I wish HBO listened to its viewers like CBS did. (With the top exec at HBO fired recently, I think chances of "Carnivale" returning to complete its arc just got better!)
As much as I am an optimist, I highly doubt that ever happening. At $4,000,000 per episode,
Carnivale was just plain too expensive for its own good. What do we love about
Carnivale? The shows rich organic attention to detail. The shows production team created a visually striking period piece of such immense detail which even most Hollywood films set in the same era avoid. This is what sets it apart from all other fantasy shows on television. Watching
Carnivale was like the purest form of escapism. It was almost as if you could turn your head in any direction see aspects of the story in real life. You could literally feel the dust between your teeth.
Capt, your thoughts on the show. Is it worth getting into? Your description certainly makes it sound appealing.
As with several TV shows on free-to-air American networks, this show has a great concept but it fails in its low (low!) production value. I understand not every TV network is HBO, but still, I'm sure more can be done to improve the quality to these shows within their tight budgets. For example, in
Jericho, in some scenes if they just avoided using constant, non-stop, irritating McGyver-style background music, it would make the show so much better! Watch any episode of
Six Feet Under to see how silence sometimes adds a more dramatic effect than a lousy score. Plus, when you want to do sci-fi, you better have big bucks 'cos visual effects on a shoe string budget look fake and sometimes just plain stupid.
AK, let me finish at least 10 episodes and I'll let you know if its worth getting into.
