insertnamehere32
Did the producers, writers, whoever even glance at the book? If you've read the book, don't bother watching this drivel. Can we start with the fact that it opens with the main character in a car with her sister, despite the fact that in the book it says she is poor and hardly anyone owns cars anymore? Also, her sister Rachel is not supposed to really be in the picture. Where are Carol, Grace and Jenny? Also WHO in the F are the Finemans? Now you're making up characters? The whole initial meeting with Alex is absolute BULLSHIT. And it was supposed to be cows, not sheep.I stopped watching at this point because it was just so awful and I felt bad for the cast because it must be impossible to put forth your best effort with such shitastic writing.Never been so disappointed in an adapted movie. Where was Lauren Oliver during the making of this tragic film?
georgina10
I went into this without knowing it was a TV pilot and without knowing it was not picked up! Probably a good thing to do whenever watching something new - you are left with a very genuine opinion. I LOVED IT and WANTED MORE! That, in one sentence is what my opinion is of Delirium - I thought this was a movie and was glued to it from the beginning. My ONLY disappointment was at the end when I wanted more and went looking for part 2 or information on follow up episodes to learn it was a TV pilot and has NOT been picked up! Disappointed is an under statement!! This was a great story and I was deeply involved in how this would all turn out for them. Great cast, very believable story line, and emotional involvement for both sides of the "Delirium" debate. Would you have the procedure? and to the parents that have had it done are you any better? Could you really spend your life without these deep feelings and emotions? .These were great questions that would no doubt have been dealt with in future episodes. I was on the edge of my seat at the end for Lena and was excited to see what was next for her, would she meet her Father? would she be reunited with her new love interest, would he survive? These are all the right kind of questions you want for a TV series, you want viewers WANTING MORE and Delirium ticked all those boxes!. To those who have read the book and said it is nothing like it etc etc , then I say THIS was just 1 episode , a pilot, a TASTE of the book series and a sample of what was to come and I thoroughly enjoyed it! I agree with others who also enjoyed it and have said they are tired of the endless "cop shows" being picked up , yet we have something different here in Delirium that would suit a whole range of viewers and it failed to get picked up....... WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? I am a huge fan of Criminal Minds and CSI and Blue Bloods or so many of the same style Comedies but there is plenty of room for something completely new, something like Delirium. "DO I DARE DISTURB THE UNIVERSE" = ironic!
vicki736
I felt the need to remind a lot of the reviewers that this is to be a television programme not a movie franchise.I was a bit disheartened when I watched the pilot as doing a whole book in one episode has sort of rushed the whole Lena/Alex falling in love plot, I totally agree with the reviews of this side of things. I think what they are trying to do is work away from the book with this and explore things the book doesn't. With television you can do this as you have a lot of episodes and seasons to do this and can last a long time. I do think they could have done the first book over a few more episodes to develop characters and plot more.People have said that they not sticking to the story - with television they more or less will always change major aspects of a story and characters, Game of Thrones, under the dome and Vampire Diaries do this a lot, Vampire diaries dramatically so.I think I would need to see where they take this before I can give a better opinion, but if you are watching based on the book you will be disappointed, but it does have the power to go much further than the book could.
soffiash
Spoiler alert! For those who haven't read the books, reading on is your responsibility. This pilot didn't give the story the possibility to enhance and evolve. It did it no justice, but belittled the story and it's author. I, like the person that reviewed this before me, have never, ever written a review here on IMDb, not even when the story of Eragon was destroyed. Now, I can't hold it in. Lena Holloway's story is beautiful and it touches you. The first book begins like a normal teenage cliché but the story just gets better. This pilot did this book and it's author wrong. The relationship between Lena and Alex takes the bigger part of the first book to evolve, and it needs to take all that time, because of how forbidden love is in Lena's live, how she deals with it and how she comes to terms with it. How their love evolves is the essence of the first book, it's the point, it's the reason everything goes the way it does, and in this pilot it is belittled. Lena Holloway lives in a suburb in an old and skimpy house with her aunt and uncle and two cousins, the younger one doesn't talk and only takes comfort in Lena. They do have a phone, but only in the kitchen and it's rarely used. They mostly use oil and candles because electricity has gotten so expensive. They're poor, and it's supposed to show, it matters. About the "cured" ones, they don't smile unless there is a good, solid reason for it, and then you can barely tell if they're smiling. And they certainly do not laugh. They are almost robot like, there are no emotions, just responsibility and duty. The time Lena and Alex spent together is so much more important than this episode makes it look like, but here everything happens way to quickly, like they were trying to put a whole book, and a part of a second one, in a 40 minute episode. It should have been only the first book and a 2 hour move that would have given it justice! What gives the second book it's wings and the possibility of Julian's character is also the way Lena saw Alex die. The part about the prison/mental hospital is also way more important than it is demonstrated in this pilot. And it was her mother that was held captive there, not her father, and that fact is of great importance. Those people on the other side of the fence are also not a part of the first book and have nothing to do with Alex. This episode also skipped the part where Alex and Lena go over the fence together without being caught and he shows her things she never imagined existed, like poems and fantasy books and more. And how Lena and Alex planned to escape and how everything went wrong, was also belittled. What was also supposed to be his death was done no justice. And there was no one waiting on the other side of the fence when Lena got over in the end of the book, she ran for hours, days, until she passed out and was found. Julian and his father are not a part of the first book, they don't appear until the second one, and we don't find out anything about them until Julian and Lena get captured together and find comfort in each other. The characters are all wrong, they're not portrayed in the right way, this happens way to quickly and it's really messy and sad to watch. This should have been a 2 hour move, and a trilogy, where they'd try to fit in every part of the books that matter and one book at a time, thank you. But I guess that ship has sailed since they decided to do this pilot. It's the same mess as they did with Eragon, the same mistake, except Eragon was too lengthy. This was just a mess, and I'm so sorry to see such a good story wasted, I truly am. Where is the passion and the will to make art when it comes to directing and writing scripts today? You can't just put everything in a mixer and press a button, it doesn't work that way. It will just turn out gooey and you can't tell what's what. I'm sorry, but this was just horrible. Sincerely Soffía
