TVOM: "Sprawling dramas like Marco Polo always face the same challenge early on: developing characters and story simultaneously, as to not quickly lose audiences with no sense of momentum or depth to any of its leads. Unfortunately, “The Wolf and the Deer” is an example of what happens when this balance isn’t maintained: after a fifty-minute pilot that bounced all over northeastern Asia, “The Wolf and the Deer” quickly accelerates its political/familial stories into huge climaxes, all without taking the time to really dig into the characters they’ve introduced and the world they’re living in. Without a strong grip on family relations or cultural dynamics, “The Wolf and the Deer” can only be loud, empty spectacle – and although it is beautiful,its climatic moments have no impact, simply because it’s still difficult to understand motivations or brewing conflict when we barely know characters’ names."
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Marco Polo's a pretty slow-burn for the first half of the season, but I grew to really like it towards the end, particularly by "White Moon." It's not "Netflix's Game of Thrones" by any means, but it's got heart. Love Benedict Wong's Kublai Khan; if only I could say the same about Marco Polo.
It's pretty interesting but not at all what I expected. Marco Polo is a badass kungfu ninja? But yeah, im only about 3 eps in.
I liked it. Critics have no "kung-fu"
I liked it. To hell with the critics
I think I'll watch this serial.