Marcados Pelo Passado

Amazing I've never seen anything better than this it really blew my mind seeing all the smart things the siblings are able to be by themselves broke my heart seeing them being torn apart but relationships were always getting stronger and stronger each episode and I think the same is the point but the way the story ends up being written and written and written and the characters get more powerful is the point where they end with a different character and they get more stronger each season so they get more and they end with more characters tot they are the same as they are in a lot more games so I don't know what the.

The 6 children are watching each other, literally, like watching each others' every move and reacting exaggeratingly. The eldest sister watches over her siblings, the eldest guy with anger management issue always mad at all times, overprotecting his siblings to the point of not allowing any male interacting with them. One marginally attractive sister jealous with the other pretty sister, and the 2 smaller children adding to the chaos. Story is the fight and survival of the siblings after losing their parents from the villains, they escape from their quiet home in the jungle to the chaotic Istanbul.

All actors in this series are too noisy, most of them are either screaming or crying. The family up the house are twice as noisy. They're supposed to be funny, I think, but I'm not laughing, annoyed perhaps.

The real action and excitement starts at episode 5 onward but of course you have to watch the previous episodes to get a grasp of the story, play it on 1.25 speed and skips here and there.

As usual (same with most turkish TV) there are annoying characters to infuriate the viewers, and also the usual elder character as a villain. The momentum is picking slowly and I'm still watching it while the excitement is building up. Cinematography is good, location spots, the winding streets in Istanbul is lovely.

I almost gave this series a 1 - 2 stars based on episode 1 - 3, give it a go until past episode 5 and you'll probably start to like it.

Word of advice when watching online and there's a playback rates option, play at 1.25, that's the normal speed, Turkish TV series tend to slow down playback to reach the 2-hour length. I usually watch at 1.25 for all Turkish TV, but for this one, most of the time it's 1.5 and still you won't miss anything.

It's a story about a family who lived in the "little house on the prairie" in the midst of a forest detached from civilization, at least that was how it was presented for about 15 minutes on episode 1. The parent were killed, the kids escaped to Istanbul city.

No footwears, no money, no food, they roam around the city hungry and penniless. The only valuable possession they have is a treasured gold bracelet that was swindled from them because - I understand - they don't know the art of barter or the idea of selling because they're ignorant.

The story of this series has been a story of hundreds of films and series, very predictable, ignites pity, stimulates tears and compassion from viewers.

The problem is in the presentation - everyone in the cast is loud, everyone's shouting, everyone's acting all at once, everyone's trying to outdo each other in acting, everyone's over-acting, everyone's annoying. The only thing that's good is the presentation of Istanbul's actual regular people's neighborhood, I don't know if it's the Fener Balat neighborhood or Tarlabasi or the side streets of Galata?

The story is very predictable. Watch it only if you have plenty of time, otherwise skip.

And I am an adult, so this TV series is not intended for me. I have seen perhaps dozens of this type of story in asian TV, nothing new. Kids losing their parents, escaping from bad people coming after them, trying to survive in a big city together, experiencing the cruelty of people in the city as well as kindness of some. This is a typical south-east asian television series.

Here's what I don't like in this one - a lot of things happening on the screen, too loud, too messy. It's like they gathered all the loud actors in Turkish TV and dumped all them here. They made the kids act all at once, it's confusing for viewers and very tacky. Most actors are all over the place, the fat guy who appears on every corners of the house and streets in their neighborhood, him and his family trying to be funny but failed to be.

Bad acting, clichéd story, hollowed plot, too much happening on the screen, and I don't know if I'll cry or laugh.

If you like cheesy drama and tragically uncomic comedy, this might be for you.

I don't understand why the kids preferred to stay for 2 episodes - perhaps 2 nights - in a dingy, smelly, rat-infested basement when a sleep in the park is a lot more comfortable. For 2 episodes, their acting involves weeping and crying, distressed and destitute but they refused help - the eldest sister got irked by an alms given by a passersby on the street on their arrival in the big city, they don't need money but they need food. The eldest male got angry at the guy who gave them shelter in the basement of their house because he doesn't want his sister to open the door and speak with the guy who is helping them. Too many contradictions, I don't get it.

Story is very beaten, script is used in so many telenovelas. Acting is very bad, very chaotic scenes, screaming, meant to induce pity and sadness from viewers.

2 episodes and I quit watching.