Shadow and Bone

[Drunk Monk]

I watched the first ep since the new season with Lewis Tan is imminent. Ya know, I watch a lot of escapist fantasy, but man, I can’t remember being so inundated with fantasy babble in a premiere ep. I couldn’t quite keep up. Too many ideas, not fleshed out, just wacky names for stuff in this magical world. Mediocre effects and somewhat plodding of a pace, although I do like the rusky angle of the world. That’s the only but that feels fresh. Maybe I need some monster. The Grisha concept reminds me of AtLA. It wasn’t so bad that I’m going to bail. If Greg can take it and make it to the end, so can I. Or I might skip a bit. I’ll definitely watch e2 to see if it congeals well.