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"The witcher" isn't as bad or as good as you've heard. It's OK. The series is a bit chaotic and visually uneven, but all in all it's a really original series. Folklore fairy tales full of magic for adults. Pure escapism. I liked it and I feel the second season will be an upgrade. I liked it a lot.

First season of "Mindhunter" was very meandering, chaotic and boring at times. Season 2 is better, but it still has some problems. it is more focused on storytelling and on characters. But not all of the creators' choices were good. I found Holden a bit lacking storywise. I liked his rocky relationship with mothers from Atlanta, but that's it. The screenwriters forgot about his panic attacks so quickly that it added completely nothing to the story. I found Wendy's lesbian storyline utterly tiresome. It's the same story we've seen so many times in different shows e.g. "E.R." in the 90's. It really brings nothing new to the table just recycles well known themes. Bill's family drama was probably the best if it comes to characters. The interviews with serial killers aren't my favourite part. It's like watching talking heads (all of the show is kinda like that) but you can see real versions of interviews with those killers on you tube, so praising the show for just imitate those is not that interesting. I wish they were more dramatic, and have more to do with a plot or with characters. Yes, they have some elements of that but imho not enough. Also I're read books about serial killers so most of the stuff aren't nothing new for me. This show lacks in suspense, lacks in drama, lacks in engaging action and situations. They are here, but they are scattered rather scarcely throughout the season. For me - there were moments of boredom during those 9 hours of TV. The action is too slow, it becomes too repetitive and uneventful. I liked Fincher's "Zodiac". It was also "talking heads" but there was action, thrill, and emotions in it. Maybe the creators should've shortened the season to make it more condensed. I do believe some of the scenes were unnecessary and some of the plots should be trimmed a bit. I liked that we got the feeling of a pack from our main characters under the wings of a new boss. Maybe they still don't trust one another and aren't rely on themselves 100% but they are a team and it shows and it's a great development. At the end of the second season every of the main characters ends up in a lonely place - so now I guess is the time when they should be a real team. And rember just because one of the creators of the show is David Fincher, doesn't mean you have to give his work 10/10 ;) I loved "Seven" or "Zodiac" but I completely hated "Gone girl" - the most ridiculous, bonkers and stupid movie in years.

We’ve been down this road before. “Stranger things” season 3 is more of the same. It is entertaining at times, but mostly it recycles the same plot lines and the same events from previous seasons. It lacks originality. It moves too slow (it hasn’t got a story for 8 hour-long episodes). It has too much annoying product placement scenes. It lacks excitement and mystery. The Upside Down seems to be a dull place. For the third time characters are dealing with a slightly different, yet the same “monster”. The ending shows that the creators have even more of the same in store for season 4. Again a monster we’ve already seen and more Russians. Something strange happened with the actors (or is it bad writing?). Too much yelling (“It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia” style). A lot of dialog seemed unnatural, and some of the acting was odd – like you knew that actors were “acting” – which is never good. Noah Schnapp who was one of the best things and a true star of the second season (the worst season so far), in season 3 had nothing to do besides touching his neck and “feeling the presence of the monster”. Hopper was one of the most likeable characters in the first season – now he’s mostly annoying. Mike was also very mediocre. With puberty came bad acting? Or is it again - bad writing? Hawkins seems to be abandoned by all of its inhabitants – I get it - they were all at the funfair. And nobody worked in the mall, all of the people left within two minutes, because two Russians told them so. And all the **** that happened seemed to have zero effect on the people and the world around them. Yes, we saw a TV report, but still all of the people act like nothing happened. Loads of people died, a monster destroyed the centre of the town and three months later, people are OK with it. Where is the army? The FBI? the CIA? This town should be under 10 years quarantine and people removed from the area. Soldiers with guns on the streets. Two major characters “died”. The one that died for real (it’s a shame), the one that “died” (fake death) – was too obvious, and creators denied his emotional farewell with the end credits scene (5 minutes later). He’s dead, but not really – anybody surprised? Having written all of the above - this season was better than the previous one. It’s a popcorn entertainment, full of mediocre jokes, mediocre plot solutions, and a story that isn’t forth 8 hours of your life (six at best). It’s an OK season, but creatively stale. Time to stir things up Duffer brothers. Make The Upside Down Exiting and mysterious again. Ditch the flower-faced monster.

