• njm1314@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Was born again any good? I was thinking about watching it but I’ve never seen the original series, and I’m not going to so save your comments. Someone said you can still watch it but you miss a lot of stuff so I’m kind of torn.

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      2 days ago

      I thought it was pretty good and I think it’s watchable without seeing the first series. The very beginning and very end won’t necessarily be as satisfying to you but the middle mostly does its own thing.

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        2 days ago

        So I read a bit about the making of it…

        The middle was filmed first by a different show runner (eps 2 to 6) and when it was reviewed, something wasn’t sitting right so they brought on one of the original show runners.

        To make it feel more like the original series, they made the 1st episode setting it all up, and then added the last 3 episodes. Then they had to refilm parts of the middle to accommodate some changes.

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      1 day ago

      IMO don’t bother if you are not going to watch the first seasons. There is so much information and character growth you will be missing (not to mention they are fantastic) that you won’t feel the impact Born Again has.

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      Born Again was good, but you’ve got to know that it went through a whole production reboot so it’s an uneven season. As a result it’s a great setup for season 2, but just an ok first season.

      I’d say watch it, but I won’t blame you if you wait until season 2 is about to come out. Luckily it’s already well into production and shooting so it shouldn’t be to long (hopefully late this year or early next year).