Re: The Big Stone Grid
Brigands of Rattleborge **SPOILERS**
I thought Brigands was a very literate script, with some terrific scene-setting and dialogue, and of course the length of time it takes to set up the townsfolk is one of the things which made it stand out, but I also felt it abandoned some of the things that made it intriguing.
The raindance, which is requested at the start, introduced a kind of supernatual element, which was never followed up on. Indeed, that whole sequence is largely forgotten when I initially thought there'd be some kind of karmic Native American payback on the badguys. The bad guys operate under the rainstorm, but was it really necessary? It's atmospheric, undoubtedly, but the whole sequence with the Native Americans could have been removed as it is and it could just have been coincidental.
The townsfolk are nicely drawn, but I didn't find the Abraham character that compelling in the end, I expected a greater mystery about him.
I love westerns and Brigands is a good revenge western, but ultimately that's all it is, another revenge western, albeit a VERY dark one with some good twists.
I haven't read BSG.
Originally posted by richardonthego
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I thought Brigands was a very literate script, with some terrific scene-setting and dialogue, and of course the length of time it takes to set up the townsfolk is one of the things which made it stand out, but I also felt it abandoned some of the things that made it intriguing.
The raindance, which is requested at the start, introduced a kind of supernatual element, which was never followed up on. Indeed, that whole sequence is largely forgotten when I initially thought there'd be some kind of karmic Native American payback on the badguys. The bad guys operate under the rainstorm, but was it really necessary? It's atmospheric, undoubtedly, but the whole sequence with the Native Americans could have been removed as it is and it could just have been coincidental.
The townsfolk are nicely drawn, but I didn't find the Abraham character that compelling in the end, I expected a greater mystery about him.
I love westerns and Brigands is a good revenge western, but ultimately that's all it is, another revenge western, albeit a VERY dark one with some good twists.
I haven't read BSG.
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