I am so glad Dark was created independently and slightly before identity politics became Netflix DNA. Dark is a well balanced, soulful and mindboggling scifi existential drama that is smartly written, beautifully shot and well acted. The characters were all flawed but grow or diminish as the story progresses with satisfying conclusions. A well crafted interwoven stories of tragedy and misadventures that carefully walk between the line of melancholy and thrilling scifi adventures. Not a single wasted second is in each episode.
Even though 1899 clearly has the bigger budget than its predecessor, it is the opposite in almost every regard to Dark. It's pretentious, preachy and poorly edited. I had guessed the Kerberos passangers were inside a couple of layers of simulacrums within the first ten minutes. Very much a retelling of other movies done better like the 13th Floor, Dark City, The Matrix or Shutter Island. And each of these were inspired by classic scifi novels like Simulacron-3 and Time Out of Joint amongst others.
To make matters worse, injected within 1899 is a revolting identity politics filled with misandrist and feverish class struggle. The best part is the last ten seconds of the series. Not looking forward to season 2.
Even though 1899 clearly has the bigger budget than its predecessor, it is the opposite in almost every regard to Dark. It's pretentious, preachy and poorly edited. I had guessed the Kerberos passangers were inside a couple of layers of simulacrums within the first ten minutes. Very much a retelling of other movies done better like the 13th Floor, Dark City, The Matrix or Shutter Island. And each of these were inspired by classic scifi novels like Simulacron-3 and Time Out of Joint amongst others.
To make matters worse, injected within 1899 is a revolting identity politics filled with misandrist and feverish class struggle. The best part is the last ten seconds of the series. Not looking forward to season 2.