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Life (I) (2017)

Girl and Boyscouts in the Orbit

[4/10 · 19 February 2019]

Logline: A group of unprofessional workers in the ISS revitalizes a creature from Mars with unbelievable superpowers.

How did the movie get financed? Probably they pitched another Alien movie. It is not. Instead it's "Dumb and Duber in Space"

If humans were really that retarded and if creatures of other worlds were really that resilient it's probably a good idea that they takes over Earth.

The Bridge (I) (2013–2014)

Sometimes Originals Are Originals

[24 September 2013]

While in the original TV series Sofia Helin gives an outstanding, sometimes funny, always compelling portrait of a police detective challenged with Asperger syndrome, her US counterpart takes out most of the fun by making her personality quite unbelievable.

The same goes for Demian Bichir. His complex character of the Danish Cop in personal troubles becomes the caricature of Latino clichés similar to the perception the US has about their southern neighbor as a whole.

The crisp design of this former superb Scandinavian TV series turns into a the the kind of blunt, boring, mediocre, dark mash of cop series that swamp TV sets world wide.

If you have the possibility, see the superb original to appreciate what TV can do.