boltombo
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Best to keep this short - as nothing in this series lasts longer than 15 seconds.
When the first season of D2S came out, I was excited - not only because a series like this hasn't existed before, considering the production standards, the crisp close ups to the racing that is just fascinating for various reasons, the incomparable representation of the dynamics of this sport and also because of some portraits that have gone beyond what we've seen so far - I had a lose interest in Formula 1.
Now, we've arrived in season 4, and for some reason I'm getting utterly bored. Actually, not for some reason, but for many reasons. The style of this series hasn't evolved a single bit - and the more you watch it, the more you realize it. Sometimes, it feels like an episode is a 40min trailer of itself. All cannons constantly fire full blast. The music is a blend of booms, bangs, heavy hitting beats and super epic trailer music - the sound world doesn't know anything else but swish, mechanical clanks, more booms, glitching engine sounds and other elements that quite often overpower the voice lines - the editor clearly only knows little about racing, as every racing situation is dumbed down to clusters of a typical Red Bull Mediahouse production - and I don't mean that in a good way. Because Red Bull doesn't understand true emotion - only thrill. And that's what Drive to Survive is: a constant thrill ride that speeds by your brain cells, leaving not much else but "woooooooow, sh** man, that's intense".
Someone once described it as the "Transformers Effect" - once something reaches a certain magnitude (meta level) and never really dives into the fundament (macro level), at some point, the viewer will stop caring, because of over-saturation.
The 2021 season of Formula 1 was a highly controversial, breathtaking, revealing and also promising one. There was so much drama, intrigues, backgrounds, politics and exciting racing - and, if someone understood this material as a whole, it could have been stitched together and presented so wonderfully. But no, what we get is what we already know, induced like a replay of previous seasons, screaming loudly like a male gorilla pounding his chest, yet failing to deliver any deeper and connecting impression along the way.
It really hurts when the 5min official F1 YouTube video about Ricciardo's Monza win is more exciting and emotional than the half hour D2S episode of the same weekend.
When the first season of D2S came out, I was excited - not only because a series like this hasn't existed before, considering the production standards, the crisp close ups to the racing that is just fascinating for various reasons, the incomparable representation of the dynamics of this sport and also because of some portraits that have gone beyond what we've seen so far - I had a lose interest in Formula 1.
Now, we've arrived in season 4, and for some reason I'm getting utterly bored. Actually, not for some reason, but for many reasons. The style of this series hasn't evolved a single bit - and the more you watch it, the more you realize it. Sometimes, it feels like an episode is a 40min trailer of itself. All cannons constantly fire full blast. The music is a blend of booms, bangs, heavy hitting beats and super epic trailer music - the sound world doesn't know anything else but swish, mechanical clanks, more booms, glitching engine sounds and other elements that quite often overpower the voice lines - the editor clearly only knows little about racing, as every racing situation is dumbed down to clusters of a typical Red Bull Mediahouse production - and I don't mean that in a good way. Because Red Bull doesn't understand true emotion - only thrill. And that's what Drive to Survive is: a constant thrill ride that speeds by your brain cells, leaving not much else but "woooooooow, sh** man, that's intense".
Someone once described it as the "Transformers Effect" - once something reaches a certain magnitude (meta level) and never really dives into the fundament (macro level), at some point, the viewer will stop caring, because of over-saturation.
The 2021 season of Formula 1 was a highly controversial, breathtaking, revealing and also promising one. There was so much drama, intrigues, backgrounds, politics and exciting racing - and, if someone understood this material as a whole, it could have been stitched together and presented so wonderfully. But no, what we get is what we already know, induced like a replay of previous seasons, screaming loudly like a male gorilla pounding his chest, yet failing to deliver any deeper and connecting impression along the way.
It really hurts when the 5min official F1 YouTube video about Ricciardo's Monza win is more exciting and emotional than the half hour D2S episode of the same weekend.
Boy, was I bumbed out after I heard there will be ANOTHER instalment of Spider-Man. Yet, up until this point it was weaved very decently into the current MCU.
But this movie did something that clever, that I really had to smile when it unfolded.
I actually hated the first half - because it all seemed very "constructed", just to have a problem. But the second made up for all that drag at the beginning.
A splendid idea, great execution and quite a bag full of pleasant surprises in this one.
But this movie did something that clever, that I really had to smile when it unfolded.
I actually hated the first half - because it all seemed very "constructed", just to have a problem. But the second made up for all that drag at the beginning.
A splendid idea, great execution and quite a bag full of pleasant surprises in this one.
We need to talk... Yes, we do.
But do you think that spreading nothing but hate and prejudice over three (or four) episodes will set the stage for that?
Do you think anyone will listen to you after ranting off for that long and calling people names? I actually thought that this could be a bridge. No, this is a bomb, a bulldozer, eliminating everything in the way and digging a huge trench.
What's even more beautiful is to see how people of all races actually come together AGAINST this production. I don't know if this is reversed psychology - but if that's what this series wanted to achieve, then congratulations. Because, it seems like they're serious - and that's very alarming.
You cannot fight racism with more racism.
But do you think that spreading nothing but hate and prejudice over three (or four) episodes will set the stage for that?
Do you think anyone will listen to you after ranting off for that long and calling people names? I actually thought that this could be a bridge. No, this is a bomb, a bulldozer, eliminating everything in the way and digging a huge trench.
What's even more beautiful is to see how people of all races actually come together AGAINST this production. I don't know if this is reversed psychology - but if that's what this series wanted to achieve, then congratulations. Because, it seems like they're serious - and that's very alarming.
You cannot fight racism with more racism.