souplahoopla
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I'm coming to the first series in 2025 in Netflix. I don't know the story and I didn't even know it was a book.
I literally started this out of boredom of something to watch, I wasn't particularly interested. But the premise was interesting.
The first episode was really intriguing, a lot of unanswered questions I assumed would be answered. And some inexplicably awkward person who happens to be a surgeon...I guess unicorns exist...
I couldn't even get to the end of the first of the first episode to completely disregard the main character as believable, but I kept with it.
I watched the entire first season. I don't know what the books say, but this show was so entirely disjointed, so shallow, so inexplicably nonsensical..relationships appeared out of thin air, familial reasoning and conflict totally unexplained .
I got to the end of it and honestly had no idea if it was a good or bad ending. And not in a thought provoking way. I genuinely had no idea.
I literally started this out of boredom of something to watch, I wasn't particularly interested. But the premise was interesting.
The first episode was really intriguing, a lot of unanswered questions I assumed would be answered. And some inexplicably awkward person who happens to be a surgeon...I guess unicorns exist...
I couldn't even get to the end of the first of the first episode to completely disregard the main character as believable, but I kept with it.
I watched the entire first season. I don't know what the books say, but this show was so entirely disjointed, so shallow, so inexplicably nonsensical..relationships appeared out of thin air, familial reasoning and conflict totally unexplained .
I got to the end of it and honestly had no idea if it was a good or bad ending. And not in a thought provoking way. I genuinely had no idea.
Let me start by saying I watch a lot of crime documentaries, and I mean a lot.
This documentary series begins really well, it's a time line constructed by interviews, news reports and expert testimony that lays it all out really well. It explains it really well for people who are unfamiliar with it or weren't born at the time.
It starts falling apart in the 2nd episode. The narration is still there, but it's clearly trying to be as culturally sensitive as possible. I remember that day, and I remember those years. It did feel at times like they were attempting to minimise the extremism that permeated the world at that point. I appreciate the voices from Muslims who were there at the time, who spoke about how it didn't represent them. But despite the victims testimonies, it failed to capture the absolute fear and paranoia that gripped everyday people. Indicating people were unnecessarily 'bigotted' or people being profiled because people are just 'mean' was not needed. And the pointed repetition of 'homegrown' was so on the nose, by the end it was a little silly.
I understand the need to be a little careful when something still is a real world threat. And this is coming from someone with a Muslim partner. But this series really diluted what is a really big problem still.
This documentary series begins really well, it's a time line constructed by interviews, news reports and expert testimony that lays it all out really well. It explains it really well for people who are unfamiliar with it or weren't born at the time.
It starts falling apart in the 2nd episode. The narration is still there, but it's clearly trying to be as culturally sensitive as possible. I remember that day, and I remember those years. It did feel at times like they were attempting to minimise the extremism that permeated the world at that point. I appreciate the voices from Muslims who were there at the time, who spoke about how it didn't represent them. But despite the victims testimonies, it failed to capture the absolute fear and paranoia that gripped everyday people. Indicating people were unnecessarily 'bigotted' or people being profiled because people are just 'mean' was not needed. And the pointed repetition of 'homegrown' was so on the nose, by the end it was a little silly.
I understand the need to be a little careful when something still is a real world threat. And this is coming from someone with a Muslim partner. But this series really diluted what is a really big problem still.
Okay. I'm not from the US so I don't have a historical knowledge of this.
The facts they have are laid out well, it's comprehensive and good.
However the actual criminal case is laid out like an episode of Monk...'hes disabled and has dirt on his soles and therefore a murderer'
Okay yeah, the main suspect is a bit creepy sure. Maybe he did do it, but people be creepy anyway right?
Maybe it was a government covering for the pharm industry, for a rogue worker, sure.
What you'll take from this is nothing. It basically reviews the information, makes a stab in the dark and then ends. At least it's somewhat entertaining.
The facts they have are laid out well, it's comprehensive and good.
However the actual criminal case is laid out like an episode of Monk...'hes disabled and has dirt on his soles and therefore a murderer'
Okay yeah, the main suspect is a bit creepy sure. Maybe he did do it, but people be creepy anyway right?
Maybe it was a government covering for the pharm industry, for a rogue worker, sure.
What you'll take from this is nothing. It basically reviews the information, makes a stab in the dark and then ends. At least it's somewhat entertaining.