Damn! Dark, the trilogy as a whole is a very well written show with a captivating story. This only becomes more apparent when you realize how consistent the series has been throughout the three seasons and how everything was so well thought out beforehand. Granted, calling it immensely complicated would be an understatement as it may require careful attention or multiple viewings to grasp and remember everything but once you clear this hurdle and understand this show, its brilliance will readily become apparent.
This show may very well go down in history as one of the greatest Sci-Fi content both in terms of films/tv ever made. We will be darn lucky if anything ever comes close to the greatness of this show in future. Or maybe considering how it is a sleeper hit, it inspires studios to order more thought provoking contents, but who knows.
I think , once they prevent the deaths and time-travel from being invented, Jonas'(Split Reality 1) and Martha's(Split Reality 2) universes(realities) are annihilated, the Scientist's "Original reality" splits/branches again, to form another "3rd" Split Reality which is the one shown in the end.
Since "Endings are beginnings and beginnings are endings or everything is predetermined and past/future can't be changed", this would make the most sense without breaking the show's rule because if the Scientist didn't try to invent time Travel, there wouldn't be 2 split realities and with that no Jonas or Martha coming to change the past, and if they didn't come, he would invent time Travel, a Paradox.
So the original reality still exists alongside the new 3rd reality. However Jonas and Martha are erased from existence since their universes no longer exist.
Hannah deciding to name the unborn child 'Jonas' was also a nice way to spare us a completely sad ending.
But hey who knows! The series is open for multiple interpretations.
Here's something you might find helpful:
How To Understand Dark
1. Determinism:
I. Watch Predestination (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2397535 ) to acquaint yourself with the general idea of a closed time loop. Also maybe give Triangle (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1187064 ) a shot.
II. Arrival is also great.
III. Watch Devs (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8134186 ) [Ignore the last episode, unfortunately Alex Garland still can't stick a landing] to really get the essence of a deterministic universe on the quantum level.
2. Split/Parallel Realities:
I. Rick&Morty has several episodes dealing with the concept. However, S02E01 A Rickle In Time(https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4462494 ) and the recent S04E08 The Vat Of Acid ( https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10655692 ) both do the best job of explaining IMO.
II. Steins Gate is a masterpiece if you are into anime (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1910272 )
I literally had no idea what this show was about when I started the first season. I thought I'm about to watch just some dark-themed crime series but no.. not even close. It's a masterpiece. Outstandingly written and acted. Also, the soundtrack is brilliantly picked! This is easily one of my all time favorite shows from now on. I'm so happy I chose to watch this.
Update after watching the series finale:
After the second season, when I wrote this review the first time, I had dropped one star because of the complexity. Yes, I struggled a lot trying to remember who everyone was, and it didn't really get much easier until the very last episodes. The character relations in this show are something else.
But now, after seeing the finale, I think this show definitely deserves 10 out of 10. The final season provided a very satisfying ending for the show. And piece by piece, they actually managed to untangle the complexity in a wonderful way. Kudos to the writers for creating such a clever, complex yet still surprisingly clean story. And without forgetting to mention, the story truly lived up to its name. It is dark, very dark but still beautiful.
For those who haven't yet seen the whole show, go and watch it first and then come back to my review.
It would be such a shame to be spoiled.
Those who know me will know that I'm particularly fond of time-travel stories, and this series is no exception.
If the 3 seasons can be summed up in a few words, they are:
- Season 1 - Time travel
- Season 2 - Time travel between two universes
- Season 3 - Time travel in the multiverse (Tri-verse)
It must have been an immense amount of work to write this story, to place each object meticulously in the sets, the make-up on each character in each version to both recognize and differentiate them, the acting of each actor who immortalizes perfectly the gestures and postures of their doubles, this series is a true masterpiece.
But that said...
There is no doubt that this version of time traveltold by its creator is not physically possible.
Whether by the simple fact of the beginning of the loop:
Jonas could never have lived and done what he did without his double Johnas from the future, the rest of the characters likewise, etc...
And by its ending: how can a moment that repeats itself ad infinitum can change in the middle of a loop?
The first way to explain this change is to have an interaction outside of the loop (in the manner of Schrodinger's cat, as explained in the series), but this raises several additional questions: the simple fact that this person has entered this Pandora's box leads to the creation of a new timeline, and even if this were the case, how would he or she have known what was happening in the loop? so this is just not a possible scenario.
