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Amazing Stories is an anthology, and in a way, a reimagining of an older series called in the same way from Steven Spielberg. This series promises to transport audiences to worlds that will leave each and every one in pure awe. Offering stories of varying quality with simple to grand ideas, and with sadly more flops than successes. Now, let’s see how that transpires.
The first and best one is about a romance spanning a few different generations through time travel. A story about different people stuck in the wrong generation, each wishing that things didn’t have to be as they are. Following these few people and how they manage the various workarounds was interesting, but at times very predictable.
The second is about learning to let go and being content with what you have already achieved, and what is yet to be conquered. Following the story of childhood friends following their dream and ultimately trying to make it in the world. We, yet again, have a fantasy twist and that will probably stay true through the whole series, but it didn’t reach the highs of the first one, rather it stumbles from time to time and changes the rules when the plot demands it.
The third is the most wholesome of them all and it is about a grandpa forgetting what it means to be a kid, a father trying desperately to be better than his father and about a son struggling to fit in. A story about how each generation is connected in one way or another, and it’s about finding that specific thing or interest. Predictable in every sense of the word, but it didn’t forget what message it’s trying to portray.
The fourth one liked to keep things mysterious at the start, and constantly to the ever-growing mystery. It focuses on a mom and daughter relationship that, due to tragic situations, has lost its tightness in the last few years, and that daughter has managed to grow up without her mom. As they are trying to reconnect, something pushes the mother further and further away without any conceivable reason. We later find out what that is, and that particular thing sours the whole story, as it seemed like it was a last-minute inclusion with meaning attached to it.
The last one is about a man out of time and a retelling of the butterfly effect, and how much destruction one little thing can bring. Unfinished promises, incomplete missions and a love unfulfilled are at the forefront with a pinch of emotional baggage through newfound friends. This one is the second best after the first one and ends this series in an interesting way.
These episodes were standalone and were with varying quality, some started great and grew too big for their own good, while some stood in their own corner, and were better off for it. Being only 5 episodes and without any connection to each other means that you can watch them sporadically, and not with a massive teaser for the next one. Amazing Stories is an interesting experiment, and it did offer some unusual episodes, but it didn’t reach the heights they needed.
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