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Tsundoku, on 06 August 2024 - 10:13 AM, said:

So I binged this today. An interesting reimagination of some of the mythology literally "up-dated".

By and large, I liked it. I thought the direction, acting (mostly), the characterisation and plotting were pretty good. Jeff Goldblum Jeff Goldblum'd really well and had a few moments where you were reminded that no matter how almost human and like a 6 year old having a tantrum he can seem, Zeus can still be a scary fucker when he wants to.
It says something in and of itself that I was able to binge the whole 8 x 45 min episodes straight pretty much without a break. It was very engaging.
Some online comments have been that it's a bit too slow at places but I did not find that to be the case. It may be that I have always had a fascination with Greek mythology but I think it was more than that.

A couple of quibbles:
They miss out on a lot of the other big hitters in the pantheon, but explaining it away as noone taking or returning Dad's call was quite droll. I guess they already had a pretty stuffed cast and everyone needed time to shine. Probably to be seen in a second season.
While the setup of the "plot" was well-beforehand and 99% off-screen, some of it seemed a little too pat. I know I know, with who was involved you can explain it away quite literally as deus ex machina but ...
There's a not-so-subtle second layer of messaging here and while I was able to switch off my irritation mostly while enjoying the story, it did tend to beat you over the head after about episode 3-4.

All-in-all definitely binge-worthy as previously stated, and I hope it gets a second season. Eight promiscuous and flawed deities out of ten.