The second way (the one given by the series), is that at some point in the loop, someone had an emotional and logical change in their way of thinking and decided to change things. How would she have known what was happening outside the loop? If her change had taken place, why wouldn't it simply have created a new universe? As mentioned in the series, every event in the loop has to happen and can't be changed, so how is it that this Claudia managed to change that?
And how the hell did this guy lose his eye/arm?
So many questions remain unanswered...
But that doesn't matter, it doesn't diminish the masterpiece of writing that this series is.
I would have liked to have an ending (with an extra episode or two) where when Jonas and Martha arrive in the third universe in front of the car, the accident happens because of them. That would have explained the start and end of the loop, and with one more episode we could have seen what happens in that third universe to explain how it all began.
For me, that would have been a more logical ending.
Before concluding, I'd like to say that there have been a lot of annoying and uncomfortable things that have happened in the series (such as the priest being both the grandfather and the husband of the mute girl), but the worst thing is the hateful character of Hannah who is everyone's genealogical source, it's disgusting to know that.
But this fact alone proves that it's physically impossible, since if we take the mute daughter as an example: if we assume that a person receives half the genes of her parents, she could never have been the exact same person as her grandmother (herself), since she couldn't have had the same genome.
To conclude, this series is one of the best in the time travel theme (for me, the two anime Steins;Gate and Higurashi: When They Cry remain the two best in this field). It must have been a real headache to conceptualize and produce it.
For those who had the courage to read my review till the end, and for those who only read the conclusion, I highly recommend to watch this series!
Now having watched S1 and S2 twice in preparation of S3 and having been done with S3, I can definitively say, this is easily my top show of all time. Unfortunately it's not perfect but I can attest to the sheer quality in every single aspect of it's production and writing.
This show could have been a 10/10 contender for me and up until S3E7, it was. It was making it's way to be the perfect show but the ending is not as satisfying as I'd hoped because it doesn't live up to the promise the show establishes. Before I discuss the ending, I must assure you that almost every single mystery and question you might have had till S2 is resolved and answered. What follows is a complete spoiler for the ending so DO NOT READ UNTIL YOU WATCH ALL OF S3
Until S3E7, the show establishes that the universe the show takes place in is utterly deterministic and I loved it for that. They even tease a non-deterministic possibility only to turn it on it's head and cement even more that it definitively is. But then S3E8 comes and forces a "fix" to the whole timeline that does actually make a lot of sense with the established world. When the characters were operating on the duality of worlds, it was only obvious that if everything else operated in threes, why not the worlds? But then the resolution and the whole fix and the unnecessary scenes in between to make it a sci-fi ending doesn't pull it off completely. I love sci-fi endings and stuff like Arrival, Annihilation, Interstellar, 2001 and the game Observation are my bread and butter. But this show has established itself too much into a certain way of the universe operating that the ending seemed to fit way too clumsily into a "happy" ending. I wish the authors had established a far more bleak ending of a never ending cycle simply continuing and looping into itself to tie all the characters into their respective dooms for eternity.
That said, a somewhat weak ending doesn't ruin 25 episodes of near perfection. The show deserves a 9.5 but alas a 9 is all I can give
DARK S03 FINALE (2020) SPOILER FREE REVIEW ⏱
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:scroll: Plot : A family saga with a supernatural twist, set in a German town Winden, where the disappearance of two young children exposes the relationships among four families and leads to unconventional happenings.
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:man:⚖ Review : Dark Season 3 is fitting conclusion of what started as gamble by NETFLIX in 2017. The Series saw success as fans loved it. Season 3 doesn't disappoint you in any way. This series will definitely go into my top 5 favorite science fiction shows. The edge of the seat and engaging premise with plot twists at every breath this series has proved itself unique. Season 3 is the longest and takes time to settle , the mysteries and characters take us to intriguing timelines with script that ties everything together in the end across Parallel Worlds. Lisa Vicari as Martha is the highlight of the final season and has given a brilliant performance. Dark is an experience and needs attention which keeps you longing for more with each of its episodes. If someone asks you for a Science Fiction which is mind boggling , Dark is the Answer.
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:thumbsup:Goods : The Sound Design and The Cinematography sticks with you after the shows has ended. The Characters and Mysteries revolve inside of your brains. This speaks volumes of how good it is.
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:fire: Final Rating : 9/10
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:white_check_mark: Recommendation : Rating Speaks for itself. Take a deep breathe and stream it on Netflix.
