Not JJ Abrams wrote:

It's mostly got the Dark atmosphere down. The oppressive soundtrack is back too, but now they have about 3 different two-note bits with various instruments instead of the same two-note strings bit of Dark.

My complaint is they pile on a bit too much supernatural Lost mystery box shit in the very first episode. How much mystery box shit was in the first episode of Dark? Dude hanged himself, mysterious envelope, kids missing, another kid goes missing. Roll credits.

First episode of 1899: (spoilers)



-THREE mysterious letters
-mysterious fake kabuki princess
-Woman who may or may not be trapped in a modern mental asylum
-duo on the run from some mysterious past
-another duo on the run from some mysterious past
-little girl who somehow instantly knows what everyone on board is thinking
-mysterious radio signal
-mysterious ghost ship
-mysterious destroyed wireless machine that sent the signal
-mysterious locket
-mysterious ribbon on floor
-spooky barred door with banging coming from inside
-spooky kid
-The protagonist being handed a literal mystery box. This time, the mysterious black sphere from Dark is a mysterious black pyramid!


Will still give the next episode a shot since the atmosphere remains quality. I'm just worried they shot their load with Dark and are falling back on lazy Lost shit.