Parallèles

This series was SUCH an EXCELLENT surprise! This morning I went into Disney+ and saw something called "Parallels". I started watching it dubbed into English but after, I believe, two sentences, I switched to French with subtitles. I was HOOKED.

A quick, spoiler-free rundown would be that it has excellent actors with excellent acting, great, absolutely great writing, dialogue, special effects, and production, very much above average cinematography, good, solid directing, and a completely riveting storyline.

I had the weirdest thought once I was about halfway through this perfect miniseries: how DARE Disney make such an excellent live-action series?! But then I realized that it's not a dumbed-down series made in the U. S. for kids. Sorry, but that's what I thought. I have no idea what they put in the water around Western Europe, but this series goes GREAT alongside Netflix's "Dark", although it is way shorter and WAY easier to understand, without needing a huge family tree in order to keep everything kind of in focus, as many of us did when watching "Dark" (one of the best series of the last decade).

I truly hope that there's a second series, although at the same time I believe this stands perfectly well on its own and why mess with perfection, right?

Watch it and treat yourself to, alongside "The Mandalorian", one of THE best surprises to come out of Disney+.

10/10.

Young people with lives full of the things young people's lives are full of are sent on an adventure that involves science. No fistfights, no blood, just the drama coming from characters attached to one another in a situation they can't resolve. The science is lightly touched upon -- the true plot is how these friends remain friends. A pleasure to watch.

One black out, sends some teenage friends, into a weird parallel of time and space, will they have figure it all out before it's too late?

I just watched the first episode, and I'm hooked on where it's gonna go, and how the puzzle pieces are gonna fit together. The young actors have incredible chemistry, you do buy that are good friends. I can't wait to watch the next episodes.

It's done pretty well. The show could have been better, especially with how it's directed. It could have been darker but ig they didn't explore those ideas because it was made for Disney+. Either way, it's a good show with a satisfying ending.

They say there's nothing new under the sun, and this type of story has been told before, but that doesn't mean this isn't a good version that is well told. I was hooked. The characters are interesting, the acting is good, and the "time travel" stuff is well done. If you like this type of content, I would expect you to enjoy this.

This is a French show, so I would strongly encourage you to watch it in French with subtitles in a language that you understand (if you don't speak French). I don't speak french, but I know from experience with other movies and shows that they are almost always bad when dubbed.