 Thanks for checking out this show review video. This is for season 2 of the show Nosferatu Which is on the shutter streaming service when I'm doing this review. I had watched the first season on shutter It was originally on AMC channel and then shutter ended up getting it They just got season 2 a few weeks ago So I was excited to dig into that because I really did like season one So I have a review for season one already on my channel. There's some back Information on the show in that so I would tell you go to that because I'm not going to talk about as much on this one I'm just gonna kind of talk about how I felt about season two So this is more for people who have already seen season one and are trying to make up their mind is season two worth it So there might there might be a few spoilers that come up So if you have not seen season one go watch my review for that because that is spoiler free And then you can make a decision on if you want to start or not But this is mainly for the people who already watched season one, which I will already say up front I like season one more than season two I'm sure that was the case for a lot of people because they actually lost a lot of viewers in season two Which is why it ended up getting canceled but you can tell that they were hoping for another season when it came to the end of season two because it goes into something else that they could have gone with which I didn't think is as Interesting but is okay So I would have checked out a season three if it was gonna happen But I I'm not sure I would have been as Enthusiastic as I was going into season two and that said I felt like for the most part probably the first half of season two I was really digging. I was really into they they dug into more backstory For some of the characters, which I thought was good But then kind of when they got to like the halfway point They started giving more backstory and some of it felt like it was really Repeating backstory that we kind of already got through interactions in season one And then it just started feeling like they were just really trying to waste time I'm just trying to stretch the time out of these runtimes to a hit the you know our mark for their their time on TV for including commercials, so it's like 45 minutes ish and be trying to hit a episode amount which is 10 episodes and Whenever it starts to feel like that that sucks. It feels like they take a Little amount of story and they just start to really really stretch it out And it really kind of felt like not not in season one because there's so much being introduced and so much new stuff And it felt like they just had a lot to go through but in season two It just really starts like it starts to feel like They were planning for more seasons and hoping for more seasons, so they were saving stuff So they were adding in a bunch of filler, especially like I said like once we hit the halfway mark Between the halfway mark till the end. There's a lot of filler. It feels like it starts to go really slow It drags from time to time There's still good stuff that happens and I'm glad that I watched it And I would recommend that if you've seen season one you should probably see season two just to see where they end it Cuz it's it's worth it. It's worth it I mean it wasn't my favorite how they ended it especially because after it feels like the story is over they then kind of do like a certain amount of time later after the events and That's fine, but for what they had to say at that point They put too much of too much time was devoted to that They should have cut that time back in my opinion, but you know, that's all the off the top of my head I'm gonna go for my notes now But as we know this is based off a Joe Hill book which I have not yet read So I don't know how much of the story from seasons one and two is from the book How much is added how much isn't there because there may be extra story that they were saving For more episode or for more seasons So I do want to read the book at some point. I've heard good things a buddy of mine has read it instead It's really good Yeah, so this actually just got canceled back in August the show so it's it's freshly canceled basically Their their ratings dropped by half apparently so it's no big surprise when something like that happens I mean the station really has to drop it, which it kind of sucks though because This was a fresh story. It was an interesting story It's a unique take on the whole vampire thing and that's what I like most about it So I like to support things that are interesting and unique like that Meanwhile, they're still beating to death the zombie genre by continuing to have walking dead and not just one walking dead I think there's two are there three at this point I don't even know but the fact that they're keep going with walking dead and I just keep hearing from people It's no good anymore and it hasn't been good for seasons It just makes me sad that they're still running that stuff, but something like this gets canceled Even though I felt like it was starting to wane. They could have you know brought it back There's a jump forward in time in this in the very beginning That's actually a really good starting point a bunch of things have happened years have passed And it feels like a sequel in a sense that ends up showing the aftermath for Vic from the Vic McQueen and other people From the ending of the events of season one So I kind of do like that it feels like it's it's kind of its own story But it's a sequel so I like how they did that jump forward because there's a lot that you could compare to the first one That gets echoed in the second one, but it's from a different viewpoint in a way, and I do enjoy that like in the first season characters are complicated and Very realistically thought flawed. That's one of the things. I really liked about season one