish if it is in fact a dark comedy or a drama. It occupies both genres seamlessly.

That's my take and why I enjoy it. I think its excellently written if you can see the humour. I dont think its meant to be taken too seriously.
 
super_city_si said:
The company is a media conglomerate, not too dissimilar to Rupert Murdoch's. We see it envelop other entities during the series and Its Patriarch even details plans to take over local TV news networks. We even get a story around sexual harassments at one of the subsidiary cruise companies. So to answer you, we get to knows lots about the company.

However, the company itself is not the story but a backdrop. Like the title not so subtly suggests, the whole premise is around who will be the patriarchs successor after he announces he will retire. He reneges on this and the whole infighting begins.

The real story is the view we get of an American oligarchy. We see the dysfunction and how out of touch with the real world they are. Its fascinating and also darkly humorous. In fact, its hard to distinguish if it is in fact a dark comedy or a drama. It occupies both genres seamlessly.

That's my take and why I enjoy it. I think its excellently written if you can see the humour. I dont think its meant to be taken too seriously.
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It's all stuff I already know and to see someone else it out in black and white confirms that there's nothing different about it that 'Billions' doesn't show in more cartoonish fashion with its own 'family' and quest for power in and out of its own company.

I think if this was before 'Billions' I'd have enjoyed it more.

But, cheers for the response.
 
richardtheref said:
Just binned You after 4 episodes. Crap
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I’m a couple of episodes further on and it is crap which is a shame as I quite enjoyed the first two series. The missis is enjoying it so will probably half watch the rest. Hopefully something in the remainder will make it worthwhile
 
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