"The haunting of hill house" is a boring combination of corny family melodrama (a.k.a "This is us") and mediocre horror movie about a haunted house (like many films about haunted houses before this series - nothing unique here). Every episode dragged a bit, or a lot. There was a repetitiveness to all the story lines. Yes, they somehow meet their ends but it still felt a bit vage and random and what's more disappointing - predictable. From the get go I knew what had happened with the mum in the family. It was just too obvious. The significance of a red door room turned out to be - insignificant. The attempt to be "awesome filmakers" with the one take scenes with the whole family the night before the funeral - was laughable. Yes, they got it in one take - but the whole thing looked and felt unnatural - staged and overly dramatic - like a theater play - in a bad sense. Most of the actors didn't know what to do when they weren't delivering any lines. They just stood there unnaturally and didn't know what to do with their hands. The kids were cute (especially Nell, Luke and the girl with gloves), the adults were mostly annoying. The house looked great. The scene with little Luke under the bed watching floating giant with a walking stick was amazing. But for the most of the time I felt bored watching those sad people on the screen talking about the same stuff all the time and relive the same plot points. Like many Netflix shows (also documentaries) - this felt too long. There wasn't a satisfying story there. Not a story that should last 10 hours of television. If this was a four-episode series - maybe it would've worked.

I love this show. "Castle Rock" is mysterious, eerie, emotional and engaging. A lot of scenes give me goosebumps (caused by variety of emotions). The script (so far - 6 episodes) is tight and every path the characters take and every dialogue they are involved in - push the story forward and they have proven to lead to satisfying conclusions (there are some surprising twists and turns, but they are logical and fun to watch). The cast is fantastic and everyone's doing a wonderful job. The characters are interesting and likeable, even if you don't necessarily know what to think about them (if they are evil or good - because this is one of the shows main questions). They seem so real and their stories evoke emotions. This is kind of a supernatural story but everything seems so tangible. There are elements of very real drama here. The series combines science, religion and magic. It has some uneasy and moody scenes but also some mild humor. "Castle rock" balances all it's pieces exeptionally well. Visually and musically this is a masterpiece. One of the best shows of 2018 so far. TV series based on King's novels are usually disappoiting, but "Castle Rock" is based on all his creative legacy and it's an original story submerged in his world. It is full of easter eggs from King's books but you don't have to know any of his work to understand the show completely. "Castle rock" gives me "Lost highway", "Leftovers" and "Carnivale" vibes at times - and it's a great feeling. I can't wait for the next episode, because the 6th one ended with a hell of a cliffhanger. OK after I watched the ending I have to lower ma score. The show was great until the last episode, which was very disappointing. It was surprising, but it wasn't a surprise I was waiting for.

It’s a cliche show (about very stereotypical characters trapped in a small town mentality and history that loves to repeat itself every generation) which wants to merge two genres: psychological drama and murder mystery. It isn’t successful in any of those approaches. If you look at the series from the crime story perspective – it isn’t rich enough, it’s too slow and gives you very few clues (yes, creators put some classic red herrings here and there but it’s not enough to keep you interested in the mystery) . As a psychological drama it doesn’t work either because characters are really one-dimensional (here me out…) – we watch only superficial symptoms (there is something there, but they will probably show it 8 hours later in the finale – typical waste of screen time and everyone’s time). Complicated relationships throughout the six episodes (so far) are the same. We didn’t learn anything new. It was already established from the start what was going on emotionally. And the series doesn’t give any new information about characters (small pieces that don’t really add anything new and can mean a lot of things or nothing). They’re another layers of the same. It’s like: Adora doesn’t like Camille. Six episodes later the progress is that: Adora really doesn’t like Camille. We don’t get any real answers, only small pieces to keep us wondering – but it’s not worth it. Glimpses of memories and visions are sometimes cool, but more often seem pretentious. Some fragments look like music videos and it’s cool, but also a bit gimmicky. Some of the acting is really exaggerated (the old cheerleaders and John Keen’s girlfriend, sometimes Amma and Adora). And there’s something wrong with emotions in the series. Characters are deeply wounded and they express many emotions, but as a viewer I’m not moved by the story at all. It’s like I’m watching emotions on the screen and I’m totally separated from them, and I consider myself a quite empathic person. Great cast, some beautiful visuals, great music but the story is almost the pastiche of a drama. It’s over the top and outlandish just for the shock value. It’s another TV-series after “Big Little Lies” that put women in the center to shine (which is a very positive thing), but fails to give us a satisfying story. There’s something very exaggerated and false in those stories. Something’s very pushy, overcomplicated and not real about it. After the finale I dislike the show even more. Why? Because all the plot points were so obvious. I didn't read the book and knew nothing about the story. I guessed who the killers were from the first scene I saw them in the first episode. It was screaming - them. It was so obvious. During the second episode I realised what was going on with Adora and her daughters. I actually new the name of the "thing". But the show started adding so much unnecessary stuff that I started thinking that something more was going on. I thought that maybe the murders have something to do with the history of **** crimes in this town. That a woman from the past seeks revenge and kills the daughters of the men who **** her or something like that. But no. The story was so simple. It was only distorted with many other stuff that meant nothing - there were just for weirdness and shock value. I really think that this show is pretentious. It is so overhyped that I find it laughable. It is unrealistic and has weird story, just for the sake of crazyness. Most of the acting was unnatural and exaggerated. I don't know. This show feels like it was written by literary wannabe teenage emo girl. Yes it has some production values, but that's it. It felt like Lana Del Rey videos most of the time.

