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The fact that Joe Rogan is involved with this project does NOT bode well. He's a low-brow supporter of conspiracy theories. The fact that Hancock's theories about history and archaeology are considered by many to be conspiratorial, Rogan's support doesn't lend credibility. If Rogan weren't involved, I might consider Hancock's theories more favorably. He talks about things that seem to make sense and he interviews people that seem to be experts. Without any knowledge of those people and whether the findings they present are legitimate, I don't know whether the conclusions he presents here are accurate or even possible.

I have some hearing issues, so I prefer to use closed captioning when I watch videos. I don't absolutely need it, but I find it helpful. I've also learned that captions can sometimes add information to the viewing experience. However, bad captions can also detract from viewing experience. That is somewhat the case with captions in season 2 of Dark Winds.

There are many occasions where words spoken in Diné are shown as "(in Diné)" in the captions. I've seen it several times in this season and I'm only up to episode 2 at this time. I think season 1 captions were somewhat better. Since the captions were provided by AMC, we would expect them to have access to the scripts, so they could write the captions correctly. This is unacceptable.

Sometimes captions provide information about the music heard in the scene. That can be very helpful. However, I've seen captions in this series give completely wrong information about the music.

Finally, some of the dialog is out of sync in the captions. In the scene where Lt. Leaphorn speaks with Margaret Cigaret, the captions tell us his last words to her are "you look like hell warmed over". That seems very strange, given their conversation and the respect the Lt. Shows her. Then, moments later, that caption is repeated again, when the dialog actually contains it, in conversation between Lt. And Chee.

As I continued watching, there came a scene about defusing a bomb. Unfortunately, the captions said they would "diffuse" the bomb. I guess they just wanted it to appear blurry. 😆

I really expect better from AMC and Netflix.

I've started watching this series recently. I'm not terribly impressed, but it's not horrible. Amazon's new habit of springing commercials up in the middle of viewing actually makes this series a bit more interesting.

I think the best part of the series is the setting. It's interesting to see Hong Kong in so much detail.

Easily the worst part of the series is Nicole Kidman's face. She had a terrible plastic surgery that results in her looking like a surprised mannequin most of the time. Her face no longer moves as it should, which limits her ability to make even the simplest facial expressions. That's a very bad thing for an actor. Shouldn't actors want their faces to express feeling? Her lips now look inhuman, bordering on duck-face.

Update: Since the time I wrote this review, I've learned that many people have commented online that Kidman's appearance is now strange and off-putting. I've tried to narrow down the time when she made this horrible mistake. Thus far, I've found that in "The Undoing" (2020), Kidman still looked fairly normal. I think it's apparent she's had work done at that time, but she still looked like herself.