and that continues with season two Yet you're able to kind of understand these people with with how flawed they are because it's realistic like I said You know people are complicated And I love it when there's a show or a movie that fleshes out people as not just purely good or purely bad But it's complicated and because that's real life. That's how it truly is You know barely anyone is purely good or purely bad Everyone's some version of gray area and the show represents that pretty well You get more of a backstory on Manx on Charlie man Manx and how he came to be the way he is and who he is that is some of the best Backstory stuff in my opinion because that's missing from season one so to have it in season two really You know helps flesh out the story more. It's great And much like the story of Vicks family that's complicated Additionally, you learn more about Christmas land because that gets kind of rolled in with learning more about Charlie Manx because Obviously Christmas land is his The directing is really well done in this much like in season one That there are a lot of interesting camera shots that they end up using for this So once again looks good cinematography directing acting for the most part is really good except I still cannot stand the old man voice for Charlie Manx It is like Cartoonish to the nth degree. It is annoying as hell. I hate it It just like greats On my nerves whenever I hear it There's a new character named Lou who shows up in this one. There are a few new characters But there's a new character Lou played by Jonathan Langdon And I just wanted to call that out because I love his character of Lou in this and I love the way he played that character That's a great character. I wanted Even more he gets a good amount of screen time But I wanted even more from that character because I liked him as much as I did There's a quick cameo from Tom Savini I know that could be like a surprise for people, but it's very quick So I just wanted people be alert on the lookout. There is a quick cameo from Tom Savini and it's fun There's an expansion of the world of creatives a little bit they do that a little bit in season one, but they do it more in season two and There's also kind of a question posed towards the end of like a who else is out there Who's a creative kind of opening that question to we could do so many more seasons And they could have you know Do There's a bunch of stuff that actually ends up happening in this unfortunately that starts to feel too convenient for the writers And that's what around the Halfway mark of the season. I hate that. That's that's when they're getting into the we're wasting time type thing And it seems like a lot of the convenient writing has to do with stretching things So that really sucks and it just like I said, it starts to drag It seems at first it at one point it seems like they start to ignore some of the rules They set up regarding Manx and the Wraith in season one And I was starting to really roll my eyes of that and be like, ah, this is just like the writers Just being like, I'm too lazy. This is convenient, but no they actually don't ignore them those rules You just think they do for a little bit. So I like that They kind of led you to believe that and then they're just like, haha. No, so that's good It seems the story may have been better told as a limited series Because when writers and showrunners understand there could be more seasons They stretch the material and the show starts to suffer because of that And that's probably why the ratings went down because people felt that they were doing that and nobody likes that There's a theme in here of what happens to creative people who have demons they struggle to deal with that's in the first season as well And I was wondering if it's possible that this kind of comes from Joe Hill's experience growing up because I know that At least the shining Stephen King writing the shining which Joe Hill is Stephen King's son Stephen King writing the shining is a lot about himself and his alcohol abuse. He's been sober for a long time like decades now, but He wrote the shining is kind of like a reflection on his alcoholism and the issues that it had on his family So I'm wondering if part of what went into knows for ought to had to do with Experience from from Joe Hill. So I just found myself thinking about that during this It's still dealing heavily with Trauma and what it does to a person later down the road But it also introduces the worries of making the same mistakes that your parents do With your own kids and just in life and realizing that all the terrible things you went through because of the bad choices your parents made You start to look at your life and you're like is the same thing happening to me Am I reliving basically what my parents lived through and that works in this and Yeah, so that's basically all I have to say about it once again. It's not the best, but it is so good enough It's unfortunate that it really goes downhill and and gets really slow about halfway through But at least the first half is still fun and exciting I would just you know, I would say the first season is really good the first half of the second season is quite good Then the last half is meh, but you know so anyway make up your own decision on it But I would be interested in hearing comments on people who have already seen season 2 or you're thinking about doing season 2 What are your thoughts even about season one? That's fine, too Let's let's talk in the comments spoilers are fine in the comments by the way So do me a quick favor though hit that subscribe button That's your best way to repay me if you like any videos I've ever done this one or others or more, you know all of them that'd be great Because it doesn't mean a lot to me when people actually subscribe it. 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