"Riverdale" is an amazing show - you just have to know what are you dealing with to appreciate it. For some viewers it falls into "guilty pleasure" category. For me - it's all pleasure and I don't feel any guilt at all - I want mooooore! I'm not a teenager and I still love it. What's so appealing about the show? It's got great cinematography, awesome original soundtrack, fast and interesting plot and characters I want to consume. It really feels like a comic book transfered onto the screen. It has it's own vibe of an alternate reality where everything is possible and you shouldn't question it's logic. It's also locked in it's own stylistic bubble - it's modern but retro at the same time. The creators of "Riverdale" take the characters and every week throw them into new strange situations. Kids on the show often act like adults, and adults act like kids (isn't that the case in real life? ;D) There are some main plots but every episode seems like a new adventure. Of course the show is silly and campy and defies logic and reason, but it's also very entertaining, funny, tense, beautiful, smart and full of emotions. "Riverdale" is dark and subversive, the characters take everything very seriously, but the show itself continuously winks at it's viewers e.g. it uses "ships" made up by the fans and it's full of references to the pop culture. The cast is amazing (both parents and kids). The acting is solid. It's simply a cool show. It isn't a serious awards contender, it doesn't try to be a serious drama (although it has some truly moving moments worth real appreciation and it touches some serious subjects).

I can't watch this show with a straight face. It's so bad - it's unintentionally funny. It's like 80's soap opera about cowboys and their girls and how f****** tough they are (I laugh when they hit each others faces for no reason - and it happens a lot in the show). The characters are so unlikable that I couldn't care less what happens to them. The acting is forced and fake. Kevin Costner is horrible in this role. The little kid is terrible. The always drunk daughter that has mommy and daddy issues combined is ridicules. The plot is so weird that you never know where it's heading. It isn't even a twist - it's like pointless, monotone storytelling. The plot focuses mostly on family relations which are the caliber of "Bold and beautiful" on steroids, and legal and business fights with Native Americans and one businessman. What's even more funny is that the music and camera work suggest that we're dealing with a serious drama show. I'm telling you - it's a comedy :)

"The alienist" has an engaging plot, interesting and likable characters and it just looks beautiful - production design and costumes are breathtaking. I read the book after I had watched the series and I am surprised how well those two mediums complement each other. The book will give you deeper insight into the investigation and the process of creating the psychological profile of the murderer. You will better understand the motives behind the crimes and the killer. But the series definitely adds a lot of suspense into the story, shows new perspectives of events, expands personal stories of the characters, adds some red herrings and changes few things - the outcome is the same, but paths leading to it vary in places from the original. This show receives mostly moderate reviews and I understand why. It's an archaic, somewhat traditional story, so if you're into twists and turns, things happening fast and characters that are very expressive - you will probably feel disappointed. The plot developes slowly but steadily, and after three episodes it really kicks of. The characters at the beginning seem a bit odd, but they develope with the story and after a while they create this investigating gang full of mixed feelings towards each other and relationships and back stories that are interesting to watch. I love all the characters (even minor characters like Teddy Roosevelt, Mary, Stevie or Cyrus). Yes all the bad guys (not the killer) are quite stereotypically portrayed, but it doesn't bother me. It's fun to cheer the good ones and hate the bad ones. This is a crime story and it's a mixture of who, why and how to catch them. It's more like "the silence of the lambs" than Agatha Christie novels. We don't really have suspects. Our team tries to create one of the first psychological portraits of a serial killer based on the crimes he or she has committed. The ending is a bit underwhelming, but the whole journey is worth watching. It is truly a beautiful experience and I hope there will be a second season with the same characters and new crime to solve.

