Watched it last night....missed the first few minutes as they must have started early.
I would have to say at the moment, I would describe it in one word as "slow". Nothing has happened so far but they try to up the pace by making dozens of jumps from one character, who may say two words, then to another who may say one word and back again. It may be "arty", but in my opinion this sort of cutting is so overdone these days....they need to invest in a tripod too!
I will continue to watch it though to see how it evolves. Meanwhile I am now half way through series 8 of SG1
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