It delved into the ideas of the original show about there being no such thing as absolute "Freedom" or "Individual thought", that all things civilized are inherently derived from collectivism. The show used lots of visual ques to elaborate on that philosophy. A lot of the cinematography story-board construction tried to use surreal and subjective elements of the protagonists experience in the Village. and This is a good idea, but guess what, they did a shitty job at it. A lot of key things that could have been used as plot devices to move the story along were dropped in favor of showing you film of high definition sand for 15 minutes and expecting you to feel "DESOLATED". Because of this, the mysteries of the village which in the original were very interesting and finding out the secrets to move the plot along stand obtuse in angle from the downward spiral of this remake's continuous ability to make me NOT GIVE A SHIT. And no, the reason this remake is BAD is not because it is "Weird", but because it is shit. The original was very weird, but people with actual talent wrote and directed it.
The remake was like watching Bob Ross paint while on Vicodin. Plus, all of the coolness factor of the originals pulpy, 60's spy culture is absent and replaced with showing stupid women in distress, and hot guys ability to show his nude body. It's twilight for the twilight kids who decided to get all serious and intellectual after looking at Salvador Dali and reading something existential, then mixed with being interested in conspiracy politics.
This shames the original's name.
And what's worse, because this was such a flop, producers are going to be hesitant in the future in funding new and creative ideas.
This show in a nutshell.
DESOLATED
DESOLATED
DESOLATED
DESOLATED
"Artsy one trick pony?!"
DESOLATED
DESOLATED
DESOLATED
"Man Ass"
DESOLATED
DESOLATED
DESOLATED
"Reuse of one trick pony"
DESOLATED
Cancel DirectTV subscription to AMC, drink vodka in the bathtub.