farmersrachel

Just watch the original and then do your review. Casting is a big problem in this film. Too many iconic actors trying to cover iconic characters. The original had actors like Brad Dourif, Sting, Patrick Stewart, Linda Hunt, Everett McGill, Richard Jordan,and on and on. Interesting and quirky actors. Putting Aquaman and Drax in their roles made me removed from the film. None of the actors gave much life to their characters. The script suffered from not enough backstory given to each main character which makes you involved and care what happens to them. The special effects were not much more advanced from the original from so many years ago. Timothy Chalamet is a good young actor but just doesnt have the gravitas of Kyle MacLachlan in the original. I was pretty bored by the second half. Do yourself a favor and watch the life brought to the original by the actors playing the baron, fade, Shadout Mapes, Stilgar, and Guerney.

I rarely write a review here but I have been brought to tears by the ending of this magnificent series. Beyond the incredible script, cinematography, acting, score, and directing this show brought so much more on the human level. I have spent the day after reading Reddit, critical reviews, and personal reviews all over the internet to see if others felt as moved as I did. What touched me most was a You Tube video from a young man in Russia addressed to Rami Malek in particular. If you search you will find it. This young man is sobbing and barely able to articulate what this show has meant to him as someone struggling with lonliness at the least and possibly mental illness of some kind as well. He just keeps saying I am not alone, I am not alone. There are others like me who are lonely. It seems that the show has brought comfort to him as he thanks Rami Malek for his portrayal of lonliness and his coming to some kind of terms with his situation and that there is hope for healing. This show has delivered more than entertainment, it has touched at the core of what drives us and makes us human, vulnerable, and in the end hopeful in the face of adversity. Thank you Sam Esmail, and all the actors and those behind the scenes that brought us this beautiful piece of art. It will be the new bar for all TV shows to aspire to reach.