Cassandra

Cassandra has a visually appealing retro setting and is well-executed from a cinematographic perspective. The production design and atmosphere are certainly highlights.

Unfortunately, the series is dragged down by exhausting and unrealistic dialogue. The acting is also quite poor, with the all-too-familiar overacting that many German actors tend to deliver. As a German myself, I found it difficult to watch at times.

The way the story unfolds feels forced and unnatural. The fact that no one believes the mother and instead sympathizes with the house AI to an almost absurd extent is simply unrealistic. The plot, dialogues, and many sequences feel artificial and detached from reality, making it hard to stay engaged.

A missed opportunity, given the strong visual potential.

The premise had potential. The design of the robot was interesting to look at. The writing was terrible: again, yet another show where people don't do anything normal people would do, make the most terrible choices at nearly every turn, don't say the things normal people would say. There were a few times where it seemed the writing got better, maybe that episode was written by different people, then everything went downhill yet again, then right off a cliff into absurdity. It's one of those shows where we sent most our time yelling at the screen, "Oh my god, why would anyone do that??!!" "That's so stupid, what an idiot!! Over and over. By the last episode we were begging for it to end. Please end.

Overall the plot was fairly interesting and unpredictable, at least as much as this idea of out of control AI house can get. It's basically two sub plots that intersect, and the real plot is the Cassandra's back story.

My main issue was how much I had to suspend disbelief. The 70's vibe is cool but just don't make sense. I'm not sure why this couldn't take place further in the future. I also think the power of the AI was unrealistic in that the humans should have easily been able to overcome it. Basically most of the characters are just really dumb and you need to buy into that for it to work. Technology aside, you know the situation that is unfolding would never happen in real life and that inner voice is telling you that the whole time.

I find the storytelling smart, two timelines, one being the origin and one being the present. Even though usually AI robots turning evil is predictable and whatever, but I find the backstory and motivation of this particular one unique. It's not exactly as predicted and even the last episode reveals information that were forgotten/unexpected, and that deserved a written review from me.

I find this tv series underrated. I saw the trailer on instagram and thought nothing big of it, but as I let it play beside cooking, I learned to appreciate the details in the story and found it intrieguing.

Definitely worth a watch, as it is not even long. It's different from other AI robotic thrillers.

I saw the original version in German and I liked it very much in acting perspective. I always prefer to watch in original language because it catches correctly the full experience of the movies. I read some comments about the husband not believing his wife through all the series, until something more dramatic happens... But that only sounded strange or odd until we know that her sister had mental disease and committed suicide. It wouldn't be hard to believe that she was suffering from post traumatic problems after her sister committed suicide or worse: she could be also having some kind of mental disease. So I think that without telling much more, the story is not that bad. The whole story is fantasy so we should not complain that even now would not be possible to produce a Cassandra. After all I enjoyed and only hopped it had a closure , a proper ending .