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This is a superb series. But, I'd give you two pieces of advice: 1) Watch it in its original language, German, with English subtitles (don't worry, you will soon forget you are reading subtitles), 2) Make or find a character tree. The drama centres around four families (Doppler, Nielsen, Kahnwald and Tiedemann), through 5 time periods (1921 to 2053). It can be confusing. Here is a link to a chart with pictures that may be useful: http://davidklein.de/dark/Netflix_Dark_Families_nospoiler.png. Otherwise dig in, this series is mysterious, engaging, interesting, and a good work out for your little grey cells. The writing is masterful, each reveal is so obviously calculated from the larger, more complete vision for the whole series. The casting is superb and there are some stellar, stand out performances (Lisa Vicari has a lot put on her character and she fills every moment with an emotional depth that belies her youth). Unfortunately, there are some performances that are overly melodramatic or one toned (yes, I'm talking about Oscar Mascucci). I thoroughly enjoyed the first season, but I think the second season has been even better. I have one criticism, though, the writers spend an unnecessary amount of time giving hypothesis as to how time travelling works. This is unnecessary and contradictory. There have been enough time travel movies and tv series, now, to just allow the premise to stand, unexplained. It is sufficient to know that there are two different motives at work in the travellers determined by their suppositions about time. This series is totally binge worthy, and after the second season I am giving it a 9 (superb) out of 10. [SciFi Mystery Drama].
DARK (2017) S01 REVIEW ⏱
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:man:⚖ Review : Dark by Netflix is a German show is arguably the best of scripts turned reality in reel world. Dark is difficult to watch but at the same time infectious enough to stop watching it. The Mystery and Eerie Environment and the Goofy Background Music elevates the atmosphere around you and keeps you hooked. Though the story takes time to set it's tone but leaves you with questions and more questions after each episode which you become desperate to get answers for. The narrative demands your patience and your brain. It's a show where you make your own theories to predict the next twist. Dark is a puzzle to be solved. Dark is gripping, captivating and true to its title.
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:thumbsup:Goods : The Narrative of script by Baran bo odar is magnificent. The Screenplay and Cinematography with the Outstanding BGM Sets the mood from get go.
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:thumbsdown: Bads : Tests your patience. Not a Entertaining Show but a Challenging show to understand and deep dive into.
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This show won't be for everyone, but if you like deep and detailed sci fi, this is a near must see. Let's start by saying that this story is COMPLEX. Honestly, I recommend reviewing a summary between seasons just to confirm that you fully understand the specifics of the relationships. On that note, it is also worth noting that this is viewed with an English dubbing in the US and that will deter some. Aside from those two things, the production quality and attention to details in the story from season one thru season three is really a spectacle to admire. I think the only things I can compare it to is somewhere between Westworld and Stranger Things but focused on time travel. Knowing how everything ends, I do expect to return to the story from the beginning at some point in the future. I am curious if I can pick up on and appreciate more of the nuances now that I have a firmer grasp on how everything is related to one another. Anyways, interesting show with unique storytelling mechanics, and I do recommend if you have a long attention span and like the concept.
Average Season Review: 8.33/10
Recommendation: At Least Give it a Whirl (For Complex Sci-Fi Fans)
As a German I tend to avoid German movies and shows, as their quality rarely is convincing. But I was constantly confronted with the hype surrounding Dark, so I gave it a chance.
Season One was okayish, not spectacular though. Time travels, some mystery. Nothing we hadn't already seen.
Season Two was actually very good, had several emotional highlights.
Season Three was imho a clusterfuck but for some reason beloved by almost everyone else.
But seriously, besides the rare emotional moments this series was an endless series of people gaining knowledge either by someone else telling them for various and absurd reasons or gaining it directly out of nowhere.
Example: How the hell did Claudia learn about the third world? How does she know what initiated the process in that third world? Yeah, "she figured it out over 33 years". Marvelous.
It's also an endless series of "We have to repeat all these things again to reach a distant point where we might change something about it."
These two elements are pretty much half of the series.
The rest are fillers of people being dumb and/or evil.
So I'll rate this 7/10, for season 2. I wouldn't recommend the show though.
I like that the show is called "Dark", as the brooding and depressing mood is exactly what made it different from other sci-fi shows with mysteries like "Lost". Although it does feel like it's trying to imitate American TV shows, there is still a delightfully European touch which makes it slightly different than the other Netflix products.
