Biohackers

I was shocked by some of the bad reviews in here, not at all accurate . With the complete lack of anything to watch in covid times I found this really entertaining and enjoyable. Even if there was lots to choose from I would still watch this any day. I do not consider myself an expert critic like many of the people commenting obviously do , just a good show.

No, it's not Dark, but it didn't strike me it was trying to be. For one, it's far less serious. There are exactly zero comedic characters in Dark, while this show has three. The science is over the top, but as long as you're not a doctor or a scientist it's possible to suspend reality and just enjoy the story. It's no less implausible than Rain. I thought the main character was quite good. The pace was a little too quick. I think it would have been better spread out over a few more episodes to give more opportunity for the characters to develop, but they did a good job in the 6 episodes they had to work with. American network television can't manage the same level in 12 or 13 episodes most of the time.

I'm at that point where I'm struggling to find something really good to watch I haven't already seen. That happens when you binge watch too much great television, so you find something to hold you over. This did it for an evening. Looking forward to Season 2.

German series don't usually grab many headlines, with stodgy plots and dead-serious characters, but this is somewhat better: decent plot, well-acted and, once you get past the sci-fi hokum, pretty engaging. Film editing is sharp and glossy, with high production values and some good use of flash- backs. It touches on some vitally-important issues in bio-ethics, but it's not going to win prizes for insight and originality. Worth a watch.

"Biohackers" is about genetic experiments of a semi-secret research group in Freiburg, Germany. The basic idea has enormous potential as already movies like Gattaca, The Island, Avatar, etc. showed. Unfortunately, the series uses the potential only very superficially and uses it instead to occupy a basic theme for a lame, little believable sermon on morality. The show seems like a much too long episode of the German long-running "Tatort".

The characters have no depth. They are stereotypical clichés of their roles, which were used so many times before. They are bloodless and you can't identify with anyone. Additionally, a Deus Ex Machina has to intervene to save their stupid behavior many times.

The most annoying tropes of German TV shows are used, which causes the show to slip into deep cringe sometimes. All the freshness that the series still had in the first episode, and even then it was only sporadically to be found, has vanished at the latest by half of the season and it becomes the degenerated good vs. evil that you could already guess after a few minutes of the first episode. There are no surprises, no twists. Everything happens exactly as you expect it to, only more boring. Only in the last minute of the last episode a cliffhanger is added, which should probably make you want to watch a possible second season. I gladly decline.

At least the cameramen managed to capture Freiburg and its surroundings in beautiful pictures. Unfortunately, this is also the only advantage of the series.

This show isn't that bad. It's not the best but definitely not bad. The first ep isn't all that but it gets better and goes fast too. I'll say give it a try up to the 3rd ep. If u don't like it, quit.