Wolf 2039

At this review I will not give a rating for anything else except acting. Reason is Börü 2039 trying something never done before in Turkey. CGI and VFX could be low against what we used to watch (Hollywood generally) and in my opinion its a pretty acceptable situation in this case. I do not even care about costume design since its part of the many things tried first time. However, acting was the only part that Börü 2039 should accomplish and clearly poor choosing of actors like pretty face instagram models couldn't help at all.

According to Turkish conditions, it is one of the productions that we can call mediocre in order to keep it well and globally. It is not clear what happens in the first episode, what is the story, who is doing what and why. It was taken to show how we made an effect. There is no pattern acting in the actors, it was a forced series.

It's obvious that Börü 2039 made professionally, but mentally it's amateur. Of course this fact comes with pros and cons.

First of all, director is giving his best...Actually, "best" isn't the correct word. More like he is giving all of his life experience.

Because of this watching Börü 2039 is extremely intense. You are always in a dialogue with the director between the lines. In one scene he says "Read that book, you will see it's benefits" and on another "Do you see how she talks? A president should be like that.". In short, it's not an entertainment product (And this is a big problem.).

This "dialogue intensity" continues for 1 hour.

You will use pause button a lot.

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This mentality is obviously wrong for filmmaking, but ironically it's also exactly what Turkish industry needs. Almost all the dramas using a certain formula in Turkey. Most of the times I'm able to tell scenario just looking by a short scene. They are reminding me mainstream AAA video games, looking big and fancy, but empty inside.

Börü 2039 is vice versa. It's %100 a text-based game with good story.

It needs a better teaser, catchy soundtracks and more screentime to explain what is going on... I'm saying Börü 2039 is strong at the core; if you spend your time for it, it's rewarding you. You begin to see real life gunfight tactics, Asimov books and Dune references (director says "begin from the classics, Turkish youth!"), notrino particles to explain time machines etc.

Lastly: Some scenes are superb, some scenes are not. Because the staff is just trying to do their best, there is no standard. You can see this as a plus ("Amateur spirit, boy!") or a minus (Not professional, dude.") , it's up to you.

A suggestion: Find a Turkish sci-fi nerd, watch this with the nerd or ask him questions after watching alone. Probably he will tell interesting facts.

7/10

You might want to follow Alper Çaglar. He is the first Turkish director trying to do a sci-fi. Imagine what we'll be watching 10 years from now if the world's second largest TV country learns to do sci-fi. (;

I never saw any scifi from turkey. For their courageous attempt I'll give them 5 stars.

However they violated every rule of making a sci-fi tv show. Making a scifi is very difficult. If there is not enough budget, even a tv show like Boba Fett will struggle.

Rules: 1. Your budget decides how far to the future you should go.

2. People have to have immersed in your world. True for every movie. That's why, if something looks animated don't put it in the film.

3. Limit the number shots with cgi but let them be awesome.

4. hire some scifi nerds & engineers. Everything from the future should make sense. Suits with cables in a fight? Big guns in a close combat? If you can't do it, just use normal gadgets. People will assume it's not developed yet.

5. Dont forget: to hook up people, build your story around someone. Love/vengence like in Braveheart. World war topics are secondary; don't focus on them; people don't care.

For this show: 6. Make dialogs so that everyone can understand and care. Most of the time I've no clue what they are talking about or they are giving some advice like a parent. Show your teachings through action and not words.

7. Focus. You spent your budget showing a battle that no one cared about it. You're trying to use complex sentence structure in language that you just learned. Ground your ideas.

Assumption (could be completely wrong): There making a movie like a philosopher. They have ideals. They write a story about it and putting some action in it, thinking people will care and feel emotions.

If you're making a movie , the order should be the opposite. First you have to think how to emotionally move people. What actions create this emotion? Can I create an interesting story around it and finally can I put my ideals in it.

Don't give up.

An Alper Caglar Classic. Enjoy watching. Best efforts. Good Actors. Thanks for this excellent production. Thanks Alper Caglar. Wolf did returning. 👍 And we love Murat Arkin :))