It was hard to keep track of so many characters over multiple timelines at first, but the pacing is slow enough to prevent people from being left behind. I struggled to recognize some faces, but the main storylines are pretty easy to follow. There are times people would act out of character or make illogical choices, but it's mostly tolerable. The second half of the second season worked as the emotional climax for everything that has been carefully constructed up to that point, and although things got a little out of hand in the final season (more on that later), it's been a nice show to watch. Even when the big reveals were pretty obvious, the execution was mostly solid and tonally consistent.
Although the stereotyped post-apocalyptic scenario introduced at the end of the first season could have killed my interest, the show kept being set mostly in the "present", with the small town where everyone feels like they know each other always being the center like in Twin Peaks. On the other hand, I was bothered by the decision to add multiple dimensions to the mix at the very end of the second season. “Dark” dealt with time travel using the "egg or chicken first" paradox as the main drive for the narrative, meaning that the characters can’t change the past, present, and future because they already did without knowing. Their actions are already reflected in the timeline, resulting in a loop where people often end up being the cause of their own tragedies. Those changes pretty much killed the whole concept and turned the show into yet another generic time-travel flick. I also noticed a tendency to rely on soapy twists instead of exploring the full potential offered by paradoxes and time loop theories.
The third season supposedly gave most of the answers we needed, yet I couldn’t be more confused. The problem is that they spent too much time re-introducing and exploring characters and situations that in the end have no real purpose in the story. At the same time, characters that had extensive story arcs in the first two seasons got mysteriously abandoned or killed off for no reason. More than a lack of time, it felt like the time they had was poorly managed. The solutions provided in the end almost came up out of nowhere, and we don’t even get to see how people came to those conclusions, nor how the “villains” became the people they are through time. Things got so convoluted and contrived that all we could do was trust the writers without questioning further.
There’s not a huge gap in production value or direction between seasons, but it just felt like the whole show was poorly plotted, leaving too many contradictions behind. The biggest one is definitely the role of destiny. At this point, it’s clear that no matter how hard a character may try to change things, destiny will fix everything so that the loops can repeat as always. Yet, we keep being shown characters devoting their lives to making sure that each loop goes as it should have. Maybe I missed the whole point, but the writing feels more confusing than cryptic.
It's a small town drama centered around a child disappearance, with some detective/mystery elements and the occasional sci-fi element in the first half of the season, and then the sci-fi/time travel element is prominent a lot more in the second half.
It's not at all the grand thing everyone praises it to be.
While a lot of time travel stories are unncessarily overly-complex, and this is no exception, it does manage to weave most of it's plot threads and elements together decent enough.
One of the problems is that there's sometimes too many characters, and it's combined with multiple time periods, that most of the characters don't get the focus that they need. And most if not all of them are not likeable.
For example, the show quickly introduces boring teenage drama and an affair plot. I hate these, because most stories involving them are rubbish. And you put them in a time travel plot? No.
What makes it worse, is that there's quite a bit of teenage drama and focus on affairs/love triangles. Stupid.
There even highschool drama in multiple time periods. They even throw in an obsession plot.
There simply isn't much time travel plot being weaved in the show in the first half, and so most of what's left is small town drama. So both the small town drama and the time travel stuff end up not being that interesting.
The plot is stretched out. The romance/relationship storylines are boring.
There's not a lot of intelligence in regards to the time travel or dialogue. It's sometimes boringly predictable or generic.
Too many questions are raised and not enough answers, And often the answers we do get are stupid. There's also too much cryptic dialogue. Some cryptic dialogue is ok to do, but when you too much you look arrogant.
The first half of the season focuses more on the small town drama than the case about children being taken and killed. And yeah part of the small town drama is connected to the time travel shenanigans, but it's not a lot connected to what you are witnessing. It's just boring normal drama for most of the season. They wasted a lot of the potential.
The storyline goes into some strange and dumb directions, not even related to the time travel, like the obsession plot.
The method of time travel in the show is also kinda stupid, It reminds me of the method in Back to the Future, but without the cool factor, and in that movie it was all about a whacky adventure and having fun with light sci-fi elements, so it worked. Here it just seems dumb, where it's all about the serious atmosphere. It feels similar to the same method of time travel as Back to the Future, except in this show it's crawling down a tunnel and opening a hatch and then you've time travelled. The other method is a device that makes a portal that makes you time travel. That's it. Oh and it was built by someone in the 20th century with 20th century parts. Oh and only he can make it. As bad as that is, it gets worse later on, as it's revealed he didn't really make it, but was delivered the plans by someone else in the future. Or something. Ugh.
