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I have been interested in Brian Johnson and find the science behind longevity fascinating, but unfortunately the documentary failed to hold my attention. The documentary starts with how the press found Brian, the subsequent whirlwind and how the project started. Then they start talking about his son and what colleges he is going to and start deviating down the road of who else is showing up to interview Brian.

At least as far as I got, the documentary seemed more focused on Brian, the initial press whirlwind, shirtless shots, random tidbits about his life, a naked photoshoot of Brian, negative press headlines, and then random people showing up to interview him. It barely touched on the science or efficacy of any of what he was doing or the implications and unfortunately the show just fell flat. The documentary was more focused on peoples reactions, and Brian shirtless, than anything of substance about living longer. I think there is probably a good way to make a documentary about Brian and Blueprint but this just wasnt it. Maybe it gets better after 25 minutes but I just couldnt do it.

TLDR: I had a great time watching the show and binged it all within the first 24 hours. This is must watch show, nearly perfectly executed, with a few explainability issues.

The Bad: I had read the first book a few years prior and remember just being blown away by the science and concepts depicted. The story was incredible. The show does a decent job handling these concepts but unfortunately cannot hit the same level of detail a book can and as a result the concepts lie under-explored and doesnt drop jaws like it had in the book. There were also many times where I had questions about the reasoning behind various decisions made and had to just trust that it made sense because the show didnt explain it thoroughly enough to the viewer. Later, googling the details, someone who recently read the book would have to fill in the details why/how certain decisions made sense (for me, episode 5 left me with some questions I had to google- ex: why was this approach so much better than others?). I feel like this area couldve been done much better.

The Good: Everything else pretty much. Music is incredible. Initial thriller mystery is well done and captures your attention. Actors are great. It had everything that kept me hitting "Next Episode" well into the late night.

The show writers did a great job adapting a very difficult book to adapt into a show with characters who are like able and understandable.

Overall, I highly recommend this show to everyone with the caveat that you may need to google some things (and hopefully avoid spoilers) to further explain the reasoning and logic behind some of the character decisions. I REALLY hope Netflix renews this for season 2 as this is the best and highest quality Netflix show I have seen in quite some time- perhaps since the golden days of House of Cards.