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premise great, plot intriguing, many questions left unanswered
I've encountered enough fantasy stories to understand that a captivating premise alone won't carry a narrative. I got this show recommended to me by a friend initially. Maybe around episode 3 or so. Watched as it aired. It sounded real interesting so I decided to give it a try. And for like the first 8 episodes i was locked in watching as it aired. Suddenly 2 episodes dropped on the same day weird okay? but sure. I guess they had a reason BTS i guess.
But yeah, Initially, Nour felt like it had the potential to offer something refreshingly unique. Something that gave me strong vampire vibes but not vampire in a way. Its immortals yes but they arent really vampires they are different in a way they diverge from traditional vampires. As someone who is a sucker for a good supernatural story this was an interesting plotline already there. You had the idea of a character yearning for death falling in love with someone who fiercely wants them to live. Sounds promising right? Well, for me at least it really set the dark ambiance and the enigma surrounding the Nours, it kinda started a good stage for an intriguing beginning, that could if done right lead to something amazing. And for the first 8 episodes or so it really was looking like it could land in my top shows for a bit. Well, yeah that shattered around the twist.
SO as i mentioned I didnt quite land in the way that i think the writers of the show intended it to. BEcause i felt like there were many time during the show where it became increasingly clear that it didn’t fully grasp its own mythology. Like they mentioned one thing in one episode and then in another the opposite happens. It kinda threw me off a bit actually.
The world-building is riddled with inconsistencies and questions. Their, the Nours, superhuman powers seems to fluctuate based on what the plot demands at that moment, rather than adhering to a consistent set of rules. I like rules when it comes to shows and the mythology. It seems like they didnt really have that.
The ending left me with mixed emotions. I have many questions i will most likely never get answered and it feels empty in a way. I will say the resolution for the secondary couple felt satisfying but yeah, while James and Ken's outcome was more troubling. I feel like their part of the story has a bunch of things that i never really got told. I feel like im missing a bunch of info and how they would live the rest of their life. So, this made me feel that it was not the greatest of the bunch when I am looking at it from this POV.
Well, my overall thoughts? I think I would say that Nour isn't a bad series. Its premise is intriguing, the atmosphere is engaging, and the ambition behind it is evident. Very clear what they had thought that they would do. And the NCs of the show are also great. THat can help a story a bit just not to the point where I would have a show rely entirely on it. There are glimpses of the impact this story could have had with more room to explore some of the questions. So, Unfortunately, it never quite realised that potential.
in a sentence i think i would say that this is an intriguing idea that deserved a more assured execution with more time to cook on that ending.
But yeah, Initially, Nour felt like it had the potential to offer something refreshingly unique. Something that gave me strong vampire vibes but not vampire in a way. Its immortals yes but they arent really vampires they are different in a way they diverge from traditional vampires. As someone who is a sucker for a good supernatural story this was an interesting plotline already there. You had the idea of a character yearning for death falling in love with someone who fiercely wants them to live. Sounds promising right? Well, for me at least it really set the dark ambiance and the enigma surrounding the Nours, it kinda started a good stage for an intriguing beginning, that could if done right lead to something amazing. And for the first 8 episodes or so it really was looking like it could land in my top shows for a bit. Well, yeah that shattered around the twist.
SO as i mentioned I didnt quite land in the way that i think the writers of the show intended it to. BEcause i felt like there were many time during the show where it became increasingly clear that it didn’t fully grasp its own mythology. Like they mentioned one thing in one episode and then in another the opposite happens. It kinda threw me off a bit actually.
The world-building is riddled with inconsistencies and questions. Their, the Nours, superhuman powers seems to fluctuate based on what the plot demands at that moment, rather than adhering to a consistent set of rules. I like rules when it comes to shows and the mythology. It seems like they didnt really have that.
The ending left me with mixed emotions. I have many questions i will most likely never get answered and it feels empty in a way. I will say the resolution for the secondary couple felt satisfying but yeah, while James and Ken's outcome was more troubling. I feel like their part of the story has a bunch of things that i never really got told. I feel like im missing a bunch of info and how they would live the rest of their life. So, this made me feel that it was not the greatest of the bunch when I am looking at it from this POV.
Well, my overall thoughts? I think I would say that Nour isn't a bad series. Its premise is intriguing, the atmosphere is engaging, and the ambition behind it is evident. Very clear what they had thought that they would do. And the NCs of the show are also great. THat can help a story a bit just not to the point where I would have a show rely entirely on it. There are glimpses of the impact this story could have had with more room to explore some of the questions. So, Unfortunately, it never quite realised that potential.
in a sentence i think i would say that this is an intriguing idea that deserved a more assured execution with more time to cook on that ending.
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