One quibble - the CGI building facade was pretty weak. The color, texture and shading didn't quite match the sets, and actually varied in tone between shots.
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One quibble - the CGI building facade was pretty weak. The color, texture and shading didn't quite match the sets, and actually varied in tone between shots.
Pacing isn't the only problem for the Rachel/Jon flirtation. We're just not very invested in Jon - he's doesn't exhibit much charisma and is unimportant to the team dynamic (outside of delivering exposition). And it's using some pretty tedious romance tropes, which clash with the workplace tone. It would be better…
Pacing isn't the only problem for the Rachel/Jon flirtation. We're just not very invested in Jon - he's doesn't exhibit much charisma and is unimportant to the team dynamic (outside of delivering exposition). And it's using some pretty tedious romance tropes, which clash with the workplace tone. It would be better…
As bad as this was, it puts me in mind of the superior 2004 BBC reality show Spy, where a bunch of normal folk are trained and compete in basic human intelligence work. Anyone else seen it?
As bad as this was, it puts me in mind of the superior 2004 BBC reality show Spy, where a bunch of normal folk are trained and compete in basic human intelligence work. Anyone else seen it?
The best you're gonna get are Bloomberg, RT or Al-Jazeera English. Read your news; it's so much faster and contains less fluff. If you prefer your news to run in the background, a BBC radio or NPR broadcast are decent.
The best you're gonna get are Bloomberg, RT or Al-Jazeera English. Read your news; it's so much faster and contains less fluff. If you prefer your news to run in the background, a BBC radio or NPR broadcast are decent.
My enjoyment of this series has declined with the paint-by-numbers plots and tortured (non-)character development. It's like watching NCIS. Covert Affairs has problems, but it's not nearly as repetitive as this show. It makes more of an attempt to exemplify modern intelligence work, has some amazing location…
My enjoyment of this series has declined with the paint-by-numbers plots and tortured (non-)character development. It's like watching NCIS. Covert Affairs has problems, but it's not nearly as repetitive as this show. It makes more of an attempt to exemplify modern intelligence work, has some amazing location…
Agreed. I had high hopes for Pearce. The less Michael-angst in this show, the more I enjoy it.
Agreed. I had high hopes for Pearce. The less Michael-angst in this show, the more I enjoy it.
My fridge-moment:
Wouldn't a recorded deposition have resolved the dying snitch problem? Also, what was the purpose of flying a dying witness halfway across the country? Presumably the case would be heard in a Boston-area district court.
My fridge-moment:
Wouldn't a recorded deposition have resolved the dying snitch problem? Also, what was the purpose of flying a dying witness halfway across the country? Presumably the case would be heard in a Boston-area district court.
Historical note: 24 FPS emerged as a standard for sound film; it was preceded by typically hand-cranked 16 FPS in the silent days. There's no hard minimum or maximum for persistence of vision - just slow deterioration of the effect with lower rates (photoreceptor cells are not synchronized).
Historical note: 24 FPS emerged as a standard for sound film; it was preceded by typically hand-cranked 16 FPS in the silent days. There's no hard minimum or maximum for persistence of vision - just slow deterioration of the effect with lower rates (photoreceptor cells are not synchronized).
Film grain serves much as a filter - reducing aliasing, moiré, and other sampling artifacts. It's analogous to dither for audio recordings. It is of course possible to have too much.
Film grain serves much as a filter - reducing aliasing, moiré, and other sampling artifacts. It's analogous to dither for audio recordings. It is of course possible to have too much.
Umm, is there such a thing as "jutter?" There is jitter, which is a mistiming artifact. There is judder, a low sample/frame rate or dropped frame artifact. No jutter. I think you mean judder.
Umm, is there such a thing as "jutter?" There is jitter, which is a mistiming artifact. There is judder, a low sample/frame rate or dropped frame artifact. No jutter. I think you mean judder.