Crno-bijeli svijet

It's not in any way a marvel of cinema, nor does this show leave anyone speechless, but it's not intending to, it's a nice and likable homage to Yugoslavian culture and what it meant to teenagers at the time. I think that it shouldn't be watched outside of that context. It's meant to remind the people who were teenagers at the time the show takes place (early 80s) how things were and bring back memories, and to show the younger generation everything their parents have been talking about, Utopian socialistic country.

At first, the show was a bit corny and made me cringe, they wanted to give so many references to that time, forcefully putting remarks into dialogue, which I cannot imagine anyone would do, at that or any other time. It truly was cringe-worthy and almost made me stop watching the show.

But later, it gets a lot better, they went past that barrier and actually put more emphasis on the psychological aspects of characters, but still, they are pretty vacant considering it's a comedy/drama show, so everyone is just having fun, or at least trying to.

Idea of two journalists meeting different celebrities is ingenious, the spontaneity of meetings is highly satisfying and the adventures of those two guys is probably the best thing in the show so far.

All in all, show worth watching once a week, nothing spectacular but still very entertaining, especially to those in love with the way of life in the golden 80s of Yugoslavian culture.

I love this retro show. the cast is great, as well as the stories of the long episodes. it deals with the 80's in zagreb and yugoslavia. mostly focused on the life in zagreb so far, but indirectly also with the rest of yugoslavia. anica dobra is stunning and such a charismatic and gifted actress. can't wait to watch the new season! they should also make some episodes in other ex-yugoslav cities, to make it even more interesting for the people who are not from croatia (this tv show is being broadcasted in bosnia and serbia as well).

I was teen in 80s in Yugoslavia so this series for me hit me hard.. Like I lived all that again.. You watch series but also your own long forgotten memories come 2 light again. Best Croatian series...only series In last 20 year that I waited 2 watch every week.. Now i watch it again. Off course is not best series ever but it describes very well most interesting and productive period in this places.

I quit after fourth episode. Acting is subpar, and screenwriting is extremely clumsy. They've never even bothered to check if some bits and pieces were authentic for 80s, or appeared in 90s and later.

I usually turn a blind eye if some Croatian show does such a mistake, but in this case I would have to watch the show with both eyes closed.

To give a few examples: 1. Tito died May 4th 1980, and they nonchalantly put it on May 2nd.

2. The Little Flying Bears aired 1990. They are mentioning it 1980.

3. Popular chocolate "Zivotinjsko carstvo" didn't have a blue cover until recently.

These are just from the last episode that I watched.

After watching a couple of episodes I got tired of it's unconvincing, dry, amateurish, humorless (not by purpose), thing they wanna call acting. The only way you could enjoy this is if you have already been brainwashed to this level of quality. The script is exciting and imaginative as a tic-tac-toe match played by a couple of drunken monkeys, no offense to those beautiful creatures. And they show it on prime time and advertise as one of the most expected shows of the year. Unbelievable. Can they produce a show worthy of paying attention ? Has Croatia no true movie industry talents ? I do think it does and that this show is just a fine example of Crony Capitalism at work.