Eva Lasting

Eva's character feels really out of place in the show. Her feminism and rebellious attitude feels forced especially because the story is set in the 70's in Colombia. The series just brushes into serious topics and doesn't develop them into the storyline (what happened to Pabon, how about the storyline of each boy's family, we just get glances and then a character is moved out). The story in itself feels very unrealistic. In a classist society, like Colombia, a wealthy teen like Eva would never mingle with boys from the working class. There have been other pretty good series dealing with teen issues such as Décimo grado and Francisco el matemático that could have been used as reference to develop a more cohesive story. I'd be surprised if the series is renewed for Season two.

Wow! This is a Latinamerican great realize. Maybe it's not a new story about teenagers falling in love and boys getting into troubles. But the story is continuously funny, unspected, lovely, and specially spontaneous.

Every character has been created like a real picture of a teenager. And everyone has been acted naturally and charmingly. Camilo is my favourite, obviously. What a plausible performance of Emmanuel Restrepo. Every body posture, every voice tone, every blinking was in the right moment, in the right line.

Congratulations for an amazing production recreating retro scenarios, bringing back fashion designs, automobiles, even social rules that today are questioned.

Bravo! Bravo! Bravo!

PS I want one or tow seasons more.

THE GOOD: the cast is great, makes you love the characters or hate them, loved the scenery and clothing, the narrative based on literature is amazing, the social and political messages are well-delivered. Also, for a Colombian production, the art direction is innovative (current compared to international prod).

THE BAD: the quality of the narrative falls in the last episodes of season 1, as if the story was hurried. The last adventures were as if it was a cartoon series with a unconnected adventures each day.

THE CRITIQUES: contrary to other critiques, this series is not perfect or innovative, but it is a well-developped production in the Colombian (not Columbian) context, meaning, you can't compare it to US prod. On the other hand, Eva is not supposed to be a realistic character in the 70's, the purpose of this series is to deliver social messages, that's the creative part which doesn't affect negatively its quality.

Season 1 trailer and cover photo caught my attention;

the plot, characters, casting, chemistry, sound/music, nostalgia, and cinematography reeled me in;

but it was the script, concept, and great writing that really cemented is as one of the BEST shows - specially on adolescence and philosophy.

Season 2 was even better than the first for me, though it was a close one. The character development was on point specially with the forward and backward development as it is in real life. I love that the characters actually act as kids their age and that adults act theirs too. The first half was like a preview of the first season plus much more, the second half was some sort of a sweet goodbye and a prologue for season 3..

I loved it and I'll definitely rewatch this a lot until the next season comes! Hopefully it wont disappoint.

The show wasn't perfect by all means, but it could be if you focus on all the great points and just enjoy it as it was presented.

P. S. I don't speak the language so I need english subtitles when I watch, so I hope they did a great job with translation.

I really like this series, is a smart one, with a cleaver way of using resources like BOOKS (and not any kind of books, but hard ones haha) to guide you through the story.

Is also not afraid of touching hard topics like suicide, kidnaping, and other things that even nowadays are hard to talk.

Can be a little frustrating at times with how the relation of the main characters develop, but it's like well managed by the voice in off of older Camilo, the protagonist

Is an interesting look and remembrance of the period of time that many of the millennials and beyond generations doesn't know really about.