"The leftovers" is one of the best and the most underappreciated shows in the last decade of television. Every season can stand on it's own, but all of them share the same themes: Family, Home, Truth, Loss, Love, Faith. This show asks the most ultimate, the largest (or) the most basic questions and helps you to answer them (or not) on your own. What is the most important in life? Why are we here? What happens after we die? Is there a plan for all of this? If not - what matters? Why do we even believe in something? It's a mixture of faith and reason. Every difficult to understand event in the show is filled with that dichotomy. The series shows variety of human behaviour and attitude towards inexplicable phenomenon. What people are capable of doing to cope with their grief and how do they make sense of the world that has changed so rapidly and irreversibly. It's a dark, brutal, bleak, fantastic, visionary mysterious, emotional, depressing, mystical, funny, crazy, liberatory and sublime show. It will drag you through the dirt and then lift you up in the sky. The cast is phenomenal and their acting is mind-blowing (it's almost disgusting that actors from that show were notoriously ommited by the Emmys). I'm pretty sure that Max Richter's music in the show can move anyone to tears. I cried like a baby on so many scenes. The show moved me and will stay with me forever as one of the best shows I have ever watched.

"The leftovers" is one of the best and the most underappreciated shows in the last decade of television. Every season can stand on it's own, but all of them share the same themes: Family, Home, Truth, Loss, Love, Faith. This show asks the most ultimate, the largest (or) the most basic questions and helps you to answer them (or not) on your own. What is the most important in life? Why are we here? What happens after we die? Is there a plan for all of this? If not - what matters? Why do we even believe in something? It's a mixture of faith and reason. Every difficult to understand event in the show is filled with that dichotomy. The series shows variety of human behaviour and attitude towards inexplicable phenomenon. What people are capable of doing to cope with their grief and how do they make sense of the world that has changed so rapidly and irreversibly. It's a dark, brutal, bleak, fantastic, visionary mysterious, emotional, depressing, mystical, funny, crazy, liberatory and sublime show. It will drag you through the dirt and then lift you up in the sky. The cast is phenomenal and their acting is mind-blowing (it's almost disgusting that actors from that show were notoriously ommited by the Emmys). I'm pretty sure that Max Richter's music in the show can move anyone to tears. I cried like a baby on so many scenes. The show moved me and will stay with me forever as one of the best shows I have ever watched.

"The leftovers" is one of the best and the most underappreciated shows in the last decade of television. Every season can stand on it's own, but all of them share the same themes: Family, Home, Truth, Loss, Love, Faith. This show asks the most ultimate, the largest (or) the most basic questions and helps you to answer them (or not) on your own. What is the most important in life? Why are we here? What happens after we die? Is there a plan for all of this? If not - what matters? Why do we even believe in something? It's a mixture of faith and reason. Every difficult to understand event in the show is filled with that dichotomy. The series shows variety of human behaviour and attitude towards inexplicable phenomenon. What people are capable of doing to cope with their grief and how do they make sense of the world that has changed so rapidly and irreversibly. It's a dark, brutal, bleak, fantastic, visionary mysterious, emotional, depressing, mystical, funny, crazy, liberatory and sublime show. It will drag you through the dirt and then lift you up in the sky. The cast is phenomenal and their acting is mind-blowing (it's almost disgusting that actors from that show were notoriously ommited by the Emmys). I'm pretty sure that Max Richter's music in the show can move anyone to tears. I cried like a baby on so many scenes. The show moved me and will stay with me forever as one of the best shows I have ever watched.