Being married to a german man I've seen my fair share of international movies dubbed to german and it is absolutely obnoxious. I am very pleased to see that that hasn't been done here.
Germany isn't exactly famous for producing good tv shows or films - with a few brilliant exceptions - and I was, if not intrigued, then at least interested to see how this turned out. So far I've only seen three episodes and it's not bad. A bit too heavy on the amount of characters one has to keep up with and it gets close to impossible when one then has to keep track of them in two times simultaneously... but so far I find it interesting.
Might have to come back to this and update - for good or for bad. Wir werden sehen...
Time for an update and I am very pleased to say that this is good. This is actually VERY good. It does get even more confusing, in a way, when even more time lines are introduced, but by then I had a pretty good idea of who was when and where... and after ten episodes I am hooked. Pretty, pretty please - produce some more of this show... because after all, those last seconds were a mighty cliffhanger indeed.
Pretty much Stranger Things if its creators were obsessed with Christopher Nolan and Denis Villeneuve instead of Spielberg and Zemeckis. It’s a really cool idea for a mystery/sci-fi melodrama, but also a very demanding show to watch. That’s not a flaw, but you should know going into it that this isn’t the type of show where half watching and half texting will be a rewarding experience. I think there’s just the right amount of handholding, but its puzzlebox quality and plethora of characters don’t make things easier. Still, it’s a lot of fun to watch once you get what it’s doing, with plot twists and character writing being among its major strengths. The emotional peaks that are reached here are quite impressive, though the melodrama can occasionally lead to the use of cheap, overused tropes. There’s also not a single weak link in the cast, which is quite impressive when you have multiple people playing the same character. The directing is pretty amazing, there’s almost a David Fincher-esque quality to how this show builds atmosphere through the constant rain, fog and forest shots, which is often enhanced with its ominous, droning, Villeneuve-esque score. Sometimes the show will just stop and give you these beautiful atmospheric montages (often paired with a sad song), which are among my favourite scenes. They really spared no expense in regards to production, the sets and production value are consistently impressive and don’t have that typical ‘made for streaming’ feel to it. Overall, it’s a pretty amazing, intricate show that’s easily recommended to people who are fans of mature science fiction. Sometimes you have to give a little leeway with the logic, but that’s almost always the case with stories about time travel. You’re bound to run into issues of causality, paradoxality and memory once you have the same people from different timelines interacting with each other, but this show handles it about as well as it could.
S01: 8.5/10
S02: 9/10 (drops most of the cheap tropes; only held back by some bad VFX work)
S03: 8/10 (completely sticks the landing, the new plot device introduced at the end of s02 doesn’t break the show. The VFX continue to be an issue, and this season could’ve benefitted from a few more additional episodes)
The Beginning is the end and the End is the beginning !
I consider myself an educated viewer than can grasp complicated plots but to even then was confusing at times with ever changing timelines and cast for the same character ; on top of that when a new world was introduced it was even agastly
S1 started well with mystery missing children and the overlapping timeliness with bodies dropping by and a mystery on what purpose they were killed with main purpose to graps the changes in Wisden !!
S2 started to overall all three timelines and despite the complications it seem to go somewhere with a mission to find an origin to undo the apocalypse
S3 is where it unhinges with overlapping works and Adam & Eve fighting for supermacy it gets boring and confusing at the same time and i gaveup on understanding the reason and just winged it from here
I spent my New Years weekend of 2023 hoping to watch a critically acclaimed masterpiece but I would have rather traded with something cheeerful and honestly didnt think it would take me 4 days to finish this show.
What a journey. What a marvelous journey.
After first season I thought the show was needlessly complicated with its ever shifting perspectives, jumping from marital problems of one family to marital problems of another family to various other people and their problems, so on and so forth. I just wanted to follow Jonas, unravel the mystery along with him.
How narrow minded was that thinking.
Dark is a show unlike any other, regardless of the genre. It's not the intricate family tree and the myriad of characters that each have their own part to play in the story, big or small. It's not the seemingly wrong understanding of paradoxes that the show seems to embrace from the get go nor the philosophical themes it tackles throughout. It's how all of it falls into place when the crucial piece of information is revealed in the late stages of the third season, one that puts all the aforementioned pieces in the right place to form a complete puzzle that is both heartwarming and heartbreaking. That's when the intricacy and what I wrongly believed to be needless complication take its true form, a storytelling masterpiece.
When creative freedom is handed to creative people, they create a show like Dark. If that conclusion is the only one Netflix brass conclude from this show, the future of their platform is bright. Dark is developed with foresight, planned out from first to third season with a concrete beginning, middle and an end, all of it executed flawlessly... and it shows.
Among many other themes it tackles, Dark is the Romeo and Juliet story of the 21st century, and the 19th and the 20th. It's a tragic story of loss and futile attempts to change the past while making the same mistakes over and over again. It's also a heartwarming love story, one anchored in family, other between a boy and a girl. One gives a warm and pure sense of fulfillment, the other leaves a bitter taste in your mouth.
A perfect match. Never believe anything else.
I am not sure where the disconnect is between the first two seasons and the third.
In the first two seasons, there were clear and concise story paths that were complex but thorough in sculpting the web-like story line. Nearly every time there was a twist or a turn in the plot, it was seemingly valid and relevant to the story. This is one of those rare shows that appeared to be water-tight, perfectly engineered and constructed...
...and then season three started.
Apparently the original story line was replaced with gimmicks and intentional confusion. It appeared as though they scrapped the story-boards and writers and decided to replace them with an improv writing team on set. The editing team, I assume, was somehow contractually obligated to use all of the tools in their new video effects software suite.
I cannot rave about the first two seasons enough. This was about as near to perfect of a series as I have ever watched. If it weren't for the fact that I sadly needed closure to the story line, I would recommend stopping at the end of season two. Unfortunately, you will have to wade through looooooong drawn-out scenes of characters just staring at each other for painful lengths of time to get to the conclusion of the series. It stopped being entertaining from the very beginning of the third season and was riddled with hollow plot devices and unnecessary drama as though they were just trying to eat time off of the clock.
I am not attempting to do a smear-piece on this series, 2/3 of it truly was a masterpiece. I hope to find another series that is as well crafted and engaging as the first two seasons of DARK. With that, I hope its creative integrity isn't compromised should I ever be so lucky to find another.
Review by zombiebxxkVIP BlockedParent2017-12-03T12:43:45Z— updated 2020-06-30T16:25:50Z
Altough I'm german I rarely check out german TV shows. The last one was Deutschland 83 and that was like two years ago. Germany just hasn't figured TV out yet but that's another discussion.
When I heard Netflix was producing a german show I just had to check it out because Netflix has a great track record so far and Germany does have talent infront and behind the camera. But overall I think this show just fell flat. Good, but nothing great.
Fantastic visuals that are shot very beatifull, the actors IMO are mostly great and the music/score can be beautiful but often gets obnoxious. But unfortunetly there are too many characters that are hard to keep track off which distracts from the story.
The story is already confusing enough even without trying to keep up with the many characters over different decades and it heavily sets up future seasons without answering a lot of questions about this one and just left me unsatisfied at the end.
Still worth watching tough IMO and very bingeable similarly to Stranger Things.
But if you do watch it then choose the subbed version. I checked out the dub really quick and it sounded horrible. And also don't browse your phone as you might do on other shows. You're going to miss so much important shit.
EDIT after Season 2:
I'm not actually sure what just happened and what I think about it. But the one thing I'm sure of is that the casting in this show is absolutely phenomenal. The actors look so much like their younger counterparts that I'm not fully convinced they aren't actually related.
Plus the cinematography is still fantastic and the music monatages are really beautiful (and they got rid of those obnoxious sound effects).
And altough the story is still very confusing I found it more easier to follow and more engaging than Season 1 because I now know all the charcters and their background. And it seems that the writers had this all planned out and aren't just making shit up as they go.
Changed my rating from 8 to 9.
EDIT after my first rewatch just before S3 is released.
Changing my rating again. This time to a 10. After S1 I thought it was good but confusing show (8), after S2 I thought it was great and really well thought out one (9). Now after rewatching both seasons for the first time I think the show is fucking masterpiece. (10). Once you can watch it without being confused and actually knowing what is happening your just in awe throughout all of it.
If they stick the landing with season 3 it could be up there with the best ever.
EDIT after Season 3
Masterpiece. Simple as that.
Writing. Directing. Cinematography. Casting. Acting. Soundtrack. Everything is perfect.
I'm going to miss the beautiful music montages at the end.