It is truly an utter waste of time.Writing a full five lines is also a waste of my time. There is not enough to say about it. It is truly an utter waste of time.Writing a full five lines is also a waste of my time. There is not enough to say about it. It is truly an utter waste of time.Writing a full five lines is also a waste of my time. There is not enough to say about it. It is truly an utter waste of time.Writing a full five lines is also a waste of my time. There is not enough to say about it.

Why do all the legitimately good shows and story lines get the short end of the stick? THIS SHOW NEEDS TO HAVE A SEASON TWO! And then some.Residue is well-written (so far), delivers an emotional and ethereal soundtrack, really tight cinematography and while some of the acting might be a little flat, the director makes up for it with tonnes of atmosphere. I was sucked right in, completely curious and 100% entertained. The worst part about this show is that so far - there's no more!Please keep making this! Don't leave me hanging on yet another show that I love. Or at least give me the book to read. Try skipping yet another mindless episode of the likes of "that orange prison show"... puhhhhhlease!

I give residue a 4/10 since it has some great visual appeal. All too often, however, movies - especially with all sorts of special effects technologies available today - rely too much on the fluffy stuff to make their story work when they should put equal thought into actual plot, dialogue, and characterization. There was no real depth to this "pilot" of a miniseries, and I don't feel like watching any more episodes of it. It's like stuffing yourself with cotton balls because you were hungry...not satisfying at all, and in fact might actually end up choking you.The pacing of the episodes was slower than it needed to be, with way too many shots used for "atmospheric" build-up and not enough actual oomph delivered story-wise. Some scenes were also inserted in awkwardly to info-dump the audience (and it also felt like they were inserted to let the audience dwell even more on the how edgy and artistic the shots are - the creative director indulged way too much in all that). The plot itself was riddled with run-of-the-mill sci-fi/fantasy/thriller tropes - nothing new, and no surprises, there. Anybody who is a fan of sci-fi or fantasy will roll their eyes at this one. Amidst the predictable lines, there were also lots of awkward dialogue spouted, and wooden characters that have no depth and likability, down to the secondary characters. I watched and watched, hoping to find one character that I liked but none were to be found. The setting seemed unnecessarily focused on the Asian culture (Chinatown? Or Japantown? Or what?) and did it in a trivial and mediocre way that had no impact on the plot whatsoever except for some vague exotic appeal (nowhere close to the awesomeness of Firefly's delivery).**SPOILERS BELOW** Really got the impression the director was just using this shallow, overused storyline to tout their great creative artistic special unique one-of-a-kind aesthetic flair. It's no coincidence the most special-est of characters in the miniseries is a self-obsessed photographer and blogger and also the only truly insightful character who is able to see the shadow-beings AND YET NOT GET ATTACKED BY THEM. Listen up everyone, she is one special gal, destined for greatness just FYI /s. The miniseries takes itself far too seriously to boot. If you like Iwan Rheon, you'd do far better watching the first seasons of Misfits.

Yes .. I think this deserves a 10. Overall this one had everything I expected from the proper acting to the interesting story to great camera view, everything fits in and is nicely done. I started watching this a bit late and I was not able to stop and go to sleep. I wanted more. No, you will not understand much, yes it is a bit long with slow progress, yes this is a pilot, yes this is available online for free, but having said all that, I would still pay for a 3D theater projection of this movie. It probably isn't for everyone and you will have a bunch of people out there expecting something else instead of accepting it for what it really is. I loved how the slow progress and lack of information makes your mind race. All those that already felt being numb and powerless looking in the depth of night will get this. The rest better hunt some other Hollywood sausage machine generated movies. :)