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Mammals (2022)
Binge worthy, beautiful deeper meanings about love, partnership, and existence
I don't think people should rate the show poorly just because they have mixed feelings about one of its actors. When I read an article talking about how this show provided a beautiful commentary about how monogamy can be at once essential and suffocating and it's allusions to Moby Dick and literature, I was surprised to see how low its ratings on IMDB were. I guess people don't like the male lead because of his offensive sense of humor??? That has nothing to do with this show. The writing is superb. The actors really create a spellbinding story. I watched this over the course of two nights because I could not look away. Amandine is tragic and mesmerizing. The pain of loving someone you can't trust is all too real for so many people, and this show delves into the magic of love and its horrors, drawing parallels between the sea and the unknown nature of another person. I LOVED IT. I am still trying to figure out the ending.... :\ but overall, I remain enraptured with this story. It has made me think more deeply about my former romantic relationships and how wonderful it feels when for a brief moment, you both believe in the impossible, that you and another person could love each other fully and forever.
Watchmen (2019)
Looks like the clan reviewed this first
I don't usually write reviews, but I thought I should balance the scale when I saw that people were reviewing this title as bad purely because they don't like seeing shows about racial tensions. Your personal preference for stories about white people having adventures and not thinking too much about race has nothing to do with the excellence of this show. Also, to the people who keep saying this show is written by woke white people, "Of the 12 writers, four are white men; the rest, women and/or people of color" (LA Times).
This show is 1000x better than the Watchmen movie. It has deeper character development, truly haunting and disturbing sequences, beautifully crafted dialogue and it's not afraid to confront people with the hard questions and make them evaluate their own hatred. It is also bringing the tragic events of Tulsa to the forefront of history, an event that has been suppressed for almost a hundred years. You should really watch this... At least the pilot.
The costuming is phenomenal. Its adaptations of the comic make it pertinent to our present age. And you know, it really isn't my favorite superhero adaptation ever, but it's definitely worth giving a chance. Pirate Jenny FTW