Not very good
Far below the quality I usually expect from Harlan.
Boring, sad, and disappointing.
Well, i literally watched to the end, in one night. Been a while since i binged, and truly didnt plan it.
Thought I'd stop it but just kept on watching.
Harlan is slipping imho. The story seemed forced.
It is obvious harlan is more concerned with dei and wokeness than just making a good story. Sorry but it comes off as decadence. Too preoccupied with kinkiness lol.
When an agenda overrules storytelling, the end result suffers. Sorry but thats the truth.
Harlan was awesome and one of my faves. But he is slipping, selling out.
Its sad.
I don’t know that it is Harlan pushing for the woke nonsense or Netflix. I read the book years ago and I am pretty sure there wasn’t a trans character in it. I am also pretty sure there wasn’t a random character going on an anti-cop tirade for no discernible reason.
sharegood point. i suspect it was netflix doing this.
the production values seem a bit ham-fisted on recent years, almost as if they seem to think they have enough size and momentum to get away with skipping the basics. imo they think they 'have the market cornered' and that they are 'too big to fail'
...but they're wrong.
eh, i'm fucking done with netflix anyway. it's not AT ALL like it was when i first became a sub 20 yrs ago. back then it was a way to see movies, valid movies, made by all studios but now it's 90% their own (cheap; case inpoint this very thread) proprietary content most of which is episodic instead of feature films.
sad it turned out this way.
they will do fine though because all the NPCs around the world have their subscription on autopay, so essentially netflix can get away with anything. ie making crap movies lol