Apology for Encouraging Netflix: Taking Responsibility for Influence

as Chief of War reminds us, a frowning silence so eloquently – it’s only fitting that he should have the chance to lead from the front here, and he does so with real weight. There’s never any confusion about his power or his decision-making. It’s telling that the call to arms feels almost inevitable rather than hackneyed. Ka’iana is a character possessed of a worldview so ancient and so profound that no alternative course presents itself to him.The show isn’t as by-the-book as some, either. While it traces its plot back to the lines drawn in the sand of Polynesia nearly two centuries ago, it manages to do so without ever becoming either too stolidly historical or too whizzbang fantastical for its own good.
The setpieces here are few but when they do arrive – an assassin’s betrayal here, an ambush there – they carry a real punch.So many tales of ancient Hawaii rely heavily on whether they have Jason Momoa in that specific role, which is often a bad look for all concerned. The fact, however, that he’s genuinely good in this – while still endlessly watchable as a performer – suggests that Chief of War might have something real and lasting to offer viewers each week.