The intro credit design is incredible with all the images and visualization of the lines of time is amazing. I originally thought the accompanying music was kind of cheesy but as I watched the visuals I liked it more and more.
I don't dislike James Franco, but he is definitely not how I imagined Jake. I guess I always pictured Jake as older and with a little more gravitas. Franco is more lighthearted seeming and there's a kind of not-unlikable smarminess to his take on the character. I think this would bother me more if they were being more rigid with the book. But, even just one episode in, they have already made so many changes to the way the story is going to play out, I am enjoying this Jake. Looking at it as a different way of telling a story that I really loved. And I REALLY loved it. I've read this book three times and recommend it to everyone I know.
For a minute I was kind of upset thinking they were going to skip over a bunch of important stuff (the past harmonizes) because he went into the past without showing Al telling him that. Now I see what they are doing, I think they are going to intercut memories of that all-important conversation with Al throughout the series, which I think is great. Removes the need for overwrought main-character voice overs, and kind of gives Jake a partner in this whole process who can help with exposition.
I'm in for the long haul for sure!
