![]() So with a decent concept, an interesting format, and good acting, why doesn't this series ultimately work better? Because despite all the interesting build-up and framing, and all the growing tension and mystery, the writers seem to have forgotten the payoff, and just went with the dumbest twist/double-cross they could muster. Similarly, the acting is top-notch, and while the "impregnable vault" heist story has been done a million times before, it still made a compelling narrative here. It should be no higher than a 6.įirst, the good: The non-linear story was not an issue, as each episode stood fine on its own. A huge waste of my time and I really wish the IMDb rating was more accurate so that I could've avoided this entire show. Throw in RJ, who is supposed to be the nerdy tech guy (of course Asian btw) who also knows cars, and hvac, and plumbing, and is the driver (yeah duh he also raced cars growing up no biggie), which all sounds interesting yet some how he was the most uninteresting character in the crew, and you have half of crew being such hateable, dull characters I felt truly enraged after watching the payoff for all these characters in the white (heist) episode and realizing that yes, they were in fact that stupid and meaningless the whole time. Bob especially had zero redeeming qualities, but even Judy was such a confusing mess. Bob and Judy were two of the most poorly written characters I've encountered in a show in a long time. But it was the characters that really soured it for me. ![]() The story itself was ok but I felt like they could have taken it in so many different places that would have made it so much more satisfying and interesting. The other more obvious and probably makes the most sense for simplistic viewing is to watch this in chronological order - violet (24 years before), green (7 years before), yellow (6 weeks before), etc. If you're binging like I did, wait a week to enjoy your imagination's of heist day, then watch white to compare your ending to the finale. If you leave out white, your imagination would probably be a better resolution. But if you are still curious about this series, then I suggest to watch this in the following order: yellow, violet, orange, green, blue, red, pink. If you enjoy this genre and haven't seen Money Heist yet, watch that instead of this, it's 1000x better. ![]() This is the case here, a gimmick that does work, but not worth the eight colorful episodes that are basically a two-hour movie spread thinly to make a series, and really not offering up anything revolutionary that hasn't been done before, and much better. It's a gimmick to get you to buy the cereal, but once you get to the toy at the bottom of the box, it's just a cheap useless piece of plastic, and not worth buying the cereal you normally wouldn't buy, just for the toy. ![]()
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