The Terror

I thought the producers did an excellent adaptation of Dan Simmons' novel in season 1. I am glad they sought to be accurate with the design and details, making it actually look like a mid-19th Century Arctic expedition. The second season was drawn out too much story-wise, especially as the Japanese American decline internment camps, the 442nd and other Nisei contributions to the war effort could have been included. I wish they had clarified the situation of the Issei, or first-generation Japanese immigrants. Under US law then, they couldn't be naturalized as citizens. So, renouncing allegiance to the Japanese emperor would have left them stateless. ManyJapanese Americans, stranded in Japan after Pearl Harbor, died in the firebombing and nuking of Japanese cities. Also, while the internment of Japanese Americans and Canadians was acknowledged in the end credits, thousands more residents and citizens of Japanese descent living in Latin America, were also sent to the US for internment. These ended up stateless.

Both seasons are so different and gorgeous, but season 2 is an incredible, heart-wrenching, multicultural masterpiece. The layers of interplay here are out of this world.

Awesome show! I love stranded survival stories with a creature roaming around. But to sound like a broken record in most of my comments i'll leave this here too. Some people should not be allowed to leave a review. They either try to make an argument while clearly not paying attention to the story or act like they're some kind of snobby critic. Get a life people.

I really wanted to like this series (as I personally love getting addicted to shows like The Sopranos, The Wire, and Breaking Bad), but like the other critics on here pointed out, it's pretty boring and hard to watch. The historical stuff is intriguing, but does not makes sense. The imperial British were not without their flaws and idiocies, but why would they have chosen to navigate such a long and treacherous sea route during the coldest part of the year? Their boats keep getting stuck in the ice, and that's part of what makes this so boring. The sailors of the 19th century knew that sea travel was very dangerous and risky. The only redeeming characters in this show is the monster and the inuit girl, but they still aren't very impressive or well developed.

I've only watched 2 episodes of this now, but this is a very well made television show. There are a lot of twists and turns that will keep you watching if you don't mind dialogue. Basically, this is about a 19th century british trade company that runs into un-expected problems along the way. I'm definetly hooked on the series, and I'm glad there are 2 seasons (rare for shudder).