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"The brain drives our thoughts, our behavior. It holds all of the secrets of the universe. There's a whole hidden world inside each of us which only needs to be deciphered"
Maura Franklin
PLOT
"Multinational immigrants traveling from the old continent to the new encounter a nightmarish riddle aboard a second ship adrift on the open sea" or "It's all a simulation"
SCRIPT
The weakest aspect of this series because it's all about the plot and the characters are just devices used to propell it. Characters which are too many to get attached or to remember any of them.
I would like to add that the lack of a real threat makes everything worthless. The villain is introduced in the last episode, a big mistake in my opinion.
The worst thing about it is that it's, unlike Dark, unoriginal and boring by tackling themes and concepts in a trite and unsinspired way.
The ending is the most upsetting thing because it saturates a dumb trope( Everything is a simulation) and erase every king of character development and world building by devolving everything to a meaningless mess.
I'm not simply disappointed. I'm enraged because it felt like a waste of time in the end.
Script: 4/10
ACTING
The cast is made of people from different countries which is an advantage and a disadvantage. An advantage because the plot requires the characters to speak different languages. A disadvantage because the cast is mostly made of rookies and newcomers with little experience which shows.
Considering that this series has been produced by the Dark's creatives, I've expected way more than that.
Acting: 6/10
PHOTOGRAPHY
This is gorgeous. There're a lot of wonderful shots and the light is never used in a trite way. Colours have a meaningful role and the use of grey, blue and red.
Overall I'm satisfied with it because it elevates the quality of the entire show.
Photography: 8/10
EDITING
There're some interesting shots but the majority of it is just repetitive, especially in the first minutes of every episode.
Editing: 6/10
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Even though I don't consider these top notch, they're still appreciable. Sometimes those seem redundant and lower the quality of the whole series and others are well employed.
I would have preferred a show with less CGI but here, some are needed in order to create the set.
Overall it's just ok.
Special Effects: 6/10
SOUNDTRACK
The soundtrack is interesting as is made of different sound like panting, ticking of clocks and more. It defines the show's tone and style but doesn't add much to it.
Every episode ends with a pop song which seems a bit derivative.
I'm disappointed to be honest.
Soundtrack: 6/10
COSTUMES
Those are in line with the time period and bring something to the plot only in one case, which isn't relevant. This section is decent at best, nothing more.
Costumes: 6/10
CONCLUSION
Script: 4/10
Acting: 6/10
Photography: 8/10
Editing: 6/10
Special Effects: 6/10
Soundtrack: 6/10
Costumes: 6/10
AVERAGE: 6
Watch Dark instead. This isn't worth your time and patience.
Director: Baran bo Odar
Screenplay: Jantje Friese, Dario Madrona López Gallego, Emma Ko, Jerome Bucchan-Nelson, Juliana Lima Dehne, Emil Nygaard Albertsen
Cast: Emily Beecham, Aneurin Barnard, Andreas Pietschmann, Miguel Bernardeau, José Pimentão, Isabella Wei, Gabby Wong, Yann Gael, Mathilde Ollivier, Jonas Bloquet, Rosalie Craig, Maciej Musiał, Clara Rosager, Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen, Maria Erwolter, Alexandre Willaume, Tino Mewes, Isaak Dentler, Fflyn Edwards, Anton Lesser
Soundtrack: Grace Slick
Cinematography: Nikolaus Summerer
Running Time: 55 min
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