Citadel

A couple of quick notes because time is fleeting:

• Am I wrong to think that three hundred million dollars worth of television should look and read better than this?
• There is a line that showrunners shouldn’t cross when it comes to flashbacks/forwards. Beyond that line lies only audience confusion and frustration. This show hop, skipped, and jumped with great abandon over that line.
• Citadel proves that you can’t just cherry pick the best elements of James Bond, Jason Bourne, and Mission Impossible, shoehorn in a romance, and expect it to be good.

I think if I hadn’t known how much this show cost to produce I would have had a much different response, but even though I kept peering through the soft focus trying to see where the Russo Bros. spent the money I still felt like the narrative was giving me brain damage.

As of this review, completing season one of Citadel marks my last outstanding “Watching” television series or movie. While I’m still desperately struggling to free myself from the clutches of video games, putting this show to rest theoretically frees up more space for reading and studying.

Pray for me.

2024.09.29 – 2024.10.29

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