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I remember that one when still living in the USA.
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I remember that one when still living in the USA.
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La Unidad there is no English trailer at the moment, but given the production situation in the industry, I'm pretty sure it'll be picked up. The 6 part series is utterly mediocre. Nothing stands out to recommend. Especially in a world where Fauda and Le Bureau des Légendes exist. Yet, I mean it's not terribly boring to watch, its just it brings nothing new to the table.
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The film was just so fantastic..with the exception of the ground control engineers looking too clowny...That was even what the original astronauts complained about.
Mega looking forward...especially in times where new spaceships fly, and the starship is under development.
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Definitely. Looks like they've left out the Yeager aspect of the book though to concentrate on Mercury.
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Amazon has released a Season 2 of Senke nad Balkanom / Shadows over Balkan / Black Sun All that I've written about Season 1 applies here as well, which amounts to the highest recommendation I can give. Also, the sex scenes have been dialed back somewhat, which is a plus in my book. However, there is one thing worth of mentioning. I got to give it my Slavic brothers. Their sense of self importance is definitely over inflated. The second season takes place between December 1933 (unsuccessful Ustashe attempt to assassinate King Alexander I of Yugoslavia) and October 1934 (Successful assassination of King Alexander I by IMRO). The main antagonists are the agents of influence of Nazi Germany. So, apparently, Hitler and his cronies as soon as they seized power took an aim at Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Pretty much the first order of business for the Nazis.
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After watching ep3 of Lovecraft Country, I can only say that I don't recommend it.
In itself Lovecraft Country is nice. it is not bad but it fails to justify the Lovecraft part of its title. Dropping two or three names here and there and having unsettling/racist towns does not a Lovecraft story make. Lovecraft's name is mentioned, the protagonists end up in Massachussets at some point, the name Arkham is mentioned, the Shoggoths make an appearance (though they don't look like the things described in At the Mountains of Madness). The time period is also wrong: HPL died in 1937. His stories were not about "racism", but about horror, the unsettling, the terror created by the unknown. Most of these themes orbiting around water (which terrified Lovecraft).
What Lovecraft Country gives us is a rather generic compilation of Supernatural Horror Stories with heavy racist undertones: white people are bad and evil; and evil can only be exorcised when white people die.
What's especially annoying is, you could probably do that kind of theme in a really interesting way. Cosmic horror is extremely broad and malleable to a given subject matter, but instead of making a clever allegory the show just overtly shoves it in your face.
99% of anti-racism in film and TV is all just talking about how bad it is, and saying that it is in-fact - bad. Too much is focused on talking about divisions and less is focused on what we really need, which is about how we can mend divisions.
For all Mankind.
Interesting idea, but could have been executed in a better way.
Basically, the USSR managed to put a man on the Moon before the US, and thus starts another race with the USSR managing to always be ahead of the US.
A sort of "The Right Stuff", but somehow more plain and perhaps too progressive for the time period being treated in the show.
It's okay but could have been better.
Raised by Wolves.
Pretty good so far.
In fact, it is very, very good. Of all three shows I am talking about in this post, this is the one to watch.
In itself Lovecraft Country is nice. it is not bad but it fails to justify the Lovecraft part of its title. Dropping two or three names here and there and having unsettling/racist towns does not a Lovecraft story make. Lovecraft's name is mentioned, the protagonists end up in Massachussets at some point, the name Arkham is mentioned, the Shoggoths make an appearance (though they don't look like the things described in At the Mountains of Madness). The time period is also wrong: HPL died in 1937. His stories were not about "racism", but about horror, the unsettling, the terror created by the unknown. Most of these themes orbiting around water (which terrified Lovecraft).
What Lovecraft Country gives us is a rather generic compilation of Supernatural Horror Stories with heavy racist undertones: white people are bad and evil; and evil can only be exorcised when white people die.
What's especially annoying is, you could probably do that kind of theme in a really interesting way. Cosmic horror is extremely broad and malleable to a given subject matter, but instead of making a clever allegory the show just overtly shoves it in your face.
99% of anti-racism in film and TV is all just talking about how bad it is, and saying that it is in-fact - bad. Too much is focused on talking about divisions and less is focused on what we really need, which is about how we can mend divisions.
For all Mankind.
Interesting idea, but could have been executed in a better way.
Basically, the USSR managed to put a man on the Moon before the US, and thus starts another race with the USSR managing to always be ahead of the US.
A sort of "The Right Stuff", but somehow more plain and perhaps too progressive for the time period being treated in the show.
It's okay but could have been better.
Raised by Wolves.
Pretty good so far.
In fact, it is very, very good. Of all three shows I am talking about in this post, this is the one to watch.
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I actually loved For All Mankind. It started slowly and the whole alternate history was kind of weird, but it got better with every episode, and by the last one - one of the best sci-fi shows ever, IMHO. There is a difficult balance in shows and movies of this kind between the technical/spacey stuff and the drama/character development. Yes, not perfect, but very-very good in this respect. The First got it the worst - the whole show was basically one long Sean Penn acting showreel with some small elements of the science fiction. First Man and Gravity got it the best, IMHO. They also got right the whole spirit of the 60's early 70's space exploration; the technical aspect was beautifully done for a show.
Away. Watched the first four episodes. I really wanted to like this show and it's not bad, but unfortunately falls somewhat short of my expectations so far. The character development is both lacking and exaggerated, at times almost cartoonish. The drama is often silly, especially regarding the crew dynamics. They could do much much better job without pushing the suspension of disbelief about how professional astronauts are supposed to conduct themselves. They did a pretty good job with the spacey stuff, but it feels, that with all the effort they put in design of the spacecrafts and Lunar station, a lot of it remained underdeveloped and unexploited.
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I agree, but I still got the feel that a little something was missing.
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An Australian crime drama series in "western" setting. 1st season was great. 2nd season so-so and felt slow and drawn out despite only 6 episodes. Soundtrack and cinematography are awesome. The lead actor should have played similar role(s) in the US shows. In short, either way. Neutral rating from me.
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La Linea... The docu series of a drug town in Spain.
Watched it and showed it to my friends here and the comments are:
- all the cops in Spain models?
- obviously someone in government is getting paid
We all agreed that you guys need the Philipoine National Police there. Soon aa that smuggling boat passed by the Guardia Civil boat and just waved at them. Bodies would be hitting the floor.
Watched it and showed it to my friends here and the comments are:
- all the cops in Spain models?
- obviously someone in government is getting paid
We all agreed that you guys need the Philipoine National Police there. Soon aa that smuggling boat passed by the Guardia Civil boat and just waved at them. Bodies would be hitting the floor.
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