Tales from the Loop

Tales from the Loop seems to pride itself on its slow pace and tempered tone, but I found S1 to be too tedious to be enjoyable. The plots seem to be a mix of temporal sci-fi and human fallibility, and I found myself enjoying the former aspect over the latter. The characters tend to link each episode, but their depressing stories or self-imposed problems meant I never really got on board with where this series was going.

Based off of the first episode, which was so detached and unexciting that I bailed on the rest of the series - going off these other reviews it doesn't look like it improved. Just go and look at or buy Stalenhag's art, this doesn't add anything to it.

Sad stories packed in science fiction clichés.

Unfortunately less than it could’ve been. The few interested ideas here have already been explored elsewhere. The pacing is usually subdued, which is fine on some episodes, but others not so much. It’s almost like an anthology series, yet it tries to loosely connect things, mostly in the S1 finale which ends up being disappointing in how little it does. The cast is good, and the second episode is an enjoyable, but depressing one. It’s just unfortunate the script isn’t up to par, especial

Interesting but depressing stories.

Retro futuristic, aesthetically beautiful science fiction almost like anthology (but loosely connected) which doesn't rely on flashy scenes, action-like pace or but relies on slowly developing story with gentle and wonderful soundtrack. Each story is intriguing in its on way, not all are equally good. Big fan and a nice counterweight to all the mainstream shows which usually don't have the guts to be slow and subtle. Sci-fi ideas aren't anything new though as far as I can tell.

I was a bit skeptical when I heard they were making a series based on the art of one of my favourite painters, but this blew my expectations out of the water. Warmly human stories told with a sci-fi backdrop. But the sci is not the point, the people are. Contemplative, meticulously beautiful, and touching.

Not compelling enough to justify the slow pace.

ger; [tales from the loop -- SERIE]; seltsame dinge geschehen in einem ländlichen dorf - doch kein wunder dort arbeiten wissenschaftler an seltsamen technologien.; {Folgen: S01E01-S01E02};

A refreshingly different type of storytelling.

Premise was there, execution was not. e01 was my favorite. e03 and e06, why did these exist? Fantastic soundtrack.

strong start but each story got more and more boring as things went on

Watched the first episode, which was slowly paced, boring and uneventful. Essentially an anti-pilot. No excitement or wonder of discovering a new world through cerebral sci-fi. Good Philip Glass & Paul Leonard